The Shakespeare Code apparent ontological paradox by inspiring Shakespeare to borrow phrases that the Doctor quotes from his plays. Examples of this include the Doctor telling Shakespeare that "all the world's a stage" (from "As You Like It") and "the play's the thing" (from "Hamlet"), as well as the name Sycorax from "The Tempest". However, when Shakespeare himself coins the phrase "To be, or not to be", the Doctor suggests he write it down, but Shakespeare considers it "too pretentious". In a different version of the joke, the Doctor exclaims "Once more unto the breach", and Shakespeare initially likes the phrase, before realising
Sweets from the Indian subcontinent The document describes meals that include a rice pudding which are called "payasam" (Sanskrit: पायसं) in languages of the Indian subcontinent is called "kheer". The document mentions seven kinds of rice. "Mānasollāsa" also describes recipes for "golamu" as a donut from wheat flour and scented with cardamom, "gharikas" as a fried cake from black gram flour and sugar syrup, "chhana" as a fresh cheese and rice flour fritter soaked in sugar syrup that the document suggests should be prepared from strained curdled milk mixed with buttermilk, and many others. "Mānasollāsa" mentions numerous milk-derived sweets, along with describing the 11th-century art