The TARDIS materialises in the Holy Land during King Richard I's crusade against the Muslims. Saracen raiders led by the evil El Akir attack the King's hunting party, and when the travellers stumble into the fray the King escapes and Barbara is captured. The King, weary of the fighting, knights Ian and sends him to the Sultan Saladin's court, to negotiate Barbara's release and offer the hand of the King's sister in marriage to the Sultan's brother, Saphadin. However, Ian learns that El Akir, humiliated by his failure to capture Richard, has taken Barbara to add to his harem. With the help of a mischievous bandit and a merchant whose family was cuddled by El Akir, Ian rescues Barbara and takes her back to Jaffa. There, despite their best efforts to avoid palace politics, the Doctor and Vicki have made an enemy of the Earl of Leicester, and the travellers barely escape with their lives.

Doctor Who (1963) Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Planet of Giants (1)
• s02e02 - Dangerous Journey (2)
• s02e03 - Crisis (3)
• s02e04 - World's End (1)
• s02e05 - The Daleks (2)
• s02e06 - Day of Reckoning (3)
• s02e07 - The End of Tomorrow (4)
• s02e08 - The Waking Ally (5)
• s02e09 - Flashpoint (6)
• s02e10 - The Powerful Enemy (1)
• s02e11 - Desperate Measures (2)
• s02e12 - The Slave Traders (1)
• s02e13 - All Roads Lead to Rome (2)
• s02e14 - Conspiracy (3)
• s02e15 - Inferno (4)
• s02e16 - The Web Planet (1)
• s02e17 - The Zarbi (2)
• s02e18 - Escape to Danger (3)
• s02e19 - Crater of Needles (4)
• s02e20 - Invasion (5)
• s02e21 - The Centre (6)
• s02e22 - The Lion (1)
• s02e23 - The Knight of Jaffa (2)
• s02e24 - The Wheel of Fortune (3)
• s02e25 - The Warlords (4)
• s02e26 - The Space Museum (1)
• s02e27 - The Dimensions of Time (2)
• s02e28 - The Search (3)
• s02e29 - The Final Phase (4)
• s02e30 - The Executioners (1)
• s02e31 - The Death of Time (2)
• s02e32 - Flight through Eternity (3)
• s02e33 - Journey into Terror (4)
• s02e34 - The Death of Doctor Who (5)
• s02e35 - The Planet of Decision (6)
• s02e36 - The Watcher (1)
• s02e37 - The Meddling Monk (2)
• s02e38 - A Battle of Wits (3)
• s02e39 - Checkmate (4)

Doctor Who (1963) Show Summary

Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction TV series in history, airing initially from 1963 to 1989. Doctor Who is about ideas. It pioneered sophisticated mixed-level storytelling. Its format was the key to its longevity: the Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...