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* AnachronisticClue: Zoe realises that the Monk has been interfering with the course of history when she sees a photograph in the 16th century.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: In-universe example: after Cromwell's destruction of the original master tapes of the 1601 broadcast of Shakespeare's Hamlet, the only surviving copy is a film recording that has had violent and sexual scenes edited out, in a parody of the Australian censorship of 1960s ''Series/DoctorWho'' stories.
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* PunBasedTitle: The title is a play on "the Prince of Denmark"; Hamlet's title.
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* PunBasedTitle: The title is a play on "the Prince of Denmark"; Hamlet's royal title.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The story parodies the [[MissingEpisode/DoctorWho Doctor Who missing episodes]] situation, with the original broadcast tapes of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1601 having been destroyed by UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell, but an edited version having survived as a film recording with censor clips excised, and those censor clips existing separately in the hands of a private collector[[note]]A reference to the existence of clips removed by the Australian censors existing for several missing ''Series/DoctorWho'' stores[[/note]]; and telesnaps of the original broadcast also surviving.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The story parodies the [[MissingEpisode/DoctorWho Doctor Who missing episodes]] situation, with the original broadcast tapes of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1601 having been destroyed by UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell, but an edited version having survived as a film recording with censor clips excised, and those censor clips existing separately in the hands of a private collector[[note]]A reference to the existence of clips removed by the Australian censors existing for several missing ''Series/DoctorWho'' stores[[/note]]; and telesnaps of the original broadcast also surviving.surviving.
* PunBasedTitle: The title is a play on "the Prince of Denmark"; Hamlet's title.
* PunBasedTitle: The title is a play on "the Prince of Denmark"; Hamlet's title.
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The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Creator/Shakespeare's Hamlet premiere on television.
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The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Creator/Shakespeare's Hamlet Creator/{{Shakespeare}}'s Theatre/{{Hamlet}} premiere on television.
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* {{Callback}}: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]", broadcast 57 years before this story's release, the Meddling Monk bragged to the Doctor that, by interfering in humanity's past, he could speed up their technological development to the point that "Shakespeare would be able to put Hamlet on television". In this story, his time meddling leads to exactly that...
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* {{Callback}}: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]", broadcast 57 years before this story's release, the Meddling Monk bragged to the Doctor that, by interfering in humanity's past, he could speed up their technological development to the point that "Shakespeare "Creator/{{Shakespeare}} would be able to put Hamlet Theatre/{{Hamlet}} on television". In this story, his time meddling leads to exactly that...
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The story parodies the [[MissingEpisode/DoctorWho Doctor Who missing episodes]] situation, with the original broadcast tapes of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1601 having been destroyed by UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell, but an edited version having survived as a film recording with censor clips excised, and those censor clips existing separately in the hands of a private collector; and telesnaps of the original broadcast also surviving.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The story parodies the [[MissingEpisode/DoctorWho Doctor Who missing episodes]] situation, with the original broadcast tapes of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1601 having been destroyed by UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell, but an edited version having survived as a film recording with censor clips excised, and those censor clips existing separately in the hands of a private collector; collector[[note]]A reference to the existence of clips removed by the Australian censors existing for several missing ''Series/DoctorWho'' stores[[/note]]; and telesnaps of the original broadcast also surviving.
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The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Shakespeare's Hamlet premiere on television.
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The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Shakespeare's Creator/Shakespeare's Hamlet premiere on television.
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** Creator/PeterPurves (Steven Taylor) also gets a name-check, having been apparently involved in an incident with a giraffe voted the second greatest moment in television history.
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** Creator/PeterPurves (Steven Taylor) also gets a name-check, having been apparently involved in an incident with a giraffe voted the second greatest moment in television history.history.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The story parodies the [[MissingEpisode/DoctorWho Doctor Who missing episodes]] situation, with the original broadcast tapes of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1601 having been destroyed by UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell, but an edited version having survived as a film recording with censor clips excised, and those censor clips existing separately in the hands of a private collector; and telesnaps of the original broadcast also surviving.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The story parodies the [[MissingEpisode/DoctorWho Doctor Who missing episodes]] situation, with the original broadcast tapes of Shakespeare's Hamlet from 1601 having been destroyed by UsefulNotes/OliverCromwell, but an edited version having survived as a film recording with censor clips excised, and those censor clips existing separately in the hands of a private collector; and telesnaps of the original broadcast also surviving.
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* CelebrityParadox: Rufus Hound, who plays the Monk in this and other AudioPlay/{{Big Finish|DoctorWho}} stories, is mentioned by name as an actor in the story.
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** Rufus Hound, who plays the Monk in this and other AudioPlay/{{Big Finish|DoctorWho}} stories, is mentioned by name as an actor in thestory.story.
** Creator/PeterPurves (Steven Taylor) also gets a name-check, having been apparently involved in an incident with a giraffe voted the second greatest moment in television history.
** Rufus Hound, who plays the Monk in this and other AudioPlay/{{Big Finish|DoctorWho}} stories, is mentioned by name as an actor in the
** Creator/PeterPurves (Steven Taylor) also gets a name-check, having been apparently involved in an incident with a giraffe voted the second greatest moment in television history.
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* {{Callback}}: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]", broadcast 57 years before this story's release, the Meddling Monk bragged to the Doctor that, by interfering in humanity's past, he could speed up their technological development to the point that "Shakespeare would be able to put Hamlet on television". In this story, his time meddling leads to exactly that...
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* {{Callback}}: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]", broadcast 57 years before this story's release, the Meddling Monk bragged to the Doctor that, by interfering in humanity's past, he could speed up their technological development to the point that "Shakespeare would be able to put Hamlet on television". In this story, his time meddling leads to exactly that...that...
* CelebrityParadox: Rufus Hound, who plays the Monk in this and other AudioPlay/{{Big Finish|DoctorWho}} stories, is mentioned by name as an actor in the story.
* CelebrityParadox: Rufus Hound, who plays the Monk in this and other AudioPlay/{{Big Finish|DoctorWho}} stories, is mentioned by name as an actor in the story.
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The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Shakespeare's Hamlet premiere on television.
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The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Shakespeare's Hamlet premiere on television.television.
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* {{Callback}}: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]", broadcast 57 years before this story's release, the Meddling Monk bragged to the Doctor that, by interfering in humanity's past, he could speed up their technological development to the point that "Shakespeare would be able to put Hamlet on television". In this story, his time meddling leads to exactly that...
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* {{Callback}}: In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]", broadcast 57 years before this story's release, the Meddling Monk bragged to the Doctor that, by interfering in humanity's past, he could speed up their technological development to the point that "Shakespeare would be able to put Hamlet on television". In this story, his time meddling leads to exactly that...
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The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Shakespeare's Hamlet premiere on television.
The Meddling Monk takes Zoe back through time in an attempt to make good on his promise from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" and have Shakespeare's Hamlet premiere on television.
