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{{Infobox Story
{{Infobox Story
|range            = Donna Noble: Kidnapped!
|range            = Donna Noble: Kidnapped!
|series in range  = Donna Noble: Kidnapped!
|number in range  = 3
|series number in range = 1
|number in series = 3
|number          = 1.3
|number          = 1.3
|main character  = [[Donna Noble|Donna]], [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]]
|main character  = [[Donna Noble|Donna]], [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]]
|featuring        =
|enemy            = [[Parval]]
|enemy            = [[Burning Knights]]
|setting          = [[Albion]], [[Middle Ages]]
|setting          = [[Albion]]
|writer          = [[James Goss]]
|writer          = [[James Goss]]
|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|director        = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|sound            = [[Howard Carter]]
|sound            = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music            = [[Howard Carter]]
|music            = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[5 March (releases)|5 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|release date    = [[5 March (releases)|5 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|format          = 1 X 1 hour
|format          = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-83868-072-5
|audio anthology  = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''
|audio anthology  = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''
|series          = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''
|series          = ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''
|prev            = Spinvasion (audio story)
|prev            = Spinvasion (audio story)
|next            = The Chiswick Cuckoos (audio story)
|next            = The Chiswick Cuckoos (audio story)
|epcount = 1
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third audio story in the anthology ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third audio story in the anthology ''[[Donna Noble: Kidnapped!]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Trying to get home, [[Donna Noble|Donna]] and [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]] end up in the right place at the wrong time – the [[Middle Ages]]!
Trying to get [[Chiswick|home]], [[Donna Noble|Donna]] and [[Natalie Morrison|Nat]] end up in the right place at the wrong time – the [[Middle Ages]]!


A [[monastery]] is under siege from the [[Burning Knights]], and the great Sorcerer Parval calls on the assistance of another great mage. He has summoned [[Merlin]] herself – or as Nat knows her, Donna Noble!
A [[monastery]] is under siege from the [[Burning Knights]], and the great Sorcerer [[Parval]] calls on the assistance of another great mage. He has summoned [[Merlin]] herself – or as Nat knows her, Donna Noble!


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]]
* [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]]
* [[Natalie Morrison]] - [[Niky Wardley]]
* [[Natalie Morrison|Natalie]] - [[Niky Wardley]]
* [[Parval]] - [[David Schofield]]
* [[Parval]] - [[David Schofield]]
* [[Vivien (The Sorcerer of Albion)|Vivien]] - [[Lydia West]]
* [[Vivien (The Sorcerer of Albion)|Vivien]] - [[Lydia West]]
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Garrison]] - [[Sebastian Armesto]]
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Garrison]] - [[Sebastian Armesto]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* When shown an image of her husband by the TARDIS, Natalie asks for [[Zac Efron]] or Will Miller instead, but the TARDIS refuses.
* Natalie describes [[Derren Brown]] as the greatest sorcerer who ever lived.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This story is set between ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'' and ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Donna and Natalie are taken to the Middle Ages by Parval, who summoned the time mage Merlin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
* Donna uses the phrase "wizard". A parallel version of her would also use it ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]''), as would the Meta-Crisis Doctor on realising he is part human. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
* Natalie thinks the monks might be ninjas. The Doctor has previously encountered monks trained in martial arts. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* Parval says Merlin has many bodies to contain all the stories about him, and asks why one shouldn't be a woman. The Doctor would later have female incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' et al., [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* Parval believes Nat can read ancient Babylonian as a gift from Merlin. Donna reveals the TARDIS translates languages. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' et al.)
* Emergency programme 12 reverses the polarity of its particles. This was a technique commonly used by the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' et al.)
* Donna describes herself as a temp from Chiswick. She would do so again in [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''.
* Donna describes the Doctor as her mate. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'')
* Natalie finds a manual for the Doctor's TARDIS which he dropped in a antique clothes store during the [[Third Crusade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Sorcerer of Albion was the third audio story in the anthology Donna Noble: Kidnapped!.

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

Trying to get home, Donna and Nat end up in the right place at the wrong time – the Middle Ages!

A monastery is under siege from the Burning Knights, and the great Sorcerer Parval calls on the assistance of another great mage. He has summoned Merlin herself – or as Nat knows her, Donna Noble!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • When shown an image of her husband by the TARDIS, Natalie asks for Zac Efron or Will Miller instead, but the TARDIS refuses.
  • Natalie describes Derren Brown as the greatest sorcerer who ever lived.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Donna and Natalie are taken to the Middle Ages by Parval, who summoned the time mage Merlin. (TV: Battlefield)
  • Donna uses the phrase "wizard". A parallel version of her would also use it (TV: Turn Left), as would the Meta-Crisis Doctor on realising he is part human. (TV: Journey's End)
  • Natalie thinks the monks might be ninjas. The Doctor has previously encountered monks trained in martial arts. (TV: Tooth and Claw)
  • Parval says Merlin has many bodies to contain all the stories about him, and asks why one shouldn't be a woman. The Doctor would later have female incarnations. (TV: Twice Upon a Time et al., PROSE: Rose)
  • Parval believes Nat can read ancient Babylonian as a gift from Merlin. Donna reveals the TARDIS translates languages. (TV: The End of the World et al.)
  • Emergency programme 12 reverses the polarity of its particles. This was a technique commonly used by the Doctor. (TV: The Dæmons et al.)
  • Donna describes herself as a temp from Chiswick. She would do so again in TV: Journey's End.
  • Donna describes the Doctor as her mate. (TV: Partners in Crime)
  • Natalie finds a manual for the Doctor's TARDIS which he dropped in a antique clothes store during the Third Crusade. (TV: The Crusade)

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