William Shakespeare: Difference between revisions

Shakespeare was an uneducated rural actor, later turned playwright. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Groatsworth of Wit (comic story)|A Groatsworth of Wit]]'') Shakespeare married [[Anne Hathaway]] in [[1582]] and they went on to have three children; [[Susan (The Kingmaker)|Susanna]] was born shortly after they married, with twins [[Judith (The Kingmaker)|Judith]] and [[Hamnet]] born in [[1585]]. Some time after 1585, he moved to [[London]] where he started his career as an actor, poet and playwright. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'')

Most of his works dated from the period between [[1589]] and [[1613]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'')

=== The "death" of Christopher Marlowe ===

One account stated that Shakespeare was another name for [[playwright]] [[Christopher Marlowe]]. He observed that his "true name denote[d] a celebration of [[savage]]ry, of the [[music]] of [[power]], the [[beauty]] of [[war]] and conflict, the lexicon of [[blood]] and [[death]]" whilst his other name also did this but with lighter expression and more enamoured establishment.

According to one account, in [[1597]], the [[Fifth Doctor]] shared a drink with Shakespeare. He later stowed away in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and began to attempt to influence the reign of King [[Richard III of England]] to more closely resemble the account in his play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''. Over the course of the adventure, Shakespeare's [[arm]] was broken by [[Erimem]] and he was further injured by a [[robot]] who was sent by publishers from the [[64th century]] to get the Doctor to finish his ''[[Doctor Who Discovers]]'' book. Finding himself in the TARDIS, Shakespeare threatened to detonate a [[Sontaran]] [[grenade]] unless the Doctor returned him to [[1485]] to pick up [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]]'s daughters, [[Susan (The Kingmaker)|Susan]] and [[Judith (The Kingmaker)|Judith]]. Returning to 1485 during the [[Battle of Bosworth]], which history recorded as Richard's final defeat, with his injured arm and limp, Shakespeare matched the stereotypical description of King Richard, and was killed by Richard's enemies in his place at the battle. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'')

According to another account, the King at Bosworth begun quoting Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' towards the end of the battle and was crying out "''My [[horse]]! My horse! My [[kingdom]] for a''" until a [[unicorn]] materialised in front of him, saving his life. This event was caused by the meddling of [[Rose (A Rose by Any Other Name)|Rose]], the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s [[cat]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Rose by Any Other Name (comic story)|A Rose by Any Other Name]]'')

=== Later life ===

In [[1599]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] encountered Shakespeare when the [[witch]]-like [[Carrionite]]s wanted the wordsmith to complete the lost play ''[[Love's Labour's Won]]'' to free the rest of their kind. With the help of the Doctor and [[Martha Jones]], the three Carrionites and their sisters were banished back into the [[Deep Darkness]]. However, the play was banished along with the Carrionites. During this encounter, Shakespeare developed an attraction to the Doctor and Martha, whom he addressed as his "Dark Lady". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')

Via the [[Time-Space Visualiser]], the [[First Doctor]] and his companions watched William Shakespeare in conversation with Queen [[Elizabeth I]] about ''[[Hamlet]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') The First Doctor collaborated with Shakespeare between drafts one and two of ''Hamlet''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') The Fourth Doctor claimed that he helped Shakespeare transcribe ''[[Hamlet]]'' as Shakespeare had sprained his wrist writing sonnets. The Doctor claimed that he had warned Shakespeare that Hamlet's line "to take arms against a sea of troubles" was a mixed metaphor, but Shakespeare would not listen. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor (short story)|The Stranger, The Writer, His Wife and the Mixed Metaphor]]'')

=== The Golden Emperor ===

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According to one account, the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]], the first [[Dalek]] ever created, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') was responsible for all of the Shakespeare [[play]]s and [[sonnet]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (comic story)|City of the Daleks]]'')

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