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}} | |mentions =[[ST]]: ''[[The Clanging Chimes of Doom]]''<br>[[EDA]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]''<br>[[IDW]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]''<br>[[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]''}} | ||
'''Oscar Wilde''' was a [[19th century]] [[Irish]] writer. | '''Oscar Wilde''' was a [[19th century]] [[Irish]] writer. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
During his days at the [[University of Oxford]], an alien infected Oscar with a disease that turned him into a [[Vampire]]. Returning home to [[Dublin]], he passed the disease to [[Florence Stoker|Florence Balcombe]]. Some twenty years later he was imprisoned in [[Reading Gaol]] where the prison doctor experimented on him. After the [[ | During his days at the [[University of Oxford]], an alien infected Oscar with a disease that turned him into a [[Vampire]]. Returning home to [[Dublin]], he passed the disease to [[Florence Stoker|Florence Balcombe]]. Some twenty years later he was imprisoned in [[Reading Gaol]] where the prison doctor experimented on him. After the [[Tenth Doctor]] cured Wilde of his vampirism, he then left for [[Paris]]. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[Bat Attack!]]'') Once he arrived in Paris, he was met by [[Iris Wildthyme]] and an unknown incarnation of the Doctor prior to the [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'') | ||
In [[1865]] America, Wilde was impersonated by [[Robert Knox]] in the lead-up to assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight]]'') | In [[1865]] America, Wilde was impersonated by [[Robert Knox]] in the lead-up to assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Assassin in the Limelight]]'') | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*In a [[Fourth Doctor|yet earlier incarnation]], the Doctor recalled having met Wilde. ([[ST]]: ''[[The Clanging Chimes of Doom]]'') Later the [[ | *In a [[Fourth Doctor|yet earlier incarnation]], the Doctor recalled having met Wilde. ([[ST]]: ''[[The Clanging Chimes of Doom]]'') Later the [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned having met [[George Bernard Shaw]] at a party hosted by Wilde ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]''). | ||
*In his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], the Doctor joked that [[First Doctor|his first incarnation]] had got his [[The Doctor's walking stick|walking stick]] in an adventure involving Wilde and "midget assassins". ([[IDW]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]'') | *In his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], the Doctor joked that [[First Doctor|his first incarnation]] had got his [[The Doctor's walking stick|walking stick]] in an adventure involving Wilde and "midget assassins". ([[IDW]]: ''[[The Forgotten]]'') | ||
*Oscar Wilde and [[Noël Coward]] were two people that Professor [[Whitaker]] wished he could use his [[Time Scoop]] to meet. ([[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'') | *Oscar Wilde and [[Noël Coward]] were two people that Professor [[Whitaker]] wished he could use his [[Time Scoop]] to meet. ([[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*In real life, Wilde was infamously imprisoned for committing homosexual acts, under then-Draconian [[British]] law. Although a few of the sources above make reference to his imprisonment, none give the specific reason for his incarceration, nor make any other reference to his homosexuality. The | *In real life, Wilde was infamously imprisoned for committing homosexual acts, under then-Draconian [[British]] law. Although a few of the sources above make reference to his imprisonment, none give the specific reason for his incarceration, nor make any other reference to his homosexuality. The [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] is thus effectively silent as to Wilde's sexual orientation. | ||
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Revision as of 19:33, 27 March 2011
Oscar Wilde was a 19th century Irish writer.
Biography
During his days at the University of Oxford, an alien infected Oscar with a disease that turned him into a Vampire. Returning home to Dublin, he passed the disease to Florence Balcombe. Some twenty years later he was imprisoned in Reading Gaol where the prison doctor experimented on him. After the Tenth Doctor cured Wilde of his vampirism, he then left for Paris. (DWAM: Bat Attack!) Once he arrived in Paris, he was met by Iris Wildthyme and an unknown incarnation of the Doctor prior to the eighth. (EDA: The Scarlet Empress)
In 1865 America, Wilde was impersonated by Robert Knox in the lead-up to assassination of Abraham Lincoln. (BFA: Assassin in the Limelight)
References
- In a yet earlier incarnation, the Doctor recalled having met Wilde. (ST: The Clanging Chimes of Doom) Later the Eighth Doctor mentioned having met George Bernard Shaw at a party hosted by Wilde (EDA: The Gallifrey Chronicles).
- In his tenth incarnation, the Doctor joked that his first incarnation had got his walking stick in an adventure involving Wilde and "midget assassins". (IDW: The Forgotten)
- Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward were two people that Professor Whitaker wished he could use his Time Scoop to meet. (DWN: Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion)
Behind the scenes
- In real life, Wilde was infamously imprisoned for committing homosexual acts, under then-Draconian British law. Although a few of the sources above make reference to his imprisonment, none give the specific reason for his incarceration, nor make any other reference to his homosexuality. The Doctor Who universe is thus effectively silent as to Wilde's sexual orientation.
