Emperor Franz Joseph was the ruling monarch of Austria when the Eighth Doctor visited Vienna with Mary Shelley in September 1873.
According to the Doctor, the emperor did not like curry.
Alfred Stahlbaum was hoping that the performances of the Silver Turk at the Vienna Exposition would be noted by the emperor or his wife, Empress Elisabeth, commonly known as Sisi. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk)
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Franz Josef Land was named after him.