Anyone given Iris Wildthyme a spin?

[primsong]

Just learning a bit about what sounds like a suitably crazy character out there in audio land, one Iris Wildthyme. Seems she's a Time Lady whose double-decker bus TARDIS is a bit smaller on the inside, has a penchant for gin and tonic and travels with a stuffed panda? Seeing as she's voiced by Katy Manning/ Jo Grant I'm seriously thinking of just purchasing these sight unseen (er, sound unheard)

Have any of you listened to any of these? Recommendations?

Comments

[aralias.livejournal.com]

i have heard the iris audios, and i think she's great. iris sounds nothing at all like jo, though, if that's what's drawing you to them. she's much older, and mancunian (i believe) and continuously drunk.

i love the wormery, which is iris and the sixth doctor. there's hardly any plot, it's just about how iris loves the doctor a lot, and there's some singing. it's great.

the excelis audios are largely very dull, though the first one (five and iris) is worth listening to just because of their interaction, and benny's one is ok - again, iris, when she's not around excelis gets really dull.

otherwise i've only listened to the first series of iris, and i don't remember them so well, but i believe they were pretty fun, if light weight. there is a talking panda though. for some reason. he's excellent.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Now Six being in the mix would be very fine - the overall impression I'm getting is she's not quite strong enough, character or plotwise, to stand on her own and does better as an 'additional spicy ingredient'. Thank you!