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{{Infobox Story | |image = <gallery> | ||
| | Death and the Queen.jpg|CD | ||
Death and the Queen vinyl cover.jpg|Vinyl </gallery> | |||
|series | |series = ''[[The Tenth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Tenth Doctor Adventures]]'' | ||
|number | |number = 1.3 | ||
|doctor | |range = The Tenth Doctor Adventures (audio series) | ||
|companions | |series in range = The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One | ||
|enemy | |number in series = 3 | ||
|setting | |doctor = Tenth Doctor | ||
|writer | |companions = [[Donna Noble]] | ||
|director | |enemy = [[Mefistole]]s | ||
|cover | |setting = [[Goritania]], the [[1780s]] | ||
|music | |writer = James Goss | ||
|sound | |director = [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
|publisher | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date | |music = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|format | |sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|production code = BFPDW10TH01C | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|isbn | |release date = 16 May 2016 | ||
|prev | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 3 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDW10TH01C | |||
|bts = David Tennant and Catherine Tate The Full Interview | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78575-230-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-235-3 (digital) | ||
}} | |next = Infamy of the Zaross (audio story) | ||
'''''Death and the Queen''''' was the third story in | |prev = Time Reaver (audio story) | ||
|bts = David Tennant and Catherine Tate The Full Interview | |||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
}}{{audio stub}} | |||
'''''Death and the Queen''''' was the third and final story in ''[[The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[James Goss]] and featured [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Catherine Tate]] as [[Donna Noble]]. | |||
It was added for free to the podcast ''[[Into the TARDIS]]'' as part of Big Finish's [[List of anniversaries|25th anniversary]] of creating ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio stories. It was released in two parts on [[28 March (releases)|28 March]] and [[6 April (releases)|6 April]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] and hosted by [[Sixth Doctor]] actor [[Colin Baker]]. It was the first story to be re-released onto the podcast. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Donna Noble]] has never been lucky in [[love]]. | [[Donna Noble]] has never been lucky in [[love]]. | ||
So when, one day, [[Rudolph | So when, one day, [[Rudolph of Goritania|her Prince]] does come, she is thrilled to have the [[wedding]] of all weddings to look forward to. Though [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] isn't holding his breath for an invitation. And [[Queen Mum|her future mother-in-law]] is certainly not amused. | ||
But on the big day itself, Donna finds her [[castle]] under siege from the darkest of forces, marching at the head of a skeleton army. | But on the big day itself, Donna finds her [[castle]] under siege from the darkest of forces, marching at the head of a skeleton army. | ||
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* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]] | * [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]] | ||
* [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]] | * [[Donna Noble]] - [[Catherine Tate]] | ||
* [[Rudolph | * [[Rudolph of Goritania|Rudolph]] - [[Blake Ritson]] | ||
* [[Queen Mum]] - [[Alice Krige]] | * [[Queen Mum]] - [[Alice Krige]] | ||
* [[Hortense]] - [[Beth Chalmers]] | * [[Hortense]] - [[Beth Chalmers]] | ||
* [[Death (Death and the Queen)|Death]] - [[Alan Cox]] | * [[Death (Death and the Queen)|Death]] - [[Alan Cox]] | ||
== | === Uncredited === | ||
''to be | * Maids - Beth Chalmers<ref name="BFX">[[BFX]]: ''[[The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One]]''</ref> | ||
* Cloud/Skeleton - Alan Cox<ref name="BFX" /><ref>Is to be played by the same actor as Death and Cloud, according to the script.</ref> | |||
== Crew == | |||
* Cover Art - [[Tom Webster]] | |||
* Director - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Executive Producers - Nicholas Briggs and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Music and Sound Design - [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |||
* Producer - [[David Richardson]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Matt Fitton]] | |||
* Writer - [[James Goss]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Locations === | |||
* The Kingdom of [[Goritania]] has not gone to war for around five centuries. | |||
* [[Goritania]] changes from a monarchy to a republic and was renamed as "The People's Republic of Goritania" six months after the events of this story. | |||
* The Doctor and Donna were originally going to Blackpool but landed in the French Riviera instead where Donna met Rudolph. | |||
=== Sonic Screwdriver === | |||
* [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] has a setting for horseshoes. | |||
=== The TARDIS === | |||
* The Doctor wonders why [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s [[translation circuits]] aren't translating the motto of the kingdom. | |||
=== TV and film === | |||
* Donna refers to Death as "[[Skeletor]]". | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This story was originally released on CD and download. In [[2019 (releases)|2019]], this story was [[Big Finish vinyl releases|re-released on vinyl]] in a limited run of 1250 copies. | ||
* This story was released dubbed in German, as ''Der Tod und die Königin''. | |||
* The Doctor compares Goritania to Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village from the {{w|Brigadoon|musical of the same name}} which appears for one day every 100 years. | |||
* This story was recorded on [[22 October (production)|22 October]] [[2015 (production)|2015]] at [[The Moat Studios]]. | |||
* When the Doctor said, "I love the smell of regime change in the morning", it was a reference to the line, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" from the 1979 film {{wi|Apocalypse Now}}. | |||
* This story was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] on [[3 September (releases)|3 September]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bq6z</ref> It was later edited into two parts which were first broadcast on [[10 November (releases)|10]] and [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s4p6</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sdp2</ref> The first part ends after the Doctor admits he has lied to Donna. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* | * Donna refers to her skill at [[shorthand]]. She listed it as one of the skills of a [[temp]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)}}. | ||
* | * Donna notes that she has a history of choosing bad men to marry. Her previous [[fiancé]] was [[Lance Bennett]], who, like in this story, planned to sacrifice her in order to resurrect the [[Racnoss]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}. | ||
* The Doctor states that the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is able to [[Translation circuit|translate]] all languages, as was stated on numerous other occasions such as [[TV]]: {{cs|The End of the World (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, and {{cs|Cold War (TV story)}}. However, it sometimes fails due to the age of the language, as was also seen in ''The Christmas Invasion'' and [[TV]]: {{cs|The Impossible Planet (TV story)}}. | |||
* The Doctor refers to the fact that his companions leave the TARDIS to save another [[universe]]. Examples include [[Romana II]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors' Gate (TV story)}} and [[Rose Tyler]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}. They also leave after they fall in love, as happened with [[Vicki Pallister]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Myth Makers (TV story)}}, [[Jo Grant]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Green Death (TV story)}}, [[Leela]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}, [[Thomas Brewster]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Perfect World (audio story)}}, and [[Evelyn Smythe]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Thicker Than Water (audio story)}}. | |||
* The Doctor says that he once had [[K9|a robot dog]] who left him twice. [[K9 Mark I]] left with Leela in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}, while K9 Mark II left with Romana in [[TV]]: {{cs|Warriors' Gate (TV story)}}. | |||
* The Doctor notes that he was present at Donna's previous [[wedding]], which is not strictly true, but he was certainly involved in the events surrounding her wedding in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}; and that he'll probably be present at her next. Indeed he was, though Donna no longer remembered him, as depicted in [[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)|part=Two}}. | |||
* Donna refers to Death as "[[Skeletor]]". She also referred to both a [[Sycorax]] in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}} and [[Meng Tian]] in [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Immortal Emperor (comic story)}} as such. | |||
* The Doctor once again says, "My kingdom for a horse", as the [[Sixth Doctor]] did in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Hollows of Time (audio story)}}. | |||
== Cover gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
Death and the Queen.jpg|Original CD cover | |||
Death and the Queen (audio story) textless.jpg|Textless cover | |||
Death and the Queen vinyl cover.jpg|Vinyl cover | |||
Death and the Queen (audio story) vinyl textless.jpg|Textless vinyl cover | |||
Death and the Queen German.jpg|''[[Doctor Who auf Deutsch]]'' cover titled ''Der Tod und die Königin'' | |||
Death and the Queen vinyl packshot.jpg|Vinyl packshot | |||
</gallery> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{bigfinish|releases/v/doctor-who-der-tod-und-die-koenigin-1906|Doctor Who auf Deutsch: Der Tod und die Königin}} | |||
{{serialbox|episodes/10-doctor-adventures-ep3}} | |||
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