Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale, also known as the Lady with the Lamp, was a British nurse who was famously active during the Crimean War.
Biography
After the outbreak of the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale's movement encouraged many other women of high birth to enlist as nurses. Among them was Lady Sandra Cathcart, later a companion of the Time Lady Leora, who also made substantial monetary donations. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedep":"Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})
She arrived at the Scutari barracks on 18 November 1854, and famously helped clean the institution and heal all the sick within it, revolutionising medicine and the nurse trade. When Bartholomew Kitchen shot the Seventh Doctor's companion Hex in the shoulder, she tried to help heal him. She regarded Hex, who had been working towards the same goal as her since 17 October, as an angel. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari [+]Loading...["The Angel of Scutari (audio story)"])
Florence was among the notable women of Earth's history who were invited by Missy to join MADAM. (PROSE: Girl Power! [+]Loading...["Girl Power! (short story)"])
The Fourth Doctor had an oil lamp which once belonged to Nightingale, (AUDIO: White Ghosts [+]Loading...["White Ghosts (audio story)"]) whom the Twelfth Doctor would later reference having met. (PROSE: Dear Readers 24 [+]Loading...["Dear Readers (DWA15 24 short story)"])
Legacy
On Heron's World, the Reborn Master referred to Nurse Molly O'Sullivan as "our Florence Nightingale". (AUDIO: The Death of Hope [+]Loading...["The Death of Hope (audio story)"])
When Vastra suggested that they might be visiting somebody "very famous" in late 19th century London, Jenny Flint incorrectly guessed it to be Florence Nightingale. (AUDIO: Inside Every Warrior [+]Loading...["Inside Every Warrior (audio story)"])
Hex regarded her as his heroine; her story inspired him to become a nurse a century and a half later. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari [+]Loading...["The Angel of Scutari (audio story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor considered Nightingale to be an "an old friend". He claimed that she used to say the summer was the right time for "dancing in the street". (PROSE: Dear Readers 24 [+]Loading...["Dear Readers (DWA15 24 short story)"])
Behind the scenes
She was portrayed by Laura Fraser in the 2008 TV movie Florence Nightingale, Kate Isitt in an episode of Magic Grandad and Michelle Gomez in Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches..
