Jane Austen
Jane Austen was a novelist from 18th and 19th century England.
She assisted the First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Vicki Pallister in defeating a Phoenix in London in February 1814. The Doctor was pleased to meet Austen, declaring his admiration for all of her novels. Austen was surprised by this, having at that time only written two novels which had been published anonymously. (AUDIO: Frostfire)
Charley Pollard had read lots of Jane Austen. (AUDIO: Seasons of Fear)
Clara Oswald was interrupted by the Twelfth Doctor during a lesson about Pride and Prejudice when he corrected her about the date of writing of the novel. She tried to guess about a rendezvous between the Doctor and the author, but the former countered he knew that as he had read her biography in a copy of the book. (TV: The Caretaker)
Clara later described Austen as a "phenomenal kisser", suggesting that after the previous discussion with the Doctor they actually met. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice) This was later confirmed when Clara related to Rigsy that not only has she met Austen, the two apparently pull pranks on each other and that Clara "loves her"; she teases Rigsy to interpret that statement any way he likes. (TV: Face the Raven)
Behind the scenes
- According to The Brilliant Book 2012, a book that contains non-narrative based information, in an alternate universe where all of history happened at once, Austen teased of a massacre in her book Emmerdale.
