Episode Number:

Episode Title:

Transmission Date:

Duration:

Ratings (in Millions):

1

The Lion

27/3/65

24.56

10.5

2

The Knight of Jaffa

3/4/65

23.28

8.5

3

The Wheel of Fortune

10/4/65

24.51

9.0

4

The Warlords

17/4/65

23.40

9.5

 

Season:

Doctor:

Producer:

Script Editor:

Writer:

Director:

Two

William Hartnell

Verity Lambert

Dennis Spooner

David Whitaker

Douglas Camfield

 

 

  

William Hartnell - (The Doctor)

William Russell - (Ian Chesterton)

Jaqueline Hill - (Barbara Wright)

Maureen O' Brien - (Vicki)

 

  

Julian Glover - (Richard the Lionheart)

John Flint - (William des Preaux)

Walter Randall - (El Akir)

David Anderson - (Reynier de Marun)

Bruce Wightman - (William de Tornebu)

Reg Pritchard - (Ben Daheer)

Tony Caunter - (Thatcher)

Roger Avon - (Saphadin)

Bernard Kay (Saladin)

Derek Ware, Valentino Musetti, Chris Konyils, Raymond Novak, Anthony Colby - (Saracen Warriors)

Jean Marsh - (Joanna)

Robert Lankesheer - (Chamberlain)

Zohra Segal - (Sheyrah)

Gabor Baraker - (Luigi Ferrigo)

George Little - (Haroun)

Petra Markham - (Safiya)

John Bay - (Earl of Leicester)

David Brewster - (Turkish Bandit)

Sandra Hampton - (Maimuna)

Viviane Sorrél - (Fatima)

Diana McKenzie - (Hafsa)

Tutte Lemkow - (Ibrahim)

Billy Cornelius - (Man-at-Arms)

 

  

It's 12th Century Palestine and King Richard the Lionheart is embroiled in a Holy War against the Saracen ruler, Saladin.

 

After Barbara is abducted in a Saracen ambush, the Doctor, Ian and Vicki make their way to the King's palace. At first, the King will not help with her rescue, but he relents and lets Ian attempt it, equipping him for the task with a knighthood.

 

Meanwhile, the King's secret plans to make peace with Saladin are discovered and all hell breaks loose. The Earl of Leicester suspects the Doctor's influence in the King's new-found desire for peace. It is time the Doctor left...

 

  

Working Title:

The Lionheart, The Saracen Hordes.

 

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Click for larger image- The Crusade / The Space Museum. box-set, episodic format, Released July1999; PAL (BBC Video cat.#6888).

- This was released as a two-tape set, together with The Space Museum.

 

 

Not yet released on DVD.

 

 

Not yet released on Audio.

 

 

- Doctor Who And The Crusaders, written by David Whitaker, Published 1973 - [Target no.12]

- Doctor Who And The Crusaders, written by David Whitaker, Published 1975 - [Target no.12]

- Doctor Who And The Crusaders, written by David Whitaker, Published 1979 - [Target no.12]

- Doctor Who And The Crusaders, written by David Whitaker, Published 1982 - [Target no.12]

 

 

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- Doctor Who The Scripts: The Crusade, published by Titan Books 1994.

 

 


 

 

 

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