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previous story = [[The Sensorites]] | | previous story = [[The Sensorites]] | | ||
next story = [[Planet of Giants]]}} | next story = [[Planet of Giants]]}}'''''The Reign of Terror''''' was the eighth and last story of [[Season 1|the first season]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the first story to utilize [[location filming]], and the first to feature a double for an actor playing any of the series regulars — in this case, [[William Hartnell]]. It also heralded the arrival of [[writer]] (and future [[script editor]]) [[Dennis Spooner]] to the programme. | ||
'''The Reign of Terror''' was the eighth and last story of [[Season 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was the first story to utilize | |||
Amongst its most lasting narrative significances were two notions. First, [[Susan]]'s assertion that the [[French Revolution]] was her grandfather's favorite period of history was later remembered by [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Steven Moffat]] in their writing of the [[tenth Doctor]], who had a clear bias for all things [[France|French]]. Second, "Prisoners of the Conciergerie" brought to an end a continuous narrative — in which every episode ended on at least a mild [[cliffhanger]] — that stretched back to "[[An Unearthly Child]]". This definite break would allow future writers of stories in other media a useful "gap" in which to place their new adventures featuring the Doctor, Susan, [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]]. | |||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 - 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 - alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie Prison. | The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 - 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 - alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie Prison. | ||