PEPIN: Thank God that that's all over. Which is me, isn't it? Thank me.

SCRIBE: Well done, your omnipotence. That was word perfect.

PEPIN: Except for that bit with the coin. Damn it, I should have been better prepared...

FROBISHER: Do you mean that was all a ceremony?

DOCTOR: Of course.

SCRIBE: The ritual of the coronation is always followed by the ritual of the assassination attempt. Has been since time immemorial.