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|species = Fictional character created by [[Mary Shelley]] | |species = Fictional character created by [[Mary Shelley]] | ||
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'''Frankenstein's Monster''' was a character from the [[1818]] novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]]. | '''Frankenstein's Monster''' was a character from the [[1818]] novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]]. | ||
In [[1996]], an [[android]] [[Frankenstein (robot)|version]] of Frankenstein's Monster, along with [[Dracula (robot)|a version of]] [[Count Dracula]] and the [[Grey Lady]], was part of an attraction at the [[Festival of Ghana]]. ([[ | In [[1996]], an [[android]] [[Frankenstein (robot)|version]] of Frankenstein's Monster, along with [[Dracula (robot)|a version of]] [[Count Dracula]] and the [[Grey Lady]], was part of an attraction at the [[Festival of Ghana]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'') | ||
On [[30 December]] [[1999]], [[Pete (Doctor Who)|Pete]] watched the [[1931]] ''[[Frankenstein]]'' film featuring the Creature while the [[Seventh Doctor]] [[regenerate]]d in his morgue. After regenerating, the [[Eighth Doctor]] was startled by the Creature on Pete's television. ([[ | On [[30 December]] [[1999]], [[Pete (Doctor Who)|Pete]] watched the [[1931]] ''[[Frankenstein]]'' film featuring the Creature while the [[Seventh Doctor]] [[regenerate]]d in his morgue. After regenerating, the [[Eighth Doctor]] was startled by the Creature on Pete's television. ([[TV]]: [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'']]) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* [[Dave Prowse]], who plays a different creature in [[ | * [[Dave Prowse]], who plays a different creature in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'', played no less than three different versions of Frankenstein's monster in films of the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]]. | ||
* [[Boris Karloff]], who plays the monster by the use of stock footage, was born on [[23 November]], [[1887]], exactly 76 years before the air date of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''. | * [[Boris Karloff]], who plays the monster by the use of stock footage, was born on [[23 November]], [[1887]], exactly 76 years before the air date of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''. | ||
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Revision as of 01:56, 17 September 2012
- See also Frankenstein (disambiguation)
Frankenstein's Monster was a character from the 1818 novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
In 1996, an android version of Frankenstein's Monster, along with a version of Count Dracula and the Grey Lady, was part of an attraction at the Festival of Ghana. (TV: The Chase)
On 30 December 1999, Pete watched the 1931 Frankenstein film featuring the Creature while the Seventh Doctor regenerated in his morgue. After regenerating, the Eighth Doctor was startled by the Creature on Pete's television. (TV: Doctor Who)
Behind the scenes
- Dave Prowse, who plays a different creature in TV: The Time Monster, played no less than three different versions of Frankenstein's monster in films of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- Boris Karloff, who plays the monster by the use of stock footage, was born on 23 November, 1887, exactly 76 years before the air date of An Unearthly Child.
