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
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