Under threat of annihilation from a species from the Dark Times, the TARDIS team have to establish whether there is a connection between a witch they've met and Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Won— a pl… She approaches seductively, which the Doctor says definitely won't work on him, and then quickly cuts a lock of his hair. The vast amount of CGI work required was mainly for the climax of the episode. In the morning, the Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare proceed to the Globe Theatre, and the Doctor asks why the theatre has 14 sides. She then asks if magic really exists, to which he states it doesn't — this looks like magic but isn't. This visit causes Lilith to sense something is amiss; she and her mothers look into their cauldron and find the Doctor at the mad house with Shakespeare. Both hearts stopped in the previous episode. However, without seeming to notice Martha's reaction, he attributes this to Martha being a novice to time travel. For Martha's first trip in the Tardis, the Doctor takes her back in time, to Elizabethan England. It was then re-released as part of the Series Three boxset in November 2007. Lilith, having overheard Lynley, contacts her mothers to warn them; they tell her that the play must be performed the next night. The Doctor tells her that when she gets home, she can tell everyone she's seen Shakespeare. It was rewritten as the producers and. The Bard is seen by the Doctor and his companions on the screen of their Time-Space Visualiser in The Chase (1965), conversing with Elizabeth I; in Planet of Evil (1975), the Fourth Doctor mentions having met Shakespeare, and in City of Death (1979) he claims that he helped transcribe the original manuscript of Hamlet; and in The Mark of the Rani (1985) the Sixth Doctor says "I must see him [Shakespeare] again some time". Insulted, Lynley declares that this slight means he will ensure the play will never be performed, even if it's the last thing he does; he will return to his office for a banning order. The reasoning behind why she disliked him so much wasn't explained until the 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor. And nobody knows that better than Shakespeare. At the end of the play, William Shakespeare announces a forthcoming sequel entitled Love's Labour's Won. "[4], The name of the Carrionites derives from screenwriter Gareth Roberts' own New Adventures novel, Zamper (1995), which refers to a slug-like race known as "arrionites". As the production ends and the cast take their bows, Martha’s cries to see the author are taken up by the excited crowd, encouraging the dashing and handsome Shakespeare to make an appearance. Shakespeare is confused by Martha's clothing and the Doctor explains she's from "Freedonia". She confirms the Doctor's suspicions: the three Carrionites hope to gain entry for the rest of their species, eliminate the humans, begin a new empire on Earth and spread out from there. There is indeed a novelisation of Back to the Future, written by George Gipe. a shot of one of the wooden beams has 'Bay J' printed on it. There, he wonders why the theatre is tetradecagal. Director: One of the putative lines of Love's Labour's Won, "the eye should have contentment where it rests", is taken from episode three of the 1965 serial The Crusade[7] — a story consciously written in Shakespearean style. A witch called Lilith uses a voodoo doll to influence Shakespeare to declare that the new play will premiere the following evening. The Doctor jokes, "London never changes". Viola’s nurse (Imelda Staunton) accepts a note from Shakespeare for Kent telling him that he has been cast. (A remake of “Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth,” including new discoveries.) They decide to visit the architect of the theatre in Bethlem Hospital. The Doctor and Martha make numerous references to Shakespeare's appearance: she notes that he looks nothing like his portrait, and wonders why he is not bald, while the Doctor says he could make his head bald if he rubs it and later gives him a ruff to keep (calling it "a neck brace"). The Doctor confronts Lilith, who explains that the three witches were released from their banishment by Shakespeare's genius words after he lost his son Hamnet. "Welcome to the Doctor Who Channel! Shakespeare explains the architect thought it allowed the sound to carry well. "I'm going for real," Shakespheare quips. In a different version of the joke, the Doctor exclaims "Once more unto the breach", and Shakespeare initially likes the phrase, before realising it is one of his own from Henry V, which was probably written in early 1599. The Carrionites' contribution to Love's Labour's Won includes a reference to "Dravidian shores"; a "Dravidians starship" is mentioned in The Brain of Morbius (1976). One of the Doctor's hearts stops temporarily. Season 10 actually began nine years after season 1 started. Lilith explains the Eternals found the correct word to banish the Carrionites into darkness, but the three were able to escape using the power of Shakespeare's grief over his son — the grief of a genius — and intend to free the others. Phil Collinson He is then forced to run by Martha to keep himself alive. The Doctor quotes the line, "Rage, rage against the dying of the light," from "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas — but warns Shakespeare he cannot use it as it is "somebody else's". More behind the scenes stuff With her help, the Doctor manages to re-start his other heart. One shot of the Doctor and Martha looking at the Globe Theatre was changed between the Series Three preview at the end of "The Runaway Bride" and the final episode; the edge of the Globe Theatre has been replaced with a CGI shot of a village and the distant theatre itself. In another Big Finish drama, The Time of the Daleks, a child is revealed to be Shakespeare at the story's end. David Tennant, unusual amongst other Doctors, began and ended on special episodes, not regular ones. The Doctor explains the Carrionites produce their "magic" through an ancient science based on the power of words. At the Globe, Love's Labour's Lost is on. ‘Gyves’ = ‘constraints’. [3][4] Roberts added that although early draft of "The Shakespeare Code" contained "a sly reference to City of Death", it was removed because "it was so sly it would have been a bit confusing for fans that recognised it and baffled the bejesus out of everyone else. Music: Oh, I cried." Dolly informs the Doctor and Martha that she's prepared a room for them. It was seen by 7.2 million viewers, and was the fourteenth most watched programme of the week. The Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare hear a commotion in the street and run out, where Lynley vomits water. to which the Doctor retorts 'No, the novelisation! Correctly guessing that Shakespeare is central to the witch's plot, Martha accidentally tells Shakespeare he will write about witches. It was broadcast on BBC One on 7 April 2007. Yes the film!'. She is discovered by Dolly, who had just finished her work to help "relax" Will. The Doctor knows of the lost play as it appears in the listing of Shakespeare's works, but the play itself is non-existent. This has a sequel in Ian Potter's short story Apocrypha Bipedium in Short Trips: Companions, which concerns the young Shakespeare's anachronistic meeting with some of the characters he will later portray in Troilus and Cressida. William Shakespeare improvises words of power and casts a magic spell to defeat the Carrionites. The Doctor finds the three "witches" trapped, screaming in their own crystal ball. Shakespeare himself speaks with a noticeable Midlands accent, a reference to his birth and upbringing in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Doctor says it because he reads a lot. Report Broken Documentary. It also introduced the narrative lynchpin of Queen Elizabeth I having a severe distrust towards the Tenth Doctor. Martha yells to be let out but is told by the Doctor that it's pointless as the entire building is yelling that. An excited Martha says these oddities remind her of Harry Potter; with a smile, the Doctor tells her "Wait to till you read book seven. At The Elephant, Will and his actors are given beer by Dolly Bailey, the landlady. Martha is less than impressed with the room, complaining she doesn't even have a toothbrush. A character list in the beginning of the program declares a number of stacks, naturally with names like "Romeo" and "Juliet". Stage Fright However, at the Globe, the actors have reached the end of the play. " The Shakespeare Code" is de tweede aflevering van de derde reeks van de nieuw leven ingeblazen Britse science fiction tv-serie Doctor Who. She senses a name that could hurt him and tries to weaken him by naming "Rose", but he assures her that that name keeps him fighting and demands to know how the Carrionites came to be on Earth. [5], In the Lost Adventure by Douglas Adams Shada,there is a passing reference to a Time Lord, Scintilla, who was imprisoned for 'conspiring with Carrionites and the novelisation of Shada was also written by Roberts. Advertisement. Much to the horror of the audience, Carrionites emerge and swarm outside; laughing wickedly at their terror, Lilith locks the audience in. Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna, was to have appeared at one stage. 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