The Scarlet Empress

Arriving on the almost impossibly ancient planet of Hyspero, a world where magic and danger walk hand in hand, the Doctor and Sam are caught up in a bizarre struggle for survival.

Hyspero has been ruled for thousands of years by the Scarlet Empress, creatures of dangerous powers – powers that a member of the Doctor's own race is keen to possess herself: the eccentric time traveller and philanderer known only as Iris Wildthyme.

As the real reasons for Iris's obsessions become clear, the Doctor and Sam must embark on a perilous journey across deserts, mountains, forests and oceans. Both friends and foes are found amoung spirits, djinns, alligator men and golden bears – but in a land where the magical is possible, is anything really as it seems?

This is another in the series of adventures featuring the Eighth Doctor and Sam.

Novel copyright © Paul Magrs, 1998

Originally released: September 7, 1998

Doctor Who series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation 1963