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=== The Lion (1) === | === The Lion (1) === | ||
[[File:The chop.jpg|left|thumb|Ian is attacked.]] | [[File:The chop.jpg|left|thumb|Ian is attacked.]] | ||
The TARDIS materialises in [[12th century]] Jaffa in the same forest [[King]] [[Richard the Lionheart]] and his associates are inhabiting. As they talk about sport and tactics, they are beset by Saracens. A skirmish ensues which soon spills into where the Doctor and his companions are. Ian is forced to take up arms and fight off one of the Saracens with the help of the Doctor, but in the melee, Barbara is seized by the heathens and taken hostage. The travellers stumble across [[William de Tornebu]], who has been wounded in the skirmish and look after him, protecting him from the Saracen onslaught. They call for Barbara, but though she can hear them she has been bound and gagged and is taken away. Meanwhile, in another part of the wood, another companion of the king, [[William des Preaux]], is surrounded by Saracens. He tells them that he is Richard as he knows they have orders to return the king to the leader of the Saracens, [[Saladin]]. By this time the Doctor has [[deduce]]d where they are and what time period they are in just before Ian discovers that Barbara is no longer with them. He goes to look for her but to no avail. The Doctor, Ian, and Vicki agree to take the wounded de Tornebu back to Richard's court. In order to fit in they | The TARDIS materialises in [[12th century]] Jaffa in the same forest [[King]] [[Richard the Lionheart]] and his associates are inhabiting. As they talk about sport and tactics, they are beset by Saracens. A skirmish ensues which soon spills into where the Doctor and his companions are. Ian is forced to take up arms and fight off one of the Saracens with the help of the Doctor, but in the melee, Barbara is seized by the heathens and taken hostage. The travellers stumble across [[William de Tornebu]], who has been wounded in the skirmish and look after him, protecting him from the Saracen onslaught. They call for Barbara, but though she can hear them she has been bound and gagged and is taken away. Meanwhile, in another part of the wood, another companion of the king, [[William des Preaux]], is surrounded by Saracens. He tells them that he is Richard as he knows they have orders to return the king to the leader of the Saracens, [[Saladin]]. By this time the Doctor has [[deduce]]d where they are and what time period they are in just before Ian discovers that Barbara is no longer with them. He goes to look for her but to no avail. The Doctor, Ian, and Vicki agree to take the wounded de Tornebu back to Richard's court. In order to fit in they have to find new clothes so the Doctor and Vicki decide to go look for them while Ian looks after de Tornebu and Richard's belt. | ||
Barbara awakes to find herself released and in the camp of the Saracens. She is greeted by des Preaux, who informs her of the trick he is pulling with regards to him being Richard and decides that in order to also protect Barbara it would be expedient for her to pretend to be Joanna, Richard's sister. At this point [[El Akir]], a senior member of the Saracen army interrupts the two prisoners and insults them, much to the anger of Des Preaux, who knows that Saladin demands the utmost respect for his prisoners. El Akir informs the prisoners that they are to be presented to [[Saphadin]], Saladin's brother. | Barbara awakes to find herself released and in the camp of the Saracens. She is greeted by des Preaux, who informs her of the trick he is pulling with regards to him being Richard and decides that in order to also protect Barbara it would be expedient for her to pretend to be Joanna, Richard's sister. At this point [[El Akir]], a senior member of the Saracen army interrupts the two prisoners and insults them, much to the anger of Des Preaux, who knows that Saladin demands the utmost respect for his prisoners. El Akir informs the prisoners that they are to be presented to [[Saphadin]], Saladin's brother. | ||
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The Doctor has brought de Tornebu to the court of King Richard, who is angry at the loss of life due to the Saracen siege and therefore treats the TARDIS crew very curtly. Ian, anxious to rescue Barbara, asks for the king's help in rescuing her, but Richard, angry that Saladin enforces underhanded methods of warfare as well as the fact that his brother John seems to be willing to trade with Saladin, says that he refuses any contact with Saladin from here on in and therefore will not extend any help in the return of Barbara. | The Doctor has brought de Tornebu to the court of King Richard, who is angry at the loss of life due to the Saracen siege and therefore treats the TARDIS crew very curtly. Ian, anxious to rescue Barbara, asks for the king's help in rescuing her, but Richard, angry that Saladin enforces underhanded methods of warfare as well as the fact that his brother John seems to be willing to trade with Saladin, says that he refuses any contact with Saladin from here on in and therefore will not extend any help in the return of Barbara. | ||
The Doctor, Vicki and Ian take de Tornebu to King Richard's court and return his belt too. Richard thanks the three for their good deeds and in return Ian asks for an escort to lead him to Saladin and propose a trade for the return of Barbara but the King angrily disagrees and says he would never make a trade with Saladin as he mercilessly killed his friends. | |||
=== The Knight of Jaffa (2) === | === The Knight of Jaffa (2) === | ||
[[File:The Doc rages.jpg|right|thumb|The Doctor rages.]] | [[File:The Doc rages.jpg|right|thumb|The Doctor rages.]] | ||
De Tornebu and the Doctor are able to convince the King to change his mind by playing up the embarrassment Saladin will feel when it's revealed he has not actually captured the King. Richard is amused and asks the Doctor to join his court. | De Tornebu and the Doctor are able to convince the King to change his mind by playing up the embarrassment Saladin will feel when it's revealed he has not actually captured the King. Richard is amused and asks the Doctor to join his court. They are interrupted when the King's sister Joanna enters the court and is concerned about her brother. The Doctor, Vicki and Ian bow before her as the King introduces and commemorates them for their courage. The Doctor, Ian and Vicki bow to the King and exit the court. Richard and Joanna later discuss war and peace. | ||
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El Akir plots to gain his revenge on Barbara, and Genoese merchant Luigi Ferrigo willingly inserts himself into the situation, hoping to profit financially. He pretends to help Barbara escape, but in fact, delivers her into El Akir's hands. El Akir rides away with her to [[Lydda]]. | El Akir plots to gain his revenge on Barbara, and Genoese merchant Luigi Ferrigo willingly inserts himself into the situation, hoping to profit financially. He pretends to help Barbara escape, but in fact, delivers her into El Akir's hands. El Akir rides away with her to [[Lydda]]. | ||
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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 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. Director | * [[David Whitaker]] held this story up as his finest technical achievement. Director 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. | * Ian is made a knight. William Russell had previously starred in ''The Adventures of Sir Lancelot.'' | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
