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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image = La Boîte Bleue.jpg | |image = La Boîte Bleue.jpg | ||
|featuring = [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Blue Box]] | |featuring = [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Blue Box]] | ||
|illustrator = Unknown artist | |illustrator = Unknown artist | ||
|publication = [[Walker Art Gallery]], [[Museum of Liverpool]] | |publication = [[Walker Art Gallery]], [[Museum of Liverpool]] | ||
|series = ''[[FindTheDoctor (series)|#FindTheDoctor]]'' | |format = Online short story | ||
|prev = | |series = ''[[FindTheDoctor (series)|#FindTheDoctor]]'' | ||
|next = Unknown object—RHCTDM-OEI-OLOAW/0209 | |prev = What's the Doctor reading (short story) | ||
|next = Unknown object—RHCTDM-OEI-OLOAW/0209 | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''La Boîte Bleue''''' (English: '''''The Blue Box''''') was the sixth in a line of clues in the series known as the ''[[FindTheDoctor (series)|#FindTheDoctor]]'' mystery<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/mystery</ref> released in late [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. The short story existed both physically in the Liverpool Museum and, in an expanded version, on the museum's website. | '''''La Boîte Bleue''''' (English: '''''The Blue Box''''') was the sixth in a line of clues in the series known as the ''[[FindTheDoctor (series)|#FindTheDoctor]]'' mystery<ref>https://www.doctorwho.tv/mystery</ref> released in late [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. The short story existed both physically in the Liverpool Museum and, in an expanded version, on the museum's website. | ||
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''[[La Boîte Bleue]]'', a mysterous oil painting on canvas from the [[1860s]] by an unknown artist, is presented in [[2021]] to the [[Walker Art Gallery]]. Another copy of it is discovered in the [[Museum of Liverpool]]. The painting depicts a [[British]] [[countryside]] with a horse-drawn cart and a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|mysterious blue box]]. Baffled, the Museum have their curators interview international expert in an effort to figure out the possible meaning and origins of the strange painting. | ''[[La Boîte Bleue]]'', a mysterous oil painting on canvas from the [[1860s]] by an unknown artist, is presented in [[2021]] to the [[Walker Art Gallery]]. Another copy of it is discovered in the [[Museum of Liverpool]]. The painting depicts a [[British]] [[countryside]] with a horse-drawn cart and a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|mysterious blue box]]. Baffled, the Museum have their curators interview international expert in an effort to figure out the possible meaning and origins of the strange painting. | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[National Museums Liverpool]] is home to "more than [[4000000 (number)|4 million]] objects". | * [[National Museums Liverpool]] is home to "more than [[4000000 (number)|4 million]] objects". | ||
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* The version exhibited live only included the text of the plaque, while the online version also included a lengthy opening paragraph relating the Museum's bafflement and its efforts to figure out the painting's secret. | * The version exhibited live only included the text of the plaque, while the online version also included a lengthy opening paragraph relating the Museum's bafflement and its efforts to figure out the painting's secret. | ||
* The [[landing module]] and the [[rocket]] in the painting are the "Soyuz TMA-19M" and "Black Arrow", respectively, which can be found at the [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]], the same location for the next clue. | * The [[landing module]] and the [[rocket]] in the painting are the "Soyuz TMA-19M" and "Black Arrow", respectively, which can be found at the [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]], the same location for the next clue. | ||
== External links == | |||
* '''[https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/collections/walker-art-gallery/paintings/la-boite-bleue ''La Boîte Bleue'' on the Livepool National Museums website]''' | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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