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'''William Shakespeare''', also known as '''William Shackspur''', '''William Shaxsberd''', '''William Shaxberd''' and, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'') in an [[alternate timeline]], as '''Concuthasta''', ([[PROSE]]: | '''William Shakespeare''', also known as '''William Shackspur''', '''William Shaxsberd''', '''William Shaxberd''' and, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'') in an [[alternate timeline]], as '''Concuthasta''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'') was widely considered to be the greatest [[poet]] and [[playwright]] in the [[history]] of [[England]] and one of the greatest in [[human]] history. The [[Tenth Doctor]] considered him the most "human" human that ever lived. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') | ||
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]]'') | ||
