John Brown (servant) Queen Victoria commissioned a life-sized statue of Brown by Edgar Boehm shortly after his death. The inscription read: "Friend more than Servant. Loyal. Truthful. Brave. Self less than Duty, even to the Grave." When Victoria's son succeeded to the throne he had the statue moved to a less conspicuous site. Design and manufacture of both medals were commissioned by Queen Victoria. The 1997 film "Mrs Brown" is the fictionalised story of John Brown. Billy Connolly stars as Brown and Dame Judi Dench as Victoria. John Brown (servant) John Brown (8 December 1826 – 27 March 1883) was a Scottish personal
Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria Victoria to act as body doubles for protection from the PRB. In the 2006 series of "Doctor Who", Queen Victoria appears in the episode "Tooth and Claw", where she is played by Pauline Collins. In the episode, set in 1879, she is threatened by a werewolf that wants to infect her and take control of her empire. It is suggested that a scratch from the werewolf is the source of haemophilia in many of her descendants. Rose Tyler makes a bet with the Doctor for £10 that she can get the Queen to say "We are not amused". At the