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By Sarah Annes Brown for The Conversation, Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so many of its writers are drawn to Shakespeare – he’s a figure associated with tradition and the past. Sometimes his plays are reworked in a science fiction setting. The 1956 film

London, January 16 Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so many of its writers are drawn

Science fiction is full of computer programmes and androids who fall afoul of the plots of some of Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedies.

To thine own self be Who: David Tennant playing Hamlet in 2008 Credit: Alastair Muir Tomorrow sees the opening of a major theatrical experience in London – Doctor Who: Time Fracture. Utilising 34,000 square feet of space and 42 actors, the £4 million, two-hour experience comes with a generous stash of props on loan from the BBC (Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels and more). All 13 Doctors will be incarnated via video and audio pre-records (by the relevant living actors and stand-ins). From w...