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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]]: ''[[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]]'') | '''William Shakespeare''', ([[1564]]-[[1616]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Travellers' Almanac]]'')) 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]]'') | ||
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The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] met a young Will Shakespeare who had been taken out of his rightful time ([[1572]]) by [[Viola Learman]] and brought to [[New Britain]] in the early 21st century. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') The three of them briefly ended up in [[Asia Minor]], where they encountered the Doctor's previous companion, [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], calling herself Cressida, and her husband [[Troilus]]. The Doctor was afraid that Will would learn too much about his future play, ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'', but learned that Shakespeare had not invented the story. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'') The Doctor eventually dropped Shakespeare off in [[Warwick]] in his own time period. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Foreshadowing (audio story)|Foreshadowing]]'') | The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] met a young Will Shakespeare who had been taken out of his rightful time ([[1572]]) by [[Viola Learman]] and brought to [[New Britain]] in the early 21st century. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') The three of them briefly ended up in [[Asia Minor]], where they encountered the Doctor's previous companion, [[Vicki Pallister|Vicki]], calling herself Cressida, and her husband [[Troilus]]. The Doctor was afraid that Will would learn too much about his future play, ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'', but learned that Shakespeare had not invented the story. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'') The Doctor eventually dropped Shakespeare off in [[Warwick]] in his own time period. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Foreshadowing (audio story)|Foreshadowing]]'') | ||
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 Shakespeare|Judith]] and [[Hamnet Shakespeare|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]]'') | 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 Shakespeare|Judith]] and [[Hamnet Shakespeare|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]]'') His family remained in Stratford. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Travellers' Almanac]]'') | ||
Most of his works dated from the period between [[1589]] and [[1613]]. ([[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]]'') | ||
