Stories Book Target Collection Doctor Who: The Massacre 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Thursday, November 19, 1987 Written by John Lucarotti Pages 144 Story Type New Companion Introduction Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Pure Historical, Doctor Doppelgänger Location (Potential Spoilers!) Earth, France, Paris Synopsis The TARDIS lands in Paris on 19th August 1572 and the Doctor, driven by scientific curiosity, leaves Steven in order to meet and exchange views with the apothecary Charles Preslin. Before he disappears, he warns Steven to stay out of 'mischief, religion and politics'. Ignoring the Doctor's warning to stay out of trouble, Steven finds himself caught up with a group of Huguenots. The Protestant minority of France is being threatened by the Catholic hierarchy and danger stalks the streets of Paris. As Steven tries to find his way back to the TARDIS, he is horrified to find that the greatest persecutor of the Huguenots is actually none other than the Doctor himself. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters First Doctor Steven Taylor Catherine de Medici Dodo Chaplet Show All Characters (4) How to read Doctor Who: The Massacre: Books The Massacre Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 6 January 2025 · 135 words Review by MONK Spoilers This review contains spoilers! My first review here - hi everyone 👋 I've been going through the first doctor's TV era in order and replaced some of the missing episodes with Target Novels. I looooved this one. Some highlights below: I really don't know much about this time in history and while the story doesn't explain it super clearly, it was easy to get the jist of waring religious factions. The Abbot looking exactly like the 1st doctor is the kinda thing I love and creates good hijinks There is great character development from the first doctor here, relating to his view in "meddling". You really feel bad for Steven when he is abandoned early on. The moment Steven and the Doctor can finally leave but decide not to because they're now too invested in the situation is so good. MONK View profile Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating285 members 3.48 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating285 votes 3.48 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating4 votes 3.50 / 5 Member Statistics Read 27 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 2 Skipped 3 Owned 3 Related Stories Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Classic Who S3 • Serial 5 · (0/4 episodes intact) The Massacre Rating: 3.39 Story Skipped Television Reviews(12) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 3 Set of Stories: First Doctor Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
