A Soldier's Daughter

HMS Trafalgar, a ship of the line carrying three decks of guns, was christened in 1841, and Prince Albert was in attendance. The ship shown appears to be HMS Trincomalee, a much smaller frigate commissioned in 1917.

The writing method of the 19th century and well into the 20th century relied on children being first taught to hold then pens and pencils correctly and then being taught to write. Queen Victoria's method of holding her pen is clear in many of the images of her writing at her desk. Jenna Coleman in S2 E1 clearly is seen holding her pen in the modern "untaught" monkey grips style.

The episode is dedicated to Marie Fargus 1977-2017

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Seth Rogen/Jenna Coleman/Clean Bandit & Julia Michaels (2017)