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'''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.
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'''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.
==Synopsis==
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==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[The Doctor]] — [[David Tennant]]
[[Tenth Doctor | The Doctor]] — [[David Tennant]]
*[[Martha Jones]] — [[Freema Agyeman]]
 
*[[William Shakespeare]] — [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]
[[Martha Jones]] — [[Freema Agyeman]]
 
[[William Shakespeare]] — [[Dean Lennox Kelly]]


==Production==
==Crew==
*Scenes for this episode were filmed in Coventry, Warwick and at the recreated Globe Theatre in London.
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==References==
* Lilith mentions the [[Eternals]].
* The Doctor mentions the [[Sycorax]].
* [[Psychic paper]] doesn't work on Shakespeare.
 
===[[:Category:Culture|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.
*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]])
*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]])


==Plot Holes==
===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.
* ''[[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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[[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 07:41, 17 April 2007

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.


Synopsis

to be added

Plot

to be added

Cast

The Doctor — David Tennant

Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman

William Shakespeare — Dean Lennox Kelly

Crew

to be added

References

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.

Ratings

to be added

Myths

to be added

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

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

to be added

See Also

to be added

External Links

to be added

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