When Rose Tyler was put off by William Shakespeare flirting with her in 1592, she pointed out to the Ninth Doctor that Shakespeare "ain't no Joseph Fiennes". (COMIC: A Groatsworth of Wit)
Behind the scenes[]
- The joke in Groatsworth is a reference to the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, in which Fiennes played the romantic lead of William Shakespeare.
- In real life, he is the ex-brother-in-law of Alex Kingston.