FEATURE BY CHRIS BENTLEY
William Hartnell as the Doctor in The Reign of Terror. This 1964 story was Dennis Spooner’s first script for Doctor Who.
Early in May 1965, as the opening episodes of The Chase were being recorded, the Doctor Who production office was preparing for a major change in personnel. Original producer Verity Lambert would be leaving the series in August to oversee the launch of a new twice-weekly soap opera, The Newcomers, and story editor Dennis Spooner had accepted a position as head writer on The Baron, a colour film series due to start shooting at Elstree Studios in July.