[SciFiWire] Shakespeare To Appear On Who

[Cassie Hughes]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/news_thumbnails/agyeman_doctorwho_tn.jpgRussell T. Davies, executive producer of the BBC's hit SF drama Doctor Who, told SCI FI Wire that the show's upcoming third season will again introduce a famous character from British history, in this case, the author of Hamlet and King Lear.

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[N4H]

We all knew about the Doctor meeting Shakespeare by now I'm sure, but it was interesting about them filming at the Globe theatre, and the animitronic spider.

So you Americans start getting season 2 on Friday, eh? You're gonna love this season, I bet. Here are the eps you you can't afford to miss so have your VCRs ready - Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The 2 parter that includes Satan Pit, Girl in the Fireplace, and of course, the last 2. You needn't cry too hard if you miss stuff like the episode one (I think it's called New Earth) though.

[Rose Tyler]

I wasn't all too keen on Satan's Pit

Enjoy this season, especially the one with Tony Head!

[N4H]

I think the 2-parter with Satan Pit is worth watching for historical purposes, if nothing else, because it's most like the old Doctor Who's in that it's strategy and science in the science fiction.

[Black Eye Guy]

The Satan Pit two parter is one of my fav's!! It's so good.

Shakespeare will be a good one to have, cuz he's kinda weird!

[Angel's vision]

Ha ha i already knew this i saw it on sfx siteforum.....In our Dr who section.
I can't wait for s3 i have seen some spoiler pics already and the best of S2
is SR,TGITFP,TSP and the last two parter.
I think Shakespear will be a brillaint eppy.

[N4H]

Which do you think was the worst of Season 2? For me it's a tossup between the premiere (is it called New Earth?), and that one where he looks like Elvis (I don't think that's a spoiler).

I know some people didn't like that one that has fandom parallels, but I liked that one.

BTW the Shakespeare thing was also mentioned in the spoiler forum here some time ago. We were on the ball too.

[Vilandra]

Here's the full article:

Shakespeare To Appear On Who

Russell T. Davies, executive producer of the BBC's hit SF drama Doctor Who, told SCI FI Wire that the show's upcoming third season will again introduce a famous character from British history, in this case the author of Hamlet and King Lear. "William Shakespeare [played by Dean Lennox Kelly] is going to be in one of the episodes," Davies revealed in an interview in London. "And I think it's going to be one of those lavish, gorgeous episodes. We're really traveling around the country to get the right locations, because Elizabethan streets are not easy to come by, so the whole crew is going on the road. We're spending three nights in the Globe Theatre, which is the replica of Shakespeare's Globe, so it's a really big shoot. I'm very excited about that one and the script by Gareth Roberts, which is just gorgeous, so that's going to be very exciting."

The third season, which began shooting in July in the United Kingdom, will also introduce the Judoon, a clan of galactic stormtroopers, Davies said. "But otherwise, it's just too early to go into it yet," he added, declining to discuss other season-three spoilers.

The third season will bring back David Tennant as the Doctor, pairing him with a new companion, medical student Martha Jones, played by Freema Agyeman, who replaces Billie Piper's Rose Tyler. According to Davies, the relationship between the Doctor and Martha is very different from the previous dynamic, which is evident from their first scenes together. "To the extent that, on a show like this, when you change the format and get somebody else in, you can be in a situation where you've got to have a few extra rehearsals and rewrites and stuff like that," Davies said. "But there's been none of that. I haven't had to be on set yet, but I watch the rushes every day, and I'm delighted with it. He's happy. She's happy, and it looks gorgeous."

Before the third season begins in the United Kingdom next year, Doctor Who will return with a new edition of its annual one-hour holiday special, titled "The Runaway Bride," which picks up the story directly from the final scene of season two's finale, "Doomsday." It guest-stars award-winning British comedy actress Catherine Tate as the title bride. Details of the special remain under wraps, although it will feature a spider creature that is reportedly the biggest animatronic monster in the show's history. "The Runaway Bride" will debut on BBC1, most likely on Christmas Day. Season two of Doctor Who, meanwhile, begins airing in the United States on SCI FI Channel starting Sept. 29 and will air Fridays at 8 p.m. ET/PT. —Joe Nazzaro

[Mr Pointy]

Dean Lennox Kelly is one of my favourite Brit TV actors at the moment...he was excellent in "Shameless" and "Sorted"...as well as his great performance as Puck in the BBC's Shakespeare Re-told version of Midsummer Night's Dream (Robin Goodfellow as Manc drug dealer :))...but I can't see him as Shakespeare somehow...I hope he proves me wrong 'cos I've really liked the historical celebrity eps that we've had so far.