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the reign of terror

story 8 : season 1 : serial H : 6 episodes

Producer: Verity Lambert
Director: Henric Hirsch
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Script Editor: David Whitaker
Designer: Roderick Lang

cast information

William Hartnell (Dr. Who); William Russell (Ian Chesterton); Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright); Carole Ann Ford (Susan); Keith Anderson (Robespierre); Tony Wall (Napoleon); Neville Smith (D'Argenson); Peter Walker (Small boy); Laidlaw Dalling (Rouvray); Robert Hunter (Sergeant); Ken Lawrence (Lieutenant); James Hall (Soldier); Howard Charlton (Judge); Jack Cunningham (Jailer); Jeffry Wickham (Webster); Dallas Cavell (Road Works Overseer); Denis Cleary (Peasant); James Cairncross (Lemaitre); Roy Herrick (Jean); Donald Morely (Jules Renan); John Barrard (Shopkeeper); Caroline Hunt (Danielle); Edward Brayshaw (L+on Colbert); Ronald Pickup (Physician); Terry Bale (Soldier); John Law (Paul Barrass); Patrick Marley (Soldier);

crew information

Michael Cager (Assistant Floor Manager); Mervyn Pinfield (Associate Producer); Daphne Dare (Costumes); Peter Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Caroline Shields (Film Editor); Stanley Myers (Incidental Music); Jill Summers (Make-Up); Sonia Markham (Make-Up); Timothy Combe (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Howard King (Studio Lighting); Chick Anthony (Studio Sound); Ray Angel (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 A Land of Fear 8 August 1964 at 17:15 24'24" 6.9mil 16mm telerecording
2 Guests of Madame Guillotine 15 August 1964 at 17:15 24'04" 6.9mil 16mm telerecording
3 A Change of Identity 22 August 1964 at 17:30 25'23" 6.9mil 16mm telerecording
4 The Tyrant of France 29 August 1964 at 17:15 24'46" 6.4mil does not exist
5 A Bargain of Necessity 5 September 1964 at 17:30 23'51" 6.9mil does not exist
6 Prisoners of Conciergerie 12 September 1964 at 17:30 25'04" 6.4mil 16mm telerecording
  1. A Land of Fear
    » Recovered from a television station in Cyprus c.1985
  2. Guests of Madame Guillotine
    » Recovered from a television station in Cyprus c.1985
  3. A Change of Identity
    » Recovered from a television station in Cyprus c.1985
  4. The Tyrant of France
    » Clips exist in the form of an 8mm home movie reel shot off a television set
  5. A Bargain of Necessity
    » Clips exist in the form of an 8mm home movie reel shot off a television set
  6. Prisoners of Conciergerie
    » Returned by a private collector in May 1982
    » Second (and better) print recovered from a television station in Cyprus c.1985

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Reign of Terror
Written by: Ian Marter
Number 119 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1987 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Tony Masero
20 August 1987 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Tony Masero
ISBN: 0 426 20264 3

plot synopsis

Arriving in Paris during the time of Robespierre, the four travellers become separated. With the Doctor in disguise as an official, Ian is held as an English spy and Barbara and Susan are sentenced to death, and due to meet Madame Guillotine. The four have to plot to escape from the city and return to the safety of the TARDIS.

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