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|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|series          = [[Doctor Who television stories|''Doctor Who'' television stories]]
|season number  = Series 12 (Doctor Who)
|season number  = Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)
|series episode number = 8
|series episode number = 8
|story number    = 294
|story number    = 294
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|enemy          = [[Ashad]]
|enemy          = [[Ashad]]
|setting        = [[Villa Diodati]], [[Switzerland]], [[June]] [[1816]]
|setting        = [[Villa Diodati]], [[Switzerland]], [[June]] [[1816]]
|writer          = [[Maxine Alderton]]
|writer          = Maxine Alderton
|director        = [[Emma Sullivan]]
|director        = [[Emma Sullivan]]
|producer        = [[Alex Mercer]]
|producer        = [[Alex Mercer]]
|broadcast date  = [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|broadcast date  = 16 February 2020
|network        = [[BBC One]]
|network        = BBC One
|format          = 1x49 minute episode
|format          = 1x49 minute episode
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'''''The Haunting of Villa Diodati''''' was the eighth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
'''''The Haunting of Villa Diodati''''' was the eighth episode of [[series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 12]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


It offered an alternate account of the conception of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] to that of the [[AUDIO|audio]] story ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'' featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], though with the story acknowledging that what it was depicting was the result of history becoming unusually flexible around that night.
It offered an alternate account of the conception of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] to that of the [[AUDIO|audio]] story ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'' featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], though with the story acknowledging that what it was depicting was the result of history becoming unusually flexible around that night.
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* [[Ashad]] - [[Patrick O'Kane]]
* [[Ashad]] - [[Patrick O'Kane]]
* [[Percy Shelley|Percy Bysshe Shelley]] - [[Lewis Rainer]]
* [[Percy Shelley|Percy Bysshe Shelley]] - [[Lewis Rainer]]
* [[Fletcher (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Fletcher]] - [[Stefan Bednarczyk]]
* [[William Fletcher (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Fletcher]] - [[Stefan Bednarczyk]]
* [[Elise (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Elise]] - [[Sarah Perles]]
* [[Elise (The Haunting of Villa Diodati)|Elise]] - [[Sarah Perles]]


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* The Doctor alludes to having lost previous companions to the Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]''/''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
* The Doctor alludes to having lost previous companions to the Cybermen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]''/''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
* Mary calls the Cyberman a "modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]"; this would form part of her title for ''Frankenstein''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Creative Spark (comic story)|The Creative Spark]],'' et al.)
* Mary calls the Cyberman a "modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]"; this would form part of her title for ''Frankenstein''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Creative Spark (comic story)|The Creative Spark]],'' et al.)
* Mary would soon pity more Cybermen including [[Gramm]] on [[Vienna]] during [[1873]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'')
* Percy sees ahead to his future death at sea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* Percy sees ahead to his future death at sea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* The Doctor once again has a chance to permanently defeat an old enemy but sacrifices it for the common good. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* The Doctor once again has a chance to permanently defeat an old enemy but sacrifices it for the greater good. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')
* Ashad's emotional personality is similar to the [[Cyber-Controller (Assimilation²)|Cyber-Controller]] who crossed into the [[Federation universe]] and modified themselves with the technology of the [[Borg (species)|Borg]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'')
* Ashad's emotional personality is similar to the [[Cyber-Controller (Assimilation²)|Cyber-Controller]] who crossed into the [[Federation universe]] and modified themselves with the technology of the [[Borg (species)|Borg]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Assimilation² (comic story)|Assimilation²]]'')
* The Doctor states her belief that ghosts do not exist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Malkin Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Malkin Place]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'')
* The Doctor states her belief that ghosts do not exist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Haunting of Malkin Place (audio story)|The Haunting of Malkin Place]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'')


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
''to be added''
===DVD and Blu-ray releases===
 
* This story was released as part of the Complete Twelfth Series boxset on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1/A on [[9 June (releases)|9 June]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], in region 2/B on [[4 May (releases)|4 May]] 2020 and in region 4/B on [[3 June (releases)|3 June]] 2020.
 
===Digital releases===
 
* In the United Kingdom, this story is available on [[BBC iPlayer]]''.''


== External links ==
== External links ==
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