Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)

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Mad Dogs and Englishmen
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Author Paul Magrs
Series Doctor Who book:
Eighth Doctor Adventures
Release number
52
SubjectFeaturing:
Eighth Doctor
Fitz and Anji
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
January 2002
Pages249
ISBN 0-563-53845-7
Preceded by The Adventuress of Henrietta Street  
Followed by Hope  

Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Magrs and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji.

Contents

Plot

A race of alien poodles alters a 20th-century fantasy epic to aid their civil war.

The Doctor infiltrates a groups of writers known as the Smudgelings, Anji experiences some very, very special effects in 1970s America and Fitz meets an old friend.

The book also features a jolly hotel chef and dogs with opposable thumbs.

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