The Shakespeare Code (TV story)

The Shakespeare Code was the second episode of the third series of the revived Doctor Who. It was broadcast on the 7th of April 2007.

The Shakespeare Code
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Martha Jones
Main enemy:	Carrionites
Main setting:	1599
Key crew
Writer:	Gareth Roberts
Director:	Charles Palmer
Producer:	Susie Liggat
Release details
Release number:	184
Premiere broadcast:	7th April 2007
Format:	1 45-minute Episode
Production code:	184

Synopsis

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Plot

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Cast

The Doctor — David Tennant

Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman

William Shakespeare — Dean Lennox Kelly

Crew

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References

• Lilith mentions the Eternals.
• The Doctor mentions the Sycorax.
• Psychic paper doesn't work on Shakespeare.

Culture

• There are numerous Harry Potter mentions and references; "Expelliarmus", as well as "Wait till you read the seventh book, I cried."
• The Doctor uses Back to the Future to explain time travel to Martha.

Story Notes

• The title appears to be a play on The Da Vinci Code, which is also a story based around a well-known figure of the Renaissance.

• This will be the second appearance of a famous writer in the newer series (the first being Charles Dickens in the episode The Unquiet Dead)

Ratings

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Myths

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Location Filming

• Scenes for this episode were filmed in Coventry, Warwick and at the recreated Globe Theatre in London.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

• Love's Labour's Won was already being featured on lists of Shakespeare's plays in 1598, the year before this story's setting.

Continuity

• Shakespeare has previously appeared: as a young boy in The Time of the Daleks, as an older man (who hitches a ride aboard the TARDIS) The Kingmaker and The Empire of Glass.

• The Doctor does his mind reading thing previous seen in; The Girl in the Fireplace and Fear Her.

DVD, Video and Other Releases

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Target Novelisations

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See Also

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External Links

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