Stories Book The Eighth Doctor Adventures [Books] Mad Dogs and Englishmen 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Monday, January 7, 2002 Written by Paul Magrs Pages 256 Location (Potential Spoilers!) The Very Fabric of Time and Space, Las Vegas, Earth, England, Los Angeles, USA Synopsis "Grrrrr." The greatest book ever written. Professor Reginald Tyler's The True History of Planets was a twentieth-century classic; an epic of dwarves and swords and wizardry. And definitely no poodles. Or at least there weren't when the Doctor read it. Now it tells the true tale of how the Queen of the poodles was overthrown; it's been made into a hit movie, and it's going to cause a bloodbath on the dogworld — unless the Doctor, Fitz and Anji (and assorted friends) can sort it all out. The Doctor infiltrates the Smudgelings, Tyler's elite Cambridge writing set of the early twentieth century; Fitz falls for flamboyant torch singer Brenda Soobie in sixties Las Vegas, and Anji experiences some very special effects in seventies Hollywood. Their intention is to prevent the movie from ever being made. But there is a shadowy figure present in all three time zones who is just as determined to see it completed... so the poodle revolution can begin. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Eighth Doctor Fitz Kreiner Anji Kapoor Show All Characters (3) How to read Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Books Mad Dogs and Englishmen Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 7 February 2025 · 90 words Review by greenLetterT The main thing about most Paul Magrs stories is that you're pretty much guaranteed to have fun with them. He gives you the maddest plotline you could hope to find in a Doctor Who book and all you can do is hold on for the ride. Mad Dogs and Englishmen is no different. There are sentient poodles with human hands, trips through history with pinking shears, and Iris Wildthyme. And, underneath all that, it's about media's impact on culture, and those who seek to change it for their own gains greenLetterT View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating22 members 4.23 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating238 votes 3.77 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating7 votes 3.85 / 5 Member Statistics Read 35 Favourited 6 Reviewed 1 Saved 6 Skipped 1 Owned 3 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote