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Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (1966)
Date(s) of Broadcast: 5 February - 26
February 1966
Number of Episodes: 4
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: John
Wiles
SCRIPT
Script: John Lucarotti, Donald Tosh
Story Editor: Donald Tosh
DIRECTION
Director: Paddy Russell
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Dennis Channon
Film Cameraman: Tony
Leggo
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Bob Rymer
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
SOUND
Studio Sound: Gordon Mackie
Special Sounds: Brian Hodgson
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Sonia Markham
Costumes: Daphne Dare
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Michael Young
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Gerry Mill
Assistant Floor Managers: Fiona Cumming, Richard Valentine
CAST
Episode 1
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Peter Purves (Steven)
Eric Thompson (Gaston)
David Weston (Nicholas)
John Tillinger (Simon)
Edward Finn (landlord)
Christopher Tranchell (Roger)
Erik Chitty (Preslin)
Annette Robertson (Anne)
Clive Cazes (Captain of the Guard)
Reginald Jessup (servant)
Robert Bartlett (small boy - uncredited)
Edward Granville, David Ronowski, Emmett Hennesey, Ken McGarvie, Ken
Dougall, Leslie Conrad, Charles O'Rourke, Peter Day, Denis Plenty (tavern
customers - uncredited)
Vic Taylor (Cardinal's guard - uncredited)
Valerie Cox, Katie Heal, Valerie Taylor, Jean Channon, Elizabeth Forbes,
Susan Lane, Susan Farr, Tom Sye, David J Grahame, Reg Cranfield, John
Beerbohm, Ernest Smith, John Lawrence, Bill Howes, Charles Erskine,
Fred Rawlings, John Pollock, Charles Gilbert, Daryl Richards, David
Olive (passers-by - uncredited)
Episode 2
William Hartnell (Dr Who / Abbot of Amboise)
Peter Purves (Steven)
Eric Thompson (Gaston)
David Weston (Nicholas)
John Tillinger (Simon)
Edward Finn (landlord)
Christopher Tranchell (Roger)
Annette Robertson (Anne)
Reginald Jessup (servant)
André Morell
(Marshal Tavannes)
Leonard Sachs (Admiral de Coligny)
Cynthia Etherington (old lady)
Juba Kennelly (old man - uncredited)
Hugh Cecil (priest - uncredited)
John Freeman, Pat Gorman (guards - uncredited)
John Clifford (double for Steven - uncredited)
Episode 3
William Hartnell (Dr Who / Abbot of Amboise)
Peter Purves (Steven)
David Weston (Nicholas)
Christopher Tranchell (Roger)
Annette Robertson (Anne)
Clive Cazes (Captain of the Guard)
Reginald Jessup (servant)
André Morell
(Marshal Tavannes)
Leonard Sachs (Admiral de Coligny)
Cynthia Etherington (old woman)
Joan Young (Catherine de Medici)
Barry Justice (Charles IX)
Michael Bilton (Teligny)
Norman Claridge (priest)
Will Stampe (1st man)
Ernest Smith (2nd man)
George Romano (usher - uncredited)
Graham Tonbridge, Nigel Bernard, Leslie Shannon, Robert Pearson (council
members - uncredited)
Norton Clarke (secretary - uncredited)
Tom Sye (assassin (Bondot) - uncredited)
Episode 4
William Hartnell (Dr Who)
Peter Purves (Steven)
Jackie Lane (Dodo)
Eric Thompson (Gaston)
David Weston (Nicholas)
John Tillinger (Simon)
Annette Robertson (Anne)
André Morell (Marshal Tavannes)
Leonard Sachs (Admiral de Coligny)
Joan Young (Catherine de Medici)
Michael Bilton (Teligny)
John David (officer)
Jack Tarran (1st guard)
Leslie Bates (2nd guard)
John Freeman (guard - uncredited)
EPISODES
1. War of God (5 February 1966)
2. The Sea Beggar (12 February 1966)
3. Priest of Death (19 February 1966)
4. Bell of Doom (26 February 1966)
PLOT SUMMARY
The Doctor and Steven arrive in Paris in the year 1572 and Steven falls
in with a group of Huguenots just as the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine
de Medici, begins her plans to massacre French Protestants. Amid mounting
intrigue and danger, Steven finds himself helpless to change the course
of history and save the 3,000 Protestants from the coming massacre...
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1966
January
3: UK - filming begins at Ealing Studios
6: UK - filming ends at Ealing Studios
7: UK - one day of location filming on Wimbledon Common, London, England,
UK
21: UK - studio recording at Riverside Studios 1
28: UK - studio recording at Riverside Studios 1
February
4: UK - studio recording at Riverside Studios 1
5: UK - episode 1 War of God television broadcast (on BBC1)
11: UK - studio recording at Riverside Studios 1
12: UK - episode 2 The Sea Beggar television broadcast (on BBC1)
19: UK - episode 3 Priest of Death television broadcast (on BBC1)
26: UK - episode 4 Bell of Doom television broadcast (on BBC1)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Massacre - working title
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor Who: The Handbook: The First Doctor
pp.118-120
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, Stephen
James Walker)
Doctor Who: The Television Companion pp.79-82
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker)
KEYWORDS
aliens, massacres, military, queens, religion, royalty,
time travel, paris
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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