Thomas Phelippes is a spy and code breaker in the court of Elizabeth I. He plots the downfall of Mary Queen of Scots. As Phelippes struggles to decipher a code that could result in her death, the prospect of succeeding leaves him feeling cold and empty, but very powerful. The life of a queen rests in his hands.   Remember to subscribe, rate and review!  Join the conversation using #OutliersPod @hrp_palaces or @therustyquill  Discover the history behind Outliers - blog.hrp.org.uk  Transcript -  https://bit.ly/305yHcr Written by Jon Cooper Performed by David Oakes Produced by Adam Sibbald, Claudia Strange, and Alexander J Newall with April Sumner Script edited by Sarah Kilby  Directed by Alexander J Newall  Edited by Maddy Searle and Alexander J Newall Main theme arranged by Samuel D F Jones, adapted by Domini Hooper and Nick Hart from the original 17th century ballad ‘The Sea Martyrs’.  Additional Music by Samuel D F Jones  Artwork by Lyndon White Additional SFX from swiftoid, jmbphilmes, CUeckermann, InspectorJ, noctaro, Jickle, Trymyname1, beerbelly38, Natty23, smokenweewALT, tmashaba, michaelkoehler, barrigan, cmusounddesign, LamaMakesMusic, Lex777, waxsocks and previously credited artists via Freesound.org     For more information visit www.hrp.org.uk/learning www.RustyQuill.com/outliers   This podcast was created by Historic Royal Palaces, in association with Rusty Quill. It is distributed under a creative commons attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.