Doctor Who Guide: The Massacre

Last updated 23 March 2024

Priest of Death

Series Episode Number: 105

World Premiere: Sat 19 Feb 1966 - 5:15pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 33 seconds

Appreciation Index: 49 (UK)

Chart Position: 92 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 04 Feb 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

Believing the Abbot of Amboise to be the Doctor in disguise, Steven is horrified when the Abbot is murdered!

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell (credit only)
Abbot of Amboise		William Hartnell
Steven Taylor		Peter Purves
Anne		Annette Robertson
Charles IX		Barry Justice
Catherine de Medici		Joan Young
Marshal Tavannes		André Morell
Admiral de Coligny		Leonard Sachs
Teligny		Michael Bilton
Priest		Norman Claridge
Roger		Christopher Tranchell
Nicholas		David Weston
Servant		Reginald Jessup
Captain of the Guard		Clive Cazes
Old Lady		Cynthia Etherington
1st Man		Will Stampe
2nd Man		Ernest Smith

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		John Lucarotti
Writer		Donald Tosh
Director		Paddy Russell
Producer		John Wiles
Designer		Michael Young
Story Editor		Donald Tosh
Title Music		Ron Grainer
and the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Costume Supervisor		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Make-up Supervisor		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Lighting		Dennis Channon (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Gordon Mackie (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Richard Valentine (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Gerry Mill (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Tony Leggo (uncredited)
Film Editor		Bob Rymer (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)