The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.

• DirectorPaddy Russell
• Release26 February 1966
• Genre
  History / Action
• Duration1h 40m
• Budget?
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  7.5
  4 reviews
• Productions

  BBC