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edited 28 June 2022 at 9:13AM in Game over

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Who originally knitted the Fourth Doctor's scarf?

a) Madame Nostradamus  - please thank BootsMullery for the answer
b) Sarah Jane Smith
c) Romanadvoratrelundar
d) Pamela Nash


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  • purplevamp
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    OR do they mean who, in the stories, originally knitted the scarf.
    The article here, https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Madame_Nostradamus, says that it was knitted for the First Doctor by Madame Nostradamus and again in an article here, https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doctor's_scarf, specifically about the scarf. This second article also mentions that, in real life, the scarf was knitted by Begonia Pope as purplevamp says. This is also confirmed on the site here, http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/history.html.

    As Begonia Pope is not an option, I would think they are looking for the Madame Nostradamus answer.

    It is also, perhaps, worth noting that the first 3 options are all characters from the stories and the 4th, Pamela Nash is the only real person but she is more know as the archivist who randomly destroyed a number of original episodes.
    Thank you. I'll put the answer in the original post.
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