La Boîte Bleue (short story)

La Boîte Bleue (English: The Blue Box) was the sixth in a line of clues in the series known as the #FindTheDoctor mystery released in late 2021. The short story existed both physically in the Liverpool Museum and, in an expanded version, on the museum's website.

It presented the letter  Y  as the next clue.

Plot
La Boîte Bleue, a mysterous oil painting on canvas from the 1860s by an unknown artist, is presented in 2021 to the Walker Art Gallery. Another copy of it is discovered in the Museum of Liverpool. The painting depicts a British countryside with a horse-drawn cart and a mysterious blue box. Baffled, the Museum have their curators interview international expert in an effort to figure out the possible meaning and origins of the strange painting.

Worldbuilding

 * National Museums Liverpool is home to "more than 4 million objects".

Story notes

 * The letter  Y  in the word mysterious in the description-plaque just below the painting is in capital.
 * The text on the plaque include “Dr. 1963”, a reference to the creation of Doctor Who in 1963.
 * The version exhibited live only included the text of the plaque, while the online version also included a lengthy opening paragraph relating the Museum's bafflement and its efforts to figure out the painting's secret.
 * The landing module and the rocket in the painting are the "Soyuz TMA-19M" and "Black Arrow", respectively, which can be found at the Science Museum, the same location for the next clue.