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Doctor Who Almost Killed Off Queen Victoria (& Why It Didn't)
Doctor Who is renowned for putting its own spin on history, and at one point its fictionalized version of Queen Victoria was on the butcher's block. In real life, the British monarch passed away in her sleep at the age of 81 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. Showrunner Russell T Davies, however, had very different plans concerning the Queen of England's fate while conceptualizing the Doctor Who revival's sophomore season.