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* The ''[[Time Lord Fairy Tales (anthology)|Time Lord Fairy Tales]]'' short story ''[[Helana and the Beast (short story)|Helana and the Beast]]'' is based on the story. | * The ''[[Time Lord Fairy Tales (anthology)|Time Lord Fairy Tales]]'' short story ''[[Helana and the Beast (short story)|Helana and the Beast]]'' is based on the story. | ||
* The parallel that [[Tanya Adeola]] makes to the story may be more specifically referencing [[Disney]]'s 1991 animated adaptation, where the Beast's castle is inhabited by sentient household objects, formelly castle staff who were cursed along with their master. | * The parallel that [[Tanya Adeola]] makes to the story may be more specifically referencing [[Disney]]'s 1991 animated adaptation, where the Beast's castle is inhabited by sentient household objects, formelly castle staff who were cursed along with their master. | ||
* In the [[Titan Comics|Titan]] comic story ''[[A New Beginning (comic story)|A New Beginning]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s [[teapot]] aboard [[the TARDIS]] is identical, in all but colour, to | * In the [[Titan Comics|Titan]] comic story ''[[A New Beginning (comic story)|A New Beginning]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s [[teapot]] aboard [[the TARDIS]] is identical, in all but colour, to [[Mrs. Potts]], a character in the animated film. | ||
=== Connections === | === Connections === | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 7 December 2022
- You may be looking for the short story.
Beauty and the Beast was a fairy tale that Peri Brown once sarcastically compared Prince Vlad III — otherwise known as Dracula — and his brother Radu the Handsome to. (AUDIO: Son of the Dragon)
Tanya Adeola compared the old stone house in Shoreditch that cleaned up the mess on its own to Beauty and the Beast. (PROSE: The Stone House)
Behind the scenes
- The Time Lord Fairy Tales short story Helana and the Beast is based on the story.
- The parallel that Tanya Adeola makes to the story may be more specifically referencing Disney's 1991 animated adaptation, where the Beast's castle is inhabited by sentient household objects, formelly castle staff who were cursed along with their master.
- In the Titan comic story A New Beginning, the Thirteenth Doctor's teapot aboard the TARDIS is identical, in all but colour, to Mrs. Potts, a character in the animated film.
Connections
Disney's aforementioned 1991 animated film version was later adapted into a musical stage version. Derek Griffiths, Rebecca Thornhill, and Richard Gauntlett were among the show's original West End cast, when it debuted there in 1997.
Disney later released a live-action remake of the animated film in 2017, which starred Dan Stevens, Ian McKellen, and Hattie Morahan.
Outside of Disney, Bavenfield Films made their own animated adaptation in 1992, which starred Jason Connery, Susan Sheridan, and Kate O'Mara.[1]
