This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order.

Previous Story: Aquitaine

What an infuriatingly good story. What better way to show how unfair and unjust the system is than to make the Doctor himself utterly helpless to it. There's even some elements similar to Rosa where the Doctor is forced to be on the wrong side of history for a moment.

Every now and then Doctor Who does a historical tragedy and it's very often brilliant. The suspense throughout this story is incredible, you know exactly what's going to happen (mainly because of the title) and hearing it play it out was just so tense. The scene where the Reverend quietly read out the Riot Act and used it as their justification was horrifying.

I don't want to speak about the plot of this story too much because it's genuinely something that everyone needs to hear. It's tragic and there's no redemption at the end and that's what makes it so powerful. I had never heard of this event before and now I really wonder why the Doctor puts up with humans so much.

Next Story: Tartarus