sophia myles played madame de pompadour in doctor who.
sophia myles played madame de pompadour in doctor who.
who played madame de pompadour in doctor who?
sophia myles
the story arc running throughout the tenure of the eleventh doctor involved the oldest question in the universe, revealed in "the wedding of river song" to be "doctor who?", giving the phrase in-universe significance. in "the name of the doctor", the doctor's real name was revealed to be the password used to enter the doctor's tomb following his death on the planet trenzalore. the story arc was resolved in "the time of the doctor", wherein it was revealed to be projected by the time lords across all of time and space through a "crack in the skin of the universe" as a means of contacting the doctor and seeing whether it was safe to leave the parallel universe in which their planet, gallifrey, had been left following the events of "the day of the doctor". this arc was penned by steven moffat, who has been exploring the significance of the doctor's name in his episodes since 2006's "the girl in the fireplace", in which historical figure madame de pompadour reads the doctor's mind and remarks, "doctor who? it's more than just a secret, isn't it?" according to the in-vision commentary on the dvd release, david tennant had to inform actress sophia myles (who played madame de pompadour) that she was not, in fact, revealing the doctor's surname as she believed was the intent of the dialogue. the 2011 mid-series finale "a good man goes to war", also written by moffat, suggested through the character of river song that the doctor's travels had influenced the etymology of the word "doctor", perverting its meaning on some worlds from "wise man" or "healer" to "great warrior". in "the end of time" (2009–2010) it is mentioned that after he smote a demon in the 13th century, the residents of a convent called the doctor the "sainted physician".
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madame de pompadour created 52 engraved prints, of drawings by boucher, after gemstone engravings by guay. her collection of work, in book form, is called ""suite d'estampes gravées par madame la marquise de pompadour d'apres les pierres gravées de guay, graveur du roy"" which translates to in english as ""series of prints engraved by madame la marquise de pompadour after the engraved stones of guay, engraver of the king"".









































the personal portfolio of madame de pompadour was found in the walters art museum manuscript room by art historian susan wager
madame de pompadour