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| | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|first = Discoveries (comic story) | |||
| | |appearances = [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to the New World (audio story)|Voyage to the New World]]'' | ||
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'''Walter Raleigh''' discovered the [[potato]]. | [[Knight|Sir]] '''Walter Raleigh''' discovered the [[potato]]. | ||
[[Category: | == Biography == | ||
[[Category:16th century individuals | Raleigh visited [[Roanoke Island]] in [[1590]] and saw [[the TARDIS]]. He studied it after a while he pressed the fast return ship and sent it back 400 years with him in it which created the [[Semestran Interlude|Children of Croatoan]], but the [[Sixth Doctor]] negated that timeline by getting [[Wanchese]] to knock him out and press it instead. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Voyage to the New World (audio story)}}) | ||
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[[Category: | The [[Third Doctor]] told [[Jo Grant]] that he had once shared a cell with Raleigh in the [[Tower of London]] and that he spoke endlessly of the [[potato]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind of Evil (TV story)}}) | ||
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[[Category:Poets]] | Raleigh was released from the Tower in [[March]] [[1616]] and arranged for [[William Shakespeare]] to be poisoned. The playwright died in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] only five weeks later. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Empire of Glass (novel)}}) | ||
Raleigh was accompanied on his final expedition by [[First Marquess of Cranleigh's father|the father]] of a man who became the [[first Marquess of Cranleigh]]. The expedition was to the [[Orinoco]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Black Orchid (novelisation)}}) | |||
== References == | |||
In [[1879]], [[Queen]] [[Victoria]] referred to Sir [[Robert MacLeish]] as "her" Sir Walter Raleigh. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Elizabeth Evershed (Contributors)|Elizabeth Evershed]] claimed to be a descendant of Walter Raleigh. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Contributors (short story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
Raleigh was portrayed by [[Richard Todd]] in ''The Virgin Queen'' and [[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]] in the ''Blackadder II'' episode "Potato". | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 24 August 2024
Sir Walter Raleigh discovered the potato.
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Raleigh visited Roanoke Island in 1590 and saw the TARDIS. He studied it after a while he pressed the fast return ship and sent it back 400 years with him in it which created the Children of Croatoan, but the Sixth Doctor negated that timeline by getting Wanchese to knock him out and press it instead. (AUDIO: Voyage to the New World [+]Loading...["Voyage to the New World (audio story)"])
The Third Doctor told Jo Grant that he had once shared a cell with Raleigh in the Tower of London and that he spoke endlessly of the potato. (TV: The Mind of Evil [+]Loading...["The Mind of Evil (TV story)"])
Raleigh was released from the Tower in March 1616 and arranged for William Shakespeare to be poisoned. The playwright died in Stratford-upon-Avon only five weeks later. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass [+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"])
Raleigh was accompanied on his final expedition by the father of a man who became the first Marquess of Cranleigh. The expedition was to the Orinoco. (PROSE: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (novelisation)"])
References[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1879, Queen Victoria referred to Sir Robert MacLeish as "her" Sir Walter Raleigh. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])
Elizabeth Evershed claimed to be a descendant of Walter Raleigh. (PROSE: Contributors [+]Loading...["Contributors (short story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Raleigh was portrayed by Richard Todd in The Virgin Queen and Simon Jones in the Blackadder II episode "Potato".
