(The Doctor leads the other three, all excited out of the TARDIS.) Well, how far from Paris? JEAN PIERRE: Not far. A link in some escape chain. (He hands one of the passes to Barbara.) The Doctor's put us down right in the middle of the French Revolution. And get away from that man. (He points to the travelers.)
Plan: A: The TARDIS; Q: What materialises near Paris in 1794? A: the French Revolution of 1789; Q: What event preceded the bloodiest year in Paris? A: The travellers; Q: Who becomes involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine? A: James Stirling - alias Lemaitre; Q: Who is the English undercover spy? A: governor; Q: What was James Stirling's job title at the Conciergerie prison? Summary: The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 - one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling - alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.