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'''J.K. Rowling''', also known as '''Joanne Rowling''', was the author of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series of novels. | '''J.K. Rowling''', also known as '''Joanne Rowling''', was the author of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series of novels. In [[2004]], she was among the VIP guests for the gala opening of the [[Tomorrow Window]]s exhibit at the [[Tate Modern]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] were fans of the Potter books, and the Doctor admitted to crying after reading [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|the seventh volume]]. Later, when Potter's spell "expelliarmus" was given life in order to help [[William Shakespeare]] defeat the [[Carrionite]]s, the Doctor exclaimed, "Good old J.K.!" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'') | ||
There is a possibly apocryphal account suggesting Rowling (or a successor) wrote as many as four more Harry Potter novels, which were later obtained by [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') If a true account, then it's unclear to which book the Doctor was actually referring to in his discussion with Martha. | There is a possibly apocryphal account suggesting Rowling (or a successor) wrote as many as four more Harry Potter novels, which were later obtained by [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') If a true account, then it's unclear to which book the Doctor was actually referring to in his discussion with Martha. | ||
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* In his 2008 autobiography, ''A Writer's Tale'', Davies reveals that he considered basing the 2008 Christmas special around a guest appearance by Rowling.<ref>[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkkEVpVulFwWJjUVlD&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle Doctor Who News Page - Davies Book Preview], accessed Sept. 18, 2008</ref> | * In his 2008 autobiography, ''A Writer's Tale'', Davies reveals that he considered basing the 2008 Christmas special around a guest appearance by Rowling.<ref>[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkkEVpVulFwWJjUVlD&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle Doctor Who News Page - Davies Book Preview], accessed Sept. 18, 2008</ref> | ||
* The reference in ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' to there being 11 Harry Potter novels can be seen as an anachronism (written in 2005, two years before the publication of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]],'' the author may have been unaware Rowling only planned seven books). However, Rowling has herself made comments since the publication of ''The Deathly Hallows'' that she hasn't dismissed the possibility of writing another Potter novel in the future; perhaps in the Who universe she did. The reference to the last book in ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'' | * The reference in ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' to there being 11 Harry Potter novels can be seen as an anachronism (written in 2005, two years before the publication of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]],'' the author may have been unaware Rowling only planned seven books). However, Rowling has herself made comments since the publication of ''The Deathly Hallows'' that she hasn't dismissed the possibility of writing another Potter novel in the future; perhaps in the Who universe she did. The reference to the last book in ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'' may settle the issue, as the Doctor referred to it by mentioning Book 7, which is actually the last one. | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
