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Gareth Roberts (written by)
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Original Air Date:
7 April 2007
(Season 3, Episode 2)
Plot:
The Doctor takes Martha to 1599, to meet none other than William Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre...but can he stop the curse of the three witches? full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Shakespeare
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Spell
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Coven
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Witch
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Queen Elizabeth I
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a great episode!!!
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | David Tennant | ... | The Doctor |
 | Freema Agyeman | ... | Martha Jones |
| Dean Lennox Kelly | ... | Shakespeare |
 | Christina Cole | ... | Lilith |
| Sam Marks | ... | Wiggins |
| Amanda Lawrence | ... | Doomfinger |
| Linda Clark | ... | Bloodtide |
| Jalaal Hartley | ... | Dick |
 | David Westhead | ... | Kempe |
| Andrée Bernard | ... | Dolly Bailey |
| Chris Larkin | ... | Lynley |
 | Stephen Marcus | ... | Jailer |
 | Matt King | ... | Peter Streete |
| Robert Demeger | ... | Preacher |
| Angela Pleasence | ... | Queen Elizabeth |
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45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)
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UK:PG (DVD rating)
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William Shakespeare, then played by Hugh Walters, had previously appeared in the first part of the six part serial 'Doctor Who: The Chase' ('Doctor Who: The Executioners (1965)' ).
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Continuity: When the Doctor witnesses Lynley die - of a psychic attack that causes him to drown on dry land, his lungs full of water - he declares that he has never seen anything like it. In fact, the Doctor has seen a death almost exactly like it in the 1971 serial "The Mind of Evil", in which the victim was, likewise, found dead in a dry room, his lungs full of water.
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Quotes:
William Shakespeare:
'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You thieve my brains, consider me your toy, my doting doctor tells me I am not!'
Lilith: No! Words of power!
William Shakespeare: 'Foul Carrionite specters, cease your show, between the points-'
[he looks to The Doctor for help]
The Doctor: 761390!
William Shakespeare: '761390! Banished like a tinker's cuss, I say to thee... '
[he again looks to The Doctor]
The Doctor: Uh...
[he looks to Martha]
Martha Jones: Expelliarmus!
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Lilith: No! Words of power!
William Shakespeare: 'Foul Carrionite specters, cease your show, between the points-'
[he looks to The Doctor for help]
The Doctor: 761390!
William Shakespeare: '761390! Banished like a tinker's cuss, I say to thee... '
[he again looks to The Doctor]
The Doctor: Uh...
[he looks to Martha]
Martha Jones: Expelliarmus!
[...]
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Movie Connections:
References Back to the Future (1985)
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The Shakespeare code is a great episode for the third series! it shows Martha's first trip in the Tardis.they go back to 1599 to find Shakespeare being possessed by witches to try and open some kind of portal by using one of his plays that he's just written. This episode is good , it had some goofs like when they were relating to 'back to the future' , but they also had some bits where it also had some seriousness like when the doctor was wondering if rose could figure out the mystery if she was with him.(also when the witch crept up on the doctor in the prison cell it kinda made me jump!!! David Tennant you rock as the doc!!!!!!!