work! Maybe a thousand years ago. You can't go around killing everybody." Coen In Joel Coen's 2021 film The Tragedy of Macbeth, British actress Kathryn Hunter plays all three witches. Though mostly depicted as three personalities inside a single body, there are several instances where the witch divides into three distinct figures. Hunter worked extensively with Coen to develop a physicality for the witches, describing them as intermediate forms, in between human women and crows (crows are also frequently shown flying through scenes in the film). In television The Doctor Who episode "The Shakespeare Code" (2007) features the inspiration for the three witches, members of an alien species called the Carrionites. Unlike humans or Time Lords, Carrionite science is based on words instead of numbers, thus their "witchcraft" is actually advanced technology. In the animated series Gargoyles the Witches are recurring characters, their names stated to be Luna, Phoebe, and Seline. Children of Oberon, they are embodiments of Vengeance, Grace, and Fate. They can appear as humans or Gargoyles, and of any age; children, young women, or elderly. The 2010s Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina depicts three teenage witches named Prudence, Agatha, and Dorcas, who are referred to as the Weird Sisters. In computer games In the computer game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015), the Three Crones of Crookback Bog make an appearance, referred to as the "ladies of the wood" or "the good ladies", called Whispess, Brewess and Weavess. Portrayed as old, grossly deformed women who wield ancient, powerful magic, they are malicious characters, able to shapeshift, and pose challenges to the game's protagonists. Within the first half of the game, they confront the titular figure with a prophecy about his ill fate, hinting at the outcome of the game if the player fails at the overarching quest. Influence Beckett Come and Go, a short play written in 1965 by Samuel Beckett, recalls the Three Witches. The play features only three characters, all women, named Flo, Vi, and Ru. The opening line: “When did we three last meet?” recalls the “When shall we three meet again?” of Macbeth act 1, sc 1. Reisert The Third Witch, a 2001 novel written by Rebecca Reisert, tells the story of the play through the eyes of a young girl named Gilly – one of the witches. Gilly seeks Macbeth's death out of revenge for killing her father. Rowling J. K.