The Hobbit

The Hobbit was a book by J. R. R. Tolkien. (PROSE: The B.O Bank Holiday Special!, Biography)
In 1968, Vincent Elven Wishbone wrote the concept album Mr Parley-Chin (PROSE: Biography) based on The Hobbit. (PROSE: The B.O Bank Holiday Special!) However, Tolkien denied him the rights to create music based on the novel, (PROSE: Biography) so Vincent changed the songs to feature pixies. (PROSE: The B.O Bank Holiday Special!)
An old man gave a signed first-edition copy of the novel at Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding in Cheldon Bonniface on 24 April 2010. He remarked that it was "not so much a book, more a way of life." (PROSE: Happy Endings)
Bernice Summerfield thought Gully looked like a character from The Hobbit. (PROSE: Digging up the Past)
== Behind the scenes ==
* Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a sequel to The Hobbit.
* Sylvester McCoy played in Peter Jackson's of The Hobbit. This fact was often referenced in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. The films also featured Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen reprising his role as Gandalf, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug.
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