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The Crooked World
Series:	Doctor Who - BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release Number:	57
Doctor:	Eighth Doctor
Companions:	Fitz Kreiner, Anji Kapoor
Enemy:	Boss Dog, various other cartoon villains
Setting:	The Crooked World: *Zanytown *Gloomy Forrest
Author:	Steve Lyons
Publisher:	BBC Books
Publication:	June 2002
Format:	Paperback Book, 252 Pages
ISBN:	ISBN 0-563-53856-2
Previous Story:	The Book of the Still
Following Story:	History 101

Publisher's Summary

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

• The Doctor
  • The Doctor is shot at point blank range by a pig called Streaky Bacon.
• Fitz Kreiner
  • Fitz introduces sex to the naïve Crooked World inhabitants.
• Anji Kapoor
• Angel Falls
  • Decides to marry Mr Weasley.
• Mr Weasley (alias The Masked Weasel)
• Jasper the Cat
  • Commits the first murder in Zanytown.
• Squeak (the mouse)
  • Has his head bitten off by Jasper the Cat.
• Boss Dogg
  • Sheriff of Zanytown
• Streaky Bacon
  • Shot the Doctor whilst hunting the Whatchamacallit.
• Whatchamacallit
  • A bit like the 'Road Runner'.
• Scrapper Dogg
  • Squashed by a 10 ton weight.
  • Is a bit like 'Scrappy Doo'.

References

• Anji's TARDIS key looks like a Yale key.
• The Doctor uses a deliberately imagined custard pie gun to rescue Fitz.

Notes

There are many likenesses / similarities throughout The Crooked World to cartoon worlds / characters.

• The Skeleton Crew who travel around in a van and have as its members: Mike Leader, Harmony Looker, Thelma Brains, Tim Coward and a dog called Fearless.
• Jasper the Cat and Squeak the Mouse, allusions to Tom and Jerry (and Tom was called Jasper in their first appearance)

• The Crooked World residents usually reproduce by writing the Baby Stork, so Fitz's introduction of sex to the world confuses them slightly.

• 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

• The morphic planet from Grimm Reality is compared to the Crooked World planet.

External Links

• Doctor Who Reference Guide - Detailed Synopsis: The Crooked World
• Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide: The Crooked World