The Kingmaker (audio story)

The Kingmaker
Doctor:	[[doctor::Fifth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Peri Brown, Erimem
Main enemy:	William Shakespeare
Main setting:	Earth, England, 1597 & 1483 & 1485
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writer:	Nev Fountain
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Andy Hardwick and Gareth Jenkins @ ERS
Release details
Release number:	81
Release date:	April 2006
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	6Q/I
ISBN:	ISBN 1-844-35161-0

Publisher's summary

Doctor Who encounters one of the most notorious characters from the past as he journeys through time to solve the great Historical Mysteries...

Not surprisingly, the Doctor becomes mixed up with Richard III himself as he tries to unravel the perplexing problem of who exactly killed the princes in the Tower.

Peri and Erimem also encounter a suspicious time traveller. Someone from the Doctor's own past. Someone who shouldn't really be there at all.

So who did murder the princes in the Tower? Perhaps it's best not to ask a question like that.

You might not like the answer...

Doctor Who Discovers Historical Mysteries is one of a new series of illustrated Doctor Who books. Watch out for other instalments of Doctor Who's journeys of discovery.

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Peri - Nicola Bryant
• Erimem - Caroline Morris
• Clarrie - Arthur Smith
• Mr Seyton - Michael Fenton-Stevens
• Richard, Duke of Gloucester - Stephen Beckett
• Henry, Duke of Buckingham - Marcus Hutton
• Earl Rivers - Jon Culshaw
• Sir James Tyrell - Chris Neill
• Susan - Katie Wimpenny
• Judith - Linzi Matthews
• Fourth Doctor - Jon Culshaw

References

• Peri thinks Mr Seyton is The Master.
• William Shakespeare hitched a ride in the TARDIS.

Notes

• There is a passing reference to the Ninth Doctor as the 'Northern chap, big ears'.
• This is the only 'appearance' of the Fourth Doctor in a Big Finish audio, in the context of the Fifth Doctor listening to a voice recording made by his previous self. The Fourth Doctor is portrayed here by Jon Culshaw.
• The Doctor's Doctor Who Discovers book series is a reference to the real-world Doctor Who Discovers book series. The cover art for the CD depicts the cover of one of these books, using the same format as the real-world books. It also displays the Tom Baker-era Doctor Who logo in an in-universe context.
• The Doctor's offhand comment that "it was either that or write a novelty cookbook" is a reference to The Doctor Who Cookbook.

Continuity

• Shakespeare has previously met (and travelled in the TARDIS) in BFA: The Time of the Daleks, which hasn't occurred 'yet' for the Fifth Doctor.
• Shakespeare also went on to meet the Tenth Doctor in DW: The Shakespeare Code (this is both in Shakespeare's and the Doctor's future).

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Comic preview from Doctor Who Magazine issue 368. Illustration by Martin Geraghty.

Timeline

• The Kingmaker occurs after: The Council of Nicaea
• The Kingmaker occurs before: The Veiled Leopard

External Links

• Big Finish The Kingmaker page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Kingmaker