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  • Published: 1 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9781445887180
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 59 min
  • Narrator: William Hartnell
  • RRP: $9.99
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Doctor Who: The Crusade (TV Soundtrack)



The Doctor and his companions encounter King Richard the Lionheart in this classic remastered soundtrack adventure with linking narration by William Russell.

'History must take its course...' 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... This classic adventure, only two episodes of which survive in the BBC film archive, stars William Hartnell as the Doctor, William Russell as Ian, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara, and Maureen O'Brien as Vicki. Amongst the guest cast are Julian Glover as Richard, with Jean Marsh as his sister Joanna.

  • Published: 1 August 2012
  • ISBN: 9781445887180
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 59 min
  • Narrator: William Hartnell
  • RRP: $9.99
Categories:

About the author

David Whitaker

David Whitaker was an English television writer and novelist who worked on the early years of the science-fiction TV series Doctor Who. He served as the programme's first story editor, supervising the writing of its first 51 episodes from 1963 to 1964. He also wrote Doctor Who serials including The Crusade, The Rescue, The Power of the Daleks, The Evil of the Daleks and The Wheel in Space, and two of the first novelisations from the series, Doctor Who and the Daleks and Doctor Who and the Crusaders. His other work included writing the Dalek comic strip for the weekly children's magazine TV Century 21, in addition to the stage play The Curse of the Daleks (1965).

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