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* ''[[Mary Shelley's Monstrous Mashups (game)|Mary Shelley's Monstrous Mashups]]'', a narrative game in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021]]'', had Mary refer to having witnessed "many horrors" in her life, in an apparent reference to her status as a [[companion]] of the Doctor, although its usage of Mary was primarily based on [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]''. | * ''[[Mary Shelley's Monstrous Mashups (game)|Mary Shelley's Monstrous Mashups]]'', a narrative game in ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021]]'', had Mary refer to having witnessed "many horrors" in her life, in an apparent reference to her status as a [[companion]] of the Doctor, although its usage of Mary was primarily based on [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]''. | ||
* Mary and Percy Shelley got married only on 30 December 1816. | * Mary and Percy Shelley got married only on 30 December 1816. | ||
* ''[[Return of the Cybermen (audio story)|Return of the Cybermen]]'' originally sought to explain the continuity disparities between Shelley's [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] tenure as a companion of the Eighth Doctor, and ''The Haunting of Villa Diodati'' which contradicts that depiction. In the scene, the [[Fourth Doctor]] is warned that his timeline is being rewritten by the fallout of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and the [[Last Great Time War]]. The [[Time Lord messenger (Genesis of the Daleks)|Time Lord messenger]] foresees, among other things, "A famous author travels with you, then she doesn't". However, this ending was cut from the script and not recorded.<ref> | * ''[[Return of the Cybermen (audio story)|Return of the Cybermen]]'' originally sought to explain the continuity disparities between Shelley's [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] tenure as a companion of the Eighth Doctor, and ''The Haunting of Villa Diodati'' which contradicts that depiction. In the scene, the [[Fourth Doctor]] is warned that his timeline is being rewritten by the fallout of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and the [[Last Great Time War]]. The [[Time Lord messenger (Genesis of the Daleks)|Time Lord messenger]] foresees, among other things, "A famous author travels with you, then she doesn't". However, this ending was cut from the script and not recorded.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url=https://twitter.com/MrJohnDorney/status/1319930958179696640/ | |||
|title=Very, very silly... | |||
|author=[[John Dorney]] | |||
|website name=[[Twitter]] | |||
|date of source=24 October | |||
|year of source=2020 | |||
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024091738/https://twitter.com/MrJohnDorney/status/1319930958179696640/ | |||
|archivedate=24 October 2020 | |||
|accessmonthday=2 March | |||
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** Furthermore, the character prolfile for Mary Shelley on [[doctorwho.tv]] recognises Shenley status as a companion to the Eighth Doctor — breaking the norm for the profiles' typical television-centric perspective — and reconciles the stories by stating that the events of thr audio dramas happened in an alternate timeline.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/characters/mary-shelley | |||
|title=Mary Shelley | |||
|website name=[[doctorwho.tv]] | |||
|publisher=BBC Studios | |||
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526153638/https://www.doctorwho.tv/characters/mary-shelley | |||
|archivedate=26 May 2022 | |||
|accessmonthday=2 March | |||
|accessyear=2024 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
