The Church and the Crown (audio story)

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The Church and the Crown was the second story to feature Caroline Morris as Erimem and her first as a companion travelling with the 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.

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...

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

Notes

  • Based on known history and clues in the story, it is possible to definitively date The Church and the Crown to 1626.
    • Richelieu says he was tasked with helping Louis achieve his dream of a united France "two years ago". Cardinal Richelieu was named Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624.
    • The Doctor says Buckingham will be killed in "two years' time". Buckingham died in 1628.
  • Marcus Hutton would later play another Duke of Buckingham in BFA: The Kingmaker, which likewise featured the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem.
  • This audio drama was recorded on 5 and 6 September 2002.

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