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|series=''[[Philip Hinchcliffe Presents (audio anthology)|Philip Hinchcliffe Presents]]''
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|series=''[[Philip Hinchcliffe Presents (audio series)|Philip Hinchcliffe Presents]]''
 
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|doctor=Fourth Doctor
 
|doctor=Fourth Doctor
 
|companions=[[Leela]]
 
|companions=[[Leela]]
 
|enemy=The [[Vituperon]]
 
|enemy=The [[Vituperon]]
|setting=[[Sissenden Village]], [[England]], [[1588]]
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|setting=[[Sissenden Village]] and [[London]], [[England]], [[1588]]
 
|writer=[[Philip Hinchcliffe]], adapted by [[Marc Platt]]
 
|writer=[[Philip Hinchcliffe]], adapted by [[Marc Platt]]
 
|director=[[Ken Bentley]]
 
|director=[[Ken Bentley]]
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|publisher=Big Finish Productions
 
|publisher=Big Finish Productions
 
|release date=[[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
 
|release date=[[5 September (releases)|5 September]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
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|anthology = ''[[Philip Hinchcliffe Presents (audio anthology)|Philip Hinchcliffe Presents]]'' Volume 1
 
|format=4 Parts, 2 CDs
 
|format=4 Parts, 2 CDs
 
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|prev=The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)
 
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|next = The Genesis Chamber (audio story)
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'''{{StoryTitle}}''' was the second story in ''[[Philip Hinchcliffe Presents (audio anthology)|Philip Hinchcliffe Presents]]''.
 
'''{{StoryTitle}}''' was the second story in ''[[Philip Hinchcliffe Presents (audio anthology)|Philip Hinchcliffe Presents]]''.
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[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in [[Sissenden Village]] in the sixteenth century. Catholic priests are hunted, so-called witches are drowned in the ducking stool, and in the shadows the [[Vituperon]] are watching... and waiting...
 
[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] lands in [[Sissenden Village]] in the sixteenth century. Catholic priests are hunted, so-called witches are drowned in the ducking stool, and in the shadows the [[Vituperon]] are watching... and waiting...
   
==Plot==
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== Plot ==
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* The Doctor suggests that he and Leela visit [[Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth I]].
 
* The Doctor suggests that he and Leela visit [[Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth I]].
 
* The Doctor warns [[D'Arcy|Father D'Arcy]] that the arrival of the [[Spanish Armada]] is imminent. It has already been launched from [[Calais]] and is massing in the [[English Channel]].
 
* The Doctor warns [[D'Arcy|Father D'Arcy]] that the arrival of the [[Spanish Armada]] is imminent. It has already been launched from [[Calais]] and is massing in the [[English Channel]].
* Sir [[Robert Harney]] is a senior admiral in the [[English Navy]].
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* Sir [[Robert Harney]] is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and a senior admiral in the [[Royal Navy]].
* [[Nick Harney]], the younger brother of [[Anne Harney]], is the suitor of [[Jane Mountville|Lady Jane Mountville]], one of the ladies of the Queen's bedchamber.
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* [[Nicholas Harney]], the younger brother of [[Anne Harney]], is the suitor of [[Jane Mountville|Lady Jane Mountville]], one of the ladies of the Queen's bedchamber.
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* [[Harney Hall]] has a [[priest hole]].
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* Father D'Arcy was trained in a [[seminary]] in the [[Low Countries]].
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* Nick Harney has lodgings in [[Shoe Lane]].
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* The Doctor describes [[Earth]] as his "home from home."
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* The Doctor refers to the English Channel as "a glorified shipping lane."
   
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded at [[Audio Sorcery Studios]].
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* This story was recorded at [[Audio Sorcery|Audio Sorcery Studios]].
   
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
 
* The Doctor refers to the [[Palace Theatre]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') and [[toff]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)|The Ghosts of Gralstead]]'').
 
* The Doctor refers to the [[Palace Theatre]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') and [[toff]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)|The Ghosts of Gralstead]]'').
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* Leela is still wearing [[Victorian era|Victorian]] clothing from their visit to London in [[1860]] and [[1861]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)|The Ghosts of Gralstead]]'')
 
* The Doctor tells Sir Robert Harney that he visited [[China|Cathay]] in [[1289]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') and [[Cadiz]] in [[1587]], where he witnessed Sir [[Francis Drake]]'s attack on the Spanish Armada ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)|The Flames of Cadiz]]'').
 
* The Doctor tells Sir Robert Harney that he visited [[China|Cathay]] in [[1289]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') and [[Cadiz]] in [[1587]], where he witnessed Sir [[Francis Drake]]'s attack on the Spanish Armada ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)|The Flames of Cadiz]]'').
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* William Redcliffe hoped to meet with Sir [[Francis Walsingham]] rather than [[Burghley|Lord Burghley]]. During his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]], the Doctor and [[Peri Brown]] would later meet Walsingham in London in [[1590]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Point of Entry (audio story)|Point of Entry]]'')
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* The Doctor, Leela, Nick and Anne visit Lady Jane Mountville in the [[Palace of Whitehall]]. During his [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]], the Doctor previously visited it in the company of [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] in [[November]] [[1688]], where they met [[James II|King James II of England]] shortly before he was overthrown in the [[Glorious Revolution]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glorious Revolution (audio story)|The Glorious Revolution]]'') During his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]], he, [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] visited a replica of the palace in the city of [[Lupara]] on [[Luparis]], which had been created by the Hexagora from their records of [[16th century]] [[London]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hexagora (audio story)|Hexagora]]'')
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* The Doctor is once again imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Summer (audio story)|Summer]]'', ''[[The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)|The Marian Conspiracy]]'')
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* The Doctor tells Leela that the TARDIS has survived a [[Volcano|volcanic eruption]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'') and a [[nuclear bomb|nuclear explosion]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'').
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* Leela asks the Doctor whether [[muffin]]s, which she previously ate in [[1889]] and 1861, are on sale in 1588. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)|The Ghosts of Gralstead]]'')
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* At some point prior to his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], the Doctor was playing [[bowls]] with Drake when he was called away to fight the Spanish Armada. He let Drake win so that he could join the fight. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'')
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* [[John Whiteside-Smith]], an ancestor of the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s companion [[Evelyn Smythe]], played a role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)|The Marian Conspiracy]]'')
   
 
== External links ==
 
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Revision as of 06:37, 2 April 2019

RealWorld

The Devil's Armada was the second story in Philip Hinchcliffe Presents.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS lands in Sissenden Village in the sixteenth century. Catholic priests are hunted, so-called witches are drowned in the ducking stool, and in the shadows the Vituperon are watching... and waiting...

Plot

Part one

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Part two

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Part three

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Part four

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Cast

References

Notes

Continuity

External links