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'''Mark Twain''' (also known as '''Samuel Clemens''') was an author. At some point, [[the Doctor]] had edited Twain's first draft of ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]''. Twain was apparently horrible at spelling, and the Doctor's editing was what made him able to submit the manuscript. As a reward, he gave the Doctor an original Paul E. Wirt pen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'') He once gave [[the Doctor]] a [[stetson]] [[hat]], which the latter finally got around to wearing when he visited the [[Lakota Sioux]] Nation in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth life]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'') | '''Mark Twain''' (also known as '''Samuel Clemens''') was an author. At some point, [[the Doctor]] had edited Twain's first draft of ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]''. Twain was apparently horrible at spelling, and the Doctor's editing was what made him able to submit the manuscript. As a reward, he gave the Doctor an original Paul E. Wirt pen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'') He once gave [[the Doctor]] a [[stetson]] [[hat]], which the latter finally got around to wearing when he visited the [[Lakota Sioux]] Nation in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth life]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
* Many characters in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] have repeated variations upon a famous misquote of Mark Twain "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated, including the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life (novel)|Time of Your Life]]'', ''[[Shakedown (novel)|Shakedown]]'', ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'', ''[[Another Girl, Another Planet (novel)|Another Girl, Another Planet]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nekromanteia (audio story)|Nekromanteia]], [[Deimos (audio story)|Deimos]]'') In one instance, the Eighth Doctor claimed he was quoting "an old acquaintance" when he did so, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crooked World (novel)|The Crooked World]]'') but Twain has yet to be directly identified as the source of this quote. | |||
* The author's birth name was Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain merely a pen-name. Although he was referred to as "Mr Clemens" in [[PROSE]]: ''[[64 Carlysle Street (short story)|64 Carlysle Street]]'', his first name has not yet appeared within any ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story. However, in order to differentiate between him and the actor [[Sam Clemens]], his first name is noted in this article. | |||
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