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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') in the year [[1797]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') Her father, [[William Godwin]], wrote the book ''[[Caleb Williams]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
She had a stepsister named [[Claire Clairmont]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | She had a stepsister named [[Claire Clairmont]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | ||
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When Mary was 16, Percy Shelley abandoned his [[Percy Shelley's wife|wife]] and [[Percy Shelley's child|child]] for her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | When Mary was 16, Percy Shelley abandoned his [[Percy Shelley's wife|wife]] and [[Percy Shelley's child|child]] for her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | ||
By [[June]] [[1816]], Mary had a [[Mary Shelley's child|child]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'') named William ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | By [[June]] [[1816]], Mary had a [[Mary Shelley's child|child]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'') named William. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | ||
In the [[summer]] of [[1816]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') Mary left her [[Bishopsgate]] home in [[Windsor]], [[England]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') and travelled to [[Switzerland]], ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'' where Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Claire Clairmont and she stayed at [[Villa Diodati]] near [[Lake Geneva]]. ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati | In the [[summer]] of [[1816]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') Mary left her [[Bishopsgate]] home in [[Windsor]], [[England]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') and travelled to [[Switzerland]], ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') where Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Claire Clairmont and she stayed at [[Villa Diodati]] near [[Lake Geneva]]. ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') Despite not being married to Percy yet, Mary still went by Mrs. Shelley at the time, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') and the pair referred to each other as husband and wife. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned that he and Professor [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] spent time near Lake Geneva with Mary and Byron. ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned that he and Professor [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] spent time near Lake Geneva with Mary and Byron. ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'') | ||
As she would later recount in her [[foreword]] to ''Frankenstein'' (edition [[1831]]), the incessant [[rain]] of this particular summer drew them away from the [[lake]] and kept them indoors, at Lord Byron's house, for days. Whilst reading [[ghost story|ghost stories]] together, Byron challenged the group to each write a ghost story of their own, ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') in the form of "the most gruesome, spine-chilling ghost story of all time". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') That night, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Yasmin Khan]], [[Ryan Sinclair]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] knocked on the door, seeking shelter from the rain. This led to an encounter with Ashad, the [[Lone Cyberman]]. Mary wondered if Ashad was a composite of multiple men and referred to his creators as a "Modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]" | As she would later recount in her [[foreword]] to ''Frankenstein'' (edition [[1831]]), the incessant [[rain]] of this particular summer drew them away from the [[lake]] and kept them indoors, at Lord Byron's house, for days. Whilst reading [[ghost story|ghost stories]] together, Byron challenged the group to each write a ghost story of their own, ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') in the form of "the most gruesome, spine-chilling ghost story of all time". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') That night, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Yasmin Khan]], [[Ryan Sinclair]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] knocked on the door, seeking shelter from the rain. This led to an encounter with Ashad, the [[Lone Cyberman]]. Mary wondered if Ashad was a composite of multiple men and referred to his creators as a "Modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | ||
Though Mary's account said that there were only four individuals present during the ghost story competition, the Eighth Doctor knew this was untrue. The Doctor wished she had been able to tell the ''real'' story of what had taken place ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') at Villa Diodati. ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | Though Mary's account said that there were only four individuals present during the ghost story competition, the Eighth Doctor knew this was untrue. The Doctor wished she had been able to tell the ''real'' story of what had taken place ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') at Villa Diodati. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | ||
In June 1816, at Villa Diodati, the 18-year-old Mary encountered two versions of the Eighth Doctor simultaneously. The older of the two versions introduced himself as [[The Doctor's aliases|Dr Frankenstein]]. When this older version appeared to have died Percy suggested to make an experiment with lightning on the Doctor's body, modelled after the experiments of signor [[Galvani]] on [[frog]]s. During the experiment, Percy called himself "the modern Prometheus". This experience, as well as Mary's later travels with the Doctor, must have influenced her science-based horror story ''Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus''. After the younger version of the Doctor has helped the older one to recover, Mary left her future husband and their friends and spent years travelling with the younger version of the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | In June 1816, at Villa Diodati, the 18-year-old Mary encountered two versions of the Eighth Doctor simultaneously. The older of the two versions introduced himself as [[The Doctor's aliases|Dr Frankenstein]]. When this older version appeared to have died Percy suggested to make an experiment with lightning on the Doctor's body, modelled after the experiments of signor [[Galvani]] on [[frog]]s. During the experiment, Percy called himself "the modern Prometheus". This experience, as well as Mary's later travels with the Doctor, must have influenced her science-based horror story ''Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus''. After the younger version of the Doctor has helped the older one to recover, Mary left her future husband and their friends and spent years travelling with the younger version of the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | ||
