Jacobin more prominent in leading France, the period when war was declared on Austria and Prussia, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic created. In May 1793, the leaders of the Mountain faction led by Maximilien Robespierre succeeded in sidelining the Girondin faction and controlled the government until July 1794. Their time in government was characterized by high levels of political violence and for this reason the period of the Jacobin/Mountain government is also commonly referred to as the Reign of Terror. In October 1793, 21 prominent Girondins were guillotined. The Mountain-dominated government executed 17,000 opponents nationwide, purportedly to suppress the
The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who) 1987. An audio version of this serial was released on CD by BBC Audio in February 2006, with Ford providing linking narration and an interview. This was later included in "The Lost TV Episodes: Collection 1" box set in August 2010, alongside an additional CD with interviews and original camera scripts. The serial was released on VHS by BBC Video in November 2003, containing the four existing episodes of "The Reign of Terror" alongside unreleased episodes of "The Faceless Ones" and "The Web of Fear". 2 Entertain released the serial on DVD in January 2013, with animation of the missing