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The King's Demons: Part One
Broadcast: Friday 13th July 2001
12:30am-1:00am CEST (22:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Anthony Ainley, Anthony Ainley, Gerald Flood, Christopher Villiers, Frank Windsor

The TARDIS appears at a medieval joust between Frenchman Sir Gilles and Hugh Fitzwilliam. But King John seems more curious than alarmed, as is Sir Gilles...


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWiDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 6th July 2001:
BBC Prime http://www.bbcprime.com/
Late Fri 1AM*, Sat 3:30PM, Sun 11:30AM CET Enlightenment ep 4 of 4
*Not seen in all regions. Turlough wins Enlightenment. But what will he do with it? Final appearance by the frauds claiming to be the White & Black Guardians.
Late Thu 12:30AM CET The King's Demons ep 1 of 2
The 5th Doctor and company arrive in the English countryside in 1215, where King John greets them as friendly Demons. But isn't King John supposed to be in London signing the Magna Carta right about now. Sure, the document was actually revised many times in the ten years that followed, so the document British schoolkids study is *not* the one that King John signed. But if he's off at some castle dozens of miles away, how does he sign the document at all?