The Rescue (Doctor Who)
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"Koquillion". The creature's design was inspired by a close-up of a fly.
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| Directed by | Christopher Barry | ||||
| Written by | David Whitaker | ||||
| Script editor | Dennis Spooner | ||||
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Verity Lambert Mervyn Pinfield (associate producer) |
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| Executive producer(s) | None | ||||
| Incidental music composer | Tristram Cary | ||||
| Production code | L | ||||
| Series | Season 2 | ||||
| Length | 2 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||||
| Date started | 2 January 1965 | ||||
| Date ended | 9 January 1965 | ||||
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| Author | Ian Marter |
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| Cover artist | Tony Clark |
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Doctor Who book: Target novelisations |
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Release number
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124 |
| Publisher | Target Books |
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Publication date
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August 1987 (Hardback) 21 January 1988 (Paperback) |
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The Rescue is the third serial of the second season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 2 January and 9 January 1965 on BBC1. It was written by outgoing story editor David Whitaker and directed by Christopher Barry.
The Rescue was produced in a six-episode block with The Romans and was the first story produced in Doctor Who's second production block. Rehearsals and recording took place from 30 November to 11 December 1964, entirely in-studio. The two episodes were watched by 12 and 13 million viewers in the UK respectively and have received generally positive reviews from critics, who praise the character-based storytelling, although plot holes were noted. Both episodes of The Rescue have been retained in the BBC archives, and the story has been novelised and released on VHS and DVD. The serial is notable as the first appearance of Maureen O'Brien as companion Vicki.
The Doctor, Ian, and Barbara are still missing the Doctor's granddaughter Susan when the TARDIS lands on a planet the Doctor eventually recognises as Dido, a world he has visited before. The trio soon encounter two survivors of a space crash, Vicki and Bennett, who are awaiting a rescue ship that is due to arrive in three days time. Vicki and Bennett live in fear of Koquillion, a bipedal inhabitant of Dido, who is stalking the area. Koquillion encounters the time travellers and attacks, pushing Barbara over a cliff and temporarily trapping Ian and the Doctor. Vicki finds Barbara injured and rescues her from Koquillion, and they share reminiscences. Vicki's father was amongst those who died when the survivors of the crash, save Bennett and Vicki, were lured to their deaths by the natives of Dido. She is evidently very lonely, having befriended an indigenous Sand Beast for company. However, when Ian and the Doctor reach the ship, tempers are fraught because Barbara mistook the Sand Beast for a threat and killed it.
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