The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

] [cite web
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accessdate = 2008-08-30] Script editor Donald Tosh actually wrote most of the serial himself after the script delivered by John Lucarotti was considered to be too far from the storyline pitched to Lucarotti by Tosh and producer John Wiles. Lucarotti was reportedly so outraged by the changes that he demanded his name be removed from the credits. By the time the BBC realized the story had no writer's credit, the first episode had been transmitted and the second and third were already in the can. As a result, Tosh was credited as the writer on episode four. [http://www.recons.com/features/lc16x-6.htm]

Due to the lack of footage, it is not known who (if anyone) was credited as the writer on episodes two and three.

Alternative titles

The episodes of this serial had individual titles. They were, respectively, "War of God", "The Sea Beggar", "Priest of Death" and "Bell of Doom".

A few original production documents state the name of the serial as "The Massacre of St Barthlomew's Eve", although this is historically a misnomer, as the actual massacre took place on St Bartholomew's Day. Some have noted that as the original French name for the event ("Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy") lacks a day, the title actually refers to the lead up to the massacre itself — that is, the Eve of the Massacre of St Bartholomew, although to claim this does involve ignoring the conventions of modern English usage.

The BBC Radio Collection release gives the title as, variously, "The Massacre" and "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve". The packaging uses the title "The Massacre", but the accompanying booklet uses both titles. The CDs have "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve" printed on them and this is also the title announced by Peter Purves on the discs themselves.

Casting

William Hartnell plays the Doctor in episodes 1 and 4 only.

Guest star André Morell was one of the actors to play the BBC's other famous science-fiction hero, Professor Bernard Quatermass. He is the only one of them to appear in "Doctor Who" on television, although Scottish actor Andrew Keir, who portrayed Quatermass on film, also played a role in the film "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD".

Doctorwhobook
title=The Massacre
series=Target novelisations
number=122
featuring=


writer=John Lucarotti
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Tony Masero
isbn= 0 491 03423 7
set_between=
pages=
date=June 1987 (Hardback)19th November 1987 (Paperback)
preceding=The Ambassadors of Death
following=The Macra Terror|

Commercial releases

This is one of only three serials, along with "Marco Polo" and "Mission to the Unknown", of which not a second of footage survives. However, a fan-recorded soundtrack, with linking narration provided by Peter Purves, was released by the BBC Radio Collection on both audio CD and cassette in 1999.

In print

John Lucarotti's 1987 novelisation of this serial for Target Books, entitled simply "The Massacre", returned the story to a previous draft before both a scheduled holiday for Hartnell and technical limitations forced a number of rewrites (allowing Hartnell to not have to be present during recording of the second episode and removing the need for Hartnell to be doubled throughout the story). It is listed as book number 122 in the Target series. "See Doctor Who spin-offs."

References

External links

*BBCCDW | id=massacre | title=The Massacre
*Brief |id=w | title=The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_w | title=The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
*OG | id=w | title=The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
* [http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/massacre Doctor Who Locations] - The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Reviews

*DWRG | id=mass | title=The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
*OG review | id=w | title=The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
* [http://www.whoniverse.org/reviews/W.php The Whoniverse's review on "The Massacre"]

Target novelisation

*OG review | id=w-book | title=The Massacre | description=novelisation
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1987/massacre/87massac.htm On Target — "The Massacre"]