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Peter Capaldi

A further anachronism

May 14, 2022

anniversaries, battles, television reviews

Alexandre Dumas, Cardinal Richelieu, Charles I, childbirth, English Civil War, Exeter, exile, France, Henrietta Maria, Louis XIII, Peter Capaldi, The Three Musketeers

Many of you will have watched the 2014-16 BBC production of The Musketeers, the first series of which starred Peter Capaldi as Cardinal Richelieu. The third series was based on Dumas’ lesser-known sequels, in which Henrietta Maria, separated from her husband Charles I for her own safety and by mutual consent, is permanently residing with…
THE DOCTOR AT BOSWORTH?

Mar 4, 2017

Alternative History

Doctor Who, Elizabeth I, Frances de la Tour, humour, John, Peter Capaldi, Richard I, Richard III, television programmes

Recently the fannish world was shocked by the announcement that Peter Capaldi would be leaving the role of Doctor Who. Several of us sagely nodded and said that, along with a new Doctor, why not produce an episode which features Richard III, since he has been the ‘king in the news’ these past few years…