Monty Python's Big Red Book
From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.
Monty Python's Big Red Book was one of the many volumes stored in the planet known as The Library. (DW: Silence in the Library) The book was a spin-off of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a famous Earth comedy television program and movie franchise of the mid-late 20th century, and was first published in the 1970s.
[edit] Behind the Scenes
- Monty Python alumnus John Cleese made a cameo appearance in City of Death. Cleese remains, to date, the only Python to appear in a Doctor Who story.
- Minor Monty Python contributor Douglas Adams wrote or co-wrote several Doctor Who stories, including City of Death as well as serving as a Script Editor for the series.
- The Torchwood episode Random Shoes features a character called Terry Jones, possibly a reference to the Monty Python member of the same name, although being set in Wales, Terry Jones is a fairly common name.
- Monty Python member, Michael Palin, was referenced in Partners in Crime.
- In 42, one of the questions to open a deadlocked door was "What is your favorite colour?", a reference to the questions asked by the bridgekeeper in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- At one point or another, Python alumni Cleese, Jones, Palin, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman had all been speculated in the media as potential portrayers of the Doctor.
