Anyone given Iris Wildthyme a spin?

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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?

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[ponygirl72.livejournal.com]

Here via who_daily.

It just so happens that I recently finished reviewing series 2 of the Iris Wildthyme audios for Unreality SF (http://unreality-sf.net/reviews/iriswildthyme/), so they're fairly fresh in my mind.

I can't speak to series 1, not having heard them, but I'd definitely recommend working your way through series 2 in order-- the series 'theme' is that each audio replicates the feel of a different era of Doctor Who: the 60's, the 70's Third Doctor exile arc, the 80's, and the 1996 TV movie. As you can imagine, there is plenty of material here to work with, in the comedic sense.

If you only buy one, go with The Two Irises. It's hysterical, and much cheaper than actual crack cocaine.

Enjoy-- I know I did!