Arranged marriage

An arranged marriage was when the decision for a bride and groom to wed was not made by the participants, but someone else.

Ping-Cho travelled with Marco Polo to meet her seventy-five-year old groom in an arranged marriage. The groom-to-be died from drinking an elixir of quicksilver and sulphur before Ping-Cho could meet him. (TV: Marco Polo)

Shortly after becoming king of Peladon, Pelleas was betrothed to Princess Pandora of Earth in an arranged marriage. This was intended to give Peladon a secure footing in the Galactic Federation along with granting Earth a discount on trisilicate imports. (AUDIO: The Bride of Peladon)

Juliette Vierge was chosen to ceremonially marry the Eighth Doctor, thus symbolically tying him to the Earth. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)