A Groatsworth of Wit (comic story)

A Groatsworth of Wit
Doctor:	[[doctor::Ninth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler
Main enemy:	Shadeys, Robert Greene
Main setting:	1592
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Pannini]]
Writer:	Gareth Roberts
Artist:	Mike Collins (pencils), David A. Roach (inks)
Release details
Format:	Comic - 2 parts

Summary

The Shadeys are a race that draws on negative emotions. They choose Robert Greene as a host for powerful negative emotions. By manipulating the dying Green they turn his hatred, bile and jealousy of Shakespeare "up to eleven," giving them enough power to crush the planet.

Characters

• Ninth Doctor
• Rose Tyler
• William Shakespeare
• Robert Greene
• Uncle Bloodfinger
• Woodscrape

References

• The name Uncle Bloodfinger is very similar to Mother Doomfinger, who featured in The Shakespeare Code, an episode released not long after the comic, wherein witches attempt to free other trapped witches. The dialogue and presentation of the enemies speaking while watching the writer work is similar to several parts of The Shakespeare Code. Both were written by Gareth Roberts.
• A tavern sign features a picture of a wolf's head and the initials "B.W.", a reference to the Bad Wolf story arc that is resolved in The Parting Of The Ways.

Notes

• Final DWM comic strip to feature the Ninth Doctor. With this strip, the Ninth Doctor becomes the only incarnation in the history of the DWM strip to be shown sharing adventures with only a single companion throughout his tenure.

Continuity

• Shakespeare first appears in Doctor Who in "The Executioners," the first episode of DW: The Chase. He later appeared on televised Doctor Who in The Shakespeare Code.
• The Fourth Doctor wrote out the first draft of Hamlet in BE: The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor, and references it in DW: City of Death.

Timeline

• This story occurs after DW: The Long Game
• This story occurs before DW: Father's Day