Peterloo Massacre

The Peterloo Massacre was an event which occured on 16 August 1819. The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan Jovanka materialised in Manchester two days before the massacre and were caught up in the conflict.

It was a fixed point in time. (AUDIO: The Peterloo Massacre)

Preparations
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The protest
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Legacy
Percy Shelley wrote a poem about the massacre. The Fifth Doctor recited an excerpt of it to his companions:
 * "Rise, like lions after slumber
 * In unvanquishable number!
 * Shake your chains to earth like dew
 * Which in sleep had fallen on you:
 * Ye are many — they are few!" -Percy Shelley

Historians debated the exact number of causalities for many years. They eventually reached the conclusion that there were six hundred and fifty four. (AUDIO: The Peterloo Massacre)

Behind the scenes
Percy Shelley wrote a poem about the Massacre in real life. It was called The Masque of Anarchy, although this was never stated in The Peterloo Massacre.