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Many sources depicted Shakespeare as a real individual who shared interactions with [[the Doctor]] on multiple occasions, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[A Groatsworth of Wit (comic story)|A Groatsworth of Wit]]'') as [[history]] recorded, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') but others claimed that Shakespeare was "no more than a [[rumour]]" and that "no real empirical evidence of anyone of that name in courtly circles" existed, with one stating it was an [[alias]] of [[Christopher Marlowe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Done with Mirrors (short story)|All Done with Mirrors]]'') Additionally, sources that agreed on Shakespeare's existence conflicted over the circumstances of his demise. One claimed that he died in [[April]] [[1616]] after being [[poison]]ed on the orders of [[Walter Raleigh]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') but another depicted him as taking the place of the doomed [[King]] [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] at the [[Battle of Bosworth]], with the real Richard taking Shakespeare's place in history in [[1597]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | Many sources depicted Shakespeare as a real individual who shared interactions with [[the Doctor]] on multiple occasions, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[A Groatsworth of Wit (comic story)|A Groatsworth of Wit]]'') as [[history]] recorded, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') but others claimed that Shakespeare was "no more than a [[rumour]]" and that "no real empirical evidence of anyone of that name in courtly circles" existed, with one stating it was an [[alias]] of [[Christopher Marlowe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Done with Mirrors (short story)|All Done with Mirrors]]'') Additionally, sources that agreed on Shakespeare's existence conflicted over the circumstances of his demise. One claimed that he died in [[April]] [[1616]] after being [[poison]]ed on the orders of [[Walter Raleigh]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass (novel)|The Empire of Glass]]'') but another depicted him as taking the place of the doomed [[King]] [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] at the [[Battle of Bosworth]], with the real Richard taking Shakespeare's place in history in [[1597]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | ||
In a [[20th century]] textbook owned by the [[Coal Hill library]], it was acknowledged that for all his [[play]]s, "little" was known about the man himself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') By [[1963]], [[Literature|literary]] [[scholar]]s had argued about whether Shakespeare had really written his own works for [[Century|centuries]]. History [[teacher]] [[Barbara Wright]] considered [[Francis Bacon]] such a credible candidate for the true [[author]] that she attempted to use the [[Time-Space Visualiser]] to find out for certain. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') Indeed, [[Iris Wildthyme]] once concurred with this [[theory]], having been told by Will himself that he and Bacon had an "arrangement". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Minions of the Moon (short story)|Minions of the Moon]]'') Of Shakespeare's contemporaries, [[Thomas Middleton]] was another possibility, with some evidence existing that ''[[Macbeth]]'' contained "interpolations" drawn from Middleton's work. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The True | In a [[20th century]] textbook owned by the [[Coal Hill library]], it was acknowledged that for all his [[play]]s, "little" was known about the man himself. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') By [[1963]], [[Literature|literary]] [[scholar]]s had argued about whether Shakespeare had really written his own works for [[Century|centuries]]. History [[teacher]] [[Barbara Wright]] considered [[Francis Bacon]] such a credible candidate for the true [[author]] that she attempted to use the [[Time-Space Visualiser]] to find out for certain. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') Indeed, [[Iris Wildthyme]] once concurred with this [[theory]], having been told by Will himself that he and Bacon had an "arrangement". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Minions of the Moon (short story)|Minions of the Moon]]'') Of Shakespeare's contemporaries, [[Thomas Middleton]] was another possibility, with some evidence existing that ''[[Macbeth]]'' contained "interpolations" drawn from Middleton's work. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The True Tragedie of Macbeth (short story)|The True Tragedie of Macbeth]]'') | ||
The true authorship of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets was still considered an "ancient mystery" in the [[space]]-faring age of the [[25th century]] with the list of potential candidates having been expanded to include [[extra-terrestrial]]s. According to one account, all of his work had in fact been written by the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (comic story)|City of the Daleks]]'') Other accounts showed multiple [[incarnation]]s of the Doctor helping with the authorship of his works, particularly with ''[[Hamlet]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor (short story)|The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'') with yet more accounts indicating that Shakespeare was [[paradox]]ically given access to some or all of his works by the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Done with Mirrors (short story)|All Done with Mirrors]]'', ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'', ''[[The Tempest - A Work in Progress (short story)|The Tempest - A Work in Progress]]'') | The true authorship of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets was still considered an "ancient mystery" in the [[space]]-faring age of the [[25th century]] with the list of potential candidates having been expanded to include [[extra-terrestrial]]s. According to one account, all of his work had in fact been written by the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (comic story)|City of the Daleks]]'') Other accounts showed multiple [[incarnation]]s of the Doctor helping with the authorship of his works, particularly with ''[[Hamlet]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor (short story)|The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'') with yet more accounts indicating that Shakespeare was [[paradox]]ically given access to some or all of his works by the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Done with Mirrors (short story)|All Done with Mirrors]]'', ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'', ''[[The Tempest - A Work in Progress (short story)|The Tempest - A Work in Progress]]'') | ||
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== Works == | == Works == | ||
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William Shakespeare wrote a number of plays, including ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]'') ''[[Hamlet]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') ''[[Macbeth]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The True | William Shakespeare wrote a number of plays, including ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]'') ''[[Hamlet]]'', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') ''[[Macbeth]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The True Tragedie of Macbeth (short story)|The True Tragedie of Macbeth]]'') ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'' and ''[[Love's Labour's Won]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') | ||
By the [[21st century]], his plays were translated into every major language. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') | By the [[21st century]], his plays were translated into every major language. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') | ||
