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Charles Dickens
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Race:	Human
Home Planet:	Earth
Home Era:	19th century, 1812-1870
Appearances:	DW: The Unquiet Dead
Actor:	Simon Callow

"What the Shakespeare?!"

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was encountered on Christmas 1869 in Cardiff by the Doctor and Rose Tyler during a period of personal despair. The Doctor revealed himself as major fan of Dickens' work.

He clashed with the Doctor on his lack of faith in the supernatural. By the end of the ordeal, Dickens emerges victorious, as the Doctor cannot explain Gweneth's actions after death.

The adventure Dickens experienced alongside the Doctor and Rose re-invigorated his sense of wonder and he resolved to re-tell the affair in the form of a new novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, but the Doctor knew he would not live long enough to do so. When he did die, he did so a happier man. (DW: The Unquiet Dead)

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Charles Dickens was a Human novelist who lived on Earth in the 19th century.

Some of Dickens' most famous works included A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and Bleak House. All of his books were typically morality tales featuring the great cruelty and foul conditions that Dickens identified in Victorian England. (ENT episode: "Cold Station 12", and TNG episode: "Devil's Due").

In 2371, Thomas Riker discussed the works of Dickens with the Romulan Saket while they were both prisoners in a Cardassian labor camp on Lazon II. Soon after, Riker found himself discussing Dickens with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (while posing as Commander William Riker). (TNG novel: Triangle: Imzadi II)

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• Charles Dickens article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Charles Dickens article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Charles Dickens
English novelist
Name Charles Dickens Date of Birth February 7, 1812 Place of Birth Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Date of Death June 9, 1870 Place of Death Higham, Kent, England Occupation Novelist, short story writer, social commentator Country of Origin England Genre Drama Subject Magnum Opus Influences Influenced Official Website Misc. Info IMDB IMDb profile

Charles Dickens was a British author best known for his novels. He lived and wrote in the 19th century, a time when many novels were released serially in magazines. Readers would have to wait for the next issue of a magazine to receive the next chapter in the story.

Lost references to Dickens

In the Official Lost Podcast transcript/November 06, 2006, executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse confirmed that they are both Dickens' "aficionados". They state they admire Dickens' ability to tell sprawling, character-driven stories and refer to him as a "master of coincidence".

• Our Mutual Friend (the book that Desmond brings on board the Elizabeth) is written by Charles Dickens. Desmond said that he had read everything that Dickens had written, and was saving the novel Our Mutual Friend to be the last thing that he ever read. Similarly, American novelist John Irving is an avid fan of Dickens and claims to have read every one of Dickens's works multiple times, except for Our Mutual Friend, of which he has a copy placed in every one of his homes so that he has something to look forward to should he become severely ill.
• The title of the Season 3 premiere, "A Tale of Two Cities", is also the title of a novel by Charles Dickens.
• Naomi's family name, Dorrit, was revealed in the Official Lost Podcast/April 30, 2007. Carlton Cuse called it "A very Dickensian name." Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Dickens originally published between 1855 and 1857; Amy Dorrit is its protaganist.
• After the Southfield's auction of the Black Rock ledger, an item that had belonged to Charles Dickens at the time of his death was placed up for bid as the next item, lot #2342. ("The Constant")
• In the Season 5 premiere, "Because You Left", Sawyer calls himself "the Ghost of Christmas Future," a reference to one of the spirits who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

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• Charles Dickens (Wikipedia)