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.
William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born
in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-Upon-Avon and London
where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married
Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of 52, leaving
three children - Susanna, Hamnet, and Mary. The rest is
silence.
The Doctor is from Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborus.
He has been saving the universe for centuries, and is a noted
Shakespeare expert and name-dropper. In addition to writing out the
first draft of Hamlet (after Shakespeare strained his wrist writing
sonnets), the Doctor also helped the great playwright banish the
Carrionites to the Deep Darkness. The Doctor has a granddaughter
(probably) and lives in his TARDIS.
James Goss has written the books Doctor Who- Dead of Winter and
Summer Falls, as well as several Torchwood books and radio plays.
His favourite play is Pericles, oddly.
Jonathan Morris is one of the most prolific authors of Doctor Who
novels, audio plays and comic strips and a regular contributor to
Doctor Who Magazine. He first read the complete works of
Shakespeare as a precocious 15-year-old but 25 years later still
struggles with iambic pentameter.
Julian Richards is an English and Theatre Studies student at the
University of Warwick. He is a Third Dan Karate Instructor, keen
amateur writer and lifelong fan of both Shakespeare and Doctor Who,
making this almost his ideal book (lacking only Karate).
Justin Richards has written for stage and screen, audio, children's
novels, the science fiction series The Never War, and all sorts of
other things. In his spare time he acts as Creative Consultant to
BBC Books for all their Doctor Who titles - including this one. He
has a degree in English and Theatre Studies, and once kidnapped
someone by accident.
Matthew Sweet is a writer and broadcaster with a doctorate in
Wilkie Collins. He presents Free Thinking and Sound of Cinema on
BBC Radio 3 and The Philosopher's Arms on BBC Radio 4. His books
and TV documentaries include The West End Front, Shepperton
Babylon, The Rules of Film Noir and Me, You and Doctor Who. A
million years ago he played Iachimo to Eve Best's Imogen, but
Hollywood never called.
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