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'''''The Haunting of Villa Diodati''''' was the eighth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''''The Haunting of Villa Diodati''''' was the eighth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
It offered an alternate account of the conception of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] to that of the [[AUDIO|audio]] story ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'' featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], though with the story acknowledging that what it was depicting was the result of history becoming unusually flexible around that night. | It offered an alternate account of the conception of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] to that of the [[AUDIO|audio]] story ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'' featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], though with the story acknowledging that what it was depicting was the result of history becoming unusually flexible around that night. | ||
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* The Doctor quotes Lord Byron's poem "[[She Walks in Beauty]]". | * The Doctor quotes Lord Byron's poem "[[She Walks in Beauty]]". | ||
* Lord Byron believes that the Doctor is after the third [[canto]] of his work ''[[Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]]''. | * Lord Byron believes that the Doctor is after the third [[canto]] of his work ''[[Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]]''. | ||
* Mary Shelley wonders if [[Lone Cyberman|Ashad]] is a composite of multiple men (like the [[Frankenstein's monster|creature]] in her novel), and refers to his creators as a "Modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]" (the novel's full title is ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''). | * Mary Shelley wonders if [[Lone Cyberman|Ashad]] is a composite of multiple men (like the [[Frankenstein's monster|creature]] in her novel), and refers to his creators as a "Modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]" (the novel's full title is ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''). | ||
**As witnessed by the Doctor, Ashad also recharges via a lightning strike. In the novel, the monster is implied to have been brought to life via electricity. | ** As witnessed by the Doctor, Ashad also recharges via a lightning strike. In the novel, the monster is implied to have been brought to life via electricity. | ||
*Ashad recites Percy Shelley's poem "[[Queen Mab (poem)|Queen Mab]]". | * Ashad recites Percy Shelley's poem "[[Queen Mab (poem)|Queen Mab]]". | ||
* The poem read aloud by Byron to the audience is "[[Darkness (poem)|Darkness]]". | * The poem read aloud by Byron to the audience is "[[Darkness (poem)|Darkness]]". | ||
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