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'''Charles Dickens''' was encountered on [[Christmas]] [[1869]] in [[Cardiff]] by [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] during a period of personal despair. The Doctor revealed himself as major fan of Dickens' work. | '''Charles Dickens''' was encountered on [[Christmas]] [[1869]] in [[Cardiff]] by [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] during a period of personal despair. The Doctor revealed himself as major fan of Dickens' work. | ||
He clashed with the Doctor on his lack of | He clashed with the Doctor on his lack of faith in the supernatural. By the end of the ordeal, Dickens emerges victorious, as the Doctor cannot explain Gweneth's actions after death. | ||
The adventure Dickens experienced alongside the Doctor and Rose re-invigorated his sense of wonder and he resolved to re-tell the affair in the form of a new novel ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', but the Doctor knew he would not live long enough to do so. When he did die, he did so a happier man. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') | The adventure Dickens experienced alongside the Doctor and Rose re-invigorated his sense of wonder and he resolved to re-tell the affair in the form of a new novel ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', but the Doctor knew he would not live long enough to do so. When he did die, he did so a happier man. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') | ||
Revision as of 02:15, 23 November 2009
- "What the Shakespeare?!"
- Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was encountered on Christmas 1869 in Cardiff by the Doctor and Rose Tyler during a period of personal despair. The Doctor revealed himself as major fan of Dickens' work.
He clashed with the Doctor on his lack of faith in the supernatural. By the end of the ordeal, Dickens emerges victorious, as the Doctor cannot explain Gweneth's actions after death.
The adventure Dickens experienced alongside the Doctor and Rose re-invigorated his sense of wonder and he resolved to re-tell the affair in the form of a new novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, but the Doctor knew he would not live long enough to do so. When he did die, he did so a happier man. (DW: The Unquiet Dead)
