![]() ![]() ![]() When Hamlet feigns his madness in front of Polonius, as shown in the clip above, a Whovian cant help but notice some Tenth Doctor quirks, especially in the way he says Well, and shrugs at 1:51. Maybe you can catch a hint of his more refined, Elizabethan accent if you dare watch Planet of the Dead again. David Tennant managed to squeeze his Hamlet performance between filming for The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead. If you have not already viewed it, youre missing out on a superb performance and an innovative, modern adaptation of a princes grief-driven descent into madness, as he is torn apart by conspiracy and vengeance. The Doctor also visited this old friend before regeneration, well at least in a figurative way, by assuming the role of Hamlet for a consecutive six months in the 2009 production, performed by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Shakespeare was not the reserved and sour-faced gentleman that portraits in English textbooks have hammered into our brains, but a rather eccentric and debonair figure, a flirt, and a cheat who nicked his most famous quotations from the Doctor himself. The Doctor Met Shakespeare (Again) How can fans forget the obnoxious portrayal of Shakespeare elucidated in The Shakespeare Code? The Doctor was intent on showing off to his newly-found companion, Miss Martha Jones, and what better way to do so than traveling to 1599, where Shakespeare was still formulating his timeless masterpieces, and where latrines did not exist? Although the integrity of the plot was questionable, it was fun-filled adventure zapped with Harry Potter magic and cackling witches flying on broomsticks. ![]()
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