William Hartnell - (The Doctor)

William Russell - (Ian Chesterton)

Jaqueline Hill - (Barbara Wright)

Maureen O' Brien - (Vicki)

Derek Sydney - (Sevcheria)

Nicholas Evans - (Didius)

Dennis Edwards - (Centurian)

Margot Thomas - (Stall Holder)

Edward Kelsey - (Slave Buyer)

Bart Allison - (Maximus Pettulian)

Barry Jackson - (Ascaris)

Peter Diamond - (Delos)

Michael Peake - (Tavius)

Dorothy-Rose Gribble - (Woman Slave)

Gertan Klauber - (Galley Master)

Ernest Jennings - (1st Man in Market)

John Caesar - (2nd Man in Market)

Tony Lambden - (Court Messenger)

Derek Francis - (Nero)

Brian Proudfoot - (Tigilinus / Tigilinus (Cup Bearer))

Kay Patrick - (Poppaea)

Ann Tirard - (Locusta)

It is Italy 64AD and the Doctor's intent on a holiday. However, the atmosphere turns sour when he leaves for Rome with Vicki only to be mistaken for a murdered musician - Maximus Pettulian. For Maximus is an enemy of Nero and the terrible fate that awaited him in Rome now awaits the Doctor.

Meanwhile, Ian and Barbara have been abducted and sold as slaves, unable to contact the Doctor or one another. Are they doomed to spend the rest of their lives trapped in 64AD?

Events reach a climax when the time travellers are caught in the Great Fire of Rome: an inferno which will either provide the cover necessary for their escape or which will, quite literally, be the death of them...

Working Title:

N/A

Things to look for:

• Coming Soon.

The Doctor Who Archive:

All 4 episodes exist.

Bloopers:

• Coming Soon

- The Rescue / The Romans, edited episodic format, Released September 1994; PAL (BBC Video cat.#5378).

- This was released as a two-tape set together with The Rescue.

Not yet released on DVD.

Not yet released on Audio.

- The Rescue, written by Donald Cotton, Published 1987 - [Target no.120]

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