Big Finish Doctor Who/Recap/014 The Holy Terror

The Doctor and companion Frobisher travel to a mysterious castle on an unknown world, in an unknown time period. The castle is in uproar as the god-king has just died, and his son is set to take the throne. His deformed, evil bastard brother secretly plots to seize the throne for himself, plotting with the High Priest of their religion to do so. Nobody is actually surprised about any of it, this is how it happens every time...

The Holy Terror provides examples of:
"High Priest: Now, your Majesty. It it by any chance........ THE THREE OF CLUBS?!!"
 * A God Am I: Played with, Frobisher is worshiped as being some sort of an angelic being (All hail the big talking bird!). He is not comfortable with it at all. Also, the King is traditionally worshiped as a living God. This leads to problems, since each King invariably commits the ultimate blasphemy by dying.
 * Bastard Bastard: Childeric.
 * Corrupt Church: And how! The High Priesthood has a long history of betraying the true monarch to the evil brother going back to time immemorial.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: The first 100 minutes.
 * Downer Ending: The last 20...
 * Enfante Terrible / Reality Warper: Childeric is trying to groom one. It works... FAR too well.
 * Generation Xerox: Invoked. Every generation has the abusive royal parents, a milquetoast heir, a Bastard Bastard who conspires with the High Priest to overthrow the heir, etc. It's the key to the truth about the place.
 * Journey to the Center of the Mind:
 * Mind Rape:
 * The Grotesque: Childeric, Pepin's evil brother who plots to overthrow him.
 * Mood Whiplash: One of the most ridiculous examples. The serial switches from a hilarious parody of stereotypical Shakespearean tragedy and suddenly becomes a
 * The Thermidor: God-King, bastard brother, corrupt High Priest. Lather, rinse, repeat.
 * Wham! Line: Are you my father?
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Each God-King has to perform a miracle during their coronation. By the time the Doctor arrives, it's been pared down to a (rigged) card trick.


 * Your Head Asplode: The Enfante Terrible's rampage during the climax, complete with incredibly disturbing tearing sound.