Name: Doctor Who - The massacre
Brand: BBC Radio Collection
SKU: ISBN0-563-55261-1
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Doctor Who - The massacre (John Lucarotti)

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Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			ISBN 0-563-55261-1
Title			Doctor Who - The massacre
Artist(s)			John Lucarotti
Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
BBC records label code			-
Item deleted?			No
Released			1965
Distributed / printed by			BBC Audiobooks Ltd.
Country of origin			UK
Media type			Primary
Media genre			Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			DOCTOR WHO CD : 1 : 2 : 2 . 90195 DOCTOR WHO CD2 1 : 1 : 3
My rating			*****
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Label

Side & track	Track and Artist	Length
Tracks Below is a list of tracks for this release.
EPISODE ONE
A1	WAR OF GOD	0.41
A2	Scene 1 - Rue de Bethisy	2.28
A3	Scene 2 - Inside the tavern	5.57
A4	Scene 3 - Preslin's shop	2.14
A5	Scene 4 - Inside the tavern	1.05
A6	Scene 5 - Paris street	0.46
A7	Scene 6 - Outside the tavern	0.20
A8	Scene 7 - Inside the tavern	1.03
A9	Scene 8 - Preslin's shop	0.40
A10	Scene 9 - Inside the tavern	1.56
A11	Scene 10 - The Abbot of Amboise's apartments	1.12
A12	Scene 11 - Inside the tavern	1.26
A13	Scene 12 - Preslin's shop	0.31
A14	Scene 13 - Inside the tav ern	3.09
A15	Scene 14 - The Abbot of Amboise's apartments	1.25
EPISODE TWO
A16	THE SEA BEGGAR	0.38
A17	Scene 1 - Room in the house of de Coligny	0.51
A18	Scene 2 - Outside the tavern	1.00
A19	Scene 3 - Room in the house of de Coligny	4.41
A20	Scene 4 - The louvre	2.41
A21	Scene 5 - Outside Preslin's shop	2.08
A22	Scene 6 - The Abbot of Amboise's apartments	1.23
A23	Scene 7 - Room in the house of de Coligny	1.28
A24	Scene 8 - Outside the Abbot of Amboise's apartments	1.08
A25	Scene 9 - Inside the Abbot of Amboise's apartments	1.46
A26	Scene 10 - Room in the house of de Coligny	2.55
A27	Scene 11 - Paris streets	2.24
A28	Scene 12 - Room in the house of de Coligny	1.40
EPISODE THREE
B1	PRIEST OF DEATH	0.41
B2	Scene 1 - Preslin's shop	1.26
B3	Scene 2 - Council chamber at The Louvre	2.37
B4	Scene 3 - Preslin's shop	0.57
B5	Scene 4 - Council chamber at The Louvre	2.32
B6	Scene 5 - The Abbot of Amboise's apartments	1.31
B7	Scene 5A - Outside the door	0.12
B8	Scene 5 - Continued	0.53
B9	Scene 6 - Nicholas's rooms at the house of de Cologny	0.52
B10	Scene 7 - Rue des Fosse St Germain	2.17
B11	Scene 8 - The Abbot of Amboise's apartments	2.14
B12	Scene 9 - Council chamber at The Lourve	1.20
B13	Scene 10 - Nicholas's room in the house of de Coligny	1.59
B14	Scene 11 - Council chamber at The Louvre	3.05
B15	Scene 12 - Paris street	2.06
EPISODE FOUR
B16	BELL OF DOOM	0.43
B17	Scene 1 - Preslin's shop	0.43
B18	Scene 2 - Marshall Tavanne's study	1.10
B19	Scene 3 - Preslin's shop	0.56
B20	Scene 4 - Nicholas's room at the house of de Coligny	1.59
B21	Scene 5 - Preslin's shop	2.33
B22	Scene 6 - Tavanne's study	3.35
B23	Scene 7 - Cul de sac outside de Coligny's house	2.45
B24	Scene 8 - Inside the TARDIS	4.36
B25	Scene 9 - Road beside Wimbledon Common	0.16
B26	Scene 10 - Inside the TARDIS	4.19
Total length of media 1:37:53.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
Starring William Hartnell (1st Doctor) Peter Purves (Steven) William Hartnell - The Abbot of Amboise Eric Thompson - Gaston Reginald Jerssup - Servant David Weston - Nicholas John Tillinger - Simon Edward Finn - Landlord Christopher Trancholl - Roger Erik Chitty - Preslin Annette Robertson - Anne Clive Cazes - Captain of the Guard Written by John Lucarotti Music by Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Produced by John Wiles Directed by Paddy Russell Synopsis The TARDIS materialises in Paris in 1572, a time of great danger and religious strife. Whilst the Doctor pays a visit to famous apothecary Charles Preslin, Steven is befriended by a group of Protestants who come from the household of Admiral de Coligny. Meanwhile the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici, aided by the hated dignitary the Abbot of Amboise, is hatching a plot to kill all French Protestants - starting with de Coligny. Worryingly for Steven, the Abbot bears an uncanny resemblance to the Doctor. And when the plot fails and the Abbot is condemned to death, he is even more alarmed. Was that the Doctor being killed? Or does the Abbot just look like him? Background The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve is credited to John Lucarotti, though in fact the original idea came from the BBC's Donald Tosh and it was he who wrote the final versions of all four scripts. Lucarotti was a master of the historical adventure and this was the last in a series of three that he contributed to Doctor Who. He was unhappy with the final versions of the scripts produced by Tosh. He had originally envisaged the Doctor playing a much larger role in the story; as it is, he disappears half-way through the first episode and does not reappear until the fourth. It would seem though that Tosh's idea of having William Hartnell play only the Abbot for most of the story worked better. Firstly the limited editing facilities available would have made it tricky to show Hartnell constantly in his double role. Secondly the fact that the Doctor isn't around leaves the viewer guessing - is the Abbot the Doctor in disguise or does he have a physical double? Thirdly, the Doctor's prolonged absence allows Steven to play a more central role than usual - this was the first time in the series' history that c companion had taken centre stage. A second objection that Lucarotti had to Tosh's idea was that the historical events depicted were relatively unknown. Again, though, this worked in the story's favour. As Steven is swept up in events, neither he nor the audience know what is going to happen, so the atmosphere is more intense and the ending has far more impact. It could also be said that by taking a piece of slightly obscure history Tosh was fulfilling the original educational purpose of the series, as conceived by Sydney Newman. A slightly grimmer story than usual, The Massacre contained some fine performances. So popular was the character of Anne Chaplet, in fact, the produces considered making her a regular companion. However, it was eventually decided that taking a companion from the past would cause too many difficulties - the Doctor would have to explain many things that the viewer would already be aware of. Instead a descendant of Anne, Dodo Chaplet, came into the series - although it's often been pointed out that Anne would have to have married someone with the same surname as her own in order for Dodo to be her descendant! This was also a story that silenced some of William Hartnell's critics. His intense performance as the Abbot showed that his eccentric, doddery Doctor was not just an extension of his own character; it was a character Hartnell had created.

Other versions
I have the title track on these releases:
[cds]	ISBN 0-563-49494-8	Doctor Who - Adventures in history
Further information
A selection of archive collections from across the BBC.