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Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)

Directed by Paddy Russell

Overview

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.

Length 100 minutes

Actors

William Hartnell | Peter Purves | David Weston | Eric Thompson | Annette Robertson | John Tillinger | Christopher Tranchell | Erik Chitty | Edwin Finn | Clive Gazes | Reginald Jessup | Barry Justice | Joan Young | Leonard Sachs | André Morell | Teligny | Cynthia Etherington | Norman Claridge | John Slavid | Will Stampe | Ernest Smith | Jack Tarran | Leslie Bates | Jackie Lane