Shakespeare Day!
We look back at some of Doctor Who's Shakespearian connections.
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Shakespeare in love?
The Bard was smitten by Martha Jones…
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William Shakespeare:
A man of infinite variety.
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Doomfinger and Bloodtide
The terrifying Carrionites!
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All the world’s a stage
...The Doctor at the Globe.
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The Doctor mentioned the Sycorax (above)
...and Shakespeare used the name in The Tempest.
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In City of Death (above)
...the Fourth Doctor revealed he helped write Hamlet!
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They have their entrances
...Shakespeare’s first appearance in Doctor Who: The Chase (1965).
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Shakespeare chats with Queen Elizabeth I
…The Doctor would later get to know her rather well!
This gallery is from
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Doctor Who Series 3, The Shakespeare Code
2/13 In Elizabethan England, William Shakespeare is under the control of witch-like creatures.
First broadcast: 07 Apr 2007
