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The Doctor with King Richard
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..

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General Information

Season: Two
Production Code: P
Story Number: 14
Episode Numbers:64 - 67
Number of Episodes: 4
Number of Incomplete/Missing Episodes:2
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: 1
The Doctor: William Hartnell (The First Doctor)
Number of Companions: 3The 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
64The Lion27 March 196524'56"10.5PAL Digital-Betacam
65The Knight of Jaffa03 April 196523'28"8.5Missing
66The Wheel of Fortune10 April 196524'51"9.016mm telerecording
67The Warlords17 April 196523'40"9.5Missing

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% Lower (Position = 100 out of 200)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014)70.64% Higher (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).



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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.


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The Plot

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The Doctor with King Richard
The Doctor with King Richard

The TARDIS arrives in 12th-century Palestine and where The Doctor and his companions soon realise that they have arrived in the middle of the Holy War between King Richard the Lionheart and the Saracen ruler Saladin.

When The Doctor, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton and Vicki emerge from the TARDIS, they find themselves in the middle of a Saracen ambush. In the confusion, Barbara is captured by the Saracens, while the rest of the TARDIS crew manage to stop the attackers from killing William de Tornebu, an associate of King Richard.

The Doctor with Ian and Vicki, takes the wounded de Tornebu back to Richard's court, but first they must steal clothes from a market in order to blend in. This hasty change of clothes means that, when they enter King Richard's palace, Vicki finds herself mistaken for boy.

Leaving the TARDIS
Leaving the TARDIS

The Doctor, Ian and Vicki are welcomed at King Richard's palace in the nearby city of Jaffa. At first, the King will not help with Barbara's rescue, but he relents and Ian is granted permission to ride off in search of her. Ian is also granted a knighthood - and so becomes ‘Sir Ian of Jaffa’.

The Doctor and Vicki stay behind and try to avoid getting involved in court politics. But this proves to be very difficult especially when they learn of the King's plans to end the war rely on his sister Joanna marrying the Emir. When Joanna eventually finds out about this she refuses point blank to have anything to do with the King's plans.

Barbara Being Watched
Barbara Being Watched

With the King's secret plans to make peace with Saladin now discovered The Doctor decides it is time that they departed the palace. This has now become a matter of some urgency now that The Doctor has made himself an enemy of the King's adviser, the Earl of Leicester, who suspects his influence in the King's new-found desire for peace.

Ian however, on his way to Saladin's court, is attacked by bandits and knocked out. When he claims to have no money, one of the bandits, Ibrahim, ties him down with stakes in the hot sun and daubs him with honey. Ibrahim hopes that the ants will loosen Ian’s purse strings. Ian though eventually tricks Ibrahim into untying his feet, and overpowers him. Ian then convinces the bandit to accompany him to Lydda and aid him in his quest to rescue Barbara.

Meanwhile, Barbara manages to escape and is given refuge by Haroun ed-Din. He is sympathetic because El Akir killed his wife and kidnapped his daughter, and now Haroun is looking for revenge. Haroun leaves to attack El Akir, but is knocked out by soldiers who then go to Haroun's house. There they discover Barbara, and bring her to El Akir. El Akir taunts Barbara with threats of death, but she once again manages to escape, this time hiding out in the Emir's harem.

The Doctor and Vicki with Joanna
The Doctor and Vicki with Joanna

As El Akir tries to find Barbara, she is hidden by Maimuna, a sympathetic harem girl, who it turns out is Haroun's long lost daughter. Luckily for Barbara when Maimuna finds out her father is still alive, she joyfully agrees to help Barbara escape from the castle. But before they can do so, another harem girl, Fatima, betrays them. El Akir is about to attack Barbara when Haroun arrives in the nick of time and fatally stabs El Akir. Ian then arrives, and he and Haroun subdue the guards. Haroun and Maimuna are reunited, and Barbara and Ian head for the TARDIS.

The four time-travellers all meet up in the wood where the TARDIS materialised. However, the travellers' escape is almost thwarted when a party of English soldiers, led by the Earl of Leicester, seizes The Doctor and accuses him of being a spy. Fortunately, The Doctor manages to regain the safety of the TARDIS by means of a ruse, the soldiers believing that the brave Sir Ian has been spirited away by sorcerers!

Back inside the TARDIS, The Doctor and his companions are relieved to have survived. However, as the TARDIS prepares to materialise, at their next destination, the time travellers are frozen into immobility as the power fails and all the interior lights dim.

 
The Doctor Ponders
The Doctor Ponders
Joanna
Joanna
Sir Ian, Asleep
Sir Ian, Asleep
El Akir
El Akir
 
Barbara with Safiya
Barbara with Safiya
The Doctor with King Richard
The Doctor with King Richard
The Doctor, Earl of Leicester and King Richard
The Doctor, Earl of Leicester and King Richard
The Doctor and Vicki
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)



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Release Information

FormatTitleRelease Date (UK)Code NumberCover ArtRemarks
Video
VHS
The Hartnell YearsJune 1991BBCV 4608Photo-montageEpisode 3 only Introduced by Sylvester McCoy
Video
VHS
The Crusade and The Space MuseumJuly 1999BBCV 6888Photo-montageEpisodes 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)
Audio
CD
The CrusadeJuly 1999Photo-montageEpisodes 2 & 4 Only Part of the Limited Edition VHS Box Set (BBCV 6805)
Video
DVD
Doctor Who: Lost in TimeNovember 2004BBCDVD 1353Photo-montageEpisodes 1 and 3 only
Audio
CD
The CrusadeMay 2005Photo-montageNarrated by William Russell (Ian Chesterton) Includes a bonus interview with William Russell Double CD Release
Audio
CD
The CrusadeAugust 2010Photo-montagePart of the "Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes: Collection One 1964-1965" Box Set Narrated by William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
Video
Blu-Ray
Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 2 (Limited Edition)December 2022BBCBD 0479Photo-montageBlu-Ray Limited Edition boxed set containing 9 specially restored stories
Audio
LP
The CrusadeDue: October 2024Photo-montageLimited Edition LP - Narrated by William Russell (Ian Chesterton)


In Print

FormatTitleRelease Date (UK)PublisherAuthorCover ArtRemarks
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the Crusaders1965Fredrick MullerDavid WhitakerHenry FoxHardback
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the Crusaders1967Dragon BooksDavid WhitakerUnknownISBN: 0-411-80670-X
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the CrusadersMay 1973Target No. 12David WhitakerChris AchilleosISBN: 0-426-10137-5
(1st Edition Target Cover)
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the Crusaders1975Target No. 12David WhitakerChris AchilleosISBN: 0-426-10671-7
(2nd Edition Target Cover)
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the CrusadersOctober 1975Lion BooksDavid WhitakerHardback
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the CrusadersMay 1979Target No. 12David WhitakerChris AchilleosISBN: 0-426-11316-0
(Red Logo Cover)
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the CrusadersOctober 1983Target No. 12David WhitakerAndrew SkilleterNew cover reprint.
ISBN: 0-426-11316-0
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who Classics: The Dalek Invasion of Earth & The CrusadersAugust 1988Star BooksDavid WhitakerAndrew SkilleterDouble story release.
ISBN: 0-352-32264-0
Script
Script
The CrusadeNovember 1994Titan BooksDavid WhitakerAlister PearsonEdited by John McElroy.
ISBN: 1-85286-564-4
CD
CD
Doctor Who and the CrusadersNovember 2005Target No. 12David WhitakerChris AchilleosAudio version of the Target Novel read by William Russell (Ian Chesterton). Part of the "Travels in Time and Space" box set.
Novel
Novel
Doctor Who and the CrusadersJuly 2011Target No. 12David WhitakerChris AchilleosBBC 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 WeeklyIssue 18 (Released: February 1980)
Doctor Who Magazine - ArchiveIssue 105 (Released: October 1985)
Doctor Who Magazine - ArchiveIssue 259 (Released: December 1997)
Doctor Who Magazine - Telesnap ArchiveIssue 280 (Released: July 1999)
Doctor Who Magazine - Time TeamIssue 287 (Released: February 2000)
Doctor Who Magazine - Time TeamIssue 288 (Released: March 2000)

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The Collection Season 2 Limited Edition Blu-Ray Cover
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Original Target Book Cover

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Second Edition Target Book Cover

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Lion Book Cover

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Doctor Who Classics
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Titan Script Book Cover

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Target Audio CD Cover

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Reprinted BBC Book Cover

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

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Doctor Who Weekly: Issue 18
Doctor Who Weekly: Issue 18

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Doctor Who Magazine - Archive: Issue 105
Doctor Who Magazine - Archive: Issue 105

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Doctor Who Magazine - Archive: Issue 259
Doctor Who Magazine - Archive: Issue 259

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Doctor Who Magazine - Telesnap Archive: Issue 280
Doctor Who Magazine - Telesnap Archive: Issue 280

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Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 287
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 287

Marvel Comics
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 288
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 288

Marvel Comics


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