Episode 1: War of God
Episode 2: The Sea Beggar
Episode 3: Priest of Death
Episode 4: Bell of Doom
THE STORY
The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, left to his own devices, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Steven and his companions rescue a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, and learn of a plan by the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici, to have all the French Protestants massacred.
Steven is also shocked to discover that a hated Catholic dignitary, the Abbot of Amboise, is actually the Doctor in disguise. The Abbot is held responsible for the failure of a plot to kill de Coligny and is executed by the Catholic authorities. To Steven's relief, it transpires that the Abbot was not the Doctor after all, but merely his physical double. The two time travellers escape to the TARDIS just as the massacre begins. The ship then lands on Wimbledon Common in 1966 and the Doctor and Steven gain a new companion, Dorothea 'Dodo' Chaplet.
CAST:
Dr Who (William Hartnell), Steven (Peter Purves), Gaston (Eric Thompson), Nicholas (David Weston), Simon (John Tillinger), Landlord (Edwin Finn), Roger (Christopher Tranchell), Preslin (Erik Chitty), Anne (Annette Robertson), Captain of the Guard (Clive Cazes), Servant (Reginald Jessup), Abbot of Amboise (William Hartnell), Marshal Tavannes (Andre Morell), Admiral de Coligny (Leonard Sachs), Old Lady/Old Woman (Cynthia Etherington), Catherine de Medici (Joan Young), Charles IX (Barry Justice), Teligny (Michael Bilton), Priest (Norman Claridge), 1st Man (Will Stampe), 2nd Man (Ernest Smith), Officer (John Slavid), 1st Guard (Jack Tarran), 2nd Guard (Leslie Bates), Dodo (Jackie Lane).
FACTS:
William Hartnell appears only in pre-filmed insets in the second episode as he was on holiday during the week it was recorded.
Anne's surname is not as commonly stated, Chaplette, but Chaplet - the same as Dodo's.
OTHER FORMATS:
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