WEBVTT 02:00.000 --> 02:17.560 The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve was transmitted in February 1966, temporarily moving away 02:17.560 --> 02:24.220 from the science fiction style usually associated with Doctor Who. This story stands up extremely 02:24.220 --> 02:30.980 well as an adult costume drama for which the BBC was once renowned. The Massacre was the 02:30.980 --> 02:37.800 third and last of the marvellous historical scripts written for Doctor Who by John Lucarotti. 02:37.800 --> 02:43.640 Unusually, it features characters straight out of the history books. My character, Nicholas 02:43.640 --> 02:49.320 Moos, was actually a Huguenot, or Protestant of German descent. He served as an interpreter, 02:49.320 --> 02:54.320 assistant and personal secretary to the Admiral de Colligny. He was also a close friend of 02:54.320 --> 02:59.120 the Admiral and resided in his house in Paris. Admiral de Colligny was played by Leonard 02:59.120 --> 03:04.520 Sachs. He was head of the Protestant cause in France. He won the respect of both Catholics 03:04.520 --> 03:09.060 and Protestants by his unselfish devotion to what he believed were the true interests 03:09.060 --> 03:14.480 of his native land. He gained the favour of the young Catholic King Charles IX, and after 03:14.480 --> 03:19.520 gaining his friendship, became one of his personal advisors. The French King Charles 03:19.520 --> 03:24.520 IX, played by Barrick Justice, was only 22 years old at the time of the story. On hearing 03:24.520 --> 03:29.400 about the assassination attempt on his friend de Colligny, the King broke his tennis racket 03:29.400 --> 03:36.320 in anger. This act is an actual recorded historical event and can also be found in the story. 03:36.320 --> 03:41.200 The notorious Catholic Queen Mother, Kathleen de Demici, was played by Joan Young. She was 03:41.200 --> 03:47.280 a major force in French politics during the 30 years of Roman Catholic Huguenot Wars. 03:47.280 --> 03:51.640 She ruled for many years as regent for her son Charles IX, and she also continued to 03:51.640 --> 03:56.960 dominate him for the duration of his reign. The relationship between the Admiral de Colligny 03:56.960 --> 04:01.680 and her son infuriated her, as she thought that it would jeopardise the power that she 04:01.680 --> 04:06.920 currently held over the young King. She regarded their friendship as a threat to her ambitions, 04:06.920 --> 04:12.520 as de Colligny, with his powerful council, could potently stand in her way. 04:12.520 --> 04:18.320 Leonard Sacks was to return to Doctor Who in 1983 to play Lord President Borussa in 04:18.320 --> 04:24.120 the Peter Davison story, Ark of Infinity. The massacre boasted other notable actors 04:24.120 --> 04:30.360 who added to the already reputable cast. For this story, these included Marshall Tervans, 04:30.360 --> 04:36.240 played by Andre Morel, who achieved fame for the quarter-mast films. The apothecary Charles 04:36.240 --> 04:41.080 Preslin was played by Eric Chitty, who also returned to Doctor Who to play the Time Lord 04:41.080 --> 04:47.280 Engin in the 1976 Tom Baker story, The Deadly Assassin. Anne Chapelet was played by Annette 04:47.280 --> 04:53.600 Robertson. Gaston Leran was played by Eric Thompson, the father of the actress Emma Thompson, 04:53.600 --> 05:00.200 and the writer and narrator of the wonderful children's series, The Magic Roundabout. 05:00.200 --> 05:04.880 Roger Colbert was played by Christopher Tranchel, who was twice to return to Doctor Who, firstly 05:04.880 --> 05:10.520 a year later in 1967, playing Jenkins in the Patrick Troughton story, The Faceless Ones, 05:10.520 --> 05:17.520 and then again in 1978, playing Andred in the Tom Baker story, The Invasion of Time. 05:17.520 --> 05:23.160 Sadly, no episodes of the massacre survive. In fact, very little material, photographic 05:23.160 --> 05:27.800 or otherwise, exists for this story. The loose canon team have therefore used some quite 05:27.800 --> 05:34.800 creative techniques to produce this reconstruction. We join the Doctor and his travelling companion, 05:34.800 --> 05:40.080 Stephen Taylor, played by Peter Purvis, just after their epic 12-part adventure with the 05:40.080 --> 05:48.680 infamous Darlings. The TARDIS arrives in Paris, France in the summer of 1572. The religious 05:48.680 --> 05:53.320 tension is stretched to breaking point by the large Cubano presence in the city that 05:53.320 --> 05:58.080 have assembled for the royal wedding between the Protestant Prince Henry of Navarre and 05:58.080 --> 06:05.360 the Catholic Princess Marguerite, sister of the King. The Doctor and Stephen are unaware 06:05.360 --> 06:27.880 that they've arrived just a few days away from the massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve.