Episode
Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Code
Overview
Martha takes her first trip in the Tardis, all the way back to Elizabethan England. She and the Doctor hear of a series of bizarre deaths and discover that playwright William Shakespeare is being controlled by dangerous witch-like creatures. It seems the time-travelling duo must defeat ancient forces to prevent history from being rewritten.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2007-04-07
- Runtime
- 48 min
Episode context
The Shakespeare Code is Episode 2 in Series 3 of Doctor Who. It aired on 2007-04-07. The runtime is 48 min.
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Episode 1: Smith and Jones
Trainee doctor Martha Jones has her hands full balancing her medical studies with placating her demanding family. So the last thing she needs is to find that the hospital where she works has been transported to the moon, where it's invaded by an overbearing alien police force. There she encounters a patient called John Smith, who seems curiously at ease with the situation…
Episode 3: Gridlock
The Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, in the far future, only to find that an entire city has become a deadly trap.
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Episode 5: Evolution of the Daleks (2)
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Episode 6: The Lazarus Experiment
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Episode 7: 42
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Episode 12: The Sound of Drums (2)
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