The Tyrant of France, the fourth episode of 1964's The Reign of Terror, no longer exits, and there are no telesnaps, so the above image is of the titular character - Robespierre - from the surviving sixth instalment.
When it came to that story's Target novelisation, it was Ian Marter who got the commission, rather than regular adapter Terrance Dicks. We remember 'Uncle Tel' on the third anniversary of his death, at the age of 84 in 2019. His involvement with Target resulted in 67 Doctor Who novels, plus spin-offs like The Making of Doctor Who and the two Monster Books. He also wrote a number of non-Who books for the company, aimed at young children and teenagers.
We also lost comic actor Bill Kerr on this day in 2014, aged 92. Best known for the original radio version of Hancock's Half Hour, he played Giles Kent in The Enemy of the World - which was in production round about the time that Dicks was arriving to take up the assistant script editor role.
Also on this day:
Patrick Barr (Hobson in The Moonbase) died in 1985, aged 77,
Dallas Adams (Prof. Howard Foster / Kamelion in Planet of Fire) died in 1991, aged 44.
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