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Released

Monday, January 7, 2002

Written by

Paul Magrs

Pages

256

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.

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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


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