Iris Wildthyme - The Land of Wonder

By: Paul Magrs

Narrated by: Katy Manning, David Benson, Steve Wickham, Lizzie Hopley

Exiled to Earth by her mysterious superiors, Iris has been amusing herself and Panda by working for MIAOW, the Ministry for Incursions and Other Wonders.

When a certain Professor Ramsbottom and his lovely assistant Audrey unearth a weird vehicle under a London railway station, Ms Wildthyme and her art critic chum are on the scene pretty sharpish. Among anachronistic skulls and crockery they discover the still-living forms of utterly perplexing, alien creatures.

And, before you can say 'Jabberwocky' Iris and her friends are on a mind-boggling voyage into a groovy Wonderland deep, deep beneath the Earth's crust....

©2009 Big Finish Productions (P)2009 Big Finish Productions

Whimsy overdose

I like whimsy more than most, but this was just chaotic and cacophanous, hard to followand understand, not worth it after you have. Using "Alice in Wonderland" to run a pastiche of "Dr. Who?" could be a good idea, but they don't carry it off.