Story #22 "The Massacre"

Season

3

Writer

John Lucarotti & Donald Tosh

Book/CD

 X

Episodes

4

Director

Paddy Russell

Vid

Story code

W

Producer

John Wiles

DVD

Episode Details

Episode

DR MM:SS

TX dd/mm/yy

RPT TX dd/mm/yy

In BBC Archive

1

22:55

13/11/1965

N

2

24:25

20/11/1965

N

4

24:42

04/12/1965

N

Cast Details

Regular Cast

William Hartnell (First Doctor) , Peter Perves (Steven Taylor)

Guest Cast


Jackie Lane (Dodo Chaplet) / Eric Thompson (Gaston) / David Weston (Nicholas) / John Tillinger (Simon) / Edwin Finn (Landlord) / Christopher Tranchell (Roger) / Erik Chitty (Preslin) / Annette Robertson (Anne) / Clive Cazes (Captain of the Guard) / Reginald Jessup (Servant) / André Morell (Marshal Tavannes) / Leonard Sachs (Admiral de Coligny) / Cynthia Etherington (Old Woman) / Joan Young (Catherine de Medici) / Barry Justice (Charles IX) / Michael Bilton (Teligny) / Norman Claridge (Priest) / Will Stampe (1st Man) / Ernest Smith (2nd Man) / John Slavid (Officer) / Jack Tarran (1st Guard) / Leslie Bates (2nd Guard)

Synopsis

Paris 1572: the Catholic Queen Mother Catherine de Medici is planning to kill all the Protestants in France. The TARDIS crew rescue a servant girl, Anne, who has overheard the plot being hatched. Together, they try to warn the Protestants, but their warnings fall on deaf ears...

1. This story is listed in some programme guides as simply, The Massacre.
2. Some original production documents state the name of the serial as The Massacre of St Barthlomew's Eve, although this is historically a misnomer, as the actual massacre took place on St Bartholomew's Day. Some have noted that as the original French name for the event (Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) lacks a day, the title actually refers to the lead up to the massacre itself — that is, the Eve of the Massacre of St Bartholomew.
3. William Hartnell is credited as Dr. Who for War of God and Bell of Doom, and as Abbot of Amboise for The Sea Beggar and Priest of Death. He also appears as the Abbot towards the end of Priest of Death, but is credited only as Dr. Who. Radio Times credits 'William Hartnell as Dr. Who' for all four episodes, but omits the character from its actual cast lists for The Sea Beggar and Priest of Death.
4. The last episode of this serial introduces Dodo Chaplet, played by Jackie Lane. The BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel Salvation gives a more detailed though somewhat contradictory account of events which led Dodo to enter the TARDIS, thinking it was an actual police box.
   
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