According to Outpost Gallifrey, the Chelsea Flower Show in the U.K. is fea­tur­ing a dis­play of the “Garden in Time”, cre­ated by a Cardiff land­scaper. In the dis­play, two sep­a­rate gar­dens, one in the style of the 1960s and one in a mod­ern design, are sep­a­rated by a TARDIS. Queen Elizabeth II was tour­ing the show and asked her guide, “Why is there a TARDIS there?”

Reasons for Loving this Story:

  • The Queen is famil­iar with the TARDIS!
  • I won­der if she knows that in the Doctor’s uni­verse, Queen Victoria was infected by a were­wolf, and that the trait has been passed on genet­i­cally to her descen­dants — Elizabeth II included?
  • Two other English mon­archs, Elizabeth I and Victoria, have exiled the Doctor from England and have threat­ened him with death. I now very much want to see Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II meet­ing and con­flict­ing with the Doctor. I can’t think of many other things that I want to see quite as badly on tele­vi­sion. Even bet­ter, we’ve not yet seen what the Doctor does to annoy Elizabeth I. Elizabeth II could travel to the 16th cen­tury in the TARDIS! Mirren could play them both again! What a treat it’d be!
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