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Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Dir. Paddy Russell·1966·1h 40m

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.

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Paddy Russell

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1h 40m
Cross-source blend ~72/100

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7.2/10

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7.1/10

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72/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~72/100 across 2 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.

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

John Tillinger

Simon Duvall

Christopher Tranchell

Roger Colbert

Erik Chitty

Charles Preslin

Edwin Finn

Landlord

Clive Gazes

Captain of the Guard

Reginald Jessup

Servant

Barry Justice

King Charles IX of France

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