Reign of Terror Box Set

Synopsis

The final William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton releases in this box set contain the following stories:

Reign of Terror:

The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 - one of the bloodiest years following the French revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up on the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling.

The Faceless Ones:

The TARDIS arrrives on Earth in 1966 - on a runway at Gatwick airport. Polly witnesses a murder in a nearby hangar and is then kidnapped by the perpetrator, Spencer of Chameleon Tours. Subequently Ben also vanishes. The Doctor and Jamie are left to try to convince the sceptical airport Commandant that there has been foul play. It transpires that a great many other young people have also vanished .....

Web of Fear:

The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a web-like substance in space. It then arrives in the London Underground railway system, the tunnels of which are being overrun by the web and by the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti. The time travellers learn that this crisis was precipitated when Professor Travers, whom they first met in the Himalayas some 40 years earlier, accidently caused one of the Yeti to be reactivated, opening the way for the Intelligence to make another invasion attempt.The travellers work alongside army forces as they battle against the alien menace.....