Monday, September 8, 2008

A favorite scene from "The Shakespeare Code"




I happened to catch this on BBC America this weekend, and it's one of my favourite episodes. I'm a huge fan of Shakespeare in the first place, so of course I was going to dig this.

There's always been a LOT of speculation in academic circles about Shakespeare's sexuality. Many people are of the belief that he was VERY bisexual. And there's naught wrong with that, but it's just always funny to talk about it. Here's a YouTube link to the clip of the episode. It starts at about 4:15 and ends right around 4:30.

YouTube Warning. The Shakespeare Code - Clip 3

If you can't see it, I'll tell you the punchline here. So the Doctor, Martha Jones, and Shakespeare are at the Globe theatre and suddenly the Doctor realizes why the Globe has 14 sides. So they realize that they have to go talk to the Architect who is in Bedlam (old school mental institution..meaning unsanitary prision essentially). So anyway, they take off and Shakespeare is flirting hard with Martha and she confronts him about his wife in the country..and then the Doctor runs up and says:

"We can all have a good flirt later" - Doctor
"Is that a promise, Doctor?" - Shakespeare (with a very flirty look on his face)
"Ooooooh. 57 academics just punched the air!" - the Doctor

I seriously have to stop myself from falling over laughing. Doctor Who is FULL of great lines like that, but this one just always sticks with me. do yourself a favor, go watch that part! You'll laugh, I promise!

For now, it's back to the TARDIS, Allons-y!

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