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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = Marian conspiracy revised.jpg | |image = Marian conspiracy revised.jpg | ||
|range = Main Range | |range = Main Range | ||
|number in range = 6 | |number in range = 6 | ||
|series = [[ | |series = ''[[Main Range]]'' | ||
|number = 6 | |number = 6 | ||
|doctor = Sixth Doctor | |doctor = Sixth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] | |companions = [[Evelyn Smythe|Evelyn]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Thomas Smith]], [[Francois de Noailles]] | ||
|setting = {{il|[[Sheffield]], [[2000]]|[[London]], [[January]] [[1555]]}} | |setting = {{il|[[Sheffield]], [[2000]]|[[London]], [[January]] [[1555]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jacqueline Rayner | ||
|director = [[Gary Russell]] | |director = [[Gary Russell]] | ||
|producer = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]], [[Gary Russell]] | |producer = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]], [[Gary Russell]] | ||
|music = [[Alistair Lock]] | |||
|sound = Alistair Lock | |||
|cover = [[Clayton Hickman]] | |||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 12 March 2000 | ||
|format = | |format = 2 CDs<br/>2 cassettes<br/>Download | ||
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7C/A]] | |production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|7C/A]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 1- | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-90365-417-0 (physical); ISBN 978-1-84435-686-7 (digital) | ||
|prev = The Fearmonger (audio story) | |prev = The Fearmonger (audio story) | ||
|next = The Genocide Machine (audio story) | |next = The Genocide Machine (audio story) | ||
}}{{spotify|album= | |epcount = 4 | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] | }}{{spotify|album=6InpR7GeUsFSkZaL4jWHtt|height=350}} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth story in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Jacqueline Rayner]] and featured [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and introduced [[Maggie Stables]] as the new companion [[Evelyn Smythe]]. | |||
Evelyn was the first companion original to audio to be created by Big Finish. | Evelyn was the first companion original to audio to be created by Big Finish. | ||
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Dr [[Evelyn Smythe]]'s [[lecture]] on Tudor history is disrupted by the [[Sixth Doctor]], whose noisy device reveals that she is part of a "temporal nexus point" — a potentially catastrophic change in established history. This is evidenced by the fact that Evelyn claims descent from John Whiteside-Smith, a man who served Queen Elizabeth I and whose father was executed by Queen Mary for treason — and whom the Doctor insists never existed. Dr Smythe is forced to take the Doctor seriously when he comes to her home and they discover that half her family tree is vanishing from her records, and she may very well cease to exist. When the Doctor says he will travel back in time to the court of Queen Elizabeth to fix the problem, Evelyn insists on accompanying him. | Dr [[Evelyn Smythe]]'s [[lecture]] on Tudor history is disrupted by the [[Sixth Doctor]], whose noisy device reveals that she is part of a "temporal nexus point" — a potentially catastrophic change in established history. This is evidenced by the fact that Evelyn claims descent from John Whiteside-Smith, a man who served Queen Elizabeth I and whose father was executed by Queen Mary for treason — and whom the Doctor insists never existed. Dr Smythe is forced to take the Doctor seriously when he comes to her home and they discover that half her family tree is vanishing from her records, and she may very well cease to exist. When the Doctor says he will travel back in time to the court of Queen Elizabeth to fix the problem, Evelyn insists on accompanying him. | ||
The TARDIS traces the origin of the nexus point and lands in 16th century London. The Doctor goes to court, while Evelyn — wearing a device of the Doctor's making to prevent her from fading in and out of existence — heads to | The TARDIS traces the origin of the nexus point and lands in 16th century London. The Doctor goes to court, while Evelyn — wearing a device of the Doctor's making to prevent her from fading in and out of existence — heads to the local alehouse, hoping to learn about history first hand. Both time travellers assume Elizabeth is on the throne, but they're wrong — it's 1555, Mary is still on the throne, and Elizabeth is still imprisoned. Evelyn gets herself in trouble loudly toasting Elizabeth by mistake, while the Doctor — using his usual John Smith alias — finds himself brought by Queen Mary's handmaiden, Lady Sarah, to attend to the Queen's health. | ||
Luckily for Evelyn the men she is drinking with — George Crow and young William Leaf — are Protestants, unhappy about Mary's heresy laws, and take her outside the pub to safety. They meet with the Reverend Thomas, who reprimands Crow and Leaf for revealing themselves to Evelyn, whom he believes may be a Catholic spy. | Luckily for Evelyn the men she is drinking with — George Crow and young William Leaf — are Protestants, unhappy about Mary's heresy laws, and take her outside the pub to safety. They meet with the Reverend Thomas, who reprimands Crow and Leaf for revealing themselves to Evelyn, whom he believes may be a Catholic spy. | ||
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* [[Mary I|The Queen]] - [[Anah Ruddin]] | * [[Mary I|The Queen]] - [[Anah Ruddin]] | ||
* [[Sarah Whiteside|Lady Sarah]] - [[Jo Castleton]] | * [[Sarah Whiteside|Lady Sarah]] - [[Jo Castleton]] | ||
* [[Francois de Noailles]] - [[ | * [[Francois de Noailles]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]] | ||
* [[George Crow]] - [[Sean Jackson]] | * [[George Crow]] - [[Sean Jackson]] | ||
* [[John Wilson]] - [[Gary Russell]] | * [[John Wilson]] - [[Gary Russell]] | ||
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* [[Royal guard (The Marian Conspiracy)|Royal Guard]] - [[Alistair Lock]] | * [[Royal guard (The Marian Conspiracy)|Royal Guard]] - [[Alistair Lock]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Music === | === Music === | ||
* Evelyn hums ''[[The Blue Danube]]''. | * Evelyn hums ''[[The Blue Danube]]''. | ||
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=== The Doctor === | === The Doctor === | ||
* The Doctor once again uses his well worn alias, [[ | * The Doctor once again uses his well worn alias, [[Aliases of the Doctor#John Smith|Dr John Smith]], to gain access to the Queen's inner circle. | ||
* The Doctor mentions meetings with [[Socrates]], Sir [[Francis Drake]], [[Henry VIII]], Lady [[Jane Grey]] (whom he met in the [[Tower of London]]), [[William Cecil]] and Queen [[Elizabeth I]]. | * The Doctor mentions meetings with [[Socrates]], Sir [[Francis Drake]], [[Henry VIII]], Lady [[Jane Grey]] (whom he met in the [[Tower of London]]), [[William Cecil]] and Queen [[Elizabeth I]]. | ||
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* Evelyn has a pathological love of [[cocoa]] and [[cake]]s. | * Evelyn has a pathological love of [[cocoa]] and [[cake]]s. | ||
* Evelyn tells the Doctor that the class of [[1974]] were "particularly unattractive." | * Evelyn tells the Doctor that the class of [[1974]] were "particularly unattractive." | ||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250"> | |||
The Marian Conspiracy cover.jpg|Original cover art. | |||
The Marian Conspiracy DWM 289.jpg|[[DWM illustrated previews|Illustrated preview]] by [[Lee Sullivan]] from [[DWM 289]]. | |||
The Marian Conspiracy DWM preview clean.jpg|Textless version of the DWM preview art. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story was featured in a preview in [[DWM 289]] with an illustration by [[Lee Sullivan]]. | |||
* This story was featured in a preview in | * This story's brief was "a '[[William Hartnell|Hartnell]] historical' for the Sixth Doctor".<ref>described by Rayner in [[Big Finish CD booklets|CD inside cover]]</ref> It was the first pure historical in performed ''Doctor Who'' since the television story ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' in 1982 and the first to feature historical figures since ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'' in 1966. | ||
* This story was the first pure historical in performed ''Doctor Who'' since the television story ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' in 1982 and the first to feature historical figures since ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' in 1966. | |||
* This audio drama was recorded on [[23 October (production)|23 October]] [[1999 (production)|1999]]. | * This audio drama was recorded on [[23 October (production)|23 October]] [[1999 (production)|1999]]. | ||
* Alistair Lock's soundtrack to the story was released on CD in ''[[Music from the New Audio Adventures - Volume 1 (soundtrack)|Music from the New Audio Adventures Volume 1]], ''alongside the scores for ''[[Phantasmagoria (audio story)|Phantasmagoria]], [[The Fearmonger (audio story)|The Fearmonger]]'' and''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (audio story)|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]''. | * Alistair Lock's soundtrack to the story was released on CD in ''[[Music from the New Audio Adventures - Volume 1 (soundtrack)|Music from the New Audio Adventures Volume 1]], ''alongside the scores for ''[[Phantasmagoria (audio story)|Phantasmagoria]], [[The Fearmonger (audio story)|The Fearmonger]]'' and''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (audio story)|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* When viewing London in [[1555]] in the [[TARDIS scanner]], Evelyn muses that it will all be burnt down in the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[September]] [[1666]], a statement that causes an embarrassed intake of breath from the Doctor. His [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] played a major role in starting that fire in [[TV]]: | * When viewing London in [[1555]] in the [[TARDIS scanner]], Evelyn muses that it will all be burnt down in the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[September]] [[1666]], a statement that causes an embarrassed intake of breath from the Doctor. His [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]] played a major role in starting that fire in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Visitation (TV story)}}. Ironically, the [[Fourth Doctor]], arriving shortly before his future self's departure, was wrongfully accused of starting the fire only hours later. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Republican's Story (short story)|The Republican's Story}}) A similar exchange occurred between the Doctor and [[Peri Brown]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Point of Entry (audio story)|Point of Entry}}. | ||
* The Doctor says that he should "pop back and support Darwin." He and Evelyn would later meet [[Charles Darwin]] on the [[Galápagos Islands]] on [[19 September]] [[1835]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | * The Doctor says that he should "pop back and support Darwin." He and Evelyn would later meet [[Charles Darwin]] on the [[Galápagos Islands]] on [[19 September]] [[1835]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Bloodtide (audio story)|Bloodtide}}) | ||
* Both the [[First Doctor|First]] and the [[Third Doctor]]s referred to being imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. ([[TV]]: | * Both the [[First Doctor|First]] and the [[Third Doctor]]s referred to being imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil}}) The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] suffered the same fate in the late [[17th century]], charges of forgery having been levelled against them by Sir [[Isaac Newton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Summer (audio story)|Summer}}) The Sixth Doctor was also briefly imprisoned in the Tower in [[1590]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Point of Entry (audio story)|Point of Entry}}) The [[War Doctor]], the [[Tenth Doctor]], and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] would later be imprisoned in the Tower together by Mary's sister Elizabeth I. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor}}) Evelyn and the Sixth Doctor would return to the Tower in an [[alternate timeline|alternative]] [[2003]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee}}) and [[2010]]. ({{cs|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster (audio story)|The Crimes of Thomas Brewster}}) In the former case, Evelyn learned that alternative versions of herself and the Doctor were imprisoned together in the Tower for decades before her counterpart died. She briefly met the alternative Doctor, who had been rendered practically insane by decades of isolation during the latter part of his hundred years as a prisoner of the English Empire. She chose not to tell the Doctor that she had met his counterpart. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee}}) | ||
* The Doctor tells Evelyn that the last time that he was in the Tower, he was visiting [[Jane Grey|Lady Jane Grey]]. ([[PROSE]]: | * The Doctor tells Evelyn that the last time that he was in the Tower, he was visiting [[Jane Grey|Lady Jane Grey]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Nine-Day Queen (short story)|The Nine-Day Queen}}) | ||
* The Sixth Doctor previously visited [[16th century]] [[London]] at least twice, both times in the company of [[Peri Brown]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | * The Sixth Doctor previously visited [[16th century]] [[London]] at least twice, both times in the company of [[Peri Brown]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Point of Entry (audio story)|Point of Entry}}, {{cs|Recorded Time (audio story)|Recorded Time}}) | ||
* Queen Mary refers to her late [[stepmother]], [[Anne Boleyn]], the mother of her younger half-sister [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]], as a "harlot." Earlier in his personal timeline, the Doctor and Peri met Boleyn on [[4 May]] [[1536]], shortly before her execution. ([[AUDIO]]: | * Queen Mary refers to her late [[stepmother]], [[Anne Boleyn]], the mother of her younger half-sister [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth]], as a "harlot." Earlier in his personal timeline, the Doctor and Peri met Boleyn on [[4 May]] [[1536]], shortly before her execution. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Recorded Time (audio story)|Recorded Time}}) | ||
* The Doctor tells Lady Sarah that he once destroyed an [[Vervoid|entire race]]. ([[TV]]: | * The Doctor tells Lady Sarah that he once destroyed an [[Vervoid|entire race]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids}}) | ||
* The Doctor and Evelyn would eventually visit Queen Elizabeth's court at some point before she departed the TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: | * The Doctor and Evelyn would eventually visit Queen Elizabeth's court at some point before she departed the TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Thicker Than Water (audio story)|Thicker Than Water}}) Later in his personal timeline, the Doctor met her on at least four further occasions. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma}}; [[TV]]: {{cs|The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code}}, {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor}}) | ||
* The Doctor refers to the fact that people have died while travelling with him. ([[TV]]: | * The Doctor refers to the fact that people have died while travelling with him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan}}, {{cs|Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock}}; [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave}}) | ||
* Evelyn speaks very highly of Elizabeth as independent and putting country and duty above all else; ironically, Elizabeth would eventually wed the Tenth Doctor. ([[TV]]: | * Evelyn speaks very highly of Elizabeth as independent and putting country and duty above all else; ironically, Elizabeth would eventually wed the Tenth Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor}}) | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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