The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who) The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who) The Reign of Terror is the partly missing eighth serial in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast on BBC1 in six weekly parts from 8 August to 12 September 1964. It was written by Dennis Spooner and directed by Henric Hirsch. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan (Carole Ann Ford), and teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) arrive in France during the period of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror, where they become involved with prisoners
White Terror (Taiwan) White Terror (Taiwan) In Taiwan, the White Terror () was the suppression of political dissidents following the February 28 Incident. The period of martial law lasted for 38 years and 57 days from 19 May 1949 to 15 July 1987. Taiwan's period of martial law had been the longest period of martial law in the world at the time it was lifted, but has since been surpassed by the incumbent Syrian more-than-half-century martial law, which lasts from 1963. The term "White Terror" in its broadest meaning refers to the entire period from 1947 to 1987. Around 140,000 Taiwanese were imprisoned