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'''John Ronald Reuel Tolkien''' was an Oxford don and the author of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While working at a garden centre, [[Fitz Kreiner]] had a conversation with a woman who incorrectly named him as R. J. Tolkien. Fitz convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had a relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'')
'''J. R. R. Tolkien''' was an Oxford don and the author of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While working at a garden centre, [[Fitz Kreiner]] had a conversation with a woman who incorrectly named him as R. J. Tolkien. Fitz convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had a relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'')


Tolkien briefly met the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] during a readthrough of ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'' by [[C. S. Lewis]]. He didn't like Lewis' work much, because "it didn't include half-a-dozen made-up languages".  ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'')
Tolkien briefly met the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] during a readthrough of ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'' by [[C. S. Lewis]]. He didn't like Lewis' work much, because "it didn't include half-a-dozen made-up languages".  ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
Although he's never called by his full name in ''Professor'', he's called John.
No [[DWU]] informs us that his initials stand for, aside from the fact that ''Professor'' reveals that his first name is John.
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Revision as of 11:00, 3 February 2014

J. R. R. Tolkien was an Oxford don and the author of The Lord of the Rings. While working at a garden centre, Fitz Kreiner had a conversation with a woman who incorrectly named him as R. J. Tolkien. Fitz convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had a relationship. (PROSE: The Taint)

Tolkien briefly met the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond during a readthrough of The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop by C. S. Lewis. He didn't like Lewis' work much, because "it didn't include half-a-dozen made-up languages". (COMIC: The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop)

Behind the scenes

No DWU informs us that his initials stand for, aside from the fact that Professor reveals that his first name is John.