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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
=== Part One ===
=== Part one ===
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=== Part Two ===
=== Part two ===
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=== Part Three ===
=== Part three ===
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=== Part Four ===
=== Part four ===
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== References ==
== References ==
=== 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]], describing him as a "terribly nice chap, very misunderstood."
* 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 (cat)|Antranak]].
* Erimem names her new pet cat [[Antranak (cat)|Antranak]].
* The Doctor dislikes [[Alexandre Dumas]], and thinks he totally miscast Cardinal [[Richelieu]] as a villain.
* The Doctor dislikes [[Alexandre Dumas]], and thinks he totally miscast Cardinal [[Richelieu]] as a villain.


=== Locations ===
=== Locations ===
* The Doctor has visited the [[Louvre]] since its modern retrofit with the glass pyramid and didn't like it. He also visited the building when its foundation was laid.
* The Doctor has visited the [[Louvre]].


[[File:DWM illistration The Church and the Crown.jpg|thumb|The comic preview for this story. ([[DWM 324]])]]
[[File:DWM illistration The Church and the Crown.jpg|thumb|The comic preview for this story. ([[DWM 324]])]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This audio drama was recorded on [[5 September (production)|5]] and [[6 September (production)|6 September]] 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]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* 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, ''[[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.  
* 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.  
* [[Doppelgänger]]s happen in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and Peri looking like Queen Anne is one in a longish line of lookalikes, which also include:
::[[Romana I]] and [[Strella|Princess Strella]] on [[Tara]] in ''[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]''
::[[Nyssa]] and [[Ann Talbot]] in ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]''
::The [[Second Doctor]] and [[Ramón Salamander]] in ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]''
::The [[First Doctor]] and [[Abbot of Amboise]] in ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (TV story)|The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]''
* The Doctor refers to his former companion [[K9]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'', et al.)
* The Doctor refers to his former companion [[K9]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'', et al.)
* 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]])
* 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]]'')
* When the Duke of Buckingham boasts that he is the best swordsman in England, the Doctor quips that they are in France, echoing his own words from [[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]].


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 02:12, 17 June 2016

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The Church and the Crown was the thirty-eighth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was, broadly, an historical examination of the era of the 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 fictional 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, Peri had an exact doppelgänger in a royal family.

Publisher's summary

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

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Part three

to be added

Part four

to be added

Cast

References

The Doctor

  • 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

Individuals

Locations

  • The Doctor has visited the Louvre.
The comic preview for this story. (DWM 324)

Notes

Continuity

External links