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'''John Ronald "J. R. R." Tolkien''' was the author of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While working at a garden centre, [[Fitz Kreiner]] had a conversation with a woman who incorrectly named him as R. J. Tolkien. Fitz convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had a relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'') | '''John Ronald "J. R. R." Tolkien''' was the author of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While working at a garden centre, [[Fitz Kreiner]] had a conversation with a woman who incorrectly named him as R. J. Tolkien. Fitz convinced her that the character of Frodo had been named after a woman with whom Tolkien had a relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'') | ||
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Tolkien briefly met the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] during a [[C. S. Lewis]] reading at an [[Inklings]] gathering at [[The Eagle and Child]] of a story that would become ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''. Tolkien didn't like Lewis' work much, saying that it contained a meaningless mixture of too many mythologies. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'') | Tolkien briefly met the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] during a [[C. S. Lewis]] reading at an [[Inklings]] gathering at [[The Eagle and Child]] of a story that would become ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''. Tolkien didn't like Lewis' work much, saying that it contained a meaningless mixture of too many mythologies. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop (comic story)|The Professor, the Queen and the Bookshop]]'') | ||
Like all humans, Tolkien was resurrected in the [[City of the Saved]]. He served as a philologist on a team sent to crack the mystery of the Jama'a Civil Tongue. | Like all humans, Tolkien was resurrected in the [[City of the Saved]]. He served as a [[Philology|philologist]] on a [[Royal Philological Society]] team sent to crack the mystery of the [[Jama'a]] [[Civil Tongue]]. He was surprised to realise they'd incorporated ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' into their myth cycle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks (short story)|Philology: The Real Professional Bag of Tricks]]'') | ||
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[[Category:People from the real world encountered by the Eleventh Doctor]] | [[Category:People from the real world encountered by the Eleventh Doctor]] | ||
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