The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp his forename (in its original form) as opposed to the monogramme "RHL" (Rembrandt Harmenszoon of Leiden), and is thus a sign of his growing artistic confidence. The event can be dated to 31 January 1632: the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons, of which Tulp was official City Anatomist, permitted only one public dissection a year, and the body would have to be that of an executed criminal. Anatomy lessons were a social event in the 17th century, taking place in lecture rooms that were actual theatres, with students, colleagues and the general public being permitted to attend on payment of an
The Doctor (Doctor Who) Deoch an..?", written by Colin Baker, in "Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1991": "UNIT Exposed". The Seventh Doctor celebrated his 1,000th birthday in "Set Piece" by Kate Orman, and the Eighth Doctor declared his age to be 1,012 in "Vampire Science" by Orman and Jonathan Blum. The Eighth Doctor spent nearly a century on Earth during a story arc spread over several novels, and around 100 years asleep in "The Sleep of Reason" by Martin Day. In the Big Finish Productions audio play "Orbis", the Eighth Doctor says that he has spent 600 years living on the planet Orbis since