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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Individual characters from ''The Lord of the Rings'' have also been referenced, though none of these references explicitly makes the connection between these characters and either [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s books or the film adaptations. | * Individual characters from ''The Lord of the Rings'' have also been referenced, though none of these references explicitly makes the connection between these characters and either [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s books or the film adaptations. | ||
** [[Rose Tyler]] once called [[Chip]] "[[Gollum]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] | ** [[Rose Tyler]] once called [[Chip]] "[[Gollum]]", ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'') and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] called himself [[Gandalf]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meanwhile in the TARDIS (TV story)|Meanwhile in the TARDIS]]'') | ||
** [[Ram Singh]] compares [[April MacLean]]'s situation to [[Frodo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Brave-ish Heart (TV story)|Brave-ish Heart]]'') | ** [[Ram Singh]] compares [[April MacLean]]'s situation to [[Frodo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Brave-ish Heart (TV story)|Brave-ish Heart]]'') | ||
** {{Simm|c}} also calls the elderly [[Tenth Doctor]] Gandalf during [[the Year That Never Was]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ** {{Simm|c}} also calls the elderly [[Tenth Doctor]] Gandalf during [[the Year That Never Was]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 13 September 2018
The Lord of the Rings was a book series by J. R. R. Tolkien.
I.M. Foreman had been reading The Lord of the Rings shortly before meeting the Eighth Doctor. She said that it was very long, but she liked the final line. When the Doctor mentioned travelling with someone named "Sam", Foreman was reminded of a character from Rings. The Doctor, for his part, was reminded that Fitz had been talking about Rings. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)
John Waters produced an Oscar-winning film that was a drag adaptation of Lord of the Rings. Bette Davis played Sauron, Joan Crawford played Gandalf the Witch, and Noël Coward played Aragorn. Ron Von Arnim provided the monster special effects. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
In Stockbridge, Andrew Harper asked Nyssa if the novel she was writing was like Lord of the Rings. (AUDIO: Autumn)
Astrolabus forced the Sixth Doctor to quote the book in the Cabinet of Astrolabus. (COMIC: Once Upon a Time Lord)
While working at a garden centre, Fitz had a conversation with a woman and convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had had a relationship. (PROSE: The Taint)
Behind the scenes
- Individual characters from The Lord of the Rings have also been referenced, though none of these references explicitly makes the connection between these characters and either J. R. R. Tolkien's books or the film adaptations.
- Rose Tyler once called Chip "Gollum", (TV: New Earth) and the Eleventh Doctor called himself Gandalf. (TV: Meanwhile in the TARDIS)
- Ram Singh compares April MacLean's situation to Frodo. (TV: Brave-ish Heart)
- The Saxon Master also calls the elderly Tenth Doctor Gandalf during the Year That Never Was. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)
- Ram identifies Frodo as coming from an "old movie" his dad Varun Singh likes. (TV: Brave-ish Heart)
- Actor Ian McKellen dressed as Gandalf in the 50th anniversary story, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, referencing filming on The Hobbit.
