The Massacre (TV story)

The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve was the fifth story of Season 3. It marks the first appearance of Jackie Lane as companion Dodo Chaplet, although she only appears in the last few minutes of episode 4, "Bell of Doom."

Summary
The TARDIS materializes in Paris in the year 1572 and the First 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...

Cast & Characters

 * The Doctor / The Abbot of Amboise — William Hartnell
 * Steven Taylor — Peter Purves
 * Dodo Chaplet — Jackie Lane
 * King Charles IX of France — Barry Justice
 * Catherine de Medici — Joan Young
 * Admiral de Colingy — Leonard Sachs
 * Marshal Tavannes — André Morell
 * Toligny — Michael Bilton
 * Charles Preslin — Erik Chitty
 * Gaston, Viscount de Lerans — Eric Thompson
 * Nicholas Muss — David Weston
 * Simon Duvall — John Tillinger
 * Roger Colbert — Christopher Tranchell
 * Anne Chaplet — Annette Robinson
 * Old Woman — Cynthia Etherington
 * Landlord — Edwin Finn
 * Captain of the Guard — Clive Cazes
 * Servant — Reginald Jessup
 * Priest — Norman Claridge
 * Officer — John Slavid
 * Men — Will Stampe, Ernest Smith
 * Guards — Jack Tarran, Leslie Bates
 * Uncredited cast

Influences

 * The actual historical massacre and swashbuckling movies.

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