24 July

On 24 July 1794, a road works overseer asked the First Doctor for his papers on the Time Lord's way to Paris. When he had none to present, the man was forced into slave labour. Meanwhile, his companions — Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton — were to be guillotined the following day. They were placed in cells at the Conciergerie Prison, but all three had an idea of how to escape. Barbara and Susan abandoned their plan of digging their way out when the hole caused their cell to be infested with rats. The Doctor, however, did manage to get out of his predicament by distracting and knocking out the leader. Ian too managed to get saved — he was crossed off execution list when his captors thought he knew something of value. (TV: "Guests of Madame Guillotine")