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'''''Death and the Queen''''' was the third story in the ''[[Tenth Doctor Adventures]]'' [[Big Finish]] audio series.
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'''''Death and the Queen''''' was the third and final story in ''[[The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[James Goss]] and featured [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Catherine Tate]] as [[Donna Noble]].
 
It was added for free to the podcast ''[[Into the TARDIS]]'' as part of Big Finish's [[List of anniversaries|25th anniversary]] of creating ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio stories. It was released in two parts on [[28 March (releases)|28 March]] and [[6 April (releases)|6 April]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] and hosted by [[Sixth Doctor]] actor [[Colin Baker]]. It was the first story to be re-released onto the podcast.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Donna Noble]] has never been lucky in [[love]].
[[Donna Noble]] has never been lucky in [[love]].


So when, one day, [[Rudolph (Death and the Queen)|her Prince]] does come, she is thrilled to have the [[wedding]] of all weddings to look forward to. Though [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] isn't holding his breath for an invitation. And [[Queen Mum|her future mother-in-law]] is certainly not amused.
So when, one day, [[Rudolph of Goritania|her Prince]] does come, she is thrilled to have the [[wedding]] of all weddings to look forward to. Though [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] isn't holding his breath for an invitation. And [[Queen Mum|her future mother-in-law]] is certainly not amused.


But on the big day itself, Donna finds her [[castle]] under siege from the darkest of forces, marching at the head of a skeleton army.
But on the big day itself, Donna finds her [[castle]] under siege from the darkest of forces, marching at the head of a skeleton army.
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* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]]
* [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]]
* [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]]
* [[Rudolph (Death and the Queen)|Rudolph]] - [[Blake Ritson]]
* [[Rudolph of Goritania|Rudolph]] - [[Blake Ritson]]
* [[Queen Mum]] - [[Alice Krige]]
* [[Queen Mum]] - [[Alice Krige]]
* [[Hortense]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]  
* [[Hortense]] - [[Beth Chalmers]]
* [[Death (Death and the Queen)|Death]] - [[Alan Cox]]
* [[Death (Death and the Queen)|Death]] - [[Alan Cox]]


== References ==
=== Uncredited ===
* Maids - Beth Chalmers<ref name="BFX">[[BFX]]: ''[[The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One]]''</ref>
* Cloud/Skeleton - Alan Cox<ref name="BFX" /><ref>Is to be played by the same actor as Death and Cloud, according to the script.</ref>


=== Goratania ===
== Crew ==
* The Kingdom of [[Goratania]] has not been to war for around five centuries.
* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]]
* Prince Rudolph of Goratania has fifteen formal titles.
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
* Producer - [[David Richardson]]
* Script Editor - [[Matt Fitton]]
* Writer - [[James Goss]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Locations ===
* The Kingdom of [[Goritania]] has not gone to war for around five centuries.
* [[Goritania]] changes from a monarchy to a republic and was renamed as "The People's Republic of Goritania" six months after the events of this story.
* The Doctor and Donna were originally going to Blackpool but landed in the French Riviera instead where Donna met Rudolph.


=== Sonic Screwdriver ===
=== Sonic Screwdriver ===
* The [[sonic screwdriver]] has a setting for horseshoes.
* [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] has a setting for horseshoes.


=== Technology ===
=== The TARDIS ===
* The [[Mephistol]]s have a universe-wide reputation for making the best perception filters. Their use of a [[perception filter]] over the [[kingdom]] is the reason for why the Doctor has neither heard of the kingdom nor its impressive history.
* The Doctor wonders why [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s [[translation circuits]] aren't translating the motto of the kingdom.


=== The TARDIS ===
=== TV and film ===
* The Doctor wonders why [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[translation circuits]] aren't translating the motto of the kingdom. One of his conclusions is that the language is too old.
* Donna refers to Death as "[[Skeletor]]".


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story was originally released on CD and download. In [[2019 (releases)|2019]], this story was [[Big Finish vinyl releases|re-released on vinyl]] in a limited run of 1250 copies.
* This story was released dubbed in German, as ''Der Tod und die Königin''.
* The Doctor compares Goritania to Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village from the {{w|Brigadoon|musical of the same name}} which appears for one day every 100 years.
* This story was recorded on [[22 October (production)|22 October]] [[2015 (production)|2015]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* When the Doctor said, "I love the smell of regime change in the morning", it was a reference to the line, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" from the 1979 film {{wi|Apocalypse Now}}.
* This story was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on [[3 September (releases)|3 September]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bq6z</ref> It was later edited into two parts which were first broadcast on [[10 November (releases)|10]] and [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s4p6</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sdp2</ref> The first part ends after the Doctor admits he has lied to Donna.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor notes that he was present at Donna's previous [[wedding]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''), and that he'll probably be present during her next. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* Donna refers to her skill at [[shorthand]]. She listed it as one of the skills of a [[temp]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}.
* Donna notes that she has a history of choosing bad men to marry. Her previous fiancé was [[Lance Bennett|Lance]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* Donna notes that she has a history of choosing bad men to marry. Her previous [[fiancé]] was [[Lance Bennett]], who, like in this story, planned to sacrifice her in order to resurrect the [[Racnoss]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}.
* The Doctor states that the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is able to [[Translation circuit|translate]] all languages, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') but that it sometimes failed to translate due to the age of the language. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'')
* The Doctor states that the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is able to [[Translation circuit|translate]] all languages, as was stated on numerous other occasions such as [[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, and {{cs|Cold War (TV story)}}. However, it sometimes fails due to the age of the language, as was also seen in ''The Christmas Invasion'' and [[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Planet (TV story)}}.
* Donna is once again part of a plan created between an alien being and her fiancé, using her as a sacrifice. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the fact that his companions leave the TARDIS to save another [[universe]]. Examples include [[Romana II]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors' Gate (TV story)}} and [[Rose Tyler]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}. They also leave after they fall in love, as happened with [[Vicki Pallister]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Myth Makers (TV story)}}, [[Jo Grant]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Green Death (TV story)}}, [[Leela]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}, [[Thomas Brewster]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Perfect World (audio story)}}, and [[Evelyn Smythe]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Thicker Than Water (audio story)}}.
* The Doctor says that he once had a [[K9|robot dog]] who left him twice. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'')
* The Doctor says that he once had [[K9|a robot dog]] who left him twice. [[K9 Mark I]] left with Leela in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}, while K9 Mark II left with Romana in [[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors' Gate (TV story)}}.
* The Doctor notes that he was present at Donna's previous [[wedding]], which is not strictly true, but he was certainly involved in the events surrounding her wedding in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}; and that he'll probably be present at her next. Indeed he was, though Donna no longer remembered him, as depicted in [[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)|part=Two}}.
* Donna refers to Death as "[[Skeletor]]". She also referred to both a [[Sycorax]] in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}} and [[Meng Tian]] in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Immortal Emperor (comic story)}} as such.
* The Doctor once again says, "My kingdom for a horse", as the [[Sixth Doctor]] did in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Hollows of Time (audio story)}}.
 
== Cover gallery ==
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Death and the Queen.jpg|Original CD cover
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Death and the Queen (audio story) vinyl textless.jpg|Textless vinyl cover
Death and the Queen German.jpg|''[[Doctor Who auf Deutsch]]'' cover titled ''Der Tod und die Königin''
Death and the Queen vinyl packshot.jpg|Vinyl packshot
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Death and the Queen was the third and final story in The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by James Goss and featured David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.

It was added for free to the podcast Into the TARDIS as part of Big Finish's 25th anniversary of creating Doctor Who audio stories. It was released in two parts on 28 March and 6 April 2024 and hosted by Sixth Doctor actor Colin Baker. It was the first story to be re-released onto the podcast.

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

Donna Noble has never been lucky in love.

So when, one day, her Prince does come, she is thrilled to have the wedding of all weddings to look forward to. Though the Doctor isn't holding his breath for an invitation. And her future mother-in-law is certainly not amused.

But on the big day itself, Donna finds her castle under siege from the darkest of forces, marching at the head of a skeleton army.

When it looks like even the Doctor can't save the day, what will Queen Donna do to save her people from Death itself?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Uncredited[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Maids - Beth Chalmers[1]
  • Cloud/Skeleton - Alan Cox[1][2]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Kingdom of Goritania has not gone to war for around five centuries.
  • Goritania changes from a monarchy to a republic and was renamed as "The People's Republic of Goritania" six months after the events of this story.
  • The Doctor and Donna were originally going to Blackpool but landed in the French Riviera instead where Donna met Rudolph.

Sonic Screwdriver[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS[[edit] | [edit source]]

TV and film[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This story was originally released on CD and download. In 2019, this story was re-released on vinyl in a limited run of 1250 copies.
  • This story was released dubbed in German, as Der Tod und die Königin.
  • The Doctor compares Goritania to Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village from the musical of the same name which appears for one day every 100 years.
  • This story was recorded on 22 October 2015 at The Moat Studios.
  • When the Doctor said, "I love the smell of regime change in the morning", it was a reference to the line, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now.
  • This story was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 3 September 2022.[3] It was later edited into two parts which were first broadcast on 10 and 13 November 2023.[4][5] The first part ends after the Doctor admits he has lied to Donna.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Original CD cover

    Original CD cover

  • Textless cover

    Textless cover

  • Vinyl cover

    Vinyl cover

  • Textless vinyl cover

    Textless vinyl cover

  • Doctor Who auf Deutsch cover titled Der Tod und die Königin

    Doctor Who auf Deutsch cover titled Der Tod und die Königin

  • Vinyl packshot

    Vinyl packshot

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BFX: The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One
  2. ↑ Is to be played by the same actor as Death and Cloud, according to the script.
  3. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bq6z
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s4p6
  5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sdp2
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