In the Year of the Cat (audio story)

Publisher's summary
PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)

4: THE MUNIFICENT ARMY OF PEKING

Era: human historical (later period).

Technology: Military (self-contained), non-time-active.

By the end of the fifth millennium AD, the homunculi created by the human species -- clones, cross-breeds, fighting-machines and artificial intelligences of all descriptions -- outnumbered humanity by more than thirteen to one: but even so, there were no creations like those of Peking. Heading a thousand-strong army of individually-crafted automata, the twelve commanders were self-aware embodiments of the oriental zodiac, forged to a strict astrological design and said to incorporate history itself in their operating program. After the fall of Peking, however, most were never accounted for...

Cast

 * Cousin Justine - Suzanne Proctor
 * Lord Sandwich - Michael Chance
 * The Sieur d'Eon - Jo Castleton
 * Cousin Eliza - Emma Kilbey
 * Mistress Culver - Jackie Skarvellis
 * King George III - Eric MacLennan
 * Queen Charlotte - Caroline Burns-Cook
 * The Earl of Bute - Mark Grieg
 * The Lady / Annabel - Linda Bartram

Continuity

 * Lolita claims that there are only two of her kind at the time of this story, meaning that this play takes place at the same time as the Eighth Doctor Adventures, with Compassion being the only other sentient TARDIS.
 * Shada is mentioned as the Time Lord prison planet. Shada previously appeared in DW: Shada
 * The Pig, one of the twelve commanders, is noted to have disappeared. This would be Mr Sin, spirited away to 1889 by Magnus Greel. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)

Timeline
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