Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)
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Author | Paul Magrs |
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Series | Doctor Who book: Eighth Doctor Adventures |
Release number | 52 |
Subject | Featuring: Eighth Doctor Fitz and Anji |
Publisher | BBC Books |
Publication date | January 2002 |
Pages | 249 |
ISBN | 0-563-53845-7 |
Preceded by | The Adventuress of Henrietta Street |
Followed by | Hope |
Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.
Plot
[edit]A race of alien poodles alters a 20th-century fantasy epic to aid their civil war.
The Doctor infiltrates a groups of writers known as the Smudgelings, Anji experiences some very, very special effects in 1970s America and Fitz meets an old friend.
The book also features a jolly hotel chef and dogs with opposable thumbs.
Tolkien
[edit]- The novel contains a spoof of J. R. R. Tolkien's experiences writing The Lord of the Rings. The character representing C. S. Lewis in this also appears in Magrs's non-Doctor Who novel To the Devil — a Diva! and the Smudgelings reappear in his novel Something Borrowed. Another character represents Ray Harryhausen.
Cameo
[edit]- Noël Coward plays a major role in the novel. The title of the book is based on the classic Noël Coward song Mad Dogs and Englishmen.
- John Major makes a short cameo in the climactic scene at the 'Champagne Supernova' club.
External links
[edit]- Mad Dogs and Englishmen title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database