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'''Victor Hugo''' was a [[France|French]] writer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'')
'''Victor Hugo''' was a [[France|French]] writer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'')


The [[Fourth Doctor]] once brought him to the [[Catacombs]] beneath [[Paris]]. The incident nearly gave Hugo a [[heart attack]]. Afterwards, he changed the entire plot of ''[[Les Misérables]]'', which was originally going to be a comedy, at least according to the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s memories of the Fourth Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') Victor Hugo wrote ''Les Misérables'' in [[Guernsey]]. The Doctor told him to change the title, but he wouldn't listen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
The [[Fourth Doctor]] once brought him to the [[Catacombs]] beneath [[Paris]]. The incident nearly gave Hugo a [[heart attack]]. Afterwards, he changed the entire plot of ''[[Les Misérables]]'', which was originally going to be a comedy, at least according to the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s memories of being the Fourth Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'') Victor Hugo wrote ''Les Misérables'' in [[Guernsey]]. [[The Doctor]] told him to change the title, but he wouldn't listen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')


A play based on ''Les Misérables'' was popular during the [[21st century]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sticks and Stones]]'')
A [[play]] based on ''Les Misérables'' was popular during the [[21st century]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sticks & Stones (comic story)|Sticks & Stones]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] told [[Peri Brown|Peri]] that he kept meaning to see the play version of "''Les Mis''," and always wondered what Hugo himself would have thought of it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Light at the End of the Tunnel]]'') After the Fifth Doctor and Peri saw the play, he commented that Hugo would have hated it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Black and White (short story)|Black and White]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
In the short story ''[[Echo (short story)|Echo]]'', [[Ace]] references ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'', saying to the figure in a [[mirror]], "You ain't [[Quasimodo]]", meaning he doesn't "ring a bell".
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Latest revision as of 22:54, 3 September 2020

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo was a French writer. (PROSE: Just War, COMIC: The Forgotten)

The Fourth Doctor once brought him to the Catacombs beneath Paris. The incident nearly gave Hugo a heart attack. Afterwards, he changed the entire plot of Les Misérables, which was originally going to be a comedy, at least according to the Tenth Doctor's memories of being the Fourth Doctor. (COMIC: The Forgotten) Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables in Guernsey. The Doctor told him to change the title, but he wouldn't listen. (PROSE: Just War)

A play based on Les Misérables was popular during the 21st century. (COMIC: Sticks & Stones) The Fifth Doctor told Peri that he kept meaning to see the play version of "Les Mis," and always wondered what Hugo himself would have thought of it. (PROSE: Light at the End of the Tunnel) After the Fifth Doctor and Peri saw the play, he commented that Hugo would have hated it. (PROSE: Black and White)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the short story Echo, Ace references The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, saying to the figure in a mirror, "You ain't Quasimodo", meaning he doesn't "ring a bell".