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|name = J. R. R. Tolkien
|name = J. R. R. Tolkien
|alias = Old Misery Guts
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|image = J.R.R.Tolkien.jpg
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|species=Human
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|origin = [[Earth]]
|origin = [[Earth]]
|appearances =[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]''}}
|only=The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)}}'''J. R. R. Tolkien''' was 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 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 [[C. S. Lewis]] reading at an [[Inklings]] gathering at [[The Eagle and Child]] of a story that would become ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' He didn't like Lewis' work much, saying that it contained a meaningless mixture of too many mythologies.  ([[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 [[C. S. Lewis]] reading at an [[Inklings]] gathering at [[the Eagle and Child]] of a story that would become ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' He didn't like Lewis' work much, saying that it contained a meaningless mixture of too many mythologies.  ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==

Revision as of 15:33, 23 June 2014

J. R. R. Tolkien was 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 C. S. Lewis reading at an Inklings gathering at the Eagle and Child of a story that would become The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe He didn't like Lewis' work much, saying that it contained a meaningless mixture of too many mythologies. (COMIC: The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop)

Behind the scenes

  • No DWU source informs us that his initials stand for, aside from the fact that Professor reveals that his first name is John.
  • Tolkien also wrote The Hobbit.