Doctor Who
Bell of Doom (The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Part Four)
TV Flash files “Bell of Doom (The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Part Four)” as hour 106 of 700 in the TV Flash guide — Doctor Who (1963–) on BBC, season 3, episode 25, aired 1966-02-26, 25 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E25: listed hour 106 of 700 in the Doctor Who guide, hour 25 of 45 in season 3. It aired 1966-02-26 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Priest of Death (The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Part Three)” (S03E24). Next is “The Steel Sky (The Ark, Part One)” (S03E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Missing episode 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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bell of Doom (The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Part Four) sit in the Doctor Who guide?
S03E25 is listed hour 106 of 700 — hour 25 of 45 in season 3, season 3 episode 25.
When did Doctor Who S03E25 air?
Bell of Doom (The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Part Four) aired 1966-02-26 and is listed at 25 minutes.
Where should I start with the 1960s serials?
William Hartnell's First Doctor is the origin of the TARDIS-and-companions contract. Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor is the proof that regeneration works. Start at a serial whose surviving episodes interest you; missing-episode gaps are part of the classic-era weather.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A Time Lord, a police box bigger on the inside, and regeneration as infinite franchise life: Doctor Who launched from the BBC in 1963 and never really parked. Early black-and-white serials built the mythology; Hartnell-to-Troughton proved the lead could change without ending the show. The longest experiment in serialized reinvention — woolly, weird, endlessly renewable.
November 23, 1963, is a drop that never really parked. BBC's *Doctor Who* launched a Time Lord and a blue police box bigger on the inside, then treated the lead as renewable inventory. **Regeneration is the window.** Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, and Donald Wilson were among the early architects. Early black-and-white serials built the mythology; companions, sonic screwdrivers, and cliffhangers became ritual. Rex wants woolly national inheritance. Fine. The business model is recasting without ending the show.
Filed against
- William Hartnell as The First Doctor
William Hartnell’s First Doctor launched Doctor Who from the BBC in 1963 — a Time Lord, a police box bigger on the inside, regeneration as infinite franchise life. Early black-and-white serials built the mythology; Hartnell-to-Troughton…
- Patrick Troughton as The Second Doctor
Patrick Troughton played the Second Doctor on Doctor Who, the 1960s BBC proof that a Time Lord could change faces without ending the franchise. Police box bigger on the inside, regeneration as infinite life, early black-and-white serials…
- Jon Pertwee as The Third Doctor
Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor kept Doctor Who’s police box moving — a Time Lord, a box bigger on the inside, regeneration as infinite franchise life. BBC serials launched in 1963 and never really parked; Hartnell-to-Troughton proved the lead…