The Massacre (Doctor Who)

022 – The Massacre
Doctor Who serial
The Doctor and Steven discuss events (production still from episode 1)
Cast
Doctor William Hartnell – First Doctor
Companion Peter Purves – Steven Taylor
Others William Hartnell – Abbot of Amboise Barry Justice – King Charles IX of France Joan Young – Catherine de' Medici Leonard Sachs – Admiral de Coligny André Morell – Marshal Tavannes Michael Bilton – Teligny Erik Chitty – Charles Preslin Eric Thompson – Gaston, Viscount de Lerans David Weston – Nicholas Muss John Tillinger – Simon Duvall Christopher Tranchell – Roger Colbert Annette Robertson – Anne Chaplet Cynthia Etherington – Old Woman Edwin Finn – Landlord Clive Cazes – Captain of the Guard Reginald Jessup – Servant Norman Claridge – Priest John Slavid – Officer Will Stampe, Ernest Smith – Men Jack Tarran, Leslie Bates – Guards Jackie Lane – Dodo Chaplet
Production
Directed by	Paddy Russell
Written by	John Lucarotti Donald Tosh (4)
Script editor	Donald Tosh (1-3) Gerry Davis (4)
Produced by	John Wiles
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Stock music by Pierre Arvay
Production code	W
Series	Season 3
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing	All 4 episodes
First broadcast	5 February 1966 (1966-02-05)
Last broadcast	26 February 1966 (1966-02-26)
Chronology
← Preceded by The Daleks' Master Plan Followed by → The Ark
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Massacre (also known as The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve) is the completely missing fifth serial of the third season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 to 26 February 1966.

In this serial, the Doctor (William Hartnell) and his travelling companion Steven (Peter Purves) arrive in France in 1572, during the events leading up to the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. The two of them become separated, leaving the Doctor's journey largely unaccounted for, while Steven is caught up in a Huguenot plot to assassinate the Catholic Queen Mother Catherine de' Medici (Joan Young).

This serial marks the first appearance of Jackie Lane as companion-to-be Dodo Chaplet. It is also notable for being the first Doctor Who serial directed by a woman, Paddy Russell, as well as the first time the lead actor (Hartnell) played a dual role as the Doctor and the villain (i.e. as the First Doctor and the Abbot of Amboise), although unlike future instances, they never met on-screen. Although audio recordings and production stills of the story exist, no footage of this serial is known to have survived.