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[[File:VictoriaJubilee.jpg|frame|"[[Determinator|We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat]]; ''[[Determinator|they do not exist]].''"]]
{{quote|'''Captain Darling:''' ''I'm as British as Queen Victoria!''"
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Many, many books have been written about her and her era. These tend to be set when they were written, either in [[Victorian London]] or in the colonies. Also the default timeframe for [[Steampunk]] works.
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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: The "We are not amused" story is most likely apocryphal. In fact, she wrote constantly in her journal about how much things amused her, and in fact laughed uproariously at most of the operas of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]].
** The story may have arisen from an incident where a courtier told a filthy joke in front of a number of small children at lunch. Her "we" was meant to encompass the confused and worried girls, who either didn't understand the joke or were upset by it.
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* [[Widow Woman]]: After the death of Prince Albert, Victoria always wore mourning clothes, though she did eventually brighten up personally.
* The film ''[[The Young Victoria]]'', which is based on, well... [[Captain Obvious|a young Victoria]].
* One of ''[[The Royal Diaries]]'' books is "written" by Queen Victoria when she is in her late preteens/early teens.
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* ''[[Mrs Brown]]'' starring Dame Judi Dench as the Queen mourning the death of Prince Albert and her friendship/romance with her unconventional Scottish servant John Brown.
* In ''[[Black Butler]]'', main character Ciel Phantomhive directly serves as her "watchdog" as part of his family's role and does what she wants to protect the country, essentially serving as England's black-ops.
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Tooth and Claw". A running subplot in the episode is a bet between the Doctor and his companion Rose whether or not they could get the Queen to say "
* A child Victoria makes an appearance in the [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] ''[[Sorcery and Cecelia|The Missing Magician]]''. Also it turns out that as she is of [[Royal Blood]], no one can cast spells on her because England's ley lines protect her.
* ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!|The Pirates in An Adventure With Scientists]]'' has Queen Victoria as a katana-wielding [[The Caligula|Caligula]] and [[Cruella to Animals]].
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