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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was an [[American]] entertainer who was the star of the [[1920s]] musical stage play ''[[Lady, Be Good]]''. [[Claire Daly]] saw the play four times and told [[John Andrews]] that she thought Astaire was "marvellous." ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was an [[American]] entertainer who was the star of the [[1920s]] musical stage play ''[[Lady, Be Good]]''. [[Claire Daly]] saw the play four times and told [[John Andrews]] that she thought Astaire was "marvellous." ([[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')


He had died by [[2009]]. When [[Torchwood Three]] agent [[Owen Harper]] asked [[Toshiko Sato]] if she'd ever seen a dead man dance, she told him that she had seen Astaire do so twice in ''[[Easter Parade]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')
When [[Torchwood Three]] agent [[Owen Harper]] asked [[Toshiko Sato]] if she'd ever seen a dead man dance, she told him that she had seen Astaire do so twice in ''[[Easter Parade]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used his name as an alias when auditioning for a magic show in [[2012]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic of the Angels (novel)|Magic of the Angels]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] used his name as an alias when auditioning for a magic show in [[2012]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic of the Angels (novel)|Magic of the Angels]]'')

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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was an American entertainer who was the star of the 1920s musical stage play Lady, Be Good. Claire Daly saw the play four times and told John Andrews that she thought Astaire was "marvellous." (TV: Carnival of Monsters)

When Torchwood Three agent Owen Harper asked Toshiko Sato if she'd ever seen a dead man dance, she told him that she had seen Astaire do so twice in Easter Parade. (TV: Something Borrowed)

The Eleventh Doctor used his name as an alias when auditioning for a magic show in 2012. (PROSE: Magic of the Angels)

Behind the scenes

The Dancing House in Prague is also known as the Fred-and-Ginger building, named for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, though the short story Nanomorphosis does not specify who Fred and Ginger are.