Blackbeard was an English pirate and the subject of several works of fiction. The Master of the Land summoned Blackbeard in his mental battle with the Second Doctor. (TV: The Mind Robber)
The Tenth Doctor told Martha Jones that she could forget her Bonapartes, her Boadiceas, and her Blackbeards when introducing her to the pirate Baltazar. (TV: The Infinite Quest)
Behind the scenes
- He was played by James Purefoy in the 2005 miniseries Blackbeard and Mark Bonnar in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.