Overview

The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.

Genres

Cast

William Hartnell

The Doctor / Abbot of Amboise

Peter Purves

Steven Taylor

David Weston

Nicholas Muss

John Tillinger

Simon Duvall

Erik Chitty

Charles Preslin

Leonard Sachs

Admiral de Coligny

André Morell

Marshal Tavannes

Leslie Bates

Guard

Jackie Lane

Dodo Chaplet