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{{Infobox Individual
|main alias        =
|image            = Elise_(The_Haunting_of_Villa_Diodati).jpg
|species          = Human
|job              = Maid
|affiliation      = Lord Byron
|affiliation2      = Shelley Cabal
|affiliation3      =
|origin            = [[Earth]]
|only              = The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)
|appearances      =
|main actor        = Sarah Perles
|clip              =
}}
'''Elise''' was a [[French]] [[nursemaid]] tasked with looking after [[Mary Shelley's child|William]], the infant son of [[Mary Shelley]]. In [[June]] [[1806]], [[Villa Diodati]] was busy looking after William when a [[Lone Cyberman]] in search of [[Cyberium]] invaded [[Villa Diodati]], where the Shelleys were staying. Though the [[Cyberman]] spared the infant's life, he killed Elise and her body was found by Mary. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')
'''Elise''' was a [[French]] [[nursemaid]] tasked with looking after [[Mary Shelley's child|William]], the infant son of [[Mary Shelley]]. In [[June]] [[1806]], [[Villa Diodati]] was busy looking after William when a [[Lone Cyberman]] in search of [[Cyberium]] invaded [[Villa Diodati]], where the Shelleys were staying. Though the [[Cyberman]] spared the infant's life, he killed Elise and her body was found by Mary. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'')



Revision as of 19:48, 24 February 2020

Elise was a French nursemaid tasked with looking after William, the infant son of Mary Shelley. In June 1806, Villa Diodati was busy looking after William when a Lone Cyberman in search of Cyberium invaded Villa Diodati, where the Shelleys were staying. Though the Cyberman spared the infant's life, he killed Elise and her body was found by Mary. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati)

Behind the scenes

In real life, the full name of the woman who was the Shelley family's nursemaid was Elise Foggi. She was still alive in 1820, by which time she had been discharged by the Shelleys and had become involved in a scandal within Mary Shelley's family.