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At Don Miguel's house, the Doctor, Susan and Barbara finally meets the man. He presents himself as one who used to work for the Church, until he got hold of some unwanted money; now he works for the crown as a provider of food and supply for the fleet. Hearing that, Barbara asks whether the fleet is landed at [[Cadiz]], while the Doctor has an idea. The next morning, as Ian and Esteban are led out of the prison to be put to trial and then executed in an [[auto-da-fe]] (a public trial and execution of multiple heretics) the Doctor and Susan disguises themselves as a [[Cardinal (religious title)|Cardinal]] and his monk servant and present themselves to King Philip II as messengers from [[Rome]], from the [[Pope]]. | At Don Miguel's house, the Doctor, Susan and Barbara finally meets the man. He presents himself as one who used to work for the Church, until he got hold of some unwanted money; now he works for the crown as a provider of food and supply for the fleet. Hearing that, Barbara asks whether the fleet is landed at [[Cadiz]], while the Doctor has an idea. The next morning, as Ian and Esteban are led out of the prison to be put to trial and then executed in an [[auto-da-fe]] (a public trial and execution of multiple heretics) the Doctor and Susan disguises themselves as a [[Cardinal (religious title)|Cardinal]] and his monk servant and present themselves to King Philip II as messengers from [[Rome]], from the [[Pope]]. | ||
The Doctor brings with himself a fake manuscript with the seal of the Pope, where he has only written Ian's name. He manages to talk to the king, avoiding his secretary, [[Idi Arguez]], and tells him Ian is working for him, and has important information about the English fleet, which would get lost if he's executed. The suspicions of the secretary, however, are not easily put to rest, and eventually the Doctor sends Susan back to Don Miguel's house to tell Barbara they need to create a diversion, | The Doctor brings with himself a fake manuscript with the seal of the Pope, where he has only written Ian's name. He manages to talk to the king, avoiding his secretary, [[Idi Arguez]], and tells him Ian is working for him, and has important information about the English fleet, which would get lost if he's executed. The suspicions of the secretary, however, are not easily put to rest, and eventually the Doctor sends Susan back to Don Miguel's house to tell Barbara they need to create a diversion, by making some of the [[Smoke bomb|smoke bombs]] (like they did in [[Peking]] [[Marco Polo (TV story)|in a similar situation]]). Susan returns to the house but, when confronted on her whereabout by Barbara (who knew nothing), Don Miguel (who only now realises they are Englishmen) and a friend of his, [[Lorenzo]] (an actor, the one playing Elisabeth I the day before), is so distraught she almost forgets. | ||
In the square, Ian and Esteban are put to trial, whipped and finally sentenced to be burnt alive at the [[Torquemada|Grand Inquisitor]]'s presence. Suddenly, the King arrives with the Doctor in tow, but, as the latter one starts demanding Ian's release, Father Richard also arrives and whispers something at the Inquisitor's ears. The Inquisitor then grabs the Doctor by the collar and tears open his robe, revealing his ruse. The Doctor tries to appeal to the people, but in vain: as Susan, Barbara and | In the square, Ian and Esteban are put to trial, whipped and finally sentenced to be burnt alive at the [[Torquemada|Grand Inquisitor]]'s presence. Suddenly, the King arrives with the Doctor in tow, but, as the latter one starts demanding Ian's release, Father Richard also arrives and whispers something at the Inquisitor's ears. The Inquisitor then grabs the Doctor by the collar and tears open his robe, revealing his ruse. The Doctor tries to appeal to the people, but in vain: as Susan, Barbara and Lorenzo arrive with the bombs, the Doctor too is now chained and about to be put to death. | ||
=== The Doleful Knight (3) === | === The Doleful Knight (3) === | ||
''to | The Doctor, Ian and Esteban are chained to the stakes with the other heretics, but when the fire is lit, Susan, Barbara and Lorenzo throw the bombs. In the following commotion, and taking advantage of the smoke, the two women and the actor release the Doctor, Ian and Esteban, allowing all of them to escape at Don Miguel's house. He is still uneasy about having Englishmen and "enemy to the King" as guests, but he is also sympathetic to their plight, so he lets them stay. As the Doctor recovers, Esteban confides to Ian and Barbara that he is a spy for England, and he is supposed to meet Sir [[Francis Drake]] to inform him about the location of the Spanish fleet. Barbara tells him that the fleet is landed in Cadiz, and Ian, excited at the prospect of meeting one of his childhood heroes, decides to go along with Esteban and meet Drake. | ||
When the Doctor learns about it, he gets enraged: now, he surmises, Ian and Esteban will prevent the Armada from ever leaving Spain, and that will change history forever. He writes a letter to the King's secretary, and he himself goes on to deliver it. In the meantime, Don Miguel presses the travellers to depart at once, but Barbara objects they have to wait for Ian, who's gone to Cadiz. Lorenzo then suggests that, since Don Miguel has to go to Cadiz for business (as a supplier to the fleet), they may go with him and catch on with Ian. The travellers accept, and they set on together with Don Miguel and Lorenzo's troupe, bringing the TARDIS with them. The Doctor in particular follows them riding a [[mule]] named Sancho, with whom he does not have a very good relationship. | |||
Three days later, Ian and Esteban reach the Spanish coast, and they stop while waiting for Drake's ship. When they saw it come, they signal the mariners of their positions by setting on fire some nearby [[Windmill|windmills]]. Don Miguel's caravan also happens to come by at that moment, and the Doctor urges his mule to ride towards the windmills - which he does, catching the eyes and imagination of Don Miguel. Esteban, however, is wounded by a soldier with a mosquet appearing from nowhere, and Ian is left as the only one capable to bring Drake the message about Cadiz. The schoolmaster gets to the boat sent by Drake and goes off before the Doctor can reach him, leaving the enraged Time Lord to accuse Barbara of having changed history. | |||
=== The Queen's Pirate (4) === | === The Queen's Pirate (4) === | ||
