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By one account, [[Mary Shelley]]'s idea for the monster was inspired from seeing the [[Eighth Doctor]] — under the [[The Doctor's aliases|alias]] "Dr Frankenstein" — revived and turned into a similar creature. A younger Eighth Doctor, as the two left for adventures in [[the TARDIS]], emphasised that "Frankenstein is the name of the monster, and ''not'' the name of [[Victor Frankenstein|the doctor]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | By one account, [[Mary Shelley]]'s idea for the monster was inspired from seeing the [[Eighth Doctor]] — under the [[The Doctor's aliases|alias]] "Dr Frankenstein" — revived and turned into a similar creature. A younger Eighth Doctor, as the two left for adventures in [[the TARDIS]], emphasised that "Frankenstein is the name of the monster, and ''not'' the name of [[Victor Frankenstein|the doctor]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') | ||
Another account indicated the monster was inspired by [[Zzazik]] | Another account indicated the monster was inspired by [[Zzazik]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Creative Spark (comic story)|The Creative Spark]]'') while a third account attributed at least some inspiration to Shelley's encounter with the [[Lone Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') | ||
The Piebald Man, so old he couldn't remember many details of his early life, believed that "that damn book" wasn't an entirely accurate account of his creation. He pieced together his own history from many different versions of the story, which were united by "forbidden knowledge", "tragedy, fire", "spark of life, sin of murder", and a man put together from the dead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Draft (short story)|First Draft]]'') | The Piebald Man, so old he couldn't remember many details of his early life, believed that "that damn book" wasn't an entirely accurate account of his creation. He pieced together his own history from many different versions of the story, which were united by "forbidden knowledge", "tragedy, fire", "spark of life, sin of murder", and a man put together from the dead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Draft (short story)|First Draft]]'') | ||
