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Season 2 (1964-1965)


The Rescue

Last Updated 13 Mar 2013 by Harry Ward

Doctor Who: The Rescue

The Rescue

Story Number: 11 (L)

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Writer: David Whitaker
Director: Christopher Barry

Starring: : William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell, Ray Barrett

No of Episodes: 2
First Broadcast: Sat 02 Jan 1965 - Sat 09 Jan 1965
Running Time: 50 minutes 51 seconds


Average Audience: 12.50 Million       Average AI: 58


Arriving on the planet Dido in the late 25th Century, the time travellers come upon a crashed spaceship from Earth. Its two occupants are living in fear of a creature called Koquillion, but everything is not as it seems…