Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the 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 heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.

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Key crew

• Paddy RussellDirector
• John LucarottiWriter
• Donald ToshWriter

Cast

• William HartnellThe Doctor / Abbot of Amboise
• Peter PurvesSteven Taylor
• David WestonNicholas Muss
• Eric ThompsonGaston, Viscount de Lerans
• Annette RobertsonAnne Chaplet
• John TillingerSimon Duvall
• Christopher TranchellRoger Colbert
• Erik ChittyCharles Preslin
• Edwin FinnLandlord
• Clive GazesCaptain of the Guard
• Reginald JessupServant
• Barry JusticeKing Charles IX of France

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