Day 42: Prisoners of Conciergerie

And two minutes into the episode, we receive an absolutely bonkers twist. It would appear that the character known as Lemaître, the man who has been responsible for getting the TARDIS crew into prison most of the time, is secretly...James Stirling, a British spy! It's a lovely twist, to have one of the major villains turn out to be secretly an ally, especially after we have had Léon Colbert revealed as a traitor, it draws into question the concept of who you can trust in these times, and so we are left at the end of this serial with a feeling that we have experienced the Reign of Terror, because we now know that it was a time where you were probably going to be killed or captured, and you had no idea who was on your side. My final note is that concerning Robespierre, because as he is captured in the serial, it is mentioned that he was shot in the jaw. One thing that they failed to mention was that the shooter was Robespierre himself, attempting to commit suicide, but failing. A handy metaphor for the Reign of Terror then, a man who attempted to make a difference, but failed and was left without his voice tobe heard.