M038 - The Church and the Crown

The Doctor does Dumas. With Peri and Erimem, the Egyptian Queen, along for the ride, the Doctor finds the TARDIS arriving in the France of Musketeers and Cardinal Richelieu. Taking the historical accuracy of Dumas' novels to heart, the Cardinal and the King are no simple villain and weak-willed hero, and Queen Anne is brought front and centre in the politics and plot when it turns out she is a doppelgänger for Peri.

The drawback of the audio format is definitely highlighted in this story, where many of the characters are male and are usually distinguished by the colour of their uniforms, but the script pulls it off fairly well. As far as 5th Doctor stories go, this is a straightforward historical Doctor Who adventure.