Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson was a playwright in 17th century England.

Jonson wrote The Alchemist. According to some, he looked like the Fourth Doctor. He had been accused of murder. (PROSE: All Done with Mirrors ^[+]Loading...["All Done with Mirrors (short story)"])

Jonson wrote Christmas, His Masque in 1616. The depiction of Father Christmas in the play was intended to mock Father Christèmas of Faction Paradox after a failed deal between the two, and it became a meme which went viral. (PROSE: Weapons Grade Snake Oil ^[+]Loading...["Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)"])

Jonson, like half the playwrights in London, was an agent of Thomas Walsingham. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass ^[+]Loading...["The Empire of Glass (novel)"])

When the Eighth Doctor mentioned Shakespeare to Charlotte Pollard, Charley objected that he expected her to know all about the "obscure people" and gave Marlowe and Jonson as examples of Elizabethan playwrights that people had actually heard of. The Doctor was fascinated that she knew of Jonson and Marlowe but not Shakespeare which he claimed was "quite impossible" and this, combined with Orson Welles not recognising Shakespeare either, inspired the Doctor to search for and discover a time fissure in the 16th century and eventually that a young Shakespeare had been taken out of time. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (audio story)"])

In the 33rd century, Jonson's works were banned in Europa. (PROSE: Managra ^[+]Loading...["Managra (novel)"])