The Crooked World (novel)
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| The Crooked World | ||
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| Doctor: | Eighth Doctor | |
| Companion(s): | Fitz Kreiner, Anji Kapoor | |
| Main enemy: | Boss Dog, various other cartoon villains | |
| Main setting: | The Crooked World, Zanytown, Gloomy Forrest | |
| Key crew | ||
| Publisher: | BBC Books | |
| Writer: | Steve Lyons | |
| Release details | ||
| Release number: | 57 | |
| Release date: | June, 2002 | |
| Format: | Paperback Book, 252 Pages | |
| ISBN 0-563-53856-2 | ||
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The Crooked World was the fifty-seventh novel in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures series. It was written by Steve Lyons. It featured the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Anji Kapoor.
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Publisher's summary 
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The people of the Crooked World lead an idyllic existence.
Take Streaky Bacon, for example. This jovial farmer wants nothing more from life than a huge blunderbuss, with which he can blast away at his crop-stealing nemesis. And then there's Angel Falls, a racing driver with a string of victories to her name. Sure, her trusted guardian might occasionally put on a mask and menace her for her prize money, but that's just life, right? And for Jasper the cat, nothing could be more pleasant than a nice, long nap in his kitchen -- so long as that darn mouse doesn't jam his tail into the plug socket again.
But somebody is about to shatter all those lives. Somebody is about to change everything - and it's possible that no one on the Crooked World will ever be happy again.
The Doctor's TARDIS is about to arrive. And when it does... That's all folks!
Characters Edit
- The Doctor
- Fitz Kreiner
- Anji Kapoor
- Angel Falls
- Mr Weasley (aka. the Masked Weasel)
- Jasper the Cat
- Squeak (the mouse)
- Boss Dogg
- Streaky Bacon
- Whatchamacallit
- Scrapper Dogg
- Baby Stork
- Dirty Duck
- Green Ghost
- Gruenwald
- Grumper
- Harmony
- Masked Weasel
- Mike
- Repugna
- Sir Percival
- Thelma Brains
References Edit
Objects Edit
- Anji's TARDIS key looks like a Yale key.
- The Doctor uses a deliberately imagined custard pie gun to rescue Fitz.
People Edit
- The Doctor has met Mark Twain.
- Jasper the Cat commits the first murder in Zanytown; he bites Squeak's head off.
- Angel Falls decides to marry Mr Weasley.
- Scrapper Dogg is squashed by a 10 ton weight.
- Streaky Bacon shoots the Doctor at point blank range.
- The Crooked World residents usually reproduce by writing a letter to the Baby Stork, so Fitz's introduction of sex to the world confuses them slightly.
Notes Edit
There are many likenesses / similarities throughout The Crooked World to cartoon worlds / characters:
- The Skeleton Crew (Mike Leader, Harmony Looker, Thelma Brains, Tim Coward and a dog called Fearless) who travel in a van to solve mysteries, are basically Mystery, Inc. from Scooby Doo.
- Jasper the cat and Squeak the mouse are allusions to Tom and Jerry (Tom was called Jasper in their first appearance).
- Whatchamacallit bears resemblance to the Road Runner, and Streaky Bacon to Elmer Fudd.
- Jasper's horror over killing Squeak bears similarity to a real scene in Tom and Jerry's Jerry and the Lion, where Tom is genuinely concerned and rushes for a first aid kit when he mistakenly thinks he's wounded Jerry.
Continuity Edit
- The morphic planet from PROSE: Grimm Reality is compared to the Crooked World planet.
External links Edit
- Detailed synopsis of The Crooked World at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: The Crooked World at The Whoniverse
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