Christopher Marlowe

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an English poet. He was the greatest Elizabethan tragedian writer before William Shakespeare. The Doctor makes passing reference to Marlowe being either gay or bisexual, and that the Doctor would be willing to make a pass at him if the situation called for it. Marlowe flirted extensively with Steven.

History recorded that Marlowe died in 1593, but this was a fallacy. In fact, Marlowe traveled to Roanoke to spy on Sir Walter Raleigh. While there, he and the rest of the colony were abducted by the Greld, who would use them in their plan to sabotage the Armageddon Convention. He actually died in 1609 in a duel. (MA: The Empire of Glass)