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|image = | |image = Mary and her Monster (THOVD).jpg | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | |series = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]] | ||
|season number = Series 12 (Doctor Who) | |season number = Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005) | ||
|series episode number = 8 | |series episode number = 8 | ||
|story number = 294 | |story number = 294 | ||
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|doctor = Thirteenth Doctor | |doctor = Thirteenth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] | |companions = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] | ||
|featuring = [[Mary Shelley]], [[Percy Shelley]], [[George Gordon Byron|Byron]], [[John Polidori|Polidori]] | |featuring = [[Mary Shelley|Mary]], [[Percy Shelley|Shelley]], [[George Gordon Byron|Byron]], [[John Polidori|Polidori]], [[Claire Clairmont|Claire]] | ||
|enemy = [[Ashad]] | |enemy = [[Ashad]] | ||
|setting = [[Villa Diodati]], [[Switzerland]], [[June]] [[1816]] | |setting = [[Villa Diodati]], [[Switzerland]], [[June]] [[1816]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Maxine Alderton | ||
|director = [[Emma Sullivan]] | |director = [[Emma Sullivan]] | ||
|producer = [[Alex Mercer]] | |producer = [[Alex Mercer]] | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 16 February 2020 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC One | ||
|format = 1x49 minute episode | |format = 1x49 minute episode | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
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|scripturl = http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/doctor-who-s12-ep8-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati.pdf}} | |scripturl = http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/doctor-who-s12-ep8-the-haunting-of-villa-diodati.pdf}} | ||
'''''The Haunting of Villa Diodati''''' was the eighth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''''The Haunting of Villa Diodati''''' was the eighth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
It offered an alternate account of the conception of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] to that of the [[AUDIO|audio]] story ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'' featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], though with the story acknowledging that what it was depicting was the result of history becoming unusually flexible around that night. | It offered an alternate account of the conception of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] to that of the [[AUDIO|audio]] story ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'' featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], though with the story acknowledging that what it was depicting was the result of history becoming unusually flexible around that night. | ||
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* [[Ashad]] - [[Patrick O'Kane]] | * [[Ashad]] - [[Patrick O'Kane]] | ||
* [[Percy Shelley|Percy Bysshe Shelley]] - [[Lewis Rainer]] | * [[Percy Shelley|Percy Bysshe Shelley]] - [[Lewis Rainer]] | ||
* [[Fletcher (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Fletcher]] - [[Stefan Bednarczyk]] | * [[William Fletcher (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Fletcher]] - [[Stefan Bednarczyk]] | ||
* [[Elise (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Elise]] - [[Sarah Perles]] | * [[Elise (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Elise]] - [[Sarah Perles]] | ||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
{{Wales crew|MusicRecordedBy=Olga FitzRoy|MusicMixedBy=Goetz Botzenhardt|OriginalTheme=Ron Grainer|TitleSequence=Ben Pickles|SeriesEditor=Rebecca Trotman|VisualEffects=DNEG|SpecialEffects=REAL SFX|Character1=Cybermen|CharCreatedBy1a=Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis|CastingDirector=Andy Pryor CDG|Music=Segun Akinola|Editor=Agnieszka Liggett|Editor2=Joel Skinner|DOP=Ed Moore BSC|ProductionDesigner=Dafydd Shurmer|CostumeDesignAndCreatureDesign=Ray Holman|Make-upDesigner=Claire Pritchard-Jones|LineProducer=Steffan Morris|SeriesProducer=Nikki Wilson|Producer=Alex Mercer|Director=Emma Sullivan|Writer=Maxine Alderton|ExecutiveProd=Matt Strevens|ExecutiveProd2=Chris Chibnall|ExecutiveProdForTheBBC=Ben Irving}} | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Locations === | === Locations === | ||
* [[Villa Diodati]] is located near [[Lake Geneva]] in [[Switzerland]]. [[Team TARDIS]] travel there to witness the creation of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' on a [[storm]]y and [[rain]]y night on a [[Tuesday]] in [[June]] [[1816]]. | * [[Villa Diodati]] is located near [[Lake Geneva]] in [[Switzerland]]. [[Team TARDIS]] travel there to witness the creation of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' on a [[storm]]y and [[rain]]y night on a [[Tuesday]] in [[June]] [[1816]]. | ||
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=== Culture === | === Culture === | ||
* Byron reads the book ''[[Tales of the Dead]]''. Characters in the book include [[Hildegarde the Death-Bride]] and a [[Count (character)|Count]]. | * Byron reads the book ''[[Tales of the Dead]]''. Characters in the book include [[Hildegarde the Death-Bride]] and a [[Count (fictional character)|Count]]. | ||
* Graham begins "[[Pride and Prejudice|It is a truth universally acknowledged...]]", but the Doctor interjects "[[Jane Austen|wrong writer]]". | * Graham begins "[[Pride and Prejudice|It is a truth universally acknowledged...]]", but the Doctor interjects "[[Jane Austen|wrong writer]]". | ||
* The Doctor has instructed her friends not to mention ''[[Frankenstein]]'', or otherwise affect its inception. | * The Doctor has instructed her friends not to mention ''[[Frankenstein]]'', or otherwise affect its inception. | ||
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* The Doctor quotes Lord Byron's poem "[[She Walks in Beauty]]". | * The Doctor quotes Lord Byron's poem "[[She Walks in Beauty]]". | ||
* Lord Byron believes that the Doctor is after the third [[canto]] of his work ''[[Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]]''. | * Lord Byron believes that the Doctor is after the third [[canto]] of his work ''[[Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]]''. | ||
* Mary Shelley wonders if [[Ashad]] is a composite of multiple men ( | * Mary Shelley wonders if [[Ashad]] is a composite of multiple men (the [[Frankenstein's monster|creature]] in her novel is assembled from old body parts), and refers to his creators as a "Modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]" (the novel's full title is ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''). | ||
** As witnessed by the Doctor, Ashad also recharges via a lightning strike. In the novel, the monster is implied to have been brought to life via electricity. | ** As witnessed by the Doctor, Ashad also recharges via a lightning strike. In the novel, the monster is implied to have been brought to life via electricity. | ||
* Ashad recites Percy Shelley's poem "[[Queen Mab (poem)|Queen Mab]]". | * Ashad recites Percy Shelley's poem "[[Queen Mab (poem)|Queen Mab]]". | ||
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* The Doctor alludes to having lost previous companions to the Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]''/''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | * The Doctor alludes to having lost previous companions to the Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]''/''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | ||
* Mary calls the Cyberman a "modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]"; this would form part of her title for ''Frankenstein''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Creative Spark (comic story)|The Creative Spark]],'' et al.) | * Mary calls the Cyberman a "modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]"; this would form part of her title for ''Frankenstein''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Creative Spark (comic story)|The Creative Spark]],'' et al.) | ||
* Mary would soon pity more Cybermen including [[Gramm]] on [[Vienna]] during [[1873]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') | |||
* Percy sees ahead to his future death at sea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | * Percy sees ahead to his future death at sea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
* The Doctor once again has a chance to permanently defeat an old enemy but sacrifices it for the | * The Doctor once again has a chance to permanently defeat an old enemy but sacrifices it for the greater good. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* Ashad's emotional personality is similar to the [[Cyber-Controller (Assimilation²)|Cyber-Controller]] who crossed into the [[Federation universe]] and modified themselves with the technology of the [[Borg (species)|Borg]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'') | * Ashad's emotional personality is similar to the [[Cyber-Controller (Assimilation²)|Cyber-Controller]] who crossed into the [[Federation universe]] and modified themselves with the technology of the [[Borg (species)|Borg]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'') | ||
* The Doctor states her belief that ghosts do not exist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Malkin Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Malkin Place]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') | * The Doctor states her belief that ghosts do not exist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Malkin Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Malkin Place]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') | ||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
'' | ===DVD and Blu-ray releases=== | ||
* This story was released as part of the Complete Twelfth Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on [[9 June (releases)|9 June]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], in region 2/B on [[4 May (releases)|4 May]] 2020 and in region 4/B on [[3 June (releases)|3 June]] 2020. | |||
===Digital releases=== | |||
* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]]''.'' | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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