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| Agatha Christie | |
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| Race: | Human |
| Home Planet: | Earth |
| Home Era: | 20th century |
| Appearances: | DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp |
| Actor: | Fenella Woolgar |
Agatha Christie was a famous Human writer in the 20th century. Christie was best known as a writer of murder mysteries. Her prolific body of work was in print billions of years after her death, establishing her as the best-selling author of all time.
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In 1926, having found out that her husband had begun an extramarital affair, Agatha Christie nevertheless attended a party and met the Doctor and Donna Noble. Together, she assisted them in defeating a confused Vespiform after he committed a series of murders under the influence of Christie's own The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. During this adventure, Donna accidentally created minor anachronisms by making references to Christie's not-yet-written Murder on the Orient Express and her not-yet-created character of Miss Marple. After defeating the Vespifom, a psychic link she had formed with the creature resulted in her losing consciousness.
The Doctor, surmising that this event is what caused her memory loss and unexplained absence, actually contributed to this historical event by taking the unconscious Christie forward eleven days and leaving her outside a hotel in Harrogate where she revived with no conscious memory of the events. Christie was later known for her mysterious disappearance in which her car was found abandoned and had crashed into a tree by the side of a lake. Fragments of memory later emerged in her storytelling including Donna's suggestions, as well as the Vespiform's wasp-like appearance, which inspired a plot element in her later book, Death in the Clouds. (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp).
Christie's works were still in print as late as the year 5,000,000,000, including Death in the Clouds (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp).
The murder mysteries of Agatha Christie had possibly already inspired the Doctor Who television story The Robots of Death, the Big Finish Productions audio play The Chimes of Midnight and, arguably, another television story, Horror of Fang Rock.
With the exception of Elizabeth II, who has only appeared in cameos, the appearance of Agatha Christie as a character in The Unicorn and the Wasp marks the first time (but not the last time) a "historical figure" of a person alive during the original 1963-89 run of Doctor Who, has appeared in the series. Her appearance as a character happened with the permission of her estate.
The Unicorn and the Wasp does not appear to be set in early December, which in reality, is the time of year when Christie vanished.
In a scene included in the Series 4 DVD, late in her life, soon before her death, Christie begins to experience dreams and flashbacks related to her adventure with the Doctor. Ultimately, the Doctor and Donna visit her, at which point her memories of the adventure began to return; the Doctor proceeded to remind her of what happened. This scene does not present a continuity issue, as Donna is seen to be basically parroting the words the Doctor said to her (regarding Agatha being the best-selling writer of all time) in the original ending, allowing both to exist. The fact the Doctor has chosen to inform Agatha about the future edition of her book as well as remind her about what happened suggest the meeting takes place soon before her death, which would place the scene as taking place in 1976.
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was a prolific English mystery writer well-known for her novels featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, as well as the play Witness for the Prosecution and such non-series novels as Ten Little Indians.
Many actors in Henson/Muppet productions have also appeared in Christie adaptations.
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