Erimem's first adventure onboard the TARDIS, and its the Three Musketeers meets Doctor Who! This was a really fun pure historical, it flew by honestly the pacing felt great. Nicola Bryant having the double role worked really well as she can finally use her normal accent. I really like Erimem really instantly, she's so likeable and has a lovely dynamic with Five and Peri. The story itself was engaging, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

normally i dont care much for companion duplicate stories but this one works pretty well tbh

I don't often get on with pure historicals but this one surely did the trick. Full of thrills and actions to keep you engaged and great cliffhangers, especially the first one. Solidly sells the TARDIS team of 5, Pei and Erimem.

A wonderful 5/5 story for me, a real treat that I highly recommend! A minor spoiler in the second paragraph.

I felt I learned a lot about the era. The dialogue felt natural, and I was able to follow what was going on perfectly well, both in terms of the clarity of the plot and the quality of the sound of the voices. I also enjoyed the characters' sniping at each other, and how many were not very likeable. There was definitely a sense of, "he was an idiot, but he was my idiot" that was right up my alley.

Everyone being captured and then escaping and the confusion about who needed to be rescued and all that felt very Classic Who (stares pointedly at The War Games), and the tone just really felt right. The whole thing just worked very well.

One minor thing is that there was a historical innacuracy - Villiers was never the prime minister! That role did not exist at that time! Also, the Château de Brou was not built by 1626 (when the audio took place), but at least a couple decades later. Furthermore, "Richelieu" was apparently being mispronounced - my dad made me put this in. I did not know any of this while I was listening and so did not care; even in hindsight, knowing all this now, it really does not affect my view of the story much, if it all.

Finally, just something I found funny - everyone had very English accents, but then talked about Buckingham sounding foreign for being English😂

A really solid historical that was fun all the way through, and that I highly recommend!