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|alias = The Creature<br />Frankenstein | |alias = The Creature<br />Frankenstein | ||
|image = Frankensteins Monster.png | |image = Frankensteins Monster.png | ||
| | |origin = Fictional character created by [[Mary Shelley]] | ||
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' (film character)<br>''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' ([[Frankenstein (robot)|android]]) | |||
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' (film character) | |other actor = [[Boris Karloff]] (archival)<br>[[John Maxim]] ([[Frankenstein (robot)|android]]) | ||
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{{dab page|Frankenstein (disambiguation)}} | {{dab page|Frankenstein (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''Frankenstein's Monster''' was a character from the [[1818]] novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]]. | '''Frankenstein's Monster''' was a character from the [[1818]] novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]]. | ||
In [[1996]], an [[android]] [[Frankenstein (robot)|version]] of Frankenstein's Monster, along with [[Dracula (robot)|a version of]] [[Count Dracula]] and the [[Grey Lady]], was part of an attraction at the [[Festival of Ghana]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'') | In [[1996]], an [[android]] [[Frankenstein (robot)|version]] of Frankenstein's Monster, along with [[Dracula (robot)|a version of]] [[Count Dracula]] and the [[Grey Lady]], was part of an attraction at the [[Festival of Ghana]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
On [[30 December]] [[1999]], [[Pete (Doctor Who)|Pete]] watched the [[1931]] ''[[Frankenstein]]'' film featuring the Creature while the [[Seventh Doctor]] [[regenerate]]d in his morgue. After regenerating, the [[Eighth Doctor]] was startled by the Creature on Pete's television. ([[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'']]) | On [[30 December]] [[1999]], [[Pete (Doctor Who)|Pete]] watched the [[1931]] ''[[Frankenstein]]'' film featuring the Creature while the [[Seventh Doctor]] [[regenerate]]d in his morgue. After regenerating, the [[Eighth Doctor]] was startled by the Creature on Pete's television. ([[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'']]) | ||
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* [[Boris Karloff]], who plays the monster by the use of stock footage, was born on [[23 November]], [[1887]], exactly 76 years before the air date of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''. | * [[Boris Karloff]], who plays the monster by the use of stock footage, was born on [[23 November]], [[1887]], exactly 76 years before the air date of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 18:55, 1 January 2013
- You may wish to consult
Frankenstein (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
Frankenstein's Monster was a character from the 1818 novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
In 1996, an android version of Frankenstein's Monster, along with a version of Count Dracula and the Grey Lady, was part of an attraction at the Festival of Ghana. (TV: The Chase)
On 30 December 1999, Pete watched the 1931 Frankenstein film featuring the Creature while the Seventh Doctor regenerated in his morgue. After regenerating, the Eighth Doctor was startled by the Creature on Pete's television. (TV: Doctor Who)
Behind the scenes
- Dave Prowse, who plays a different creature in TV: The Time Monster, played no less than three different versions of Frankenstein's monster in films of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- Boris Karloff, who plays the monster by the use of stock footage, was born on 23 November, 1887, exactly 76 years before the air date of An Unearthly Child.
