The Shakespeare Code (TV story)
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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
William Shakespeare — Dean Lennox Kelly
Crew
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References
- Lilith mentions the Eternals.
- The Doctor mentions the Sycorax.
- Psychic paper doesn't work on Shakespeare.
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.
- 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)
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.
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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