1603

In February 1603, Elizabeth I was in residence at Windsor Castle. She received a final consultation with John Dee, who told her that she was certain to die, but that the throne was secure in James' Protestant hands. He also foresaw that there would one day be another queen in her familial line who would "rule over the greatest Empire this world has ever known". The Seventh Doctor was hidden in the room during this final consultation. The meeting with Dee ended with the monarch sending Dee on a fool's errand to seek the Doctor at William Shakespeare's quarters in Stratford — a bit of subterfuge that was Elizabeth's repayment for the Doctor's help at her coronation in 1588. (NA: Birthright')

At some point after this, William Lethbridge-Stewart travelled to London with James VI of Scotland in preparation for the latter's coronation as James I of the United Kingdom. Their arrival at London was triumphant, marked by what the Eighth Doctor called "a glorious parade, a magnificent spectacle". (NA: The Dying Days)

Also during this year, Francis Pearson wrote The Adventures of Macbeth's Head. (MA: Managra)