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The actors have already spoken the last lines of the play, a series of directions and instructions that have opened a portal allowing the Carrionites back into the universe. The Doctor tells Shakespeare that only he can find the words to close the portal. Shakespeare improvises a short rhyming stanza but is stuck for a final word. Martha comes up with "Expelliarmus" (a magic word coined by author [[J.K. Rowling]] in her [[Harry Potter]] books) and the Carrionites — together with all the extant copies of ''Love's Labour's Won'' — are sucked through the closing portal. Martha, Shakespeare and the actors are left to take the applause of the audience who believe it all to be special effects. The Doctor finds the three 'witches' trapped, screaming in their own crystal ball and appropriates it for safekeeping in a "dark attic" of the TARDIS. | The actors have already spoken the last lines of the play, a series of directions and instructions that have opened a portal allowing the Carrionites back into the universe. The Doctor tells Shakespeare that only he can find the words to close the portal. Shakespeare improvises a short rhyming stanza but is stuck for a final word. Martha comes up with "Expelliarmus" (a magic word coined by author [[J.K. Rowling]] in her [[Harry Potter]] books) and the Carrionites — together with all the extant copies of ''Love's Labour's Won'' — are sucked through the closing portal. Martha, Shakespeare and the actors are left to take the applause of the audience who believe it all to be special effects. The Doctor finds the three 'witches' trapped, screaming in their own crystal ball and appropriates it for safekeeping in a "dark attic" of the TARDIS. | ||
In the morning, Shakespeare flirts once more with Martha...and with the Doctor. He reveals his deduction that the Doctor is not of the Earth and that Martha is from the future. For his "Dark Lady", he produces the sonnet, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" in her honour, but is interrupted when two of his actors burst in, heralding the arrival of [[Elizabeth I | In the morning, Shakespeare flirts once more with Martha...and with the Doctor. He reveals his deduction that the Doctor is not of the Earth and that Martha is from the future. For his "Dark Lady", he produces the sonnet, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" in her honour, but is interrupted when two of his actors burst in, heralding the arrival of [[Elizabeth I|the Queen]]. Queen Elizabeth enters, recognises the Doctor as her "sworn enemy" and declares, "Off with his head!" The Doctor is surprised at her outburst, since he says he has not yet met the Queen, but comments that he is looking forward to finding out what he will do to offend her. He and Martha flee to the TARDIS, slamming the door just as an arrow embeds itself in the TARDIS' exterior before dematerialisation. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
