Othello (character) of "The Three Apples", one of the stories narrated in the "One Thousand and One Nights" ("Arabian Nights"). Desdemona is the only named character in Cinthio's tale, his other characters being identified as the Moor, the squadron leader, the ensign, and the ensign's wife. While Shakespeare closely followed Cinthio's tale in composing "Othello", he departed from it in some details, particularly in the tale's depiction of Desdemona's death. In Cinthio, the Moor commissions his ensign to bludgeon Desdemona to death with a sand-filled stocking. In gruesome detail, Cinthio follows each blow, and, when the lady is dead, the Moor and
The Spectre of Lanyon Moor The Spectre of Lanyon Moor The Spectre of Lanyon Moor is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who. The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn team up with the Brigadier to defeat an ancient evil in Cornwall. Several characters are mentioned by Emilia Rumford in Part Two of the televised story The Stones of Blood. Lexington-Smith is referenced and it may be assumed that Idwal Morgan, Professor of Megalithic Archaeology, is the character in this audio play. Lanyon Moor also turns up in the opening moments of the first Tomorrow People audio.