The Rescue
by David Whitaker
Having left Susan on Earth, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara land the TARDIS
on the planet Dido in the year 2493. There they discover two humans, Bennett
and Vicki, trapped in their spaceship, the only crew to survive death at
the hands of the hostile Didonians.
But the Doctor is baffled: the Didonians are a peaceful nation. What
has happenned to change them? Why have they murdered the crewof the spaceship?
Why apart from the mysterious Koquillion, are they strangely absent?
The Doctor must find the answers - and quickly. For a rescue ship is
on its way from Earth intent on revenge and time is running out for the
planet...
Originally transmitted in two episodes 2 - 9 January 1965.
The Romans
by Dennis Spooner
It is Italy 64AD and the Doctor's intent on a holiday. However, the
atmosphere turns sour when he leave for Rome with Vicki only to be mistaken
for a murdered musician - Maximus Pertulian. For Maximus is an enemy of
Nero and the terrible fate that awaited him in Rome now awaits the Doctor.
Meanwhile, Ian and Barbara have been abducted and sold as slaves, unable
to contact the Doctor or one another. Are they doomed to spend the rest
of their lives trapped in 64AD?
Events reach a climax when the time travellers are caught in the Great
Fire of Rome: an inferno which will either provide the cover necessary
for their escape or which will, quite literally, be the death of them...
Originally transmitted in 4 episodes 16 January - 6 February 1965
Running time: 136 mins approx.
Produced by Verity Lambert
Directed by Christopher Barry
Cover Illustration: Andrew Skilleter
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