TEXT: THE KING'S DEMONS BY: TERENCE DUDLEY Part One First Air Date: 15 March 1983 Running time: 24:48 [SCENE_BREAK] JOHN: Enough! JOHN: This is a poor welcome, my lord. RANULF: But sire JOHN: Hear us. We have come to ask but a pittance. Three marks per knight's fee. You obstruct the Crusade, my lord, with your parsimony. RANULF: But your Majesty already has my whole fortune willingly given but six month's since. There is no more. My coffers are empty. JOHN: Your words are more generous than your purse, Lord Ranulf. If you speak truth, if we have your whole fortune, you insult us. GILLES: You insult the King. RANULF: Your Majesty, I GILLES: You insult the King. GILLES: Are you so craven? HUGH: My father is of ill-health, Sir Gilles. ISABELLA: Hugh! HUGH: I pick up your gage. RANULF: I beg your Majesty. Take my lands, my goods, my chattels, even the robes I stand in, but spare me my surviving son. HUGH: Father, do not dishonour me. RANULF: My son, your Majesty. JOHN: We shall see, my lord, if your fealty is as slender as your fortune. Your son shall meet our champion on the morrow. We shall retire and dream sweet dreams. We bid you goodnight. RANULF: Goodnight, sire. [SCENE_BREAK] SOLDIER: Make way for the King. JOHN: Ah, friends, friends, calm yourselves. There's no cause for alarm. [SCENE_BREAK] TURLOUGH: Planet Earth. DOCTOR: So it seems. TURLOUGH: You didn't set the coordinates for here by any chance? DOCTOR: No. TEGAN: When is it? DOCTOR: March the
SUMMARY:
The Doctor lands the Tardis in 1215 England at the Castle of Ranulf Fitzwilliam in the middle of a jousting tournament and the Doctor is immediately hailed as a demon by the king. The Doctor finds this very suspicious. SPOILER ALERT: If you are watching this episode for the first time, wait until it is over to view the main cast as that will give some of the plot away.