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|image           = Death and the Queen.jpg
|image             = <gallery>
|series         = ''[[The Tenth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Tenth Doctor Adventures]]''
Death and the Queen.jpg|CD
|number         = 1.3
Death and the Queen vinyl cover.jpg|Vinyl </gallery>
|range           = The Tenth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
|series           = ''[[The Tenth Doctor Adventures (audio series)|The Tenth Doctor Adventures]]''
|series in range = The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One
|number           = 1.3
|range           = The Tenth Doctor Adventures (audio series)
|series in range = The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One
|number in series = 3
|number in series = 3
|doctor         = Tenth Doctor
|doctor           = Tenth Doctor
|companions     = [[Donna Noble]]
|companions       = [[Donna Noble]]
|enemy           = [[Mefistole]]s
|enemy           = [[Mefistole]]s
|setting         = [[Goritania]], the [[1780s]]
|setting         = [[Goritania]], the [[1780s]]
|writer         = [[James Goss]]
|writer           = James Goss
|director       = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|director         = [[Nicholas Briggs]]
|cover           = [[Tom Webster]]
|cover           = [[Tom Webster]]
|music           = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|music           = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound           = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|sound           = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|release date   = [[16 May (releases)|16 May]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|release date     = 16 May 2016
|format         = 1 Episode on 1 CD
|format           = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 3 stories
|production code = BFPDW10TH01C
|production code = BFPDW10TH01C
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-78575-230-8
|isbn             = ISBN 978-1-78575-230-8 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-235-3 (digital)
|next           = Infamy of the Zaross (audio story)
|next             = Infamy of the Zaross (audio story)
|prev           = Time Reaver (audio story)
|prev             = Time Reaver (audio story)
|bts             = David Tennant and Catherine Tate The Full Interview
|bts             = David Tennant and Catherine Tate The Full Interview
|producer = [[David Richardson]]}}{{audio stub}}
|producer         = [[David Richardson]]
'''''Death and the Queen''''' was the third and final story in the ''[[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]].
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'''''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 ==
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* 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>
* 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>


== References ==
== 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 ===
=== Locations ===
* The Kingdom of [[Goritania]] has not gone to war for around five centuries.
* The Kingdom of [[Goritania]] has not gone to war for around five centuries.
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=== The TARDIS ===
=== The TARDIS ===
* The Doctor wonders why [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]' [[translation circuits]] aren't translating the motto of the kingdom.
* The Doctor wonders why [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]'s [[translation circuits]] aren't translating the motto of the kingdom.


=== TV and film ===
=== TV and film ===
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* This story was recorded on [[22 October (production)|22 October]] [[2015 (production)|2015]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* 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}}.
* 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 ==
* 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 ===
== Cover gallery ==
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<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Death and the Queen.jpg|Original cover.
Death and the Queen.jpg|Original CD cover
Death and the Queen vinyl cover.jpg|Vinyl cover.
Death and the Queen (audio story) textless.jpg|Textless cover
Death and the Queen German.jpg|[[Doctor Who auf Deutsch]] 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>
</gallery>
== Continuity ==
* Donna refers to her skill at [[shorthand]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')
* Donna notes that she has a history of choosing bad men to marry. Her previous [[fiancé]] was [[Lance Bennett]], who planned to sacrifice her in order to resurrect the [[Racnoss]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* The Doctor states that the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] is able to [[Translation circuit|translate]] all languages ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') but that it sometimes failed to translate due to the age of the language. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'')
* Donna is once again part of a plan created between an alien being and her [[fiancé]], using her as a sacrifice. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')
* The Doctor refers to the fact that his companions leave the TARDIS to save another [[universe]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') or after they fall in love. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'', ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Perfect World (audio story)|A Perfect World]]'', ''[[Thicker Than Water (audio story)|Thicker Than Water]]'')
* The Doctor says that he once had [[K9|a robot dog]] who left him twice. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'')
* The Doctor notes that he was present at Donna's previous [[wedding]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') and that he'll probably be present at her next. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* Donna refers to Death as "[[Skeletor]]". She also referred to both a [[Sycorax]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Widow's Curse (comic story)|The Widow's Curse]]'') and [[Meng Tian]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Immortal Emperor (comic story)|The Immortal Emperor]]'') as such.
* The Doctor once again says, "My kingdom for a horse." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Hollows of Time (audio story)|The Hollows of Time]]'')


== External links ==
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