Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

William Hartnell The Doctor / Abbot of Amboise

Peter Purves Steven Taylor

David Weston Nicholas Muss

Eric Thompson Gaston, Viscount de Lerans

Annette Robertson Anne Chaplet