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 Doctor Who: Reign of Terror
(1964)
Date(s)
of Broadcast: 8 August 1964 - 12 September 1964
Number of Episodes: 6
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: black and white
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producer: Verity
Lambert
Associate Producer: Mervyn
Pinfield
SCRIPT
Script: Dennis Spooner
Story Editor: David
Whitaker
DIRECTION
Directors: Henric Hirsch, John Gorrie, Timothy Combe
(uncredited)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Howard
King
Film Camera: Peter Hamilton
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Caroline Shields
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranged By: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Stanley Myers
SOUND
Studio Sound: Ray
Angel, Chick Anthony
Special Sounds: Brian Hodgson
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Jill Summers, Sonia Markham
Costumes: Daphne Dare
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Roderick Lang
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Timothy Combe
Assistant Floor Manager: Michael Cager
CAST
EPISODE 1. A Land of Fear
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Peter Walker (small boy (Jean-Pierre))
Laidlaw Dalling (Rovray)
Neville Smith (D'Argenson)
Robert Hunter (sergeant)
Ken Lawrence (lieutenant)
James Hall (soldier)
Howard Charlton (Judge)
EPISODE 2.
Guests of Madame Guillotine
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Peter Walker (small boy (Jean-Pierre))
Jack Cunningham (jailer)
Jeffrey Wickham (Webster)
Dallas Cavell (road works overseer)
Denis Cleary (peasant)
James Cairncross (Citizen Lemaitre)
EPISODE 3. A
Change of Identity
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Jack Cunningham (jailer)
James Cairncross (Citizen Lemaitre)
Roy Herrick (Jean)
Donald Morley (Jules Renan)
John Barrard (shopkeeper)
Caroline Hunt (Danielle Renan)
Edward Brayshaw (Leon Colbert)
EPISODE 4. The
Tyrant of France
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Jack Cunningham (jailer)
James Cairncross (Citizen Lemaitre)
Roy Herrick (Jean)
Donald Morley (Jules Renan)
John Barrard (shopkeeper)
Caroline Hunt (Danielle Renan)
Edward Brayshaw (Leon Colbert)
Keith Anderson (Maximillian Robespierre)
Ronald Pickup (physician)
EPISODE 5. A
Bargain of Necessity
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Jack Cunningham (jailer)
James Cairncross (Citizen Lemaitre)
Donald Morley (Jules Renan)
Edward Brayshaw (Leon Colbert)
Keith Anderson (Maximillian Robespierre)
Terry Bale (soldier)
EPISODE 6.
Prisoners of Conciergerie
William Hartnell (The Doctor)
Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman)
William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
Jack Cunningham (jailer)
James Cairncross (Citizen Lemaitre)
Donald Morley (Jules Renan)
Keith Anderson (Maximillian Robespierre)
John Law (Paul Barrass)
Tony Wall (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Patrick Marley (soldier)
UNCREDITED
Brian Proudfoot (double for The Doctor)
David Anderson, Tony Bates, Bob Berry, Don Cavendish, Joseph Cohen,
Sid Deller, Adrian Drotsky, Rex Dyer, Nigel James, Tony Lambden, Maurice
Leon, Jay McGrath, Bill Nicholas, Len Russell, John Sackville-West,
Maurice Selwyn, Donald Simons, Gerry Wain (soldiers)
Helene Curtis, Eleanor Dalling, Jill Howard, Ralph Katterns, Jack Le
White, Brian Proudfoot (citizens)
David Banville (peasant)
Eleanor Dalling, Leila Forde (knitting ladies)
Roy Curtis, Al Raymond, Terry Wallace (extras)
EPISODES
1. A Land Of Fear (8
August 1964)
2. Guests Of Madame Guillotine (15 August 1964)
3. A Change Of Identity (22 August 1964)
4. The Tyrant Of France (29 August 1964)
5. A Bargain Of Necessity (5 September 1964)
6. Prisoners Of Conciergerie (12 September 1964)
PLOT SUMMARY
The TARDIS arrives in
1794, not far from Paris. The aftermath of the French
Revolution has led to a regime of fear od violence. The
Doctor and his companions become involved with a group
who are smuggling prisoners out of the country to safety
and an English undercover officer, James Stirling. The
Doctor has a couple of run-ins with Robespierre while Ian
and Barbara meet Napoleon Bonaparte.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1964
June
15: UK - location filming for A Change of Identity (on
BBC1)
16: UK - studio filming at Ealing Studios
17: UK - studio filming at Ealing Studios
18: UK - studio filming at Ealing Studios
July
7: UK - studio filming at BBC Television Centre Studio
TC4
10: UK - studio filming at BBC Television Lime Grove
Studio G
14: UK - studio filming at BBC Television Centre Studio
TC4
17: UK - studio filming at BBC Television Lime Grove
Studio G
24: UK - studio filming at BBC Television Lime Grove
Studio G
31: UK - studio filming at BBC Television Lime Grove
Studio G
August
8: UK - A Land of Fear television broadcast (on BBC1)
15: UK - Guests of Madame Guillotine television broadcast
(on BBC1)
22: UK - A Change of Identity television broadcast (on
BBC1)
29: UK - The Tyrant of France television broadcast (on
BBC1)
September
5: UK - A Bargain of Necessity television broadcast (on
BBC1)
12: UK - Prisoners of Conciergerie television broadcast
(on BBC1)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The
French Revolution
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Doctor Who: The Discontinuity
Guide pp.25-27
credits, review
Doctor Who Monthly no.115
pp.36, 39
review
Doctor Who Monthly no.119
p.6
note
Doctor Who Monthly Autumn Special 1987
p.40
note
BOOKS
Doctor Who - The Television
Companion pp.30-33
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen
James Walker)
The Encyclopedia of TV Science
Fiction p.108
credits
Doctor Who The Handbook: The First
Doctor pp.77-79
synopsis, review KEYWORDS
aliens, french revolution, time travel
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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