Robin Hood in popular culture Robin Hood novel, standing at almost half-a-million words, is Pierce Egan the Younger's "Robin Hood and Little John; or, The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest" (serialised 1838-1840). As in "Ivanhoe", Robin is a Saxon, although he is not actually outlawed in the novel until nearly the end of the first book. The novel traces Robin's life from birth to death. Egan's text was translated into two French books, "Le prince des voleurs (The Prince of Thieves)," and "Robin Hood le proscrit (Robin Hood the Outlaw)", by Alexandre Dumas, between 1863–64. Dumas' works were then retranslated back into English by Alfred
Friar Tuck Scott's "Robin Hood" (2010). In the film, his hobby is beekeeping, which he uses to make mead and as a weapon against the French. Data impersonates Friar Tuck in the episode "Qpid" (1991) from Gene Roddenberry's "" series (4th season, episode 20). He was portrayed by Michael P. Northey in the TV series "Once Upon a Time" and its spin-off "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland". He was portrayed by Trevor Cooper in the "Doctor Who" Series 8 episode, "Robot of Sherwood". In the "VeggieTales" show, "Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men", Archibald Asparagus portrays a version of him named