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'''Madame Nostradamus''' was the wife of [[Nostradamus]]. | '''Anne''', ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Unpredictable Tastes]]") also known as '''Madame Nostradamus''', was the wife of [[Nostradamus]]. | ||
During the [[First Doctor]]'s stay in [[Salon-de-Provence]] in [[1555]] with Anne and her husband, Anne embroidered a [[handkerchief]] for [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and knitted [[The Doctor's scarf|a long scarf]] for the Doctor. The Doctor initially did not think it was to his taste, ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|Unpredictable Tastes]]") but he would go on to wear it consistently in his [[fourth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'', ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'', et al.) | |||
Shortly after he had begun wearing the scarf, he [[Fourth Doctor]] remarked on the fact she had knitted it for him, describing her as "a witty little knitter". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Nostradamus had two wives during his lifetime, the first having an unknown name (possibly Henriette d'Encausse) and the second named Anne Ponsarde. It | Nostradamus had two wives during his lifetime, the first having an unknown name (possibly Henriette d'Encausse) and the second named Anne Ponsarde. It was initially unknown which of these women was the one who knitted the Doctor's scarf, however one of the letters in ''[[The Time Lord Letters (novel)|The Time Lord Letters]]'' from the Doctor described the event where the Doctor first acquired the scarf and mentioned her by the name Anne. | ||
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