The Church and the Crown (audio story)
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 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...
Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Peri - Nicola Bryant
- Erimem - Caroline Morris
- King Louis XIII- Andrew Mackay
- Queen Anne of France - Nicola Bryant
- Cardinal Richelieu - Michael Shallard
- Duke Buckingham - Marcus Hutton
- Delmarre - Peter John
- Rouffet - Andy Coleman
- Captain Morand - Robert Curbishley
- Madame de Chevreuse - Wendy Albiston
References
- Barastabon - The Doctor offers to take Peri and Eminem there to pick up a chocolate cake.
Notes
- Dates based on history: The Church and the Crown must occur after Cardinal Richelieu is named Louis XIII's chief minister (1624) and before Richelieu's death (1642).
Continuity
- The Doctor's companion Nyssa encountered a double in DW: Black Orchid. He himself has twice encountered doubles: in DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve and in DW: The Enemy of the World.
Timeline
- The Church and the Crown occurs after: The Eye of the Scorpion
- The Church and the Crown occurs before: No Place Like Home