Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice was a novel written by Jane Austen in 1796. (TV: The Caretaker [+]Loading...["The Caretaker (TV story)"])
Sarah Jane Smith, while dressed in period-appropriate clothing for 1818, stated that she felt like a refugee from Pride and Prejudice. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)"])
Peri Brown had once read Pride and Prejudice. (AUDIO: A Most Excellent Match [+]Loading...["A Most Excellent Match (audio story)"])
Sam Jones thought her room in the TARDIS looked like a set from a BBC historical drama like Pride and Prejudice. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers [+]Loading...["The Bodysnatchers (novel)"])
On Heaven, an archaeology student commented that the Seventh Doctor's translation of a note written in Heavenite was "not Pride and Prejudice". (PROSE: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])
Fights and Cleavage was an American TV mini-series set in the early 19th century which had been inspired by novels like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet [+]Loading...["Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)"])
A hand-written edition of Pride and Prejudice was one of the novels in the Library of Carsus. (PROSE: Spiral Scratch [+]Loading...["Spiral Scratch (novel)"])
Emily Rutherford was reading Pride and Prejudice on the day she met Tom Charrington. (PROSE: Separation Day [+]Loading...["Separation Day (short story)"])
Rose Tyler described the year 1791 as "quarter-to Pride and Prejudice". (AUDIO: The Sword of the Chevalier [+]Loading...["The Sword of the Chevalier (audio story)"])
Working as an English teacher in Coal Hill School, Clara Oswald taught Pride and Predjudice to her class. She wrote a quote out from it on her classroom's whiteboard.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
While undercover as the school's caretaker, the Twelfth Doctor corrected what she had written on the board — telling her that the novel was written in 1796, not 1797. He explained that he knew this as he had read the biography in a copy of the book. (TV: The Caretaker [+]Loading...["The Caretaker (TV story)"]) Clara was still teaching the subject during a future term having apparently, in the interim, either met Austen or been informed about the author's kissing ability. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"])
Upon meeting Mary Shelley, Graham O'Brien began quoting the same excerpt, saying "It is a truth universally acknowledged...", but the Thirteenth Doctor stopped him before he got any further, saying "wrong writer". (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | edit source]
The BBC has made various adaptations of the novel:
- Peter Cushing starred in a 1952 version, which also featured Lawrence Davidson and Stella Wilkinson.
- William Squire, Colin Jeavons, Hamilton Dyce and Jack May featured in a 1958 adaptation.
- A 1967 adaptation had Lewis Fiander, Michael Gough, Lucy Fleming, David Savile, Richard Hampton, Sylvia Coleridge, Maurice Quick, Ralph Katterns and Barbara Leake among its cast.
- Moray Watson, Sabina Franklyn, Edward Arthur, Andrew Johns, Barbara Shelley, Peter Howell and Doreen Mantle featured in the 1980 version, while Susannah Harker, Christopher Benjamin, Anthony Calf, Roy Holder, Bridget Turner and Laurie Goode appeared in the 1995 version.
- Carole Ann Ford had a role in a theatrical adaptation of the novel.
