Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 β€” one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling β€” alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.

Cast

William Hartnell

William Hartnell

as The Doctor

Carole Ann Ford

Carole Ann Ford

as Susan Foreman

Jacqueline Hill

Jacqueline Hill

as Barbara Wright

William Russell

William Russell

as Ian Chesterton

Keith Anderson

Keith Anderson

as Robespierre

Jack Cunningham

Jack Cunningham

as Jailer

Jeffry Wickham

Jeffry Wickham

as Webster

Neville Smith

Neville Smith

as D'Argenson

Laidlaw Dalling

Laidlaw Dalling

as Rouvray

Peter Walker

Peter Walker

as Small Boy

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Aside from a bit of a moral conundrum about how time travel might present a dilemma for people who might be able to use their knowledge to affect the future, this is just a rather clunky drama that gives the crew of the TARDIS an excuse to dress up in red, white and blue and play a game of "French R...

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