In response to a flirtatious remark from Shakespeare towards him, the Doctor says, "57 academics just punched the air." 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 crystal ball imprisoning the Carrionites reappears when the Doctor is fishing through a TARDIS chest for an, After arriving in 1599, The Doctor tells Martha to "walk like you own the place." 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. Martha defends herself by stating that she's only just started believing in time travel. Memorable moment [8], Production then went on a week of location night shoots, beginning in Coventry, including Ford's Hospital, for one night,[9][10] before moving to the Lord Leycester Hospital at Warwick. Director: Martha yells to be let out but is told by the Doctor that it's pointless as the entire building is yelling that. However, at the Globe, the actors have reached the end of the play. Follow code-breaker Petter Amundsen and historian Dr. Robert Crumpton as they investigate the secrets buried in Shakespeare's first folio and decipher a coded map that may lead to … At one point, the Doctor uses the title "Sir Doctor of TARDIS," which had been awarded to him by Queen Victoria in "Tooth and Claw" (2006). Behind the scenes video They decide to visit the architect of the theatre in Bethlem Hospital. In another Big Finish drama, The Time of the Daleks, a child is revealed to be Shakespeare at the story's end. Recognising the signs, the actors excuse themselves; to them, it looks like Shakespeare has found a new muse. It was rewritten as the producers and. A character list in the beginning of the program declares a number of stacks, naturally with names like "Romeo" and "Juliet". 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. [15] IGN reviewer Travis Fickett rated the episode 7.2 out of 10. The Doctor jokes, "London never changes". 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. British Shakespearean scholar Robert Crumpton embarks on a mission to prove he is spectacularly wrong. "[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". Some of the expense was quickly rationalised by BBC Wales, however. Shakespeare's Sonnet 57 is one of those believed to be written to a man, and contains lines referring to time, "I have no precious time at all to spend,/ Nor services to do, till you require./ Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour/ Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you.". These references include some metatheatrical humour, since David Tennant played the villain Barty Crouch, Jr in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Premiere broadcast: When Lynley, the Master of the Revels, demands to see the script before allowing the play to proceed, Lilith plunges a voodoo doll made of his hair into a bucket of water and stabs it in the chest. Martha tells the Doctor how much she loved the play (it was worth putting up with the horrible smell of the crowd) before pointing out that the male actors are dressed as women. Shakespeare is being bewitched by three witch-like Carrionites to rewrite the ending to his play Love's Labour's Won so that the performance will create the right words to free the rest of the Carrionite race from imprisonment. Looking at the crystal ball, the Doctor says he has a nice dark attic for the Carrionites to scream in for all eternity, and that he needs to get Martha back to Freedonia. He again demands the play, but Shakespeare insists it's not ready yet. The Doctor is left bewildered by Will's sudden behaviour. Series 3, Episode 2 The Carrionites were a species of humanoids which used word-based science or "witchcraft" to reshape reality. Writer Gareth Roberts was well known as a fan of Shakespeare; he had included him as a character in A Groatsworth of Wit, a Ninth Doctor comic strip. That night Shakespeare sneaks into a party celebrating Viola’s engagement to Lord Wessex ( Colin Firth ), but when Wessex notes the obvious attraction between Shakespeare and Viola, he threatens Shakespeare, who gives his name as Christopher Marlowe and flees the party. 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. The Carrionites were also derived from the Bard's work, specifically the witches in Macbeth. The Carrionites and all the copies of Love's Labour's Won are sucked back through the closing portal. Code was one of the most costly stories ever produced, with large expenditures on costumes and sets. However, Martha takes the event in stride as she has seen worse things in hospital. There has been a raging controversy as to whether or not he wrote the Shakespearean works himself. Lilith compels Shakespeare to write a strange concluding paragraph to Love's Labour's Won before flying away on a broom. Instead, she names Martha Jones, rendering her unconscious, muttering that she was unable to harm her more, as she must be out of her own time. Just before the Doctor steps out of the TARDIS, he exclaims "Brave new world", from Act V Scene I of The Tempest. The Doctor finds the three "witches" trapped, screaming in their own crystal ball. Similar programmes. . Lilith's name is only said once throughout the whole episode. It fades away, making them decide to keep it a secret. The vast amount of CGI work required was mainly for the climax of the episode. Report Broken Documentary. The Carrionites in the theatre wither in fear of his words, but William gets stuck on the last one, unable to think of a rhyme. Key crew 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. He then asks the Doctor how he can have eyes so old for someone young. Shakespeare, Elizabeth I Fearing that they would be revealed if the Doctor can get Peter to talk, Lilith has Doomfinger transport herself. The Doctor claims Martha comes from Freedonia, a fictional country in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup - it was also used as the name of a planet in the Doctor Who novel Warmonger (2002) by Terrance Dicks. Martha defends herself by saying that in Freedonia, women can have any profession they want. Doctor Who television stories Volgens de BARB cijfers deze aflevering werd gezien door 7.230.000 kijkers en was de vijfde meest populaire uitgezonden op de Britse televisie in die week. This is one of few occasions where the Doctor didn't appear to use the sonic screwdriver in the episode. How they managed to get back is quickly figured out by Martha and the Doctor; when Shakespeare was grieving for his son, he wrote something in a play that allowed them access to Earth. Meanwhile, the TARDIS lands in the same time period sometime later. 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. This shocks the Doctor as he has yet to meet her, but comments that he is looking forward to finding out what he will do to offend her. Season 10 actually began nine years after season 1 started. "Good thing I'm here," the Doctor quips. The interior of the witches' house was almost immediately reused as Sarah Jane's attic at 13 Bannerman Road, where its expense was amortised over the five-year run of The Sarah Jane Adventures. The Shakespeare Code: Concept Art and Graphics. The Shakespeare Code: | | | 180 – "The Shakespeare Code" | | | ... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the … Shakespeare improvises a short rhyming stanza but is stuck for a final word until Martha blurts out Expelliarmus. [1] According to the BARB figures this episode was seen by 7.23 million viewers and was the fifth most popular broadcast on British television in that week. ", "Doctor Who "The Shakespeare Code" Review", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Shakespeare_Code&oldid=999587836, Cultural depictions of William Shakespeare, Articles with dead external links from June 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from March 2018, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 January 2021, at 23:29. [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. Phil Collinson 3.2 A cryptographic discovery that may change western history. Gareth Roberts Shakespeare is confused by Martha's clothing and the Doctor explains she's from "Freedonia". He refuses to answer and with a sudden stop both are thrown off balance; the ship has landed. Tennant remarks that the title would likely change before broadcast, suggesting "Theatre of Doom" was only a temporary title. For his "Dark Lady", he produces the sonnet, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel), https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Shakespeare_Code_(TV_story)?oldid=3069048. The Doctor deduces both their location and the year: near the Globe Theatre in 1599. [13] Digital Spy's Dek Hogan found the plot "ludicrous" but praised the production values and special effects. When Will is about to announce when the play will be performed, she takes control of his mind with a puppet; Will declares that it will be tomorrow night. Her name is not even said by Bloodtide, Doomfinger or Lilith herself. [16], adding two to three thousand words to the English language, "The Shakespeare Code commentary podcast", "Historic Coventry – the visit of The Doctor! Some of the words and names used are derived from other works. And nobody knows that better than Shakespeare. Initially, Bloodtide and Doomfinger were referred to as Lilith's sisters rather than her mothers. The Shakespeare Code (drn:45'32") Inside the TARDIS the Doctor frantically pulls at the controls, whilst Martha enquires how the ship manages to travel in time. Seeing how much he desires her, Lilith allows him entrance to her home. "Welcome to the Doctor Who Channel! As revealed in Doctor Who Adventures issue 30, this episode had the working title of "Loves Labour's Won". Producer: They arrive in 1599 near the Globe Theatre in Southwark, where they meet the playwright William Shakespeare. He then begins rambling about the facts: humanoid females that channel energy into power through words. However, it seems they have met before in her past; he is deemed her "sworn enemy". The Doctor previously felt emotional at the mention of his lost companion, The arrow that is shot into the TARDIS mimics similar occurrences in, Queen Elizabeth's anger at the Doctor is given a possible cause in, The Doctor also mentioned meeting Queen Elizabeth in, The Doctor claims that Martha is a citizen of the nation of "Freedonia". The witches turn out to be Carrionites, but they haven't reckoned with the difficulty of taking on the Doctor and arguably the world's greatest ever wordsmith. Music: The Doctor explains how history could be changed with devastating results by referring to the movie Back to the Future. The scene in which the Doctor and Martha share a room was originally written to have the Doctor casually undress down to his underwear; and still obliviously invite Martha to share the bed. Scott Matthewman of The Stage gave "The Shakespeare Code" a mostly positive review, highlighting the guest performances and the theme of the power of words. The Doctor says it because he reads a lot. For Martha's first trip in the Tardis, the Doctor takes her back in time, to Elizabethan England. The Doctor helps him emerge from his catatonia long enough to reveal that the witches dictated the Globe's tetradecagonal design to him. Main setting: This is part of the reconstructed Globe and wouldn't have been present in the original. Carrionites Doctor: The Doctor whispers that they've still got "one foot in the Dark Ages", and any seemingly unnatural answer would lead them to think that it was witchcraft. The lead actor recites the incantation, and a vortex appears in the middle of the Globe. They proceed to the Globe to stop the Carrionites. Martha questions when they are, but the Doctor quickly pulls her back, keeping her from being struck by the contents of a chamber pot. In addition, the Doctor finds a skull in Shakespeare's prop store that reminds him of the Sycorax race from "The Christmas Invasion" (2005); when the Doctor mentions the name "Sycorax" to Shakespeare, Shakespeare says that he will use the name (the joke is that the name in fact derives from Caliban's mother in Shakespeare's play The Tempest.). Lilith, having overheard Lynley, contacts her mothers to warn them; they tell her that the play must be performed the next night. The Doctor then gives Shakespeare his "All the world's a stage" line before retiring for the night. When regressing the architect in Bedlam, The Doctor uses the phrase "A Winter's Tale", whilst the architect himself uses the phrase "poor Tom" in the same way as the 'mad' Edgar in King Lear. There is a definite resemblance, & Adams’ work probably did influence Garth Roberts, but IMHO it the parallels aren't clear or straightforward enough to be in the main TSC article. Amused, Bloodtide tells her sister that no-one that can stop them now; humanity will doom itself. The Shakespeare Code was the second episode of series 3 of Doctor Who. He then notes Martha looks at the Doctor like she's surprised that he even exists. In SFX magazine #152, producer Phil Collinson called this episode the "most expensive ever", because of the large amounts of CGI and filming in Warwick, Coventry and London. The author himself comes on stage with the crowd cheering; he's quite a bit different from his portraits: he's not bald or wearing a collar. 1x45 minute Episode WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S magnitude and influence is unquestionable. Examples of this include the Doctor telling Shakespeare that "all the world's a stage" (from As You Like It) and "the play's the thing" (from Hamlet), as well as the name Sycorax from The Tempest. Martha and the Doctor try helping him, with the Doctor noting that it's like something struck Lynley's heart. The Doctor tells Shakespeare to stop the show whilst he and Martha go to All Hallows Street to thwart the witches. The Doctor walks out of the prop room, carrying a skull, which he states reminds him of a Sycorax; Shakespeare states he'll take that word from him as well. The Doctor finds Shakespeare backstage, rubbing the top of his head where he had hit it when he fell on stage. The episode concerns the "lost" Shakespeare play Love's Labour's Won, which is referred to in more than one historical document, but which may be just an alternative title for an extant play. Lilith temporarily stops one of the Doctor's two hearts and flies to the Globe Theatre. NOTE: Characters who exist outside Shakespeare are marked "(hist)" where they are historical, and "(myth)" where they are mythical.Where that annotation is a link (e.g. For over 100 years, Shakespeare has been one of the most recognizable brands in fishing. Advertisement. He points out there are things similar to the future: recycling, water cooler moments and people thinking the Earth will burn in flames - aka global warming. However his behavior upon meeting Shakespeare in this episode suggests he's never met the man before. Back at The Elephant, the Doctor explains that the Carrionites vanished at the dawn of the universe; thus it was left to debate whether they were actually real. The Queen declares, "Off with his head!". She then questions whether it is safe to walk around in the past, citing familiar time travel paradoxes such as the grandfather paradox and the so-called "butterfly effect". When Martha asks what actually killed Lynley, the Doctor responds, "witchcraft", confusing her further. Three witches try and mess up William Shakespeare's mind and work. Original theme music by Ron Grainer  His actors think Will's being a critic about his own work. to which the Doctor retorts 'No, the novelisation! He ponders rewriting the play but is told not to as it would risk releasing the Carrionites, as they could manipulate him into rewriting the spell. Another memorable moment Martha attempts CPR but is shocked to find Lynley's lungs full of water. Lilith was named after a storm demon in Mesopotamian mythology who is also mentioned in Judeo-Christian tradition. She frets over her reception as a black woman in a time when slavery still exists. Per his orders, Shakespeare bursts on to the Globe's stage; he tells the crowd that they will be getting a refund, but the play must not be performed. The Shakespeare Code. British Shakespearean scholar Robert Crumpton embarks on a mission to prove he is spectacularly wrong. Lilith plunges the doll into a bucket of water. She also suggests that stepping on a butterfly might change the future of the human race, an idea that originates in Ray Bradbury's 1952 short story A Sound of Thunder. He praised the acting, "witty" script, the concept of the Carrionites' witch-like appearance. The Doctor calmly announces to the crowd that Lynley has died a natural death, of a sudden imbalance of the humours. Wanting to see the author himself, Martha starts what the Doctor thinks might be the first crowd chant for Shakespeare. Shakespeare fails to stop the play from being performed. Shakespeare remains adamant about what he sees and the Doctor explains the psychic paper, noting that Shakespeare's immunity to the paper proves that he is an "absolute genius". See all galleries from The Shakespeare Code (4) Related Content. Confused, Martha asks the Doctor why he told the crowd a lie. Yes the film!'. Tenth Doctor Shakespeare subsequently flirts with the Doctor as well, at which the Doctor observes, "Fifty-seven academics just punched the air," a reference to the debates on this subject. Shakespeare has appeared in one earlier Doctor Who episode, and the Doctor has also mentioned prior meetings. He then names Doomfinger a Carrionite, which causes her to disappear. As they leave the theatre, Martha asks why she has never heard of Love's Labour's Won. The Doctor tells her it's "before the invention of the toilet", apologising. He started writing some Virgin New Adventures, a series of Doctor Who novels, with The Highest Science (1993). The Doctor gives Will a neck brace for his pain, telling him to keep it as it looks good on him. The Doctor tells her no; Martha agrees that would be taking advantage of time travel the wrong way. He also tells the Doctor that the witches were based in All Hallows Street. However, the Doctor turns out to be wrong about the consistency of the Bard's genius when he asks the audience to shut their "big fat mouths". The actors rehearse, with the lead actor reading what he thinks is gibberish; he guesses Will was dozing off as he wrote it. Next → Doomfinger tells them she'll stop their hearts, asking who would like to go first. 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. 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. Sometimes reality exceeds fiction. Production code: ← Previous When questioned as to the whereabouts of Peter Streete, Shakespeare says that he was admitted to Bedlam. Dolly informs the Doctor and Martha that she's prepared a room for them. As a reward for her help in the last episode, Martha Jones gets a trip in the TARDIS. As a reward for her help with the Plasmavore, Martha Jones gets a trip in the TARDIS. However, his attention shifts to Martha, whom he tries wooing, describing her as "a queen of Afric" or a "blackamoor lady", which she finds slightly offensive. Release details The Doctor enters and Shakespeare tells him to leave, thinking him a fan who wants an autograph or a portrait done with him. Contrary to common belief, season 10 kicked off in the last week of December 1972 — not in 1973, as would be expected. The Shakespeare Code has accepted the latter. The Tenth Doctor, who promised to take Martha on one trip, takes her to a performance of Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre in Southwark in 1599. There is indeed a novelisation of Back to the Future, written by George Gipe. [14] Nick Setchfield, writing for SFX, awarded the episode five out of five stars, finding the production "confident". 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. Much to Wiggins' horror, the two mothers cackle and pounce on him, apparently devouring him. A cryptographic discovery that may change western history. Suddenly, Mother Doomfinger appears in the cell and kills Peter with a touch to the heart. He asks Shakespeare why the Globe was designed like this. Lynley collapses on the ground dead. 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". Confidential: There are several references to the Harry Potter franchise. The Doctor wonders which house they need to go to, finding a door opening itself; "Make that witch house.". This is the name of an inn recommended in Twelfth Night. in her honour, but is interrupted when two of his actors burst in. Martha comes up with "Expelliarmus" and the Carrionites — together with all the extant copies of Love's Labour's Won — are sucked through the portal. The Doctor knows of the lost play as it appears in the listing of Shakespeare's works, but the play itself is non-existent. In the morning the Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare are confused by what has happened. Martha thinks she is going to be carted off as a, In attempting to explain Martha to Shakespeare, the Doctor claims that she comes from, The Doctor muses that the psychic energy he has seen in Elizabethan England would require a generator the size of, This was the second appearance of a famous writer in the revived series, the first being, Shakespeare did use the word Sycorax in his play. More behind the scenes stuff At the time in which the episode is set, Shakespeare had yet to write Macbeth or Hamlet, which prominently feature the paranormal, such as witches and ghosts. DOCTOR WHO, SERIES 3 EPISODE 2 - THE SHAKESPEARE CODE First screened, Saturday, 7th April, 2007 on BBC One. He went on to write several more books for Virgin Books and further Doctor Who spin-offs. 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. The Doctor collapses, making Lilith think he's dead. The Doctor previously encountered the Carrionites in his, Shakespeare has previously appeared as a young boy in. She tells them to calm down and chant with her, adding hair she secretly took from Lynley to a doll; it is now a voodoo doll. It included the first televised appearance of William Shakespeare since a cameo in 1965's The Chase. Shakespeare then remembers Peter Streete spoke of witches; he was the architect for the Globe Theatre. The story plays on the speculation around Shakespeare's. The Shakespeare Code by Virginia M. Fellows, recently deciphered codes within the works of Shakespeare reveal the true story of Francis Bacon as the rightful heir of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Wiggins is named after Doctor Martin Wiggins, a distinguished academic in the field of Elizabethan and Jacobean literature and the editor of several editions of influential plays of this period. [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. They all cackle in glee as a spirit appears to the actors before they can finish reading the spell. The Doctor explains the Carrionites produce their "magic" through an ancient science based on the power of words. Premiere network: At that moment, Lynley, Master of the Revels, barges in, demanding to see Shakespeare's script before he allows the play to proceed. Taken from the episode "The Shakespeare Code. It is only said in the beginning when the young man tells Lilith that her house is foul. In the morning, the Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare proceed to the Globe Theatre, and the Doctor asks why the theatre has 14 sides. 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