King
The title of king was given to the head of state in a monarchy. This title was often restricted to men, with women in the equivalent position being called queen, although this was not always the case. (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"], Brave-ish Heart [+]Loading...["Brave-ish Heart (TV story)"]) Kings were addressed as Majesty. (AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack [+]Loading...["The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor indicated that he might become a king or queen in the course of his travels. (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"])
Kings and their domains[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2700 BC, Gilgamesh was king, in his own words, of "Ur, Uruk, and just about everywhere else worth knowing..." (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)"], Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])
Ancient Egypt had several Pharaohs, or kings, including Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV, (AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion [+]Loading...["The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)"]) Rameses II, (PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"]) Tut-Ankh-Amen, (PROSE: The King of Golden Death [+]Loading...["The King of Golden Death (short story)"]) Ptolemy I (COMIC: Voyager [+]Loading...["Voyager (comic story)"]) and Caesarion. (PROSE: The Last Pharaoh [+]Loading...["The Last Pharaoh (novel)"])
Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War in circa 1200 BC. (TV: The Myth Makers [+]Loading...["The Myth Makers (TV story)"])
Tarquin the Proud was the last king of the Roman Kingdom. Soon after he purchased three Sibylline books from a Tenctrama, the Senate took charge of Rome. (PROSE: Combat Magicks [+]Loading...["Combat Magicks (novel)"])
Alexander the Great was king of Macedon in the 4th century BC. (AUDIO: Farewell, Great Macedon [+]Loading...["Farewell, Great Macedon (audio story)"])
Prasutagus was king of the Iceni tribe in the 1st century AD. (AUDIO: The Wrath of the Iceni [+]Loading...["The Wrath of the Iceni (audio story)"])
Attila was king of the Huns in 451. (PROSE: Combat Magicks [+]Loading...["Combat Magicks (novel)"])
Egfrith was king of Mercia in 785. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
England had many kings, including Arthur, (PROSE: The Creation of Camelot [+]Loading...["The Creation of Camelot (short story)"]) Alfred the Great, (PROSE: Revenge of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Judoon (novel)"]) Athelstan, (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) Ethelred, (PROSE: The Immortals [+]Loading...["The Immortals (short story)"]) Cnut, (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars [+]Loading...["Invaders from Mars (audio story)"], The Spirit Trap [+]Loading...["The Spirit Trap (audio story)"]) Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwinson, William I, (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TV story)"]) Richard I, (TV: The Crusade [+]Loading...["The Crusade (TV story)"]) John, (TV: The King's Demons [+]Loading...["The King's Demons (TV story)"], PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"]) Richard II, Henry IV, (AUDIO: The Doctor's Tale [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Tale (audio story)"]) Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, (AUDIO: The Kingmaker [+]Loading...["The Kingmaker (audio story)"]) Henry VIII, (TV: "Strangers in Space" [+]Part of The Sensorites, Loading...{"namedep":"Strangers in Space (1)","1":"The Sensorites (TV story)"}, The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"]) Edward VI (TV: The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo [+]Loading...["The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (TV story)"]) and William IV. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])
The island of Tanto had a king. He was overthrown when ambassador Durian invaded Tanto. (AUDIO: The Pointed Hand [+]Loading...["The Pointed Hand (audio story)"], WC: The Minister of Chance: Prologue [+]Loading...["The Minister of Chance: Prologue (webcast)"])
Prior to 1066, Cnut was king of Denmark. (PROSE: The Real Hereward [+]Loading...["The Real Hereward (short story)"])
In the 11th century, Harald Hardrada was the king of Norway who led a Viking invasion of England in 1066. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TV story)"])
James V was the king of Scotland in 1540. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])
James I and VI, (PROSE: The Empire of Glass) Charles I, (AUDIO: The Roundheads) Charles II, (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) James II and VII, and William of Orange were kings of both Scotland and England. (AUDIO: The Glorious Revolution)
George I and George II were kings of Great Britain. (TV: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"])
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) had kings, such as George III, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Charles III and William V. Henry XII was a "drinking buddy" of the Doctor. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])
Philip II was the king of Spain in the 16th century, and was married to Queen Mary I of England. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)"])
France had kings, including Philippe Auguste, (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown [+]Loading...["The Church and the Crown (audio story)"]) Francis I, (COMIC: Art Attack [+]Loading...["Art Attack (comic story)"]) Charles IX, Henri III, (TV: The Massacre [+]Loading...["The Massacre (TV story)"]) Louis XIII, (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown [+]Loading...["The Church and the Crown (audio story)"]) Louis XIV, (COMIC: Terror of the Cabinet Noir [+]Loading...["Terror of the Cabinet Noir (comic story)"]) Louis XV, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]) and Louis XVI. (PROSE: The Reign of Terror [+]Loading...["The Reign of Terror (novelisation)"]) However, the French monarchy was abolished after the French Revolution. (TV: The Reign of Terror [+]Loading...["The Reign of Terror (TV story)"]) The French monarchy was restored for a period of time, until King Louis-Philippe abdicated in 1848. (PROSE: World Game [+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"])
There was a King of Sweden in 1580. (TV: The Vampires of Venice [+]Loading...["The Vampires of Venice (TV story)"]) Oscar was King of Sweden in the late 19th century. (AUDIO: Grand Theft Cosmos [+]Loading...["Grand Theft Cosmos (audio story)"])
Sultan was a title equivalent to king in various Earth cultures. Saladin was a Saracen Sultan of Egypt and Syria in the 12th century, (TV: The Crusade [+]Loading...["The Crusade (TV story)"]) and Mehmed II was a sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century. (AUDIO: Son of the Dragon [+]Loading...["Son of the Dragon (audio story)"]) This title also used on other planets, such as Dellah, where the Tashwari had a sultan. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't! [+]Loading...["Oh No It Isn't! (novel)"])
The CyberKing was the name of both the Dreadnought-class ship and its controller, used to front a Cyberman invasion. In 1851, Mercy Hartigan became the CyberKing. She was one of the few female individuals to bear the title "King." (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"])
Rhodia had a king before the planet's population was wiped out by the Shadow Kin. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die [+]Loading...["For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)"])
The Shadow King was the monarch of the Shadow Kin and ruler of the Underneath. Corakinus was the Shadow King until he was defeated and displaced by the human April MacLean in 2016 who shortly lost the power after Corakinus broke the link between them. (TV: Brave-ish Heart [+]Loading...["Brave-ish Heart (TV story)"]) The Rhodian known as Charlie Smith briefly became the Shadow King after the deaths of April and Corakinus, but seemingly rendered the title defunct after his genocide of the Shadow Kin. (TV: The Lost [+]Loading...["The Lost (TV story)"])
Yrcanos was a warrior king of the Krontep in the 24th century. He later fell in love with Peri Brown. (TV: Mindwarp [+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"], The Ultimate Foe [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)"])
Peladon was the ruler of Peladon in the 41st century. (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"])
In the 54th century, King Hydroflax was a merciless conqueror and pillager. His subjects included the people of Mendorax Dellora and the Shoal of the Winter Harmony. (TV: The Husbands of River Song [+]Loading...["The Husbands of River Song (TV story)"])
Adelebert was the monarch on Rigel Seven. (PROSE: Players [+]Loading...["Players (novel)"])
The Eleventh Doctor briefly served as a king for the Kreech. (COMIC: The Cleverest King [+]Loading...["The Cleverest King (comic story)"])
During his rule of Floor 1056, the Saxon Master "lived like a king" before the Mondasians overthrew him. (TV: The Doctor Falls [+]Loading...["The Doctor Falls (TV story)"])
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an alternate timeline of his own making, John Hart married Queen Victoria and became prince consort, becoming king of the British Empire after her death, having disposed of her son the Prince of Wales. (AUDIO: The Death of Captain Jack [+]Loading...["The Death of Captain Jack (audio story)"])
In a more technologically advanced parallel universe, Edward IX was king of England in the 1970s. (COMIC: Who's Who? [+]Loading...["Who's Who? (comic story)"])
