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* CreatorBreakdown: Peake's Parkinson's Disease aggravated his emotional and mental instability, before writing the third and died after finishing only one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a ''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books.

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* CreatorBreakdown: Peake's Parkinson's Disease aggravated his emotional and mental instability, before writing the third and died after finishing only one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a ''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, Administrivia/WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books.
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* BigNameFan: Music/{{Sting}} is a huge fan of the books, having first read in the 1960s. He named his daughter after Fuschia and used various other names from the books to name pets and businesses. He also own the film rights.
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* CreatorBreakdown: The aforementioned Parkinson's Disease aggravated his emotional and mental instability, before writing the third and died after finishing only one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a ''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books.

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* CreatorBreakdown: The aforementioned Peake's Parkinson's Disease aggravated his emotional and mental instability, before writing the third and died after finishing only one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a ''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books.

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Peake was planning on a cycle of seven novels, but contracted Parkinson's Disease, leading to his death at the age of only 57.


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* DiedDuringProduction: Peake was planning on a cycle of seven novels, but contracted Parkinson's Disease, leading to his death at the age of only 57.
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* BigNameFan: Music/{{Sting}} is a huge fan of the books, having first read in the 1960s. He named his daughter after Fuschia and used various other names from the books to name pets and businesses. He also own the film rights.
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* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Peake did this the entire way through, having started the story with nothing more than some strong mental images of the castle and a handful of its inhabitants. Pretty much the entire story from beginning to end was improvised, which explains both the weird tangents it goes on from time to time as well as sudden twists like [[spoiler: the flood that kills half the cast]]. Whenever Peake came to an impasse in writing he had an interesting way of figuring out what to do next; he would draw portraits of the characters and simply imagine what they had to say to each other, and then from that work out what they might do next at whichever point he was at in the novel.
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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/{{Graham Greene|Author}}, Creator/CSLewis, John Crowley and literary critic Harold Bloom.
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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis, John Crowley and literary critic Harold Bloom.

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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/{{Graham Greene|Author}}, Creator/CSLewis, John Crowley and literary critic Harold Bloom.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Peake was planning on a cycle of seven novels, but contracted Parkinson's Disease, which aggravated his emotional and mental instability, before writing the third and died after finishing only one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a ''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." This was perhaps the biggest TearJerker of the whole damn series. For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books. You have to be pretty sick to forget the plot of your own epic...

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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Peake was planning on a cycle of seven novels, but contracted Parkinson's Disease, which aggravated leading to his emotional and mental instability, before writing death at the third and died after finishing age of only one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a ''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." This was perhaps the biggest TearJerker of the whole damn series. For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books. You have to be pretty sick to forget the plot of your own epic...57.



* CreatorBreakdown: The aforementioned Parkinson's Disease killed him at the age of only 57, three novels into a planned seven-novel sequence.

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* CreatorBreakdown: The aforementioned Parkinson's Disease killed him at aggravated his emotional and mental instability, before writing the age of third and died after finishing only 57, three novels into one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a planned seven-novel sequence.''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books.
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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis, John Crowley and literary critic Harold Bloom.

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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, admirers the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis, John Crowley and literary critic Harold Bloom.
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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis, [[Literature/{{Aegypt}} John Crowley]] and literary critic Harold Bloom.

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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis, [[Literature/{{Aegypt}} John Crowley]] Crowley and literary critic Harold Bloom.
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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis and literary critic Harold Bloom.

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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis Creator/CSLewis, [[Literature/{{Aegypt}} John Crowley]] and literary critic Harold Bloom.
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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin and literary critic Harold Bloom.

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* BigNameFan: It counts among its admirers, the likes of Anthony Burgess, Creator/MichaelMoorcock, Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, Creator/ChinaMieville, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/CSLewis and literary critic Harold Bloom.Bloom.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the 2000 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC TV]] adaptation.
** Sepulchrave, Earl of Groan is [[Series/HouseOfCardsUK Francis Urquart]]!
** Gertrude, Countess of Groan is [[Series/{{Dinnerladies}} Philippa Moorcroft]]!
** Steerpike is [[Film/VelvetGoldmine Brian Slade]]/[[Series/TheTudors Henry VIII]]!
** Swelter and Irma Prunesquallor are [[Film/HarryPotter Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia]]!
*** Or, more fittingly, given the implications of what he gets up to with the kitchen boys, Swelter is [[Film/WithnailAndI Uncle Monty]]!
** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Lady]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth Cassandra]]!
** Mr. Flay is [[Creator/ChristopherLee Sir Christopher Lee]]!!
** Professor Bellgrove is [[Creator/StephenFry Stephen Fry]]!
** In a case of RetroactiveRecognition, Fuchsia is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar Madame]] [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen Vastra]]!
** Nannie Slagg is [[Series/{{EastEnders}} Dot Cotton]]!
** Mollocks the butler is Series/{{Sykes}}!
** The Fly is RabCNesbitt!
** Professor De'Ath is [[Creator/SpikeMilligan Spike Milligan]]!
** Barquentine is Alf Garnett!
* HeyItsThatVoice: For the 2011 BBC Radio 4 adaptation, ''The History of Titus Groan''
** The Artist is Creator/DavidWarner!
** Gertrude, Countess of Groan is [[Series/{{Blackadder}} Queenie]]!
** Dr. Prunesquallor is [[Series/TheVicarOfDibley Hugo Horton]]!
** Irma Prunesquallor is [[Series/BlackBooks Fran]]!
** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp Agatha Christie]]!
** Muzzlehatch is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis Lady Peinforte's manservant Richard]]!

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the 2000 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC TV]] adaptation.
** Sepulchrave, Earl of Groan is [[Series/HouseOfCardsUK Francis Urquart]]!
** Gertrude, Countess of Groan is [[Series/{{Dinnerladies}} Philippa Moorcroft]]!
** Steerpike is [[Film/VelvetGoldmine Brian Slade]]/[[Series/TheTudors Henry VIII]]!
** Swelter and Irma Prunesquallor are [[Film/HarryPotter Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia]]!
*** Or, more fittingly, given the implications of what he gets up to with the kitchen boys, Swelter is [[Film/WithnailAndI Uncle Monty]]!
** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Lady]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth Cassandra]]!
** Mr. Flay is [[Creator/ChristopherLee Sir Christopher Lee]]!!
** Professor Bellgrove is [[Creator/StephenFry Stephen Fry]]!
** In a case of RetroactiveRecognition, Fuchsia is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar Madame]] [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen Vastra]]!
** Nannie Slagg is [[Series/{{EastEnders}} Dot Cotton]]!
** Mollocks the butler is Series/{{Sykes}}!
** The Fly is RabCNesbitt!
** Professor De'Ath is [[Creator/SpikeMilligan Spike Milligan]]!
** Barquentine is Alf Garnett!
* HeyItsThatVoice: For the 2011 BBC Radio 4 adaptation, ''The History of Titus Groan''
** The Artist is Creator/DavidWarner!
** Gertrude, Countess of Groan is [[Series/{{Blackadder}} Queenie]]!
** Dr. Prunesquallor is [[Series/TheVicarOfDibley Hugo Horton]]!
** Irma Prunesquallor is [[Series/BlackBooks Fran]]!
** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp Agatha Christie]]!
** Muzzlehatch is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis Lady Peinforte's manservant Richard]]!
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Peake was planning on a cycle of seven novels, but contracted Parkinson's Disease, which aggravated his emotional and mental instability, before writing the third and died after finishing only one chapter of ''Titus Awakes'', which would have been the fourth. The omnibus edition ends with a ''list of the tropes Peake intended to use later on'' (although not referred to by WikiWord, of course) and the words "[[WhatCouldHaveBeen what these books could have been]]." This was perhaps the biggest TearJerker of the whole damn series. For example, there was going to be a revisitation of Gormenghast during an interregnum in which ''Prunesquallor is in charge''. ''Titus Alone'' had to be edited severely because Peake had put in plot elements that arguably ''made absolutely no sense'' given the plots of the previous two books. You have to be pretty sick to forget the plot of your own epic...
* CreatorBreakdown: The aforementioned Parkinson's Disease killed him at the age of only 57, three novels into a planned seven-novel sequence.
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** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld Lady]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E1NewEarth Cassandra]]!

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** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld Lady]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E1NewEarth [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth Cassandra]]!



** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp Agatha Christie]]!

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** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp Agatha Christie]]!
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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the 2000 [[TheBBC BBC TV]] adaptation.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: For the 2000 [[TheBBC [[Creator/TheBBC BBC TV]] adaptation.



** Nannie Slagg is [[{{EastEnders}} Dot Cotton]]!

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** Nannie Slagg is [[{{EastEnders}} [[Series/{{EastEnders}} Dot Cotton]]!
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** The Artist is DavidWarner!

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** The Artist is DavidWarner!Creator/DavidWarner!
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** Gertrude, Countess of Groan is [[Series/{{Dinnerladies}} Philippa Moorcroft]]!



*** Or, more fittingly, given the implications, Swelter is [[Film/WithnailAndI Uncle Monty]]!

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*** Or, more fittingly, given the implications, implications of what he gets up to with the kitchen boys, Swelter is [[Film/WithnailAndI Uncle Monty]]!Monty]]!
** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E2TheEndOfTheWorld Lady]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E1NewEarth Cassandra]]!



** Professor Bellgrove is [[Creator/StephenFry Stephen Fry]]

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** Professor Bellgrove is [[Creator/StephenFry Stephen Fry]]Fry]]!


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** Nannie Slagg is [[{{EastEnders}} Dot Cotton]]!
** Mollocks the butler is Series/{{Sykes}}!
** The Fly is RabCNesbitt!
** Professor De'Ath is [[Creator/SpikeMilligan Spike Milligan]]!
** Barquentine is Alf Garnett!
* HeyItsThatVoice: For the 2011 BBC Radio 4 adaptation, ''The History of Titus Groan''
** Gertrude, Countess of Groan is [[Series/{{Blackadder}} Queenie]]!
** Dr. Prunesquallor is [[Series/TheVicarOfDibley Hugo Horton]]!
** Irma Prunesquallor is [[Series/BlackBooks Fran]]!
** Lady Clarice is [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp Agatha Christie]]!
** Muzzlehatch is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis Lady Peinforte's manservant Richard]]!
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** Professor Bellgrove is [[Creator/StephenFry]]

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** Professor Bellgrove is [[Creator/StephenFry]][[Creator/StephenFry Stephen Fry]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: For 2000 TheBBC TV adaptation.
** Sepulchrave, Earl of Groan is [[Series/HouseOfCardsUK Francis Urquart]]!
** Steerpike is [[Film/VelvetGoldmine Brian Slade]]/[[Series/TheTudors Henry VIII]]!
** Swelter and Irma Prunesquallor are [[Film/HarryPotter Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia]]!
*** Or, more fittingly, given the implications, Swelter is [[Film/WithnailAndI Uncle Monty]]!
** Mr. Flay is [[Creator/ChristopherLee Sir Christopher Lee]]!!
** Professor Bellgrove is [[Creator/StephenFry]]
** In a case of RetroactiveRecognition, Fuchsia is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar Madame]] [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen Vastra]]!

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