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|image           = The Church and the Crown cover.jpg
|image = The Church and the Crown cover.jpg  
|range          = Main Range
|name = The Church and the Crown
|number in range = 38
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|series         = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number = 38
|number         = 38
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|doctor         = Fifth Doctor
|companions = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]], [[Antranak]]
|companions     = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]]
|enemy = The [[George Villiers|Duke of Buckingham]], Madame [[de Chevreuse]]
|featuring      = [[Antranak (cat)|Antranak]]
|setting = [[Paris]], [[1626]]
|enemy           = [[George Villiers]]
|writer = [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]]
|setting         = [[Paris]], [[1626]]
|director = [[Gary Russell]]
|writer         = Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
|post production = [[Gareth Jenkins]]
|director       = [[Gary Russell]]
|music=[[Russell Stone]]
|producer        = [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and Gary Russell
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|sound          = [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
|cover=[[Clayton Hickman]]
|music           = [[Russell Stone]]
|release date = [[November]] [[2002]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|format = 4 Episodes on 2 CDs
|cover           = [[Clayton Hickman]]
|production code = [[List of production codes|6Q/C]]
|release date   = 28 November 2002
|isbn = ISBN 1-903654-75-0
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download
|prev = The Sandman (audio story)
|production code = 6Q/C
|next = Bang-Bang-A-Boom! (audio story)
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-90365-475-0 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-84435-748-2 (digital)
}}
|prev           = The Sandman (audio story)
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-eighth [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|monthly ''Doctor Who'' audio story]] produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the second story to feature [[Caroline Morris]] as [[Erimem]] and her first as a [[companion]] travelling with [[Peter Davison]]'s [[Fifth Doctor]]. This story is another in a line of stories to feature a doppelganger of the Doctor/companions, with [[Nicola Bryant]] voicing both [[Peri Brown]] and the [[Queen]] of [[France]].
|next           = Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)
|made prev      = The Rapture (audio story)
|made next      = Jubilee (audio story)
|epcount = 4
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'''''The Church and the Crown''''' was the thirty-eighth story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and [[Caroline Morris]] as [[Erimem]].
 
It was, broadly, a historical examination of the era of ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'', although it featured original [[musketeer]]s rather than those created by [[Alexandre Dumas]].
 
It featured Erimem's first journey in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and her second display of field-of-battle heroism. As with several other historicals in the first five years of [[Big Finish]]'s [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|main ''Doctor Who'' line]], it was a so-called "[[pure historical]]" without any [[science fiction]] elements aside from the TARDIS.
 
It also gave Nicola Bryant an expanded acting opportunity, since it featured her as both Peri and [[Anne (Queen of France)|Queen Anne]]. Like [[Romana I]] before her in ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'', Peri had an exact [[doppelgänger]] in a royal family.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
A nation divided...
[[France|A nation]] divided...


A Queen's life at risk...
[[Anne (Queen of France)|A Queen]]'s life at risk...


A net of conspiracy closing in...
A net of [[conspiracy]] closing in...


Sometimes being a time travelling adventurer just isn't easy...
Sometimes being a time travelling adventurer just isn't easy...


For a start there's a temperamental [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] that lands a few thousand years off course in [[17th century]] [[Paris]]. But why shouldn't the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri]] and their travelling guest [[Erimem]] take a look around the city on the morning of [[Louis XIII|King Louis']] annual State Ball?
For a start there's a temperamental [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] that lands a few thousand years off course in [[17th century]] [[Paris]]. But why shouldn't the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] and their travelling guest [[Erimem]] take a look around the city on the morning of [[Louis XIII|King Louis]]' annual State Ball?


As Peri becomes embroiled in a plot to kill Queen Anne and smash the unity of the Church and the Crown, the Doctor finds himself duelling musketeers on the streets.
As Peri becomes embroiled in a plot to kill Queen Anne and smash the unity of the Church and the Crown, the Doctor finds himself duelling musketeers on the streets.
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
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=== Part 2 ===
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=== Part 3 ===
''to be added''
=== Part 4 ===
''to be added''
''to be added''


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Peter Davison]]
* [[Peri Brown]] / [[Anne (Queen of France)|Queen Anne of France]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Peri Brown]] / [[Anne (Queen of France)|Queen Anne]] - [[Nicola Bryant]]
* [[Erimem]] - [[Caroline Morris]]
* [[Erimem]] - [[Caroline Morris]]
* [[Louis XIII|King Louis XIII of France]] - [[Andrew Mackay]]
* [[Louis XIII|King Louis]] / [[Blind Maurice]] - [[Andrew Mackay]]
* [[Richelieu|Cardinal Richelieu]] - [[Michael Shallard]]
* [[Richelieu|Cardinal Richelieu]] - [[Michael Shallard]]
* The [[George Villiers|Duke of Buckingham]] - [[Marcus Hutton]]
* [[George Villiers|The Duke of Buckingham]] - [[Marcus Hutton]]
* [[Delmarre]] - [[Peter John]]
* [[Delmarre]] - [[Peter John]]
* [[François Rouffet]] - [[Andy Coleman]]
* [[François Rouffet]] - [[Andy Coleman]]
* Captain [[Morand]] - [[Robert Curbishley]]
* [[Morand|Captain Morand]] - [[Robert Curbishley]]
* Madame [[de Chevreuse]] - [[Wendy Albiston]]
* [[de Chevreuse|Madame de Chevreuse]] - [[Wendy Albiston]]
* [[Crow (The Church and the Crown)|Crow]] - [[Mark Wright]]
* [[Piere]] - [[Gary Russell]]
* [[Passerby (The Church and the Crown)|Passerby]] - [[Mark Wyman]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Clayton Hickman]]
* Director - [[Gary Russell]]
* Executive Producer - [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
* Music - [[Russell Stone]]
* Producers - Gary Russell and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Sound Design - [[Gareth Jenkins (sound designer)|Gareth Jenkins]]
* Writers - [[Cavan Scott]] and [[Mark Wright]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor tells Erimem that, earlier in his personal timeline, he met an older version of Louis XIII in [[1638]]. He claims to have "had a nip and tuck since then," indicating that it was one of his first four incarnations.
* The Doctor tells Erimem that, earlier in his personal timeline, he met an older version of Louis XIII in [[1638]].
* The Doctor has a lifetime membership to the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].
* The Doctor has a lifetime membership to the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].
* The Doctor claims to have once met a [[Visigoth]] with a [[sword]].


=== Foods and beverages ===
=== Foods and beverages ===
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=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* [[Erimem]] names her new pet cat [[Antranak]].
* Erimem names her new pet cat [[Antranak (cat)|Antranak]].
* The Doctor dislikes [[Alexandre Dumas]] and thinks he totally miscast [[Richelieu|Cardinal Richelieu]] as a villain.


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* Before landing in France, the Doctor was trying to reach the [[Braxiatel Collection]].
* The Doctor has visited the [[Louvre]].
* The Doctor has visited the [[Louvre]] since its modern retrofit with the glass pyramid and didn't like it.


[[File:DWM illistration The Church and the Crown.jpg|thumb|The comic preview for this story. ([[DWM 324]])]]
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
The Church and the Crown cover.jpg|Original CD cover
DWM illistration The Church and the Crown.jpg|Comic preview by [[Martin Geraghty]] in [[DWM 324]]
</gallery>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[Marcus Hutton]] would play another Duke of Buckingham in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'', which also featured the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[5 September (production)|5]] and [[6 September (production)|6 September]] [[2002 (production)|2002]] at [[the Moat Studios]].
* This audio drama was recorded on [[5 September (production)|5]] and [[6 September (production)|6 September]] [[2002]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* An illustrated preview featured in [[DWM 324]] with artwork by [[Martin Geraghty]].
*An illustrated preview featured in [[DWM 324]] with artwork by [[Martin Geraghty]].
* This is the last story in the [[Main Range|Monthly Range]] to use the [[Delia Derbyshire]] arrangement of the main theme. All following releases would include the [[Peter Howell|Howell]], [[Dominic Glynn|Glynn]] and [[Keff McCulloch|McCulloch]] versions of the theme for the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s.
* This story is set between ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Fourth Doctor]]'s companion [[Romana]] previously encountered a double of her [[Romana I|first incarnation]], namely [[Strella|Princess Strella]] on [[Tara]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]'') The Fifth Doctor's former companion [[Nyssa]] encountered a double of herself in the form of [[Ann Talbot]] in [[June]] [[1925]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') For his part, the Doctor has encountered a double of his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] in the form of [[Ramón Salamander]] in [[2017]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'') His former companion [[Steven Taylor]] encountered a double of the [[First Doctor]] in the form of the [[Abbot of Amboise]] in [[Paris]] in [[August]] [[1572]], though the Doctor himself had no contact with the Abbot. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (TV story)|The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'')
* Before landing in France, the Doctor was trying to reach the [[Braxiatel Collection]], in fulfilment of the promise he made to [[Erimem]] at the end of her previous story, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]''. The Doctor's purpose at this stage in his relationship with Erimem was to get her to a place of education, not necessarily to travel indefinitely with her.
* The Doctor refers to his former companion [[K9]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'')
* The Doctor refers to his former companion [[K9]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'', etc.)
* The Doctor mentions that he was the protégé of the American escapologist [[Harry Houdini]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') Prior to their arrival in [[1963]], his first incarnation and his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] met Houdini in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Houdini taught the Doctor how to perform sleight-of-hand tricks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'') His [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] had previously told the [[Iceni]] cook [[Bragnar]] that Houdini kept numerous lock picks on his person. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wrath of the Iceni (audio story)|The Wrath of the Iceni]]'')
* The Doctor mentions that he was the protégé of the American escapologist [[Harry Houdini]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'') Prior to their arrival in [[1963]], his first incarnation and his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] met Houdini in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Houdini taught the Doctor how to perform sleight-of-hand tricks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'') His [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] had previously told the [[Iceni]] cook [[Bragnar]] that Houdini kept numerous lock picks on his person. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wrath of the Iceni (audio story)|The Wrath of the Iceni]]'') He met Houdini again at an earlier point in his fifth incarnation, whilst travelling with [[Adric]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Nyssa]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)|Smoke and Mirrors]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Church and the Crown was the thirty-eighth story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown and Caroline Morris as Erimem.

It was, broadly, a historical examination of the era of The Three Musketeers, although it featured original musketeers rather than those created by Alexandre Dumas.

It featured Erimem's first journey in the TARDIS and her second display of field-of-battle heroism. As with several other historicals in the first five years of Big Finish's main Doctor Who line, it was a so-called "pure historical" without any science fiction elements aside from the TARDIS.

It also gave Nicola Bryant an expanded acting opportunity, since it featured her as both Peri and Queen Anne. Like Romana I before her in The Androids of Tara, Peri had an exact doppelgänger in a royal family.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

A nation divided...

A Queen's life at risk...

A net of conspiracy closing in...

Sometimes being a time travelling adventurer just isn't easy...

For a start there's a temperamental TARDIS that lands a few thousand years off course in 17th century Paris. But why shouldn't the Fifth Doctor, Peri and their travelling guest Erimem take a look around the city on the morning of King Louis' annual State Ball?

As Peri becomes embroiled in a plot to kill Queen Anne and smash the unity of the Church and the Crown, the Doctor finds himself duelling musketeers on the streets.

With Peri missing, Erimem catching King Louis' eye and a Musketeer's sword at your throat, could things get any worse?

Probably...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Part 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Part 4[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor tells Erimem that, earlier in his personal timeline, he met an older version of Louis XIII in 1638.
  • The Doctor has a lifetime membership to the Marylebone Cricket Club.
  • The Doctor claims to have once met a Visigoth with a sword.

Foods and beverages[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor has visited the Louvre.

Gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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