History Trivia / DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre

** John Lucarotti had several idea for a new historical serial. He conceived ideas such as Doctor to arrive at the [[UsefulNotes/IndianRebellion 1857 Indian Rebellion]], or helping Leif Erikson and the Vikings travel to Newfoundland. Both were rejected by the new team of John Wiles and Donald Tosh. They wanted the series to [[DarkerAndEdgier be more dramatic]], and Lucarotti ended up working with Tosh on a more suitable storyline.

* CreatorBacklash: John Lucarotti was so unhappy working with Tosh and Wiles (the former rewriting his material) that he took his name off it. (Due to the fact that none of the episodes survive, there is some debate about whether or not he was actually credited; Tosh claims the episodes had no writing credit, but it seems he may have been credited on Episode 4 at least as Tosh received co-writer's credit on that.)

** John Lucarotti had several idea for a new historical serial. He first conceived for the Doctor to arrive at the [[UsefulNotes/IndianRebellion 1857 Indian Rebellion]], before writing a story where the Doctor and co. helped Leif Erikson and the Vikings travel to Newfoundland. Both were rejected by the new team of John Wiles and Donald Tosh. They wanted the series to [[DarkerAndEdgier be more dramatic]], and Lucarotti ended up working with Tosh on a more suitable storyline.

* AlanSmithee: This story was originally written by John Lucarotti, but script editor Donald Tosh rewrote almost the whole story. Lucarotti demanded his name be taken off the credits, but since the episodes are missing, it's unknown whether his request was granted.
* CreatorBacklash: John Lucarotti was so unhappy with the rewrites made by Donald Tosh that he took his name off it. (Due to the fact that none of the episodes survive, there is some debate about whether or not he was actually credited; Tosh claims the episodes had no writing credit, but it seems he may have been credited on Episode 4 at least as Tosh received co-writer's credit on that.)

** Anne Chaplet was considered to become a main companion. As with Katarina, it was decided that her origins made her less than ideal for viewer identification.
** Ian and Barbara were supposed to have a cameo at the end of the story and watch the TARDIS just as it dematerializes.

* CreatorsFavouriteEpisode: Peter Purves named this as his favourite story.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Peter Purves named this as his favourite story.

* CreatorBacklash: John Lucarotti was so unhappy with the rewrites made by Donald Tosh that he took his name off it. (Due to the fact that none of the episodes survive, there is some debate about whether or not he was actually credited; Tosh claims the episodes had no writing credit, but it seems he may have been credited on episode 4 at least as Tosh received co-writer's credit on that.)

* MissingEpisode: One of only three stories (the others being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4MarcoPolo "Marco Polo"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E2MissionToTheUnknown "Mission to the Unknown"]]) for which not a single frame of footage survives. No telesnaps, no clips, no photos other than publicity photos. Even the novelisation is InNameOnly because it's based on earlier drafts of the script. There's not even a single picture of Hartnell as the Abbot of Amboise, so we have no idea what his costume looked like.

* MissingEpisode: One of only three stories (the others being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4MarcoPolo "Marco Polo"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E2MissionToTheUnknown "Mission to the Unknown"]]) for which not a single frame of footage survives. No telesnaps, no clips, no photos other than publicity photos. Even the novelisation is InNameOnly.

* CreatorBacklash: John Lucarotti was so unhappy with the rewrites made by Donald Tosh that he took his name off it. (Due to the fact that none of the episodes survive, there is some debate about whether or not he was actually credited.)

* CreatorBacklash: John Lucarotti was so unhappy with the rewrites made by Donald Tosh that he took his name off it.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/WilliamHartnell plays both the Doctor and The Abbot of Amboise.

* MissingEpisode: One of only three stories (the others being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4MarcoPolo Marco Polo]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E2MissionToTheUnknown Mission to the Unknown]]) for which not a single frame of footage survives. No telesnaps, no clips, no photos other than publicity photos. Even the novelisation is InNameOnly.

** Ian and Barbara were supposed to have a cameo at the end of the story and watch the TARDIS just as it dematerilaises.
* WorkingTitle: ''The War of God''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ian and Barbara were supposed to have a cameo at the end of the story and watch the TARDIS just as it dematerilaises.

* MissingEpisode: One of only three stories (the others being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4/MarcoPolo Marco Polo]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E2MissionToTheUnknown Mission to the Unknown]]) for which not a single frame of footage survives. No telesnaps, no clips, no photos other than publicity photos. Even the novelisation is InNameOnly.

* MissingEpisode: One of only two stories (The other being Mission to the Unknown) for which not a single frame of footage survives. No telesnaps, no clips, no photos other than publicity photos. Even the novelisation is InNameOnly.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ian and Barbara were supposed to have a cameo at the end of the story and watch the TARDIS just as it dematerilaises.

* MissingEpisode: One of only two stories (The other being Mission to the Unknown) for which not a single frame of footage survives. No telesnaps, no clips, no photos other than publicity photos. Even the novelisation is InNameOnly.

* MissingEpisode: The last story not to have even a short clip archived. There aren't even any Telesnaps, just a few publicity stills. Even the novelisation is InNameOnly.

* MissingEpisode: The last story not to have even a short clip archived.