Assassin in the Limelight (audio story): Difference between revisions

* The Doctor and Evelyn previously encountered Knox in [[Edinburgh]] in [[December]] [[1828]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Medicinal Purposes (audio story)}}, and the [[Indo]] in [[Brighton]] in [[1936]] in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Pier Pressure (audio story)}}.

* On this occasion, the Doctor ensures that Lincoln is assassinated in accordance with recorded history. During his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], he had prevented Lincoln from being prematurely assassinated by [[Aaron Eddowes]] in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] on [[9 April]] [[1865]], as depicted in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}. Conversely, in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Minuet in Hell (audio story)}}, the [[Eighth Doctor]] would tell his companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] that he once attempted to convince Lincoln not to go to the theatre.

* The Doctor mentions that he witnessed the [[Charge of the Light Brigade]] during the [[Crimean War]] in [[October]] [[1854]]. He previously related this to [[Jamie McCrimmon]] during his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}}, describing the Charge as a "magnificent folly".

* Knox has been [[impersonation|impersonating]] the [[Ireland|Irish]] author and playwright [[Oscar Wilde]]. Having previously met Wilde, the Doctor was later able to procure tickets for [[Henry Gordon Jago]], [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]], [[Leela]] and [[Ellie Higson]] to attend the premiere of his play ''A Woman of No Importance'' in the [[Haymarket Theatre]] in [[London]] in the [[1890s]]. At the time, the Doctor, still in his sixth incarnation, was operating under the pseudonym "Professor Claudius Dark." This took place in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Beautiful Things (audio story)}}.