Stories Short Story Origin Stories Story: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Velvet Hugs 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, September 29, 2022 Written by Katy Manning Location (Potential Spoilers!) Africa, Dorset, UNIT HQ Synopsis Velvet Hugs was the tenth story in the Origin Stories anthology, published by BBC Books. It was written by Katy Manning and featured her characters Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme, Clifford Jones and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. 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 Jo Grant Iris Wildthyme Clifford Jones The Brigadier Show All Characters (4) How to read Velvet Hugs: Books Origin Stories 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 24 April 2025 · 29 words Review by Azurillkirby How wonderful. Who better to tell Jo's backstory than Katy Manning herself? Just a splendid, feel-good story that had a smile on my face fit the entire runtime. S. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating21 members 3.57 / 5 Member Statistics Read 36 Favourited 2 Reviewed 1 Saved 2 Skipped 0 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote