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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]]. | '''''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 | 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 TARDIS]] | 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. | 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 Brown|Peri]] and their travelling guest [[Erimem]] take a look around the city on the morning of [[Louis XIII|King Louis | 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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* [[Delmarre]] - [[Peter John]] | * [[Delmarre]] - [[Peter John]] | ||
* [[François Rouffet]] - [[Andy Coleman]] | * [[François Rouffet]] - [[Andy Coleman]] | ||
* | * [[Morand|Captain Morand]] - [[Robert Curbishley]] | ||
* | * [[de Chevreuse|Madame de Chevreuse]] - [[Wendy Albiston]] | ||
* [[Crow (The Church and the Crown)|Crow]] - [[Mark Wright]] | * [[Crow (The Church and the Crown)|Crow]] - [[Mark Wright]] | ||
* [[Piere]] - [[Gary Russell]] | * [[Piere]] - [[Gary Russell]] | ||
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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]] | * The Doctor dislikes [[Alexandre Dumas]] and thinks he totally miscast [[Richelieu|Cardinal Richelieu]] as a villain. | ||
=== Locations === | === Locations === | ||
* The Doctor has visited the [[Louvre]]. | * 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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== 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, [[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. | * 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]]'') 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]]'') | ||