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| {{rename|Her title during the events was Elisabeth of Austria. Neither "of Austria" nor "of Bavaria" is mentioned in the play.}}
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| |main alias = Sisi
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| |spouse = Franz Joseph I
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| |job = Empress of Austria
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| '''Elisabeth of Austria''', commonly referred to by her pet name '''Sisi''', was the wife of [[Emperor]] [[Franz Joseph I]] of [[Austria]] and, thus, the Empress of Austria, when the [[Eighth Doctor]] visited [[Vienna]] with [[Mary Shelley]] in [[September]] [[1873]].
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| The Empress was curious about the performances of "[[Bremm|the Silver Turk]]" at the [[Vienna Exposition]]. In a letter sent with [[Ernst Bratfisch]], she invited [[Alfred Stahlbaum]] to attend the [[Hofburg Palace]] with the Silver Turk. However, the was made impossible when [[Gramm]] managed to catch up with Stahlbaum as he was already turning into Hofburg and rob him of the opportunity to show off the Silver Turk.
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| Knowing about Stahlbaum's obsession with the Empress, [[Puppet Johan Drossel]] employed [[Puppet Elisabeth of Austria|a puppet of the Empress]] to try to persuade Stahlbaum to join forces with him again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Silver Turk (audio story)|The Silver Turk]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| Elisabeth was Empress of [[Austria]], [[Queen]] of [[Hungary]] and Queen consort of [[Croatia]] and Bohemia. She was quite loved by her subjects and her beauty has become legendary. This has inspired multiple movies in which she was portrayed by such stars as {{w|Romy Schneider}} and {{w|Ava Gardner}}. At the same time, her nickname has been often misspelled "Sissi". Part of the [[Hofburg Palace]] is a dedicated [https://www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/sights/imperial/sisi-museum Sisi Museum].
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