Doctor Who Guide: The Massacre

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Bell of Doom

Series Episode Number: 106

World Premiere: Sat 26 Feb 1966 - 5:15pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 25 minutes 6 seconds

5.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 53 (UK)

Chart Position: 94 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 11 Feb 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

Steven is relieved to discover that the Abbot was the Doctor's double. But as the time of the massacre approaches, the Doctor is eager that they make their escape.

Characters hide uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Anne		Annette Robertson
Marshal Tavannes		André Morell
Catherine de Medici		Joan Young
Simon		John Tillinger
Admiral de Coligny		Leonard Sachs
Teligny		Michael Bilton
Gaston		Eric Thompson
Nicholas		David Weston
1st Guard		Jack Tarran
2nd Guard		Leslie Bates
Officer		John Slavid
Dodo		Jackie Lane
Servant		Alan Vicars (uncredited)
Guard		Derek Schafer (uncredited)
Guard		Frances Whilley (uncredited)
Guard		Montagu Howard (uncredited)
Guard		James Haswell (uncredited)
Guard		Jeffery Witterick (uncredited)
Guard		Roy Pierce (uncredited)
Guard		James Appleby (uncredited)
Guard		Mike Reid (uncredited)
Guard		Arthur McGuire (uncredited)
Guard		John Freeman (uncredited)
Passer-by on Common		Marguerite Young (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		John Lucarotti
Director		Paddy Russell
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		Michael Young
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Film Cameraman		Tony Leggo
Film Editor		Bob Rymer
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham
Lighting		Dennis Channon
Studio Sound		Gordon Mackie
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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