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* "The Lion" was found in [[New Zealand]] by film collector [[Bruce Grenville]] sometime well before 1998 and languished amidst Grenville's vast [[16mm telerecordings|16mm]] film collection for several years. In 1998, ''Doctor Who'' fan [[Neil Lambess]] asked Grenville if he had any ''Doctor Who'' film in his collection, and when Grenville said that he had something called "The Lion", Lambess realised he might have a [[missing episode]]. He brought his friend [[Paul Scoones]] to Grenville's home to videotape the screening, just in case Grenville had the real episode. After it was determined that Grenville's print was genuine, he readily agreed to have it sent to the BBC for copying. Scoones shipped it to the [[BBC Film and Videotape Library]], and in 1999 the BBC made a Digi-Beta print of "The Lion", and returned the original print to Grenville. The story of the recovery of "The Lion" generated a great deal of press interest in the [[United Kingdom]]. As a result, Bruce Grenville appeared on one of [[BBC1]]'s most-watched programmes, [[The National Lottery Amazing Luck Stories|one of the variations of ''The National Lottery Draws'']], to tell his tale. To date, ''The Crusade'' remains the only second season story to have missing episodes. | * "The Lion" was found in [[New Zealand]] by film collector [[Bruce Grenville]] sometime well before 1998 and languished amidst Grenville's vast [[16mm telerecordings|16mm]] film collection for several years. In 1998, ''Doctor Who'' fan [[Neil Lambess]] asked Grenville if he had any ''Doctor Who'' film in his collection, and when Grenville said that he had something called "The Lion", Lambess realised he might have a [[missing episode]]. He brought his friend [[Paul Scoones]] to Grenville's home to videotape the screening, just in case Grenville had the real episode. After it was determined that Grenville's print was genuine, he readily agreed to have it sent to the BBC for copying. Scoones shipped it to the [[BBC Film and Videotape Library]], and in 1999 the BBC made a Digi-Beta print of "The Lion", and returned the original print to Grenville. The story of the recovery of "The Lion" generated a great deal of press interest in the [[United Kingdom]]. As a result, Bruce Grenville appeared on one of [[BBC1]]'s most-watched programmes, [[The National Lottery Amazing Luck Stories|one of the variations of ''The National Lottery Draws'']], to tell his tale. To date, ''The Crusade'' remains the only second season story to have missing episodes. | ||
* [[Telesnap]]s by [[John Cura]] for this story exist in the hands of private collectors, and several enlarged telesnaps also exist. | * [[Telesnap]]s by [[John Cura]] for this story exist in the hands of private collectors, and several enlarged telesnaps also exist. | ||
* [[William Hartnell]] demanded that dialogue implying an incestuous relationship between Richard and Joanna be removed, as he felt it was inappropriate for a family series. | * [[William Hartnell]] demanded that dialogue implying an incestuous relationship between Richard and Joanna be removed, as he felt it was inappropriate for a family series. [[Julian Glover]] and [[Jean Marsh]] were aware of the original intentions and were keen to reinstate the sensual undertones through their performance. However, they were deterred from doing so by [[Verity Lambert]] who advised them, “Don't think I don't know what you're doing.” | ||
* [[Adrienne Hill]] was in the running for Joanna. | * [[Adrienne Hill]] was in the running for Joanna. | ||
* It was during the production of this serial that [[Verity Lambert]] decided to leave the series. | * It was during the production of this serial that [[Verity Lambert]] decided to leave the series. | ||
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* No exact date was given in the story, however [[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|the novelisation]] has the Doctor estimate the date to be between [[1190]] and [[1192]]. | * No exact date was given in the story, however [[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|the novelisation]] has the Doctor estimate the date to be between [[1190]] and [[1192]]. | ||
* [[Julian Glover]]'s costume is a modified version of the one [[Mark Eden]] wore as [[Marco Polo]]. | * [[Julian Glover]]'s costume is a modified version of the one [[Mark Eden]] wore as [[Marco Polo]]. | ||
* Julian | * [[Julian Glover]] didn't enjoy working with [[William Hartnell]]. He noted on the [[DVD]] commentary that [[William Russell]] and [[Jacqueline Hill]] would make guest casts welcome as Hartnell "wasn't very good at that", and describes him as "cold" towards himself and [[Jean Marsh]]. "I don’t know whether he was insecure or not, but he was very difficult to work with. God rest his soul, but he was very difficult. I suppose it was insecurity, he couldn’t bear to be upstaged, he couldn’t bear not to be in the centre. It was extraordinary casting in that part, I mean, if you think of all those films where he played military people, and all that. He was absolutely wonderful playing those stern military types. That was his strength, playing union men, playing representatives of working class bodies, and so it was extraordinary that he was cast as Doctor Who. That’s probably the reason Bill Hartnell, as has been suggested, felt insecure. That was the reason for it; he felt like a fish out of water to start with, and he was determined that he should win, and my God, he did win. He was personally responsible for the success of that series, and why it’s still going today. I don’t deny that, but he wasn’t easy, and I had to just swallow it, as he was the governor, and Doug said, 'No, don’t upset him.' My background was, at the time, a bit la-de-da for him, with the Royal Shakespeare company, and all that Shakespeare stuff. Unlike [[Roger Moore]], who had never done anything like that at all in his life, and just used to call me 'Mr National Theatre', and we laughed all the time. He found it amusing, but William Hartnell didn’t". | ||
* [[David Whitaker]] held this story up as his finest technical achievement. | * [[David Whitaker]] held this story up as his finest technical achievement. [[Douglas Camfield]] claimed that he didn't have to change a single line. "''The Crusade'' is the story that I am technically proudest of. It achieved almost to a word what I set out to depict and was people with some interestingly real characters. I became fascinated with the relationship between Richard and his sister, which was almost incestuous in its intensity. I relished the dialogue that the story allowed me to write, and the period itself was so interesting that it became almost a labour of love to produce a script worth of the colour and depth of drama that had inspired it, within the limits of the budget - and what was permissible for that time slot and indeed that time, when television was not the liberated lady it has since become. The final satisfaction came with the truly inspired acting and direction — Douglas Camfield worked my words into some beautiful and taut images". | ||
* Ian is made a knight. William Russell had previously starred in ''The Adventures of Sir Lancelot.'' | * Ian is made a knight. [[William Russell]] had previously starred in ''The Adventures of Sir Lancelot.'' | ||
* Camera rehearsals were disrupted when [[Tutte Lemkow]] deeply cut his finger with his knife and had to be taken to the hospital for tetanus injections. | |||
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