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'''Thomas Gainsborough''' was an [[English]] painter of [[portrait]]s and landscapes. He painted a portrait of [[Ace]] that would hang in [[Windsor Castle]] in [[1988]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')
'''Thomas Gainsborough''' was an [[English]] painter of [[portrait]]s and landscapes. He painted a portrait of [[Ace]] that would hang in [[Windsor Castle]] in [[1988]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')


[[Scaroth]] also acquired some of Gainsborough's paintings. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death]]'') The [[Third Doctor]] noted what looked like a genuine Gainsborough in the [[waiting room]] for a clinic owned by the "Chief Administrator", who was actually [[the Monk]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)|The Rise of the New Humans]]'')
[[Scaroth]] also acquired some of Gainsborough's paintings. ([[TV]]: ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'') The [[Third Doctor]] noted what looked like a genuine Gainsborough in the [[waiting room]] for a clinic owned by the "Chief Administrator", who was actually [[the Monk]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rise of the New Humans (audio story)|The Rise of the New Humans]]'')


In [[October]] [[1987]], [[Alek Zenos]] cited Gainsborough among others as an example of [[Britain]]'s rich culture of artists. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[We Are The Daleks (audio story)|We Are The Daleks]]'')
In [[October]] [[1987]], [[Alek Zenos]] cited Gainsborough among others as an example of [[Britain]]'s rich culture of artists. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[We Are The Daleks (audio story)|We Are The Daleks]]'')


Frustrated with [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s impressionistic rendition of the [[Krafayis|invisible monster]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] said that this would never happen with Gainsborough or another "proper" painter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
Frustrated with [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s impressionistic rendition of the [[Krafayis|invisible monster]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] said that this would never happen with Gainsborough or another "proper" painter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[Adrienne Corri]], who played [[Mena]] in the television story ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'', wrote a book about Gainsborough.
* [[Adrienne Corri]], who played [[Mena]] in the television story ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'', wrote a book about Gainsborough.


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Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough was an English painter of portraits and landscapes. He painted a portrait of Ace that would hang in Windsor Castle in 1988. (TV: Silver Nemesis)

Scaroth also acquired some of Gainsborough's paintings. (TV: City of Death) The Third Doctor noted what looked like a genuine Gainsborough in the waiting room for a clinic owned by the "Chief Administrator", who was actually the Monk. (AUDIO: The Rise of the New Humans)

In October 1987, Alek Zenos cited Gainsborough among others as an example of Britain's rich culture of artists. (AUDIO: We Are The Daleks)

Frustrated with Vincent van Gogh's impressionistic rendition of the invisible monster, the Eleventh Doctor said that this would never happen with Gainsborough or another "proper" painter. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)

Behind the scenes