Upon hearing another scream, the Doctor and Martha run in to find Dolly's body as Shakespeare wakes; the Doctor notes that Dolly's heart gave out from a powerful fright. It is also included in the Series 3 DVD box set. Martha is confused by this as she sees the Doctor's title on the paper. Martha yells to be let out but is told by the Doctor that it's pointless as the entire building is yelling that. She flies to the Globe, leaving the Doctor and Martha behind. Shakespeare explains the architect thought it allowed the sound to carry well. A character list in the beginning of the program declares a number of stacks, naturally with names like "Romeo" and "Juliet". Shakespeare defends it, saying that fear of the place helped "set him right". 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. He reveals his deduction that the Doctor is not of the Earth and that Martha is from the future. Most images portraying Shakespeare show him to be a man who is balding on the top of his head. Among the facts that the Doctor lists are that it's not really a globe, but a tetra-decagon; it's also brand new and recently opened for the plays written by the great writer himself. Aired on April 7, 2007. Martha After viewing a performance of Shakespeare's latest play, the time travellers are beset by apparent sorcery. 180 Shakespeare sees it as a trite reply, something he'd do himself; both would rather not go into detail if they can help it. Martha, Shakespeare and the actors are left to take the applause of the audience who think it was special effects. Production code: to which the Doctor retorts 'No, the novelisation! They enter the TARDIS, slamming the door just as an arrow embeds itself in the TARDIS' exterior before dematerialisation. Original theme music by Ron Grainer  Queen Elizabeth enters, much to the Doctor's amusement. Martha asks about the play, and the Doctor confirms that when Will undid the magic of Love's Labour's Won , he banished every copy into the aether, or the Void, or the Untempered Schism, or the Time Vortex, or wherever the heck the Eternals trapped the Carrionites. By uttering the name Carrionite the Doctor is able to repel her. Martha scorns this explanation by saying 'The film?' (, The Doctor's psychic paper fails to work again because the person on the receiving end is able to outsmart the trick it plays on the mind. He went on to write several more books for Virgin Books and further Doctor Who spin-offs. This is part of the reconstructed Globe and wouldn't have been present in the original. In response to a flirtatious remark from Shakespeare towards him, the Doctor says, "57 academics just punched the air." He also tells the Doctor that the witches were based in All Hallows Street. 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. 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. When questioning Shakespeare about witches, Martha remarks that he has written about witches; a reference to Macbeth, which Shakespeare denies. The special effects on the episode were done by The Mill, who have created the special effects on all Doctor Who episodes since its return in 2005. He offers to take Martha to the theatre, which she happily agrees to. She frets over her reception as a black woman in a time when slavery still exists. Martha is surprised by this, asking Will about the name; obviously, Will is going to base Hamlet on his son. The episode was Gareth Roberts' first writing credit proper on the show, however he had written for Doctor Who many times before. The Doctor deduces that the Carrionites intend to use the powerful words of Love's Labour's Won to break their species out of imprisonment. 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". The Doctor explains that Shakespeare fell into depression after his son's death. Accepting this, Will announces that he will now focus on writing about sons and fathers in honour of his son, Hamnet. Just before the Doctor steps out of the TARDIS, he exclaims "Brave new world", from Act V Scene I of The Tempest. The Doctor tells her no; Martha agrees that would be taking advantage of time travel the wrong way. The Carrionites and all the copies of Love's Labour's Won are sucked back through the closing portal. At the Globe, Love's Labour's Lost is on. It is only said in the beginning when the young man tells Lilith that her house is foul. He says he'll take her home tomorrow. 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"). In fact, For the purposes of this list, "Series 4" is considered to be the. There is indeed a novelisation of Back to the Future, written by George Gipe. Frowning, the Doctor moans in disappointment. They find the architect, Peter Streete, in a catatonic state. He again demands the play, but Shakespeare insists it's not ready yet. The Queen declares, "Off with his head!". [11][12], Apart from Newport Indoor Market, where the scenes at Bedlam, as the Bethlem Royal Hospital was known as then, were recreated in the basement, the remainder of the shoot took place in Upper Boat Studios, for the scenes set in the Elephant Inn, sections of Globe Theatre material, and the TARDIS scenes.[8]. Freedonia was the name of a planet in, The Doctor uses the title of "Sir Doctor of TARDIS". Main enemy: Some of the words and names used are derived from other works. "Doctor Who" The Shakespeare Code (TV Episode 2007) Christina Cole as Lilith Meanwhile, the TARDIS lands in the same time period sometime later. Het werd uitgezonden op BBC One op 7 april 2007. However, Lilith tells them it's just a preview of what's to come that night. 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. 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. Doomfinger and Bloodtide are joined by Lilith, who tells them of her supposed success. Smith and Jones This is a reference to the enigmatic female character in Shakespeare's Sonnets, although Sonnet 18 is in fact one of those addressed to a male character, the Fair Youth. In the morning the Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare are confused by what has happened. However, upon entering the home, he is shocked to find it full of horrifying witching artefacts — not what he would expect a beautiful girl to have in her home. Martha questions when they are, but the Doctor quickly pulls her back, keeping her from being struck by the contents of a chamber pot. However his behavior upon meeting Shakespeare in this episode suggests he's never met the man before. He asks for a constable to take Lynley's corpse; Lilith offers to fetch one, walking off with a hidden grin on her face. The Doctor explains how history could be changed with devastating results by referring to the movie Back to the Future. The Doctor steps forward to confront her; Doomfinger explains no-one on Earth has knowledge of them. Format: The Shakespeare Code puts forth the idea that the plays attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written as political messages by Francis Bacon and relate a biographical history of the man. Shakespeare follows after him after giving his actors the final draft of his play. 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). A witch called Lilith uses a voodoo doll to influence Shakespeare to declare that the new play will premiere the following evening. The actors speak the last lines of the play. British Shakespearean scholar Robert Crumpton embarks on a mission to prove he is spectacularly wrong. Wiggins is also a Doctor Who fan and a friend of writer Gareth Roberts. Sometimes reality exceeds fiction. Shakespeare flirts with Martha multiple times during the episode, and ultimately composes Sonnet 18 for her, calling her his "Dark Lady". It was seen by 7.2 million viewers, and was the fourteenth most watched programme of the week. Behind the scenes video Lilith's name is only said once throughout the whole episode. Southwark, 1599 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… 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. He found the plot "straightforward", but still said it was entertaining with a good performance by Kelly. Once at Bedlam, Martha and the Doctor are disgusted to learn that the patients are whipped to entertain the gentry. It also introduced the narrative lynchpin of Queen Elizabeth I having a severe distrust towards the Tenth Doctor. Key crew Gareth Roberts As more and more newcomers discover the joy of fishing, Shakespeare will be there, providing the gear and inspiration to make sure that the next bite will never be the last. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S magnitude and influence is unquestionable. By genre: However, it seems they have met before in her past; he is deemed her "sworn enemy". However, Bloodtide and Doomfinger are there waiting, using their voodoo doll to knock Will out by tapping its head. [14] Nick Setchfield, writing for SFX, awarded the episode five out of five stars, finding the production "confident". The Doctor tells Shakespeare that only he can find the words to close the portal. Martha tells the Doctor he shouldn't meet his heroes. Premiere broadcast: The witches Lilith, Doomfinger, and Bloodtide observe this through their cauldron, and Doomfinger teleports to the cell and kills Peter with a touch. She decides to introduce her suitor to her two "mothers", Mother Doomfinger and Mother Bloodtide. They are led into Streete's cell, where the Doctor finds he is suffering from catatonia. The Doctor collapses, making Lilith think he's dead. "I'm going for real," Shakespheare quips. But his life is shrouded in mystery. They confront Lilith, who is expecting them. The Doctor says it because he reads a lot. He tells for the Doctor not to ask him where he gets his ideas, but upon seeing Martha enter, he stops dead and then suddenly changes his tune, welcoming the two travellers into the room. To Will's shock, they tell him the Queen wants to see the play. Or else they risk getting committed to Bedlam. As a reward for her help with the Plasmavore, Martha Jones gets a trip in the TARDIS. A witch called Lilith uses a voodoo doll to influence Shakespeare to declare that the new play will premiere the following evening. They run through the streets back to the TARDIS as the guards run after them. The Doctor gives her one from one of his pockets, explaining it contains Venusian spearmint. This is the name of an inn recommended in Twelfth Night. The Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare hear a commotion in the street and run out, where Lynley vomits water. 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. Inside the inn, they wonder about Lynley's murder, but Shakespeare is equally confused by Martha's training as a doctor, wondering what kind of land Freedonia is. Lilith credits the Carrionites' escape from the Eternals' banishment to 'new...glittering' words. The Doctor deduces both their location and the year: near the Globe Theatre in 1599. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Doctor (David Tennant) takes his new travelling companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) in her first trip in time and space. Martha Jones steps outside and is amazed by the fact they've gone back in time. 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. Lilith tries to do the same to the Doctor, but fails, as her psychic power is unable to uncover his real name. "Good thing I'm here," the Doctor quips. In the morning, the Doctor, Martha and Shakespeare proceed to the Globe Theatre, and the Doctor asks why the theatre has 14 sides. 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. Roberts has said, "I always thought it was a nice word, and I was thinking of the witches as carrion creatures, so I bunged a C in front of it". 1x45 minute Episode DOCTOR WHO, SERIES 3 EPISODE 2 - THE SHAKESPEARE CODE First screened, Saturday, 7th April, 2007 on BBC One. 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. And nobody knows that better than Shakespeare. He refuses to answer and with a sudden stop both are thrown off balance; the ship has landed. 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. Joining the Doctor, Shakespeare is told to improvise a verse to get rid of the Carrionites, as he is the most brilliant wordsmith. In another Big Finish drama, The Time of the Daleks, a child is revealed to be Shakespeare at the story's end. She approaches seductively, which the Doctor says definitely won't work on him, and then quickly cuts a lock of his hair. 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. The Doctor thinks he's heard of something before that involves the number 14, but can't seem to remember it. Martha and the Doctor try helping him, with the Doctor noting that it's like something struck Lynley's heart. The planet Rexel 4 is named in an episode of The Tomorrow People from 1974. The Doctor calmly announces to the crowd that Lynley has died a natural death, of a sudden imbalance of the humours. 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. Lilith stabs the doll in the chest, and Lynley collapses, dead. Confused, Martha asks the Doctor why he told the crowd a lie. Lilith notes the Doctor was at the inn with Shakespeare and smells of something new. Stage Fright Carrionites They arrive in 1599 near the Globe Theatre in Southwark, where they meet the playwright William Shakespeare. At the end of the play, William Shakespeare announces a forthcoming sequel entitled Love's Labour's Won. The reasoning behind why she disliked him so much wasn't explained until the 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor. It was then re-released as part of the Series Three boxset in November 2007. 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. Watching from above is Lilith, dressed as royalty. Norwegian researcher Petter Amundsen claims to have deciphered a secret code hidden in legendary playwright William Shakespeare's works that reveals a map leading to the location of certain treasures. The character Kempe is William Kempe, a highly regarded comic actor of the era, who was a member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men along with Shakespeare and Richard Burbage. David Tennant, unusual amongst other Doctors, began and ended on special episodes, not regular ones. 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. It included the first televised appearance of William Shakespeare since a cameo in 1965's The Chase. • With thanks to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Amused, Bloodtide tells her sister that no-one that can stop them now; humanity will doom itself. Contrary to common belief, season 10 kicked off in the last week of December 1972 — not in 1973, as would be expected. He is then forced to run by Martha to keep himself alive. Much to the horror of the audience, Carrionites emerge and swarm outside; laughing wickedly at their terror, Lilith locks the audience in. Gridlock. Martha awakens, thinking the Doctor is dead as well, but finds he's still alive — two hearts. 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. However, at the Globe, the actors have reached the end of the play. 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. Producer: 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. For his "Dark Lady", he produces the sonnet, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" The Doctor gives a disgruntled Martha mixed signals by casually sharing the bed with her only to show no interest, then dismissing the idea that a mere human could be channelling the psychic energy and bemoaning the lack of Rose's insight. On the Doctor's order, Streete reveals that witches spoke to him and made him design the Globe to their design, not his own; once he had served his usefulness, they snapped his wits to keep him quiet about their plans. Lynley collapses on the ground dead. Yes the film!'. Shakespeare fails to stop the play from being performed. 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. Main setting: Doctor Who television stories Shakespeare then remembers Peter Streete spoke of witches; he was the architect for the Globe Theatre. 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. 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. [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. See all galleries from The Shakespeare Code (4) Related Content. When Lilith is attempting to charm the Doctor, she strokes his face. 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". 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