Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry was an embroidered cloth depicting events from England's history.
Charley Pollard once told the Eighth Doctor that she knew the Bayeux Tapestry depicted the Norman conquest. (AUDIO: Seasons of Fear) The Fourth Doctor described a book on Swampie history as "a sort of Bayeux Tapestry with footnotes". (TV: The Power of Kroll) The Tenth Doctor knew that history had been altered when he saw that the Bayeux Tapestry had changed. (PROSE: Hold Your Horses)
The Doctor's TARDIS appeared in the Bayeux Tapestry. (COMIC: Hunters of the Burning Stone, Untitled [+]Loading...["Untitled (DWM 598 comic story)"]) In 2005, when Who is Doctor Who? published an article about the Doctor's involvement in the Dummy Massacre, a commenter named bobby suggested the website's former owner, Clive Finch, look at images of the tapestry, as it depicted the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler standing next to the blue box. (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]Loading...{"writer":"Unknown","1":"The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)"}) A further scene depicted Silurians fighting Norman cavalry. (GRAPHIC: Knights [+]Loading...["Knights (illustration)"])
In the Starless world, Rory Williams became Harold Godwinson's favoured general. The Pandorica and Rory as the "Constant Warrior" were depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. (PROSE: The Constant Warrior)
Behind the scenes
- A tapestry of Empress Rose Tyler in COMIC: Empire of the Wolf resembles the Bayeux Tapestry.
- The TARDIS appears in the Bayeux Tapestry in COMIC: Who Was 'Ere!, a comic in The Doctor Who Fun Book.
- "Knights [+]Loading...["Knights (illustration)"]" was a framed art print released by GB Eye that depicted Silurians fighting Norman cavalry.
- On 7 June 2024, the Big Finish Productions account on Twitter posted a new image of the Bayeux Tapestry with the TARDIS as part of their "Historical Who Sale".[1]
