One thing I did stumble across while researching pirates for Ravager fics was regarding Henry Avery, who Doctor Who fans will probably remember from The Curse of the Black Spot. In that he was a kinda cuddly nice guy played by Hugh Bonneville and um in real life he was NOT. AT ALL.

(It’s just kinda ironic – that was the season where everyone started analyzing the historical guest characters and questioning if people like Richard Nixon should really appear alongside a children’s hero like the Doctor, but Avery I guess was the one everyone missed.)