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{{Infobox TV|
{{Infobox TV|
story name= The Shakespeare Code|
story name= The Shakespeare Code|
image=[[Image:Martha Jones, the Tenth Doctor and the Tardis.jpg|250px]]|
image=[[Image:Martha Jones, the Tenth Doctor and the Tardis.jpg|250px]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]] |
number= 184 |
number= 184 |
doctor=[[Tenth Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Tenth Doctor]] |
companions= [[Martha Jones]] |
companions= [[Martha Jones]] |
enemy= [[Plasmavore|Plasmavores]]|
enemy= [[Plasmavore|Plasmavores]]|
year= 1599|
year= 1599|
writer= [[Gareth Roberts]] |
writer= [[Gareth Roberts]] |
director= [[Charles Palmer]] |
director= [[Charles Palmer]] |
producer=[[susie Liggat]]  |
producer=[[susie Liggat]]  |
broadcast date=|
broadcast date=|
format= 1 45-minute Episode |
format= 1 45-minute Episode |
production code= 184 |
production code= 184 |
previous story=[[Smith and Jones]] |
previous story=[[Smith and Jones]] |
next story=[[Series Three Episode Three]] }}
next story=[[Series Three Episode Three]] }}


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==Cast==
==Cast==
[[The Doctor]] — [[David Tennant]]
[[The Doctor]] — [[David Tennant]]
[[Martha Jones]] — [[Freema Agyeman]]
[[Martha Jones]] — [[Freema Agyeman]]
[[William Shakespeare]] — [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]
[[William Shakespeare]] — [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]


==Production==
==Production==
*Scenes for this episode were filmed in Coventry, Warwick and at the recreated Globe Theatre in London.
*Scenes for this episode were filmed in Coventry, Warwick and at the recreated Globe Theatre in London.
*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.  
 
*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]])


[[Category:Tenth Doctor episodes|Shakespeare Code, The]]
[[Category:Tenth Doctor episodes|Shakespeare Code, The]]
[[Category:Stories set in England|Shakespeare Code, The]]
[[Category:Stories set in England|Shakespeare Code, The]]

Revision as of 01:09, 30 January 2007

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The Shakespeare Code is an episode of Doctor Who. It will be broadcast in Spring 2007. The story will feature the wrath of three witches, with William Shakespeare having to save the day by giving the "performance of his life". It is rumoured that hidden in his plays, there is a code that the Doctor must work out in order to save humanity.

Cast

The DoctorDavid Tennant

Martha JonesFreema Agyeman

William ShakespeareDean Lennox Kelly

Production

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