History Recap / DoctorWhoS1E8TheReignOfTerror

* MissingEpisode: At the time TheBBC stopped junking, all six episodes were unaccounted-for. In 1982, episode 6 was returned by a private collector, and in 1985 episodes 1-3 were returned from Cyprus. Episodes 4 and 5 were animated for the DVD release.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Robespierre gets ''shot in the mouth'', and spends the next few scenes being dragged around by his soldiers in absolute agony with one hand covering his face.

* MissingEpisode: At the time TheBBC stopped junking, all six episodes were unaccounted-for. In 1982, episode 6 was returned by a private collector, and in 1985 episodes 1-3 were returned from Cypress. Episodes 4 and 5 were animated for the DVD release.

Moments after Ian offends the Doctor's HairTriggerTemper in the last episode, the Doctor unceremoniously parks the TARDIS and kicks Ian and Barbara out, despite Susan's protests. The two humans insist on at the very least checking to see if they're in contemporary England. As it turns out, they're not. It's 1794 during the eponymous Reign of Terror, and the TARDIS crew quickly find themselves involved in a ''[[Literature/TheScarletPimpernel Scarlet Pimpernel]]''-style escape committee saving aristocrats from the guillotine, and are then captured by the French army. The Doctor is locked in a burning farmhouse, while Ian, Barbara and Susan are taken to the Conciergie Prison, the first stop before the guillotine.

Much of the plot turns out to be a setup, and the Doctor quickly realises that they're in the middle of history and that they can't interfere at all. They find themselves forced to stand by while Robespierre gets [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence violently shot in the mouth]]. The group retreats to the TARDIS, silly hat and all.

* ShutUpHannibal: One of the men come to arrest Robespierre shoots Robespierre in the jaw when he tries a HannibalLecture.

Moments after Ian offending the Doctor's HairTriggerTemper in the last episode, the Doctor unceremoniously parks the TARDIS and kicks Ian and Barbara out, despite Susan's protests. The two humans insist on at the very least checking to see if they're in contemporary England. As it turns out, they're not. It's 1794 during the eponymous Reign of Terror, and the TARDIS crew quickly get themselves involved in a ''[[Literature/TheScarletPimpernel Scarlet Pimpernel]]''-style escape committee saving aristocrats from the guillotine. While Barbara and Susan escape from prison (after Barbara refuses to do [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar you-know-what]] with the jailor in exchange for their safety), Ian is trapped in a cell with a dying member of LaResistance. He promises to honour the man's last wish to relay a message, and spends a few more hours locked up with a corpse before successfully stealing a key and escaping.

The Doctor, meanwhile, walks to Paris from the nearby woods (briefly getting sidetracked by a random villain, whom he brains with a shovel) and barters his clothes and ring for an impeccable French officer's outfit. Now armed with a silly hat and sash, he barges into the jail and starts a grand BavarianFireDrill. The rest of Team TARDIS, and LaResistance, pose as innkeepers and bump into a young artillery officer by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Doctor, meanwhile, walks to Paris from the nearby woods (briefly getting sidetracked by a random villain, whom he brains with a shovel) and barters his clothes and ring for an impeccable French officer's outfit. Now armed with a silly hat and sash, he barges into the jail and starts a grand BavarianFireDrill. The rest of TeamTardis, and LaResistance, pose as innkeepers and bump into a young artillery officer by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte.

For the last story of Season One, we're back in history land with this adventure in [[TheFrenchRevolution Revolutionary France]]. It's 1794 during the eponymous Reign of Terror, and the TARDIS crew get themselves involved in a ''[[Literature/TheScarletPimpernel Scarlet Pimpernel]]''-style escape committee saving aristocrats from the guillotine. The Doctor ends up fast-talking Robespierre while Ian and Barbara bump into a young artillery officer by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Eventually, however, they make it back to the TARDIS and, with the show's future uncertain, the first season signed off with the following dialogue:

Watch episodes 1-3 and 6, along with reconstructions[[note]]A fanmade attempt to "recreate" missing episodes using surving footage, [[http://www.recons.com/glossary/telesnaps.htm telesnaps]] and other sources[[/note]] of episodes 4 and 5 [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1jwk8_matrixarchive_the-reign-of-terror here]]. The DVD release reconstructed the episodes with off-air recordings of the original soundtracks and new animated visuals.

* GoryDiscretionShot: A mild example. Robespierre is shot in the jaw offscreen, and is seen clutching his jaw with his hand covered in blood as he is dragged off by the mob who came to arrest him.

* NiceHat: The Doctor has one.

* ReverseMole: Stirling

* StockEpisodeTitles: 10 uses. Justified, in that this episode is about, well, [[TheFrenchRevolution the Reign of Terror.]]
* StuntDouble: William Hartnell was busy with rehearsals, so a double played the Doctor in long-shot for the series' first ever location filming, which showed the Doctor walking to Paris to rescue his friends. According to Carol Ann Ford, Hartnell became quite irritated with the actor shadowing him in the studio so he could imitate Hartnell's walk.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Robespierre

Watch episodes 1-3 and 6, along with reconstructions[[note]]A fanmade attempt to "recreate" missing episodes using surving footage, [[http://www.recons.com/glossary/telesnaps.htm telesnaps]] and other sources[[/note]] of episodes 4 and 5 [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1jwk8_matrixarchive_the-reign-of-terror here]]. The BBC has announced a DVD release with episodes 4 and 5 animated.

* FakingTheDead: The Doctor reports [[Lemaître, aka Stirling,]] shot.

* GoryDiscretionShot: A mild example. Robespierre is shot in the jaw offscreen, and is seen clutching his jaw as he is dragged off by the mob who came to arrest him.

* NiceHat

* Rotoscoping: Used in some scenes of the animated episodes 4 and 5 on the DVD release.

* MissingEpisode: Episodes 4 and 5.

* {{Reign Of Terror}}/{{The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized}}

* GenreSavvy - Stirling, as regards Napoleon
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar - After the companions have been captured, one guard basically offers Barbara freedom in exchange for sex. For his troubles, he gets a slap to the face.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter - Robespierre, NapoleonBonaparte

* MissingEpisode - Episodes 4 and 5.
* TheMole - [[spoiler:M. Colbert]]

* ReverseMole - Stirling
* ShutUpHannibal - One of the men come to arrest Robespierre shoots Robespierre in the jaw when he tries a HannibalLecture.

* WellIntentionedExtremist - Robespierre

Watch episodes 1-3 and 6, along with reconstructions[[hottip:*:A fanmade attempt to "recreate" missing episodes using surving footage, [[http://www.recons.com/glossary/telesnaps.htm telesnaps]] and other sources]] of episodes 4 and 5 [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1jwk8_matrixarchive_the-reign-of-terror here]]. The BBC has announced a DVD release with episodes 4 and 5 animated.

For the last story of Season One, we're back in history land with this adventure in [[TheFrenchRevolution Revolutionary France]]. It's 1794 during the eponymous Reign of Terror, and the TARDIS crew get themselves involved in a ''[[TheScarletPimpernel Scarlet Pimpernel]]''-style escape committee saving aristocrats from the guillotine. The Doctor ends up fast-talking Robespierre while Ian and Barbara bump into a young artillery officer by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Watch episodes 1-3 and 6, along with reconstructions[[hottip:*:A fanmade attempt to "recreate" missing episodes using surving footage, [[http://www.recons.com/glossary/telesnaps.htm telesnaps]] and other sources]] of episodes 4 and 5 [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1jwk8_matrixarchive_the-reign-of-terror here]].

* InkSuitActor - it has now been announced that the story will be released on DVD with animated visual reconstructions of the missing eps.

* StockEpisodeTitles: 7 uses. Justified, in that this episode is about, well, [[TheFrenchRevolution the Reign of Terror.]]

Watch episodes 1-3 and 6, along with reconstructions[[hottip:*:A fanmade attempt to "recreate" missing episodes using surving footage, [[http://www.recons.com/glossary/telesnaps.htm telesnaps]] and other sources]] of episodes 4 and 5 [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xu9mp_tardismedia_the-reign-of-terror here]].

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--> ''Death, always death! Do you think I want this carnage?''

* MissingEpisode

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