March 25th, 2014
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Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks
Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks Hardcover
By Justin Richards
Due for release on 15h July 2014
Newly discovered entries and drawings in William Shakespeare’s journals reveal for the first time the astounding relationship between the great Bard and the Doctor.
Since his first adventure in 1963, the Doctor has enjoyed many encounters with William Shakespeare. Now, BBC Books has rediscovered notebooks, long thought lost, compiled by the Bard in which he divulges the influential role the Doctor played in his creative life.
Here are the original notes for Hamlet, including a very different appearance by the ghost; early versions of great lines (“To reverse or not to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow”); the true story of how the faeries of A Midsummer Night’s Dream were first imagined; stage directions for plays adjusted to remove references to a mysterious blue box; and much, much more.
Available to order in the UK from www.amazon.co.uk
Available to order in the USA from www.amazon.com
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The Flying Shark
July 18th, 2015 - 5:29pmI got this today from The Works for £4.
MadManWithABox
June 29th, 2014 - 2:14pmreading this atm, its so good!
VespiformsSting
March 26th, 2014 - 1:38amActually the Shakespeare code is one of the few ‘Whos’ I haven’t seen all of…the bit I have seen was diabolical and I haven’t gone out of my way to watch it since…..
Anonymous
March 26th, 2014 - 11:31amwhat bit was that>?
VespiformsSting
March 26th, 2014 - 1:02pmWell those stupid witch creatures didnt impress me…I dont know if anyone else here is young enough to remember Patrick Troughton coming up against witches in tv comic years ago…well I suspect Gareth Roberts may have – sub conciously or otherwise….. the similarity between the carrionites and those witches is very odd….
rt
March 26th, 2014 - 6:18pmShakespeare Code was great! It was the only episode poor Martha got to have some fun in!
Trenzalore
March 25th, 2014 - 10:39pmLooking snazzy in thy scarf…
Shane McEntee
March 25th, 2014 - 10:36pmAm I the only one who thinks they are releasing way too many reference style books. I genuinely love these types of books but here have been so many in the past year alone. A lot of them seem to be covering the same material too. This one at least seams to fit a specific niche, but maybe it’s a bit too niche. How many times has the Doctor actually met Shakespeare? Is this just going to a be a load of “funny” Shakspeare quotes Doctorized.
Sam Bentley
March 25th, 2014 - 10:44pmMy main problem is the Doctor clearly hasn’t met Shakespeare prior to The Shakespeare Code – as he is stunned and bemused by his appearance. If they go and change all the ‘canon’ with this book, I shan’t be too happy. I am tempted to get this, though. As I enjoy this sort of thing and you can’t beat a bit of the Bard himself! 😛
videogamemad00
March 25th, 2014 - 10:54pmA̶l̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶,̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶o̶n̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶a̶y̶ ̶O̶f̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶o̶c̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶.̶
the astronaut of death
March 25th, 2014 - 10:56pmWhat do you mean videogamemad00
videogamemad00
March 25th, 2014 - 10:58pmI’m referring to the fact that The Day Of The Doctor goes against what has been said in Doctor Who before.
the astronaut of death
March 25th, 2014 - 10:58pmLike what ?
videogamemad00
March 25th, 2014 - 11:01pmIt has already been established that The Doctor saw Gallifrey burn and Gallifrey burning was a fixed point in time, therefore, it would have been impossible for The Doctors to save it.
the astronaut of death
March 25th, 2014 - 11:04pmYes but the moment was able to change all that and let the Dr save it
Besides gallifreys coming back !
videogamemad00
March 25th, 2014 - 11:08pmNo. Gallifrey coming back is not a good thing. The Time Lords became corrupt and insane during the war. And probably quite homicidal. But then it’s Moffat and he can do whatever he wants instead of what happened, so don’t expect those characteristics to stay.
the astronaut of death
March 26th, 2014 - 1:26amThe time lords are awesome
And to be honest I’m getting slightley sick of the doctor repeating the timelords over and over again
Long live gallifrey!
the astronaut of death
March 26th, 2014 - 1:27amRepeating The story of the time War
That was what I meant to say
VespiformsSting
March 26th, 2014 - 1:36amThe Doctor did meet Shakespeare before the Shakespeare Code according to the Doctor the Bard had sprained his wrist and dictated Hamlet to the Doctor… (City of Death – the Count has the original draft)
Robert Adams
March 26th, 2014 - 2:24pmI just have to say that people shouldn’t be so hard on the Time Lords. Mind you, that’s just ’cause I like Omega.
Robert Adams
May 2nd, 2014 - 5:59pmCity of Death, ! He has met Shakespeare at some time as he wrote for whim when he sprained his wrist!
Sam Bentley
March 25th, 2014 - 10:34pm‘Gallifrey, Gallifrey – where for art thou Gallifrey?’
Robert Adams
March 26th, 2014 - 2:25pm‘Alas poor Dalek’
rt
March 26th, 2014 - 6:13pmCute! 🙂
THE ENIGMATIC WATCHER
March 25th, 2014 - 10:33pmWhat a delightfully odd idea…
Robert Adams
May 2nd, 2014 - 6:00pmLike Frontios, or Delta and the Bannermen (love these episodes).
booboo
March 25th, 2014 - 10:18pmalas poor Adrick, i knew him well
the astronaut of death
March 25th, 2014 - 10:24pmSorry booboo are you referring to companion adric
booboo
March 25th, 2014 - 10:25pmyes, a take on “alas poor yorick”
THE ENIGMATIC WATCHER
March 25th, 2014 - 10:36pmPerhaps, “Alas, poor Handles, I knew him” would fit the bill better eh?
Rather in keeping with the whole ‘head/skull’ motif, no?
I Froze Gallifrey
March 25th, 2014 - 11:33pmOr “Alas, poor Dorium, I knew him well”?
VespiformsSting
March 26th, 2014 - 1:41amOf course shakespeare couldnt get the key into the TARDIS door because of the shy lock…
as Basil Brush used to say…’BOOM BOOM’….
Robert Adams
March 26th, 2014 - 2:26pmPoor Adric anyway, we miss you Alzarius!
Dalek fan12345
March 26th, 2014 - 2:48pmwhat do you mean? did adric die somthing years ago?
Tardis’nt
March 26th, 2014 - 3:22pmYes, in Earthshock
Dalek fan12345
March 26th, 2014 - 3:44pmyes i saw that ep it was sad. 🙂
Trenzalore
March 26th, 2014 - 4:43pmI found his death quite cheesy. I mean I didn’t really like him in the first place therefore I wasn’t that fussed about him leaving. And that whole silent credits thing at the end with a broken badge was just awkward and cheesy for me. But it’s a great story, my favourite Davison story.
Robert Adams
May 2nd, 2014 - 6:01pmADRIC! COME HERE!
Cheesy quotes from Decider Drayth.
the astronaut of death
March 25th, 2014 - 10:17pmAwesome!