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History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Oliver Cromwell is born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The Second Doctor will play a role in Cromwell's rise to power during the English Civil War. (PDA: The Roundheads)


 * The Doctor and Martha Jones arrive by the Globe Theatre in London to meet William Shakespeare. The Carrionites attempt to release their brethren and overthrow the Earth, but are stopped by Shakespeare himself. (DW: The Shakespeare Code)


 * Shakespeare is believed to have written Hamlet between 1599 and 1601; at one point one of the first four incarnations of the Doctor helped him write the manuscript after he sprained his wrist. (DW: City of Death)