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Synopsis

The Doctor with King Richard

The TARDIS materialises in the middle of a holy war between King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen leader, Saladin, in 12th Century Palestine. As The Doctor, Vicki, Ian and Barbara explore their surroundings, they are suddenly caught up in a Saracen ambush - and Barbara is kidnapped.

For the time travellers, intrigue and espionage ensue as they once again become involved in living history A newly-knighted ‘Sir Ian of Jaffa’ makes haste to find and rescue Barbara, whilst The Doctor finds it difficult to stay out of trouble in the court of the King..

Source: BBC Audio

General Information

Season:

Two

Production Code:

Story Number:

Episode Numbers:

64 - 67

Number of Episodes:

Number of Incomplete/Missing Episodes:

Percentage of Episodes Held:

50%

Alternative Titles:

"The Crusaders"

Working Titles:

"The Saracen Hordes" (whole story), "Damsel in Distress" (episode 2), "Changing Fortunes" (episode 3) and "The Knight of Jaffa" (episode 4)

Production Dates:

February - March 1965

Broadcast Started:

27 March 1965

Broadcast Finished:

17 April 1965

Colour Status:

B&W

Studio:

Ealing Television Film Studios and Riverside (Studio 1)

Location:

None

Writer:

David Whitaker

Director:

Douglas Camfield

Producer:

Verity Lambert

Story Editor:

Dennis Spooner

Editor:

Pam Bosworth

Production Assistant:

Viktors Ritelis

Assistant Floor Manager:

Michael Briant

Designer:

Barry Newbery

Costume Designer:

Daphne Dare

Make-Up Designer:

Sonia Markham

Cameraman:

Peter Hamilton

Lighting:

Ralph Walton

Fights Arranged By:

Derek Ware

Incidental Music:

Dudley Simpson

Special Sounds (SFX Editor):

Brian Hodgson

Studio Sounds:

Brian Hiles

Title Sequence:

Bernard Lodge

Title Music:

Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Delia Derbyshire

Number of Doctors:

The Doctor:

William Hartnell (The First Doctor)

Number of Companions:

The Companions:

Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright), William Russell (Ian Chesterton) and Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)

Guest Cast:

Jean Marsh (Joanna), Julian Glover (Richard the Lionheart)

Additional Cast:

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, Ramond Novak, Anthony (Saracen Warriors),Colby) 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)

Setting:

Palestine (12th century)

Villain:

El Akir

The Episodes

No.	Episodes	Broadcast (UK)	Duration	Viewers (Millions)	In Archive
64	The Lion	27 March 1965	24'56"	10.5	PAL Digital-Betacam
65	The Knight of Jaffa	03 April 1965	23'28"	8.5	Missing
66	The Wheel of Fortune	10 April 1965	24'51"	9.0	16mm telerecording
67	The Warlords	17 April 1965	23'40"	9.5	Missing

Total Duration

1 Hour 37 Minutes

Audience Appreciation

Average Viewers (Millions)

9.4

Doctor Who Magazine Poll (1998)	70.28% (Position = 69 out of 159)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009)	70.06% (Position = 100 out of 200)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014)	70.64% (Position = 128 out of 241)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023)	Position = 12 out of 29

Archives

Only episodes 1 and 3 exist (episode 1 as a PAL Digital-Betacam and episode 3 as a 16mm telerecording).

Notes

This story is also known as "The Crusaders", due to the title that was used for the novelisation released for this story.

William Russell's only appearance in the third episode is in a brief pre-filmed fight sequence as he was on holiday during the week when this episode was recorded.

The first appearance in Doctor Who of Jean Marsh - Jon Pertwee's first wife - who would later become short-lived companion Sara Kingdom in "The Daleks' Master Plan". She also played the part of Morgaine in the 1989 Seventh Doctor story "Battlefield".

Julian Glover was cast by Douglas Camfield to play King Richard I. Seventeen years later, Douglas Camfield again cast Julian Glover as Richard I in the 1982 production of Ivanhoe. Julian Glover would return to Doctor Who to play Scaroth in the 1979 Fourth Doctor story "City of Death". He also provided, alongside former Doctor Who Magazine editor Gary Russell, the DVD commentary for episode three of this story.

Bernard Kay, who played Saladin, had earlier appeared in "The Dalek Invasion of Earth". He would later appear in "The Faceless Ones" in 1967 and "Colony in Space" in 1971.

Veteran Bollywood actress Zohra Sehgal made a brief appearance in episode two "The Knight of Jaffa". She previously appeared as an uncredited attendant in "Marco Polo".

This story has been noted for its non-stereotypical treatment of the two opposing leaders. Saladin is portrayed as calculating but compassionate, while King Richard I is portrayed as volatile and at times childish.

This is one of the more literate of Doctor Who stories, Ian quotes Shakespeare twice: 'A most poor man made tame to fortune's blows' (King Lear) and 'What judgement shall I fear, doing no wrong?' (The Merchant of Venice). While Barbara Wright also quotes Shelley's Epipsychidion ('One heaven, one hell, one immortality'). When she is held at Saladin's court and asked to provide amusement (an allusion to "The Arabian Nights"), she plans to use Romeo and Juliet, Gulliver's Travels and Anderson's fairy tales.

Barbara also is heard telling King Richard of the travellers' recent adventures. Including "The Web Planet" and "The Dalek Invasion of Earth".

In this story, Ian is knighted by King Richard. William Russell had earlier played Sir Lancelot in the television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot. After Ian is knighted, The Doctor admits that he would have liked to have been knighted, too. He would finally get that honour when, as the Tenth Doctor, he is knighted by Queen Victoria in 1879 ("Tooth and Claw").

The first episode of the next story, "The Space Museum", begins with a brief clip of the finale of the fourth episode, "The Warlords", where the time-travellers stand in period costume round the TARDIS console, literally frozen in time. (it has been confirmed this is a clip rather than a restaged scene by an off-camera cough on the soundtracks to both "The Warlords" and "The Space Museum"). This is the only known surviving footage from the final episode of this story.

This story was not sold to middle-eastern countries due to the crusades being a sensitive subject matter. For those nations that were not sold this story, the final episode of the previous story "The Web Planet" featured a caption with ‘Next Week: The Space Museum’ instead of ‘Next Week: The Lion’. This alternate end tag was on the version of "The Web Planet" recovered from Algeria.

Unfortunately only the first and third episode currently exist in the BBC Archives. Episodes one, two and four were reported missing from the BBC Film and Videotape Library following an audit in 1978. It had also been thought that it was one of the few stories for which no off-air soundtrack was known to exist, until copies were located in 1995. The first episode, "The Lion", was then discovered in 1998 by a private collector in New Zealand. It was eventually loaned to the BBC, in January 1999, for cleanup and eventual video release. This episode is the only lost Doctor Who episode that has been found in New Zealand. Interestingly the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation had purchased this story in the 1960s, but did not transmit it.

This story was novelised as "Doctor Who and the Crusaders". As with Whitaker's first novelisation, this story is converted into a stand-alone novel with a lengthy prologue in the TARDIS where the travellers discuss the paradoxes of their journeys and time travel. The pointlessness of a religious war is also emphasised more. For some reason the name of Susan's husband has been changed from David Campbell to David Cameron.

First and Last

The Firsts:

The first involment in the show for Jean Marsh. She would return as the short-lived companion Sara Kingdom in "The Daleks' Master Plan".

The first (and only) partially held story in Season Two. It is complete except for episodes two and four.

The first Doctor Who story in which a member of the regular cast is knighted. This being Ian.

Story Images

Show Text

The Doctor with King Richard

Leaving the TARDIS

Barbara Being Watched

The Doctor and Vicki with Joanna

The Doctor Ponders

Joanna

Sir Ian, Asleep

El Akir

Barbara with Safiya

The Doctor with King Richard

The Doctor, Earl of Leicester and King Richard

The Doctor and Vicki

Quote of the Story

'There is something new in you, yet something older than the sky itself. I sense that I can trust you.'

Joanne (to The Doctor)

Release Information

Format	Title	Release Date (UK)	Code Number	Cover Art	Remarks
VHS	The Hartnell Years	June 1991	BBCV 4608	Photo-montage	Episode 3 only Introduced by Sylvester McCoy
VHS	The Crusade and The Space Museum	July 1999	BBCV 6888	Photo-montage	Episodes 1 and 3 Only Includes a narration of the missing eposodes by William Russell (Ian Chesterton) Part of a Limited Edition Box Set (BBCV 6805)
CD	The Crusade	July 1999		Photo-montage	Episodes 2 & 4 Only Part of the Limited Edition VHS Box Set (BBCV 6805)
DVD	Doctor Who: Lost in Time	November 2004	BBCDVD 1353	Photo-montage	Episodes 1 and 3 only
CD	The Crusade	May 2005		Photo-montage	Narrated by William Russell (Ian Chesterton) Includes a bonus interview with William Russell Double CD Release
CD	The Crusade	August 2010		Photo-montage	Part of the "Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes: Collection One 1964-1965" Box Set Narrated by William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Blu-Ray	Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 2 (Limited Edition)	December 2022	BBCBD 0479	Lee Binding	Blu-Ray Limited Edition boxed set containing 9 specially restored stories
LP	The Crusade	October 2024		Photo-montage	Limited Edition LP - Narrated by William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Blu-Ray	Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 2 (Standard Edition)	December 2024	BBCBD 0609	Lee Binding	Blu-Ray Standard Edition boxed set containing 9 specially restored stories

In Print

Format	Title	Release Date (UK)	Publisher	Author	Cover Art	Remarks
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	1965	Fredrick Muller	David Whitaker	Henry Fox	Hardback
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	1967	Dragon Books	David Whitaker	Unknown	ISBN: 0-411-80670-X
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	May 1973	Target No. 12	David Whitaker	Chris Achilleos	ISBN: 0-426-10137-5 (1st Edition Target Cover)
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	1975	Target No. 12	David Whitaker	Chris Achilleos	ISBN: 0-426-10671-7 (2nd Edition Target Cover)
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	October 1975	Lion Books	David Whitaker		Hardback
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	May 1979	Target No. 12	David Whitaker	Chris Achilleos	ISBN: 0-426-11316-0 (Red Logo Cover)
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	October 1983	Target No. 12	David Whitaker	Andrew Skilleter	New cover reprint. ISBN: 0-426-11316-0
Novel	Doctor Who Classics: The Dalek Invasion of Earth & The Crusaders	August 1988	Star Books	David Whitaker	Andrew Skilleter	Double story release. ISBN: 0-352-32264-0
Script	The Crusade	November 1994	Titan Books	David Whitaker	Alister Pearson	Edited by John McElroy. ISBN: 1-85286-564-4
CD	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	November 2005	Target No. 12	David Whitaker	Chris Achilleos	Audio version of the Target Novel read by William Russell (Ian Chesterton). Part of the "Travels in Time and Space" box set.
Novel	Doctor Who and the Crusaders	July 2011	Target No. 12	David Whitaker	Chris Achilleos	BBC reprint with introduction by Charlie Higson. ISBN: 978-1-84990-190-1

Doctor Who CMS Magazine (An Adventure in Space and Time)	Issue 14
Doctor Who Weekly	Issue 18 (Released: February 1980)
Doctor Who Magazine - Archive	Issue 105 (Released: October 1985)
Doctor Who Magazine - Archive	Issue 259 (Released: December 1997)
Doctor Who Magazine - Telesnap Archive	Issue 280 (Released: July 1999)
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team	Issue 287 (Released: February 2000)
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team	Issue 288 (Released: March 2000)

Photo Gallery

The Doctor and Companions

The First Doctor

Barbara Wright

Ian Chesterton

Vicki

On Release

The Hartnell Years VHS Video Cover

VIDEO

VHS Video Cover

VIDEO

VHS Release CD Cover

AUDIO

Lost In Time DVD Cover

VIDEO

Soundtrack CD Cover

AUDIO

The Lost TV Episodes: Collection One CD Cover

AUDIO

The Collection Season 2 Limited Edition Blu-Ray Cover

VIDEO

Original Television Soundtrack LP Cover

AUDIO

The Collection Season 2 Standard Edition Blu-Ray Cover

VIDEO

In Print

Fredrick Muller Book Cover

NOVEL

Dragon Book Cover

NOVEL

Original Target Book Cover

NOVEL

Second Edition Target Book Cover

NOVEL

Lion Book Cover

NOVEL

Third Edition Target Book Cover

NOVEL

Reprinted Target Book Cover

NOVEL

Doctor Who Classics

NOVEL

Titan Script Book Cover

SCRIPT

Target Audio CD Cover

Reprinted BBC Book Cover

NOVEL

Magazines

Doctor Who CMS Magazine (An Adventure in Space and Time): Issue 14

Doctor Who Weekly: Issue 18

Doctor Who Magazine - Archive: Issue 105

Doctor Who Magazine - Archive: Issue 259

Doctor Who Magazine - Telesnap Archive: Issue 280

Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 287

Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 288

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