The Doctor's Tale (audio story)

 was the second story of the first season of The Early Adventures.

Publisher's summary
England, 1400. Winter. Blood in the snow. Henry IV has usurped the throne, and deposed King Richard II languishes in Pomfret Castle.

Meanwhile the Doctor and his companions preside over New Year revels at Sonning Palace.

But Sonning is a prison, treachery is in the air and murderous Archbishop Thomas Arundel will stop at nothing to crush the rebellion.

As the Doctor and Barbara take the road to Canterbury, Vicki finds a royal friend and Ian is dragged into a dark web of conspiracy at whose heart sits that teller of tales, Geoffrey Chaucer.

Plot
to be added

Cast

 * Ian Chesterton/The Doctor - William Russell
 * Vicki/Barbara Wright/Narrator - Maureen O'Brien
 * Geoffrey Chaucer/The Bishop/Jud Hacker - Gareth Armstrong
 * Sir Robert de Wensley/King Henry IV/Adam - Joseph Kloska
 * Isabella - Alice Haig
 * Thomas Arundel/Abbot William - John Banks

Continuity

 * Vicki refers to the Crusades. (TV: The Crusade)
 * Ian introduces himself to Sir Robert as "Sir Ian of Jaffa," a title bestowed on him by Richard the Lionheart in Palestine in 1190. (TV: The Crusade)
 * The Doctor refers to Ian's pursuit of Sir Francis Drake in Cadiz in 1587. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz)
 * Vicki tells Queen Isabella that she does not have a family anymore. (TV: The Rescue)
 * The Doctor and Vicki would later visit another monastery in Northumbria in 1066 in the company of Steven Taylor. (TV: The Time Meddler)