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The Lady of Mercia (Season 14, Episode 5)
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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...See moreThe 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. See less
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Ken Bentley (directed by)
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May 8, 2013 (United Kingdom)

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10 cast members
Name Known for
Peter Davison
The Doctor (voice) The Doctor (voice)   See fewer
Sarah Sutton
Nyssa (voice) Nyssa (voice)   See fewer
Janet Fielding
Tegan Jovanka (voice) Tegan Jovanka (voice)   See fewer
Mark Strickson
Vislor Turlough (voice) Vislor Turlough (voice)   See fewer
Rachel Atkins
Queen Æthelfrid / Dr. Angeline Duchamp (voice) Queen Æthelfrid / Dr. Angeline Duchamp (voice)   See fewer
Kieran Bew
Arthur Kettleson / Barry (voice) Arthur Kettleson / Barry (voice)   See fewer
Stephen Critchlow
Earl of Wessex / Professor Fester (voice) Earl of Wessex / Professor Fester (voice)   See fewer
Catherine Grose
Princess Ælfwynn / Molly Wright (voice) Princess Ælfwynn / Molly Wright (voice)   See fewer
Anthony Howell
Professor John Bleak (voice) Professor John Bleak (voice)   See fewer
Abigail Thaw
Dr. Philppa Stone (voice) Dr. Philppa Stone (voice)   See fewer
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