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|alias= Mary Godwin
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|image = Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.jpg
 
|species = Human
|spouse = Percy Shelley
 
 
|origin = [[England]]
|child = Mary Shelley's child
 
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|alias = Mary Godwin
|sister = Claire Clairmont
 
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|father = William Godwin
|image= MaryCompanyOfFriends.jpg
 
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|mother = Mary Shelley's mother
|species=Human
 
 
|spouse = Percy Shelley
|origin=[[England]]
 
 
|child = Mary Shelley's child
|first=The Creative Spark (comic story)
 
 
|sister = Claire Clairmont
|appearances= {{il|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of Death (audio story)|Army of Death]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]''}}
 
 
|first = The Creative Spark (comic story)
|voice actor= Julie Cox
 
 
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|main actor = Lili Miller
 
|voice actor = Julie Cox
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|bts = Meet Mary Shelley and Lord Byron The Haunting of Villa Diodati Doctor Who Series 12
 
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}}{{dab page|Shelley}}'''Mary Shelley''' (née '''Godwin''') was a [[19th century]] [[English]] writer who pioneered what later became known as [[science fiction]], composing the science-based horror story ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'', and the future history ''[[The Last Man]]''. Shelley's circle of friends included poet [[George Gordon Byron|Lord Byron]] and [[John Polidori]], who was one of the first to write about vampires. She was married to Byron's close friend and fellow Romantic poet [[Percy Shelley]].
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She was also a companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]] and an acquaintance of the [[Thirteenth Doctor]].
'''Mary Shelley''' (born '''Mary Godwin''') was a [[19th century]] [[English]] writer who pioneered what later became known as [[science fiction]], composing the science-based horror story ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'', and the future history ''[[The Last Man]]''. Shelley's circle of friends included poet [[George Gordon Byron|Lord Byron]] and [[John Polidori]], who was one of the first to write about vampires. She was married to Byron's close friend and fellow Romantic poet [[Percy Shelley]].
 
 
She was also a companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]].
 
 
== Appearance ==
 
Mary had [[hazel]] [[eye]]s, flecked with [[green]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'')
 
   
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Mary was born in [[1797]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') Her maiden name was Godwin. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'')
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Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') in the year [[1797]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') Her father, [[William Godwin]], wrote the book ''[[Caleb Williams]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
   
She had a stepsister [[Claire Clairmont]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
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She had a stepsister named [[Claire Clairmont]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')
   
 
When Mary was 16, Percy Shelley abandoned his [[Percy Shelley's wife|wife]] and [[Percy Shelley's child|child]] for her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
 
When Mary was 16, Percy Shelley abandoned his [[Percy Shelley's wife|wife]] and [[Percy Shelley's child|child]] for her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
   
Mary had a [[Mary Shelley's child|child]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'')
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By [[June]] [[1816]], Mary had a [[Mary Shelley's child|child]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch from the Well]]'') named William. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')
   
Mary left her [[Bishopsgate]] home in [[Windsor]], [[England]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') and travelled to [[Switzerland]], where Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Claire Clairmont and she stayed at [[Villa Diodati]] near [[Lake Geneva]]. ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') Although Percy and Mary Shelley referred to each other as husband and wife, they were not yet officially married at the time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
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In the [[summer]] of [[1816]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') Mary left her [[Bishopsgate]] home in [[Windsor]], [[England]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'') and travelled to [[Switzerland]], ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') where Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Claire Clairmont and she stayed at [[Villa Diodati]] near [[Lake Geneva]]. ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') She and Percy also stayed in a [[chalet]] named [[Maison Chapuis]], located on the shore of Lake Geneva. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') Despite not being married to Percy yet, Mary still went by Mrs. Shelley at the time, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') and the pair referred to each other as husband and wife. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
   
The Eighth Doctor mentioned that he and Professor [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] spent time near Lake Geneva with Mary and Byron. ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'')
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The [[Eighth Doctor]] mentioned that he and Professor [[Salyavin|Chronotis]] spent time near Lake Geneva with Mary and Byron. ([[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'')
   
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[[File:Mary and her Monster (THOVD).jpg|thumb|left|Mary tries to reason with the [[Lone Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')]]
In [[June]] [[1816]], at Villa Diodati, the 18-year-old Mary encountered two versions of the Eighth Doctor simultaneously. The older of the two versions introduced himself as [[Aliases of the Doctor|Dr Frankenstein]]. When this older version appeared to have died Percy suggested to make an experiment with lightning on the Doctor's body, modelled after the experiments of signor [[Galvani]] on [[frog]]s. During the experiment, Percy called himself "the modern Prometheus". This experience, as well as Mary's later travels with the Doctor, must have influenced her science-based horror story ''Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus''. After the younger version of the Doctor has helped the older one to recover, Mary left her future husband and their friends and spent years travelling with the younger version of the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
 
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As she would later recount in her [[foreword]] to ''Frankenstein'' (edition [[1831]]), the incessant [[rain]] of this particular summer drew them away from the [[lake]] and kept them indoors, at Lord Byron's house, for days. Whilst reading [[ghost story|ghost stories]] together, ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') Byron challenged Mary, Polidori and Percy to each write a ghost story of their own. ([[AUDIO]]: '' [[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') That night, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Yasmin Khan]], [[Ryan Sinclair]] and [[Graham O'Brien]] knocked on the door, seeking shelter from the rain. This led to an encounter with Ashad, the [[Lone Cyberman]]. Mary wondered if Ashad was a composite of multiple men and referred to his creators as a "Modern [[Prometheus (figure)|Prometheus]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')
   
 
Though Mary's account said that there were only four individuals present during the ghost story competition, the Eighth Doctor knew this was untrue. The Doctor wished she had been able to tell the ''real'' story of what had taken place ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') at Villa Diodati. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'') In June 1816, at Villa Diodati, the 18-year-old Mary encountered two versions of the Eighth Doctor simultaneously. The older of the two versions introduced himself as [[The Doctor's aliases|Dr Frankenstein]]. When this older version appeared to have died Percy suggested to make an experiment with lightning on the Doctor's body, modelled after the experiments of signor [[Galvani]] on [[frog]]s. During the experiment, Percy called himself "the modern Prometheus". This experience, as well as Mary's later travels with the Doctor, must have influenced her science-based horror story ''Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus''. After the younger version of the Doctor has helped the older one to recover, Mary left her future husband and their friends and spent years travelling with the younger version of the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
From Lake Geneva, the Eighth Doctor took Mary to [[Vienna]] on [[11 September]] [[1873]], where they encountered two [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] from [[Mondas]]. Mary showed great courage defending her friends from a throng of [[Marionettenburg]] puppets with a poker. She also initially took pity on the Cybermen, who were badly damaged and malformed as the result of the crash-landing of their spacecraft. She almost befriended one of them, [[Gramm]], and found a way to partially repair their damage using [[Galvani]]c lightning. However, when Gramm threatened to kill her, she managed to thwart its plan to contact Mondas by destroying the Doctor's [[sonic screwdriver]], the only suitable power source for a transmitter. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'')
 
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From Lake Geneva, the Eighth Doctor took Mary to [[Vienna]] on [[11 September]] [[1873]], where they encountered two [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] from [[Mondas]]. Mary showed great courage defending her friends from a throng of [[Marionettenburg]] puppets with a poker. She also initially took pity on the Cybermen, who were badly damaged and malformed as the result of the crash-landing of their spacecraft. She almost befriended one of them, [[Gramm]], and found a way to partially repair their damage using [[Galvani]]c lightning. However, when Gramm threatened to kill her, she managed to thwart its plan to contact Mondas by destroying [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver]], the only suitable power source for a transmitter. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'')
   
 
She later visited Lincolnshire in [[2011]] and in the [[1650s]], where she encountered some [[Varaxil]]s who were looking for a human who could channel [[Odic energy]]. She also met [[Aleister Portillon]] who was obsessed with Lord Byron and had a biography of Mary herself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch From the Well]]'')
 
She later visited Lincolnshire in [[2011]] and in the [[1650s]], where she encountered some [[Varaxil]]s who were looking for a human who could channel [[Odic energy]]. She also met [[Aleister Portillon]] who was obsessed with Lord Byron and had a biography of Mary herself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witch from the Well (audio story)|The Witch From the Well]]'')
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Another adventure with Mary involved her believing someone to be her brother until the Doctor had pointed out that it was not. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'')
 
Another adventure with Mary involved her believing someone to be her brother until the Doctor had pointed out that it was not. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'')
   
After her encounter with the [[Bone Lord]], Mary decided to leave the Doctor's company, as she feared his other companion: death.([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of Death (audio story)|Army of Death]]'')
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After her encounter with the [[Bone Lord]], Mary decided to leave the Doctor's company, as she feared his other companion: death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of Death (audio story)|Army of Death]]'')
   
 
Also in 1816, Mary encountered the [[Tenth Doctor]] when [[Zzazik]], an alien creature wrapped in bandages, was absorbing bolts of energy. This sight provided Mary with inspiration for a scene in ''Frankenstein''. The Doctor mentioned that she looked familiar, but did not comment further. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Creative Spark (comic story)|The Creative Spark]]'')
 
Also in 1816, Mary encountered the [[Tenth Doctor]] when [[Zzazik]], an alien creature wrapped in bandages, was absorbing bolts of energy. This sight provided Mary with inspiration for a scene in ''Frankenstein''. The Doctor mentioned that she looked familiar, but did not comment further. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Creative Spark (comic story)|The Creative Spark]]'')
 
:''The chronological order of Mary's encounters with the Doctor in 1816 from her point of view is not known.''
 
   
 
In [[1822]], Mary was widowed when her husband Percy drowned after his [[schooner]] sank off the coast of [[Italy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'')
 
In [[1822]], Mary was widowed when her husband Percy drowned after his [[schooner]] sank off the coast of [[Italy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'')
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The [[Twelfth Doctor]] saw Mary, among other companions, when [[Bernice Summerfield]] was hit by temporal energy in the [[Pyramid Eternia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]'')
 
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] saw Mary, among other companions, when [[Bernice Summerfield]] was hit by temporal energy in the [[Pyramid Eternia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Big Bang Generation (novel)|Big Bang Generation]]'')
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== Appearance ==
 
Mary had [[hazel]] [[eye]]s, flecked with [[green]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'')
   
 
== Other information ==
 
== Other information ==
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== Behind the scenes ==
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* A few years after writing ''Frankenstein'', Shelley wrote a little-known science fiction novel called ''The Last Man'', which takes place at the end of the 21st century. In the context of the Whoniverse and the recent revelation that she travelled with the Doctor, it is possible that her writing of this book (and, possibly, of ''Frankenstein'') may have been influenced by her experiences with the Doctor. The prologue of ''The Last Man'' even includes a story of the author and her unnamed travelling companion and cites this adventure as the inspiration for the novel.
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* A few years after writing ''Frankenstein'', Shelley wrote a little-known science fiction novel called ''The Last Man'', which takes place at the end of the 21st century. In the context of the ''Doctor Who'' universe, and the fact that she travelled with the Eighth Doctor, it is possible that her writing of this book may have been influenced by her experiences with the Doctor. The prologue of ''The Last Man'' even includes a story of the author and her unnamed travelling companion and cites this adventure as the inspiration for the novel.
 
* Mary and Percy Shelley got married only on 30 December 1816.
 
* Mary and Percy Shelley got married only on 30 December 1816.
   
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Mary Shelley (née Godwin) was a 19th century English writer who pioneered what later became known as science fiction, composing the science-based horror story Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, and the future history The Last Man. Shelley's circle of friends included poet Lord Byron and John Polidori, who was one of the first to write about vampires. She was married to Byron's close friend and fellow Romantic poet Percy Shelley.

She was also a companion of the Eighth Doctor and an acquaintance of the Thirteenth Doctor.

Biography

Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati) in the year 1797. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk) Her father, William Godwin, wrote the book Caleb Williams. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

She had a stepsister named Claire Clairmont. (AUDIO: Mary's Story, TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)

When Mary was 16, Percy Shelley abandoned his wife and child for her. (AUDIOMary's Story)

By June 1816, Mary had a child (AUDIO: The Witch from the Well) named William. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)

In the summer of 1816, (AUDIO: Storm Warning) Mary left her Bishopsgate home in WindsorEngland (AUDIO: The Silver Turk) and travelled to Switzerland, (AUDIO: Mary's Story) where Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Claire Clairmont and she stayed at Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva. (AUDIO: Mary's Story, TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati) She and Percy also stayed in a chalet named Maison Chapuis, located on the shore of Lake Geneva. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati) Despite not being married to Percy yet, Mary still went by Mrs. Shelley at the time, (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati) and the pair referred to each other as husband and wife. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)

The Eighth Doctor mentioned that he and Professor Chronotis spent time near Lake Geneva with Mary and Byron. (WC: Shada, AUDIO: Shada)

Mary and her Monster (THOVD)

Mary tries to reason with the Lone Cyberman. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)

As she would later recount in her foreword to Frankenstein (edition 1831), the incessant rain of this particular summer drew them away from the lake and kept them indoors, at Lord Byron's house, for days. Whilst reading ghost stories together, (AUDIO: Mary's Story) Byron challenged Mary, Polidori and Percy to each write a ghost story of their own. (AUDIO: Mary's Story, TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati) That night, the Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan, Ryan Sinclair and Graham O'Brien knocked on the door, seeking shelter from the rain. This led to an encounter with Ashad, the Lone Cyberman. Mary wondered if Ashad was a composite of multiple men and referred to his creators as a "Modern Prometheus". (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)

Though Mary's account said that there were only four individuals present during the ghost story competition, the Eighth Doctor knew this was untrue. The Doctor wished she had been able to tell the real story of what had taken place (AUDIO: Storm Warning) at Villa Diodati. (AUDIO: Mary's Story) In June 1816, at Villa Diodati, the 18-year-old Mary encountered two versions of the Eighth Doctor simultaneously. The older of the two versions introduced himself as Dr Frankenstein. When this older version appeared to have died Percy suggested to make an experiment with lightning on the Doctor's body, modelled after the experiments of signor Galvani on frogs. During the experiment, Percy called himself "the modern Prometheus". This experience, as well as Mary's later travels with the Doctor, must have influenced her science-based horror story Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. After the younger version of the Doctor has helped the older one to recover, Mary left her future husband and their friends and spent years travelling with the younger version of the Doctor. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)

From Lake Geneva, the Eighth Doctor took Mary to Vienna on 11 September 1873, where they encountered two Cybermen from Mondas. Mary showed great courage defending her friends from a throng of Marionettenburg puppets with a poker. She also initially took pity on the Cybermen, who were badly damaged and malformed as the result of the crash-landing of their spacecraft. She almost befriended one of them, Gramm, and found a way to partially repair their damage using Galvanic lightning. However, when Gramm threatened to kill her, she managed to thwart its plan to contact Mondas by destroying the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, the only suitable power source for a transmitter. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk)

She later visited Lincolnshire in 2011 and in the 1650s, where she encountered some Varaxils who were looking for a human who could channel Odic energy. She also met Aleister Portillon who was obsessed with Lord Byron and had a biography of Mary herself. (AUDIO: The Witch From the Well)

During her travels with the Doctor, Mary met Axons and King Harold at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)

Another adventure with Mary involved her believing someone to be her brother until the Doctor had pointed out that it was not. (AUDIO: Neverland)

After her encounter with the Bone Lord, Mary decided to leave the Doctor's company, as she feared his other companion: death. (AUDIO: Army of Death)

Also in 1816, Mary encountered the Tenth Doctor when Zzazik, an alien creature wrapped in bandages, was absorbing bolts of energy. This sight provided Mary with inspiration for a scene in Frankenstein. The Doctor mentioned that she looked familiar, but did not comment further. (COMIC: The Creative Spark)

In 1822, Mary was widowed when her husband Percy drowned after his schooner sank off the coast of Italy. (PROSE: Managra)

Legacy

The Eighth Doctor had a copy of Shelley's Frankenstein in his TARDIS library, inscribed to him by her, implying that the two remained on good terms after her departure from the TARDIS. The Doctor read the preface aloud and mentioned that what Mary wrote wasn't the entire truth about what happened. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)

The Twelfth Doctor saw Mary, among other companions, when Bernice Summerfield was hit by temporal energy in the Pyramid Eternia. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation)

Appearance

Mary had hazel eyes, flecked with green. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk)

Other information

Behind the scenes

  • A few years after writing Frankenstein, Shelley wrote a little-known science fiction novel called The Last Man, which takes place at the end of the 21st century. In the context of the Doctor Who universe, and the fact that she travelled with the Eighth Doctor, it is possible that her writing of this book may have been influenced by her experiences with the Doctor. The prologue of The Last Man even includes a story of the author and her unnamed travelling companion and cites this adventure as the inspiration for the novel.
  • Mary and Percy Shelley got married only on 30 December 1816.