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* On his blog, ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' scriptwriter [[Neil Gaiman]] stated that before he began writing the first draft, he wanted to make sure the idea of the Corsair was okay with series [[show runner]] [[Steven Moffat]] before he became fixed in the story, so he sent him an email with a piece of dialogue between the Doctor and [[Amy Pond]] in which the Doctor discussed the Corsair. In this draft, the Doctor explained that the Corsair did not have a name and used to travel, exploring the limits of [[time]] and [[space]]. The Doctor said that when he was twelve he had asked the Corsair if he could travel with him and act as his "[[companion|assistant]]", but the Corsair had just laughed. Moffat replied that he wanted the Corsair to be less like the Doctor because the Doctor "does what he does for reasons too vast and terrible to relate." <ref>[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/06/fairly-humongous-doctor-who-q-mostly.html Neil Gaiman's Journal: A Fairly Humongous Doctor Who Q&A Mostly]</ref> | * On his blog, ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'' scriptwriter [[Neil Gaiman]] stated that before he began writing the first draft, he wanted to make sure the idea of the Corsair was okay with series [[show runner]] [[Steven Moffat]] before he became fixed in the story, so he sent him an email with a piece of dialogue between the Doctor and [[Amy Pond]] in which the Doctor discussed the Corsair. In this draft, the Doctor explained that the Corsair did not have a name and used to travel, exploring the limits of [[time]] and [[space]]. The Doctor said that when he was twelve he had asked the Corsair if he could travel with him and act as his "[[companion|assistant]]", but the Corsair had just laughed. Moffat replied that he wanted the Corsair to be less like the Doctor because the Doctor "does what he does for reasons too vast and terrible to relate." <ref>[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/06/fairly-humongous-doctor-who-q-mostly.html Neil Gaiman's Journal: A Fairly Humongous Doctor Who Q&A Mostly]</ref> | ||
* According to Neil Gaiman, [[Russell T Davies]] saw the image of the Corsair's arm with a parrot and liked the idea that [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|the Shopkeeper]] from [[Sarah Jane Adventures]] episode ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'' was actually the Time Lord known as the Corsair, although no in-scene references have been made.<ref>[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/30786184930/eleven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the Neil Gaiman's Journal: Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]</ref> | * According to Neil Gaiman, [[Russell T Davies]] saw the image of the Corsair's arm with a parrot and liked the idea that [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|the Shopkeeper]] from [[Sarah Jane Adventures]] episode ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'' was actually the Time Lord known as the Corsair, although no in-scene references have been made.<ref>[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/30786184930/eleven-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the Neil Gaiman's Journal: Eleven Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Corsair]</ref> | ||
* The Corsair, being the first confirmed example of a [[Time Lord]] changing [[gender]]s on [[regeneration]], was frequently cited in media and online discussions in 2013 as to whether any future incarnation of the Doctor could be played by a woman | * The Corsair, being the first confirmed example of a [[Time Lord]] changing [[gender]]s on [[regeneration]], was frequently cited in media and online discussions in 2013 as to whether any future incarnation of the Doctor could be played by a woman. | ||
* The Corsair's [[hypercube]], with [[Ouroboros]] motif, was among the variants of toy hypercube produced by [[Character Options]]. | * The Corsair's [[hypercube]], with [[Ouroboros]] motif, was among the variants of toy hypercube produced by [[Character Options]]. | ||
