| Missing Episode of The Crusade Found in New
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| The Crusade |
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 "The Lion",
Episode 1 of the season 2 William Hartnell story "The Crusade", has
been returned to the BBC archives. First transmitted in 1965 this episode
was one of
the 110 missing episodes leaving just a
further 109 to be discovered.
Spotted in a New
Zealand collectors fair in June 1998. The purchaser was unaware of the value of
his find until it came to the attention of a member of the New Zealand Doctor
Who Fan Club. The exact details of how this episode came to be in a New Zealand
market are unknown.
Written by David
Whitaker this 4 part story features Julian Glover as King Richard the Lionheart
and Jean Marsh as Princess Joanna, King Richard's sister. Along with
William
Hartnell as the First Doctor this story includes companions
Barbara,
(played by Jacqueline Hill),
Ian
(played by William Russell) and
Vicki (played
by Maureen O'Brien).
The discovery of this episode now means that
half of this story is now held by the BBC. Episode 3 "The Wheel of Fortune" was never
destroyed and has already been released on video as part of "The Hartnell
Years" (BBCV 4608) in 1991.
This is
the first find since 1991 when the classic "The
Tomb of the Cybermen" was discovered in
Hong Kong. Hopefully this recently found
episode will soon be released on video for all to enjoy and maybe other
missing episodes may be found in a similar
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