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1966 Doctor Who episode
022 - The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Cast
Doctor
Production
Directed byPaddy Russell
Written byJohn Lucarotti
Donald Tosh
Script editorDonald Tosh
Gerry Davis
Produced byJohn Wiles
Executive producer(s)None
Production codeW
SeriesSeason 3
Running time4 episodes, 25 mins each
First broadcastFebruary 5 - February 26, 1966
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Daleks' Master Plan
Followed by →
The Ark

The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from February 5 to February 26, 1966. This serial marks the first appearance of Jackie Lane as companion Dodo Chaplet.

Synopsis

The TARDIS materializes in Paris in the year 1572 and the First Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a plan by the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici, to have all French Protestants massacred.

Plot

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First Doctor and Steven Taylor (William Hartnell, Peter Purves)

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Notes

  1. The episodes of this serial had individual titles. They were, respectively, "War of God", "The Sea Beggar", "Priest of Death" and "Bell of Doom".
  2. This is one of only three serials, along with Marco Polo and Mission to the Unknown, of which not a second of footage survives. However, an audio CD of the sound and dialogue track, with linking narration provided by Peter Purves, was released by the BBC Radio Collection in 1999.
  3. The last episode of this serial introduces Dodo Chaplet, played by Jackie Lane. The story suggests that Dodo might be a descendant of Anne Chaplet; however, it has often been pointed out that this would only be possible if Anne married someone who shared her surname.
  4. Guest star André Morell was one of the actors to play the BBC's other famous science-fiction hero, Professor Bernard Quatermass. He is the only one of them to appear on Doctor Who on television, although Scottish actor Andrew Keir, who portrayed Quatermass on film, also played a role in the film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD.
  5. The BBC Radio Collection CD release of the narrated soundtrack of this serial is titled simply The Massacre.
  6. The 1979 novelisation of this serial, entitled simply The Massacre, completely rewrites the plot of the serial. Some reference works mistakenly present the plot of the novelisation as that of the serial. See Doctor Who spin-offs.

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