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I was watching "The Shakespeare Code", and one thing I noticed was that this episode was the perfect one for Harry Potter references. Most of it was on the power of words and especially the power of names. This reminded me of the Harry potter quote "Fear of a name only increases the fear of the thing its self."
Did anyone else notice this or do you think I'm crazy? If you did, then do you think this was on purpose, or merely a coincidence?
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Anyway, most likely it's just a coincidence. There are a lot of phrases in the HP books which can be quoted for various circumstances, like there are many DW quotes. Yet, since nothing related to that particular quote was mentioned in that episode, I don't think anything was meant to connect it. It was just nice to have a bunch of HP references in an episode about writing and words, and to know the Doctor read them and cried like the rest of us!
Although, just think, what happens if the Doctor's real name is Voldemort :P Imamadmad (Contact me) 09:43, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
i think the harry potter quotes are there just as a reference to popular culture but if anything the whole power of words thing emphasises the importance of The Doctors name and the power it could wield 87.83.10.218talk to me 10:05, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
87: It certainly does emphasise that. The big question is whether or not there's more of a connection than only the power of words (especially names).
Imamadmad: I think that, if the Doctor's real name were Voldemort (or, indeed, if it were Harry Potter), Clara's reaction in Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS would have been a bit stronger! :) --89.240.254.42talk to me 16:56, May 8, 2013 (UTC)