The Crusade (Doctor Who)

The Crusade (Doctor Who)


014 – The Crusade
Doctor Who serial

The Doctor finds himself involved in the events of the Third Crusade
Cast
Doctor
  • William Hartnell (First Doctor)
Companions
  • Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright)
  • William Russell (Ian Chesterton)
  • Maureen O'Brien (Vicki)
Others
  • Walter Randall — El Akir
  • Roger Avon — Saphadin
  • Bernard Kay — Saladin
  • Julian Glover — Richard the Lionheart
  • David Anderson — Reynier de Marun
  • Bruce Wightman — William de Tornebu
  • John Flint — William des Preaux
  • Reg Pritchard — Ben Daheer
  • Tony Caunter — Thatcher
  • Jean Marsh — Joanna
  • Gábor Baraker — Luigi Ferrigo
  • John Bay — Earl of Leicester
  • Robert Lankesheer — Chamberlain
  • George Little — Haroun
  • Petra Markham — Sadiya
  • Sandra Hampton — Maimuna
  • Zohra Segal — Sheyrah
  • Viviane Sorrél — Fatima
  • Diana McKenzie — Hafsa
  • Tutte Lemkow — Ibrahim
  • David Brewster — Turkish Bandit
  • Billy Cornelius — Man-at-Arms
  • Derek Ware, Valentino Musetti, Chris Konyils, Raymond Novak, Anthony Colby — Saracen Warriors
Production
Writer David Whitaker
Director Douglas Camfield
Script editor Dennis Spooner
Producer Verity Lambert
Executive producer(s) None
Incidental music composer Dudley Simpson
Production code P
Series Season 2
Length 4 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing 2 episodes (2 and 4)
Date started 27 March 1965
Date ended 17 April 1965
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by →
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The Crusade is the partly missing sixth serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 27 March to 17 April 1965. The story is set near Jerusalem, in Palestine, during the Third Crusade. Only two of the four episodes are held in the BBC archives; two remain missing.

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