Wedding of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
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In an attempt to display his wealth of up-to-date information, AIEIO asked Doctor Doctor and Patience Patience if they were aware that King Henry VIII was going to be married for the fourth time "very soon". This failed to effectively prove his point. (TV: The STARSHED Experience [+]Loading...["The STARSHED Experience (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes
In the real world, Henry VIII's fourth marriage was to Anne of Cleves. As PROSE: Hiccup in Time [+]Loading...["Hiccup in Time (short story)"], God Send Me Well to Keep [+]Loading...["God Send Me Well to Keep (short story)"] and AUDIO: The Doomsday Chronometer [+]Loading...["The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story)"] readily go into in the DWU, Oliver Cromwell selected Anne in Flanders, and Henry was not pleased, urging him to do anything to avert the marriage.
In COMIC: The Gift [+]Loading...["The Gift (comic story)"], the Sixth Doctor is shown to be in possession of six wedding invitations from Henry VIII. Later, in PROSE: The Roundheads [+]Loading...["The Roundheads (novel)"], the Second Doctor and Polly mention the fate of this marriage, using the rhyme: "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived".