The Lady of Mercia (audio story)

Revision as of 20:30, 3 September 2020

The Lady of Mercia

Key crew

Publisher:

Big Finish Productions

Writer:

Paul Magrs

Director:

Ken Bentley

Producer:

David Richardson

Music:

Steve Foxon

Sound:

Steve Foxon

Cover by:

Anthony Lamb

Release details

Release number:

173

Release date:

8 May 2013

Format:

4 Episodes on 2 CDs; Download

Production code:

6H/K

ISBN:

ISBN 978-1-78178-073-2

Official trailer

Music suite

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The Lady of Mercia was the one hundred and seventy-third story in Big Finish's monthly range. It was written by Paul Magrs and featured Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka and Mark Strickson as Turlough.

This story was set in 1983, making it contemporaneous with the TV stories of this era.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa to the University of Frodsham, close to where the warrior queen Æthelfrid fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in 1983, battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts... and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor John Bleak.

Meanwhile, over in the Physics Department, Dr Philippa Stone is working night and day on a top-secret project — but can her theoretical time machine really be the solution to the university's problems?

Present and past are about to collide — and the results, as the TARDIS crew is about to discover, will be far from academic!

Plot

Part one

to be added

Part two

to be added

Part three

to be added

Part four

to be added

Cast

References

to be added

Notes

This story was recorded on 7 and 8 January 2013 at The Moat Studios.
This story was originally released on CD and download.

Continuity

Turlough refers to Dr Sa Yy Findecker. (AUDIO: The Butcher of Brisbane)
Turlough tells Barry that he went to Brendon Public School, not Eton. (TV: Mawdryn Undead)

External links

Official The Lady of Mercia page at bigfinish.com

Big Finish Main Range

Fifth Doctor

	Adric, Nyssa, Tegan	The Star Men • The Contingency Club • Zaltys • Kingdom of Lies • Ghost Walk • Serpent in the Silver Mask

	Nyssa	The Land of the Dead • Winter for the Adept • The Mutant Phase • Primeval • Spare Parts • Creatures of Beauty • The Game • Circular Time (Spring • Summer • Autumn • Winter) • Renaissance of the Daleks • Return to the Web Planet • Castle of Fear • The Eternal Summer • Plague of the Daleks • The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories • (The Demons of Red Lodge • The Entropy Composition • Doing Time • Special Features) • 1001 Nights (1001 Nights, My Brother's Keeper, The Interplanetarian, Smuggling Tales) • 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men • Alien Heart • Dalek Soul

	Nyssa, Brewster	The Haunting of Thomas Brewster • The Boy That Time Forgot • Time Reef • A Perfect World

	Nyssa, Hannah	Moonflesh • Tomb Ship • Masquerade

	Nyssa, Tegan	The Waters of Amsterdam • Aquitaine • The Peterloo Massacre

	Nyssa, Tegan, Marc	Tartarus • Interstitial • Feast of Fear • Warzone • Conversion • Madquake

	Nyssa, Tegan, Turlough	Cobwebs • The Whispering Forest • The Cradle of the Snake • Heroes of Sontar • Kiss of Death • Rat Trap • The Emerald Tiger • The Jupiter Conjunction • The Butcher of Brisbane • Eldrad Must Die! • The Lady of Mercia • Prisoners of Fate • Mistfall • Equilibrium • The Entropy Plague

	Tegan, Turlough, Kamelion	Devil in the Mist • Black Thursday • Power Game • The Kamelion Empire

	Tegan, Leela	Time in Office

	Turlough	Phantasmagoria • Loups-Garoux • Singularity • The Memory Bank and Other Stories (The Memory Bank • The Last Fairy Tale • Repeat Offender • The Becoming) • The Blazing Hour • The End of the Beginning

	Peri	Red Dawn • Exotron • Urban Myths • Mission of the Viyrans

	Peri, Erimem	The Eye of the Scorpion • The Church and the Crown • Nekromanteia • The Axis of Insanity • The Roof of the World • Three's a Crowd • The Council of Nicaea • The Kingmaker • Son of the Dragon • The Mind's Eye • The Bride of Peladon

	Amy	The Judgement of Isskar • The Destroyer of Delights • The Chaos Pool

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Omega • The Gathering • The Four Doctors • The Burning Prince • The Secret History • And You Will Obey Me • The Helliax Rift • Time Apart (Ghost Station • The Bridge Master • What Lurks Down Under • The Dancing Plague) • Thin Time • Shadow of the Daleks 1 (Aimed at the Body • Lightspeed • The Bookshop at the End of the World • Interlude) • Shadow of the Daleks 2 (Echo Chamber • Towards Zero • Castle Hydra • Effect and Cause)

Sixth Doctor

	Peri	Whispers of Terror • ...ish • Cryptobiosis • The Reaping • Year of the Pig • Recorded Time and Other Stories (Recorded Time • A Most Excellent Match • Question Marks • Paradoxicide) • 1963: The Space Race • Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories (Breaking Bubbles • Of Chaos Time The • An Eye For Murder • The Curious Incident of the Doctor in the Night-Time) • The Widow's Assassin • Masters of Earth • The Rani Elite • Memories of a Tyrant • Emissary of the Daleks • Harry Houdini's War • Plight of the Pimpernel

	Evelyn	The Marian Conspiracy • The Spectre of Lanyon Moor • The Apocalypse Element • Bloodtide • Project: Twilight • The Sandman • Jubilee • Doctor Who and the Pirates • Project: Lazarus • Arrangements for War • Medicinal Purposes • Pier Pressure • The Nowhere Place • 100 (100 BC • My Own Private Wolfgang • Bedtime Story • The 100 Days of the Doctor) • Assassin in the Limelight

	Evelyn, Brewster	The Crimes of Thomas Brewster • The Feast of Axos • Industrial Evolution

	Frobisher	The Holy Terror • The Maltese Penguin

	Charley	The Condemned • The Doomwood Curse • Brotherhood of the Daleks • Return of the Krotons • The Raincloud Man • Patient Zero • Paper Cuts • Blue Forgotten Planet

	"Jamie"	City of Spires • The Wreck of the Titan • Legend of the Cybermen

	Flip	The Curse of Davros • The Fourth Wall • Wirrn Isle • Antidote to Oblivion • The Brood of Erys • Scavenger • Vortex Ice • Cortex Fire

	Constance	Criss-Cross • Planet of the Rani • Shield of the Jötunn • Order of the Daleks • Absolute Power • Colony of Fear • The End of the Beginning

	Constance, Flip	Quicksilver • The Behemoth • The Middle • Static • Cry of the Vultriss • Scorched Earth • The Lovecraft Invasion

	Mel	The One Doctor • The Juggernauts • Catch-1782 • Thicker Than Water • The Wishing Beast • The Vanity Box • The Wrong Doctors • Spaceport Fear • The Seeds of War

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Davros • The Wormery • Her Final Flight • I.D. • Urgent Calls • The Four Doctors • The Acheron Pulse • Trial of the Valeyard • Last of the Cybermen • Vampire of the Mind • The Lure of the Nomad • Iron Bright • Hour of the Cybermen • The Hunting Ground

Seventh Doctor

	Mel	The Fires of Vulcan • Bang-Bang-a-Boom! • Flip-Flop • Unregenerate! • Red • We Are The Daleks • The Warehouse • Terror of the Sontarans

	Ace	The Fearmonger • The Genocide Machine • Dust Breeding • Colditz • The Rapture • 1963: The Assassination Games • You Are the Doctor and Other Stories (You Are the Doctor • Come Die With Me • The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel • Dead to the World) • The Grey Man of the Mountain

	Ace, Hex	The Harvest • Dreamtime • LIVE 34 • Night Thoughts • The Settling • No Man's Land • Nocturne • The Dark Husband • Forty-Five (False Gods • Order of Simplicity • Casualties of War • The Word Lord) • The Magic Mousetrap • Enemy of the Daleks • The Angel of Scutari • Project: Destiny • A Death in the Family • Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge • Protect and Survive • Revenge of the Swarm • Mask of Tragedy • Shadow Planet • World Apart • Muse of Fire • The Flying Dutchman • Displaced

	Ace, Benny	The Shadow of the Scourge • The Dark Flame

	Sally	House of Blue Fire

	Ace, Hex, Lysandra, Sally	Black and White • Gods and Monsters

	Ace, Hex, Sally	Afterlife • Signs and Wonders

	Ace, Mel	A Life of Crime • Fiesta of the Damned • Maker of Demons • The High Price of Parking • The Blood Furnace • The Silurian Candidate • Red Planets • The Dispossessed • The Quantum Possibility Engine

	Mags	The Monsters of Gokroth • The Moons of Vulpana • An Alien Werewolf in London

	Klein	A Thousand Tiny Wings • Klein's Story • Survival of the Fittest • The Architects of History • Warlock's Cross

	Klein, Will	Persuasion • Starlight Robbery • Daleks Among Us

	Jo	The Defectors

	Solo travels	The Sirens of Time • Project: Lazarus • Master • Return of the Daleks • Valhalla • Frozen Time • Death Collectors • Spider's Shadow • Kingdom of Silver • Keepsake • The Four Doctors • Robophobia • The Doomsday Quatrain • The Shadow Heart • The Two Masters • Dark Universe • The Psychic Circus • Subterfuge • The End of the Beginning

Eighth Doctor

	Mary Shelley	Mary's Story • The Silver Turk • The Witch from the Well • Army of Death

	Charley	Storm Warning • Sword of Orion • The Stones of Venice • Minuet in Hell • Invaders from Mars • The Chimes of Midnight • Seasons of Fear • Embrace the Darkness • The Time of the Daleks • Neverland • Zagreus • Scherzo • The Girl Who Never Was• The End of the Beginning

	Charley, C'rizz	The Creed of the Kromon • The Natural History of Fear • The Twilight Kingdom • Faith Stealer • The Last • Caerdroia • The Next Life • Terror Firma • Scaredy Cat • Other Lives • Time Works • Something Inside • Memory Lane • Absolution

	Solo & other travels	The Company of Friends (Benny's Story • Fitz's Story • Izzy's Story) • An Earthly Child • The Four Doctors

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-}}{{audio stub}}'''''The Lady of Mercia''''' was the one hundred and seventy-third story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Magrs]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Sarah Sutton]] as [[Nyssa]], [[Janet Fielding]] as [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Mark Strickson]] as [[Turlough]].
+'''''The Lady of Mercia''''' was the one hundred and seventy-third story in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Paul Magrs]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Sarah Sutton]] as [[Nyssa]], [[Janet Fielding]] as [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Mark Strickson]] as [[Turlough]].
 This story was set in [[1983]], making it contemporaneous with the TV stories of this era.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] brings [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] and [[Nyssa]] to the University of [[Frodsham]], close to where the warrior queen [[Æthelfrid]] fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in [[1983]], battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts... and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor [[John Bleak]].
+[[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] brings [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]], [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]] and [[Nyssa]] to the [[University of Frodsham]], close to where the warrior queen [[Æthelfrid]] fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in [[1983]], battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts... and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor [[John Bleak]].
 Meanwhile, over in the [[Physics]] Department, Dr [[Philippa Stone]] is working night and day on a top-secret project — but can her theoretical time machine really be the solution to the university's problems?
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 * [[Ælfwynn|Princess Ælfwynn]]/[[Molly Wright]] - [[Catherine Grose]]
 * [[Arthur Kettleson]]/[[Barry (The Lady of Mercia)|Barry]] - [[Kieran Bew]]
-* [[Earl of Wessex]]/[[Fester|Professor Fester]]  - [[Stephen Critchlow]]
+* [[Earl of Wessex]]/[[Fester|Professor Fester]] - [[Stephen Critchlow]]
 == References ==
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 == Notes ==
 * This story was recorded on [[7 January (production)|7]] and [[8 January (production)|8 January]] [[2013 (production)|2013]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
+* This story was originally released on CD and download.
 == Continuity ==
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 == External links ==
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+{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-lady-of-mercia-711}}
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+[[Category:Audio stories that use the Peter Howell theme]]
-[[Category:Audio stories that use the Peter Howell Doctor Who theme]]
+[[Category:Fifth Doctor Main Range audio stories]]
-[[Category:Nyssa audio stories]]
+[[Category:2013 Main Range audio stories]]
-[[Category:Tegan Jovanka audio stories]]

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Contents

Publisher's summary

Plot

Part one

Part two

Part three

Part four

Cast

References

Notes

Continuity

External links