TEXT: THE REIGN OF TERROR by DENNIS SPOONER first broadcast - 22nd August, 1964 5:30pm - 5:55pm [SCENE_BREAK] 1. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS, CONCIERGERIE PRISON, PARIS, 1794 (Susan, Barbara and another prisoner have been removed from their cells by the jailer and are standing next to some guards.) JAILER: This batch for the guillotine! Take them away! (The guards escort them away.) [SCENE_BREAK] 2. IAN'S CELL (Ian hears noises outside in the street outside his cell. He clambers up to the window to get a view.) [SCENE_BREAK] 3. STREET OUTSIDE THE CONCIERGERIE PRISON (Ian stares through the window in horror at what he sees.) IAN: Barbara! Susan! [SCENE_BREAK] 3. STREET (People walk up and down the street going about their daily business. The Doctor comes up the street. He has arrived in Paris.) [SCENE_BREAK] (He walks off.) [SCENE_BREAK] 4. STREET (Two men are watching a street from the cover of an archway. This is noticeably less busy than the other.) JEAN: A [SCENE_BREAK] should have passed by now, Jules. JULES: You must try and cultivate patience, my friend. It will stand you in good stead. JEAN: I will never get used to the waiting. If only it wasn't so quiet. JULES: That's why we're here, Jean. A crowded street and a successful rescue will never mix. JEAN: I know. But it is late. Perhaps they've taken another route? JULES: No. They'll come this way. They always do. Are you ready? JEAN: Yes, I'm ready. How many soldiers do you think there'll be? JULES: Oh, six. Maybe five. JEAN: It's a pity Leon isn't with us today. The
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.