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[[Image:st--5h20doctorromanamonalisa.jpg|250px|thumb| The [[Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] admire the [[Mona Lisa]].]] | |||
[[Image:st--5h44thisisafake.jpg|250px|thumb| The [[Doctor]] writes “THIS IS A FAKE” on the canvases [[Leonardo da Vinci]] will use to paint six extra [[Mona Lisa]]s.]] | |||
A colloquial term for ''La Gioconda'', any of seven [[painting]]s by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] painted in [[1505]] | A colloquial term for ''La Gioconda'', any of seven [[painting]]s by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] painted in [[1505]]. | ||
The paintings were commissioned by [[Scaroth]] of the [[Jagaroth]] as part of a scheme to raise money in [[1979]] to fund research into [[time travel]], in order to journey back to the scene of the destruction of Scaroth's starship which destroyed his race and left Scaroth splintered in time. While | The paintings were commissioned by [[Scaroth]] of the [[Jagaroth]] as part of a scheme to raise money in [[1979]] to fund research into [[time travel]], in order to journey back to the scene of the destruction of Scaroth's starship which destroyed his race and left Scaroth splintered in time. While [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] did not prevent the "forgeries" of the extra six paintings (if, in fact, they could be considered forgeries, since they were all painted by Da Vinci), he did ensure that future X-ray machines would be able to discover their provenance by writing "THIS IS A FAKE" on the blank canvas of each before Da Vinci painted them. ([[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]'') | ||
Many years later, one of the fakes had ended up at [[Leamington Spa]] Lifeboat Museum, and was placed along with several [[alien artefact]]s and other oddities in a secure section of the museum. (''Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum website'') | |||
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Revision as of 17:09, 22 February 2007
A colloquial term for La Gioconda, any of seven paintings by Leonardo da Vinci painted in 1505.
The paintings were commissioned by Scaroth of the Jagaroth as part of a scheme to raise money in 1979 to fund research into time travel, in order to journey back to the scene of the destruction of Scaroth's starship which destroyed his race and left Scaroth splintered in time. While the Doctor did not prevent the "forgeries" of the extra six paintings (if, in fact, they could be considered forgeries, since they were all painted by Da Vinci), he did ensure that future X-ray machines would be able to discover their provenance by writing "THIS IS A FAKE" on the blank canvas of each before Da Vinci painted them. (DW: City of Death)
Many years later, one of the fakes had ended up at Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum, and was placed along with several alien artefacts and other oddities in a secure section of the museum. (Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum website)
