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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]]'') | 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]]'') According to [[Dalek Survival Guide|one account]] which claimed that the Visualiser was a [[hoax]], the people seen on the Visualiser were not the genuine historical figures but [[human]] [[slave]]s of the [[Pursuer-Dalek]]s who was made to re-enact the event as a deception for the Doctor and his [[companion]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'') | ||
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]]'') | |||
In [[1601]], he met the [[First Doctor]] and his friends. He tried to get the TARDIS back from the Queen but was waylaid due to a plan of his daughter [[Judith Shakespeare]] and Lady [[Penelope Rich]] to put on an uncut version of [[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]. This caused him to be arrested by [[Robert Cecil]] for treason. He and the Doctor tried to work out how to escape the Tower. He explained the circumstances around the recent play performance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hollow Crown (audio story)|The Hollow Crown]]'') | In [[1601]], he met the [[First Doctor]] and his friends. He tried to get the TARDIS back from the Queen but was waylaid due to a plan of his daughter [[Judith Shakespeare]] and Lady [[Penelope Rich]] to put on an uncut version of [[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]. This caused him to be arrested by [[Robert Cecil]] for treason. He and the Doctor tried to work out how to escape the Tower. He explained the circumstances around the recent play performance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hollow Crown (audio story)|The Hollow Crown]]'') | ||
