The Hollow Crown (audio story)

 was the second and final story in the audio anthology The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Five, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Sarah Grochala and featured David Bradley as the First Doctor, Claudia Grant as Susan Foreman, Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton and Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright.

Publisher's summary
When the TARDIS lands in Shoreditch, 1601, the Doctor suggests going to see a play at the Globe Theatre and his friends readily agree.

But this is a turbulent time. There is violence in the street, plots against the Queen, and rebellion is in the air. At the centre of it all stands the most famous playwright in British history - William Shakespeare - who is having troubles of his own.

As tensions mount and wheels turn within wheels, the travellers are about to discover if the play really is the thing...

The Winter of Discontent (1)
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The Play's the Thing (2)
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The Drums of War (3)
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The Hollow Crown (4)
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Cast

 * The Doctor - David Bradley
 * Susan - Claudia Grant
 * Ian Chesterton - Jamie Glover
 * Barbara Wright - Jemma Powell
 * William Shakespeare - Nicholas Asbury
 * Judith Shakespeare - Lauren Cornelius
 * Elizabeth I - Wendy Craig
 * Lady Penelope Rich / Hawker - Liane-Rose Bunce
 * Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex / Lord Cecil - Ian Conningham

Worldbuilding
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Continuity

 * Both William Shakespeare and Elizabeth I recall meeting the Doctor before, but both conclude that the First Doctor is clearly a different person. (TV: The Shakespeare Code, The Day of the Doctor)
 * Susan and Barbara recall their failure to change history when encountering the Romanovs in Ekaterinburg (AUDIO: Last of the Romanovs) and the Aztecs. (TV: The Aztecs)
 * The Doctor is arrested by guards at the Tower of London on standing order of Elizabeth I. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)
 * This isn't the first account in which Judith Shakespeare pretends to be a boy. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)
 * In a parallel universe, an alternate version of Susan and the Doctor also met Elizabeth I. (AUDIO: Auld Mortality)
 * Susan has previously expressed frustration at being treated like a child. (AUDIO: Tick-Tock World)