History Recap / DoctorWhoS1E8TheReignOfTerror

* FailedASpotCheck: The physician does not notice Susan's BizarreAlienBiology.

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

* Leitmotif: The obligatory first few bars of ''La Marseillaise''.

* 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 Carole Ann Ford, Hartnell became quite irritated with the actor shadowing him in the studio so he could imitate Hartnell's walk.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Robespierre, NapoleonBonaparte.

* GenreSavvy: Stirling, as regards Napoleon.

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

-->'''Doctor''': Well, I can assure you, my dear Barbara, [[NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] would never have believed you.
-->'''Ian''': Yes, Doctor, but supposing we had written [[NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] a letter, telling him, you know, some of the things that were going to happen to him.

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

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

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/TheBeatles Vous dites que vous voulez une révolution...]]']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[GratuitousFrench Vous dites que vous voulez une révolution...]]''[[note]][[Music/TheBeatles Get]] [[GeniusBonus it]][[DontExplainTheJoke ?!]][[/note]]]]

-->-- '''Robespierre'''

For the last story of Season One, we're back in history land with this adventure in [[TheFrenchRevolution Revolutionary France]].

Much of the plot turns out to be a setup, and the Doctor quickly realizes 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 jaw]]. The group retreats to the TARDIS, silly hat and all.

* StockEpisodeTitles: 10 uses. Justified, in that this episode is about, well, [[TheFrenchRevolution the Reign of Terror]].

* TitleDrop: When Barbara and Ian realize they're in the middle of TheFrenchRevolution.

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 jaw]]. The group retreats to the TARDIS, silly hat and all.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[GratuitousFrench Vous dites que vous voulez une révolution...]]''[[note]][[Music/TheBeatles Get]] [[GenousBonus it]][[DontExplainTheJoke ?!]][[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[GratuitousFrench Vous dites que vous voulez une révolution ...]]''[[note]][[Music/TheBeatles Get]] [[GenousBonus it]][[DontExplainTheJoke ?!]][[/note]]]]

* NamesTheSame: No, Lemaître is not likely to hear drums 24/7.

* 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, along with another copy of episode 6, were returned from Cyprus. Episodes 4 and 5 were animated for the DVD release. The Cypriot copies of those episodes are believed to have been destroyed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''

While Barbara and Susan are rescued en route the the guillotine,(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.

* DarkerAndEdgier: A very violent serial, with plenty of on-screen death, and Barbara being asked to have sex in exchange for her freedom. (She's not impressed with the idea.)

* 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, along with another copy of episode 6, were returned from Cyprus. Episodes 4 and 5 were animated for the DVD release.

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

** [[spoiler:M. Colbert]]