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|death = January 22, 1901<ref name="royal"/>{{Note|name="real"}} | |death = January 22, 1901<ref name="royal"/>{{Note|name="real"}} | ||
|gender = Female | |gender = Female | ||
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|appearances = {{Appearances|medievil2= | |appearances = {{Appearances|medievil2= | ||
*[[The Time Machine]] | *[[The Time Machine]] | ||
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}}{{Wikipedia}}{{Q|The celestial grammar horn.<br><br>In the quest to expand the Empire, the greatest scientific minds have devised the celestial grammar horn.<br>It will blast out the national anthem to the farthest reaches of outer space.<br><br>When the aliens hear such a wonderfully stirring piece they are sure to have no qualms about pledging their allegiance to our glorious Queen Victoria.|A [[Books in MediEvil 2|book]] in [[the Museum]].}} | }}{{Wikipedia}}{{Q|The celestial grammar horn.<br><br>In the quest to expand the Empire, the greatest scientific minds have devised the celestial grammar horn.<br>It will blast out the national anthem to the farthest reaches of outer space.<br><br>When the aliens hear such a wonderfully stirring piece they are sure to have no qualms about pledging their allegiance to our glorious Queen Victoria.|A [[Books in MediEvil 2|book]] in [[the Museum]].}} | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Development=== | ===Development=== | ||
Queen Victoria was to appear in ''[[MediEvil 2]]'' as '''Queen-zilla''', a play on {{w|Godzilla}}. She was set to be the final boss, but was eventually replaced with a [[The Demon|big demon]].{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|13694|MediEvil developers - Q&A;|November 3, 2013|quote=Chris also had the idea of Queen Victoria being possessed and turned into a giant monster version of Queen Victoria and stomping about London like Godzilla.|author=Jason Wilson}} She was to be controlled by [[Palethorn]] through his steam powered aircraft and fought in the cut [[Parliament]] level.{{Note|name="bosses"|Boss fights in ''MediEvil 2'' are generally their own separate level, so it is likely Queen-zilla would have been fought in a level bearing her name that was separate from Parliament, e.g. Queen-zilla, Queen Victoria, The Queen, etc.}}{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|13697|MediEvil developers - Q&A;|November 3, 2013|id=1|quote="Parliament" was the level intended as the battle ground for fighting the Queen Victoria monster. It got changed to a different level design when the Queen was dropped for the big demon that replaced her. I do not think that much work was done on the parliament level.|author=Jason Wilson}} | [[File:MediEvil2-Queenzilla-ConceptArt.jpg|right|thumb|Concept art of Queenzilla by [[Jason Wilson]].]]Queen Victoria was to appear in ''[[MediEvil 2]]'' as '''Queen-zilla''', a play on {{w|Godzilla}}. She was set to be the final boss, but was eventually replaced with a [[The Demon|big demon]].{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|13694|MediEvil developers - Q&A;|November 3, 2013|quote=Chris also had the idea of Queen Victoria being possessed and turned into a giant monster version of Queen Victoria and stomping about London like Godzilla.|author=Jason Wilson}} She was to be controlled by [[Palethorn]] through his steam powered aircraft and fought in the cut [[Parliament]] level.{{Note|name="bosses"|Boss fights in ''MediEvil 2'' are generally their own separate level, so it is likely Queen-zilla would have been fought in a level bearing her name that was separate from Parliament, e.g. Queen-zilla, Queen Victoria, The Queen, etc.}}{{Siteref|MediEvil-Boards|13697|MediEvil developers - Q&A;|November 3, 2013|id=1|quote="Parliament" was the level intended as the battle ground for fighting the Queen Victoria monster. It got changed to a different level design when the Queen was dropped for the big demon that replaced her. I do not think that much work was done on the parliament level.|author=Jason Wilson}} | ||
A 3D model of the human version of the Queen was made for the game. A thumbnail image of it can be found on one of the game's press discs. | A 3D model of the human version of the Queen was made for the game. A thumbnail image of it can be found on one of the game's press discs. | ||