Editing Ada Lovelace (section)

===Film and television===

In the 1997 film ''[[Conceiving Ada]]'', a computer scientist obsessed with Ada finds a way of communicating with her in the past by means of "undying information waves".<ref>{{cite web |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=26 February 1999 |title='Conceiving Ada': Calling Byron's Daughter, Inventor of a Computer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/022699ada-film-review.html |id={{ProQuest|2235172968}} |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Lovelace, identified as Ada Augusta Byron, is portrayed by Lily Lesser in the second series of ''[[The Frankenstein Chronicles]]'' aired on ITV in 2017.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6651616/characters/nm7104940/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_cst_11 |title="The Frankenstein Chronicles" Not John Marlott (TV Episode 2017) - Lilit Lesser as Ada Byron - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-04-29 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> She is employed as an "analyst" to provide the workings of a life-sized humanoid automaton. The brass workings of the machine are reminiscent of Babbage's analytical engine. Her employment is described as keeping her occupied until she returns to her studies in advanced mathematics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Episode 2 - Not John Marlott|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep2week45/frankenstein-chronicles|website=ITV Press Centre|access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>

Lovelace and Babbage appear as characters in the [[Victoria (British TV series)|second season]] of the ITV series ''[[Victoria (UK TV series)|Victoria]]'' (2017). [[Emerald Fennell]] portrays Lovelace in the episode, "The Green-Eyed Monster."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6327804/ |title=The Green-Eyed Monster |date=14 January 2018|website=IMDb}}</ref>

"Lovelace" is the name of the operating system designed by the character Cameron Howe in ''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]'', which aired on [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] in the US in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whatchareading.com/still-fire-recapreview-halt-catch-fire-adventure/ |title=Still On Fire: Recap/Review of Halt and Catch Fire "Adventure" |last=Biscotti |first=Steven |date=25 May 2015 |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=What'cha Reading?}}</ref>

Lovelace features as a character in "[[Spyfall (Doctor Who)|Spyfall, Part 2]]", the second episode of [[Doctor Who (series 12)|''Doctor Who'', series 12]], which first aired on [[BBC One]] on 5&nbsp;January 2020.<ref name="DW">{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/historical-computing-pioneer-ada-lovelace-3727259 |title=Historical computing pioneer Ada Lovelace from Hinckley stars in BBC's Doctor Who |date=2020-01-13 |last=Dawson |first=Nick |work=[[Leicester Mercury]] |access-date=2020-12-14}}</ref> The character was portrayed by Sylvie Briggs, alongside characterisations of Charles Babbage and [[Noor Inayat Khan]].<ref name="DW"/>