The Rescue
02 - 09 January 1965
On the planet Dido, the Doctor, Ian, and Barbara encounter Vicki and Bennett, two survivors of a space crash who are awaiting a rescue ship. They live in fear of Koquillion, a bipedal inhabitant who is stalking the area. The Doctor enters Bennett's room, and follows a trap door to a temple where he unmasks Koquillion as Bennett. Bennett reveals he killed a crewmember on board the ship and was arrested, but the ship crashed before the crime could be radioed to Earth. He has been using the Koquillion alias so that Vicki would back up his story, and had hoped the planet would be destroyed when his version of events was given. Just as Bennett is about to kill the Doctor, two surviving native Didonians arrive and force Bennett to his death over a ledge. With no living family and nothing left for her on Dido, Vicki is welcomed aboard the TARDIS.
The Romans
16 January – 6 February 1965
The First Doctor (William Hartnell) and his new companion Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) investigate intrigue surrounding the death of a lyre player en route to perform at the palace of Nero (Derek Francis) in Rome, while companion Ian Chesterton (William Russell) travels to Nero's palace to save his fellow schoolteacher Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill), who had been sold to Nero's wife Poppaea (Kay Patrick) as a slave.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.27); Background History: The Rescue (4.57); The Rescue: Plot Synopsis (5.22); Let's Discuss (7.43); Overall Thoughts (15.39); Let's Rate (17.10); Background History: The Romans (19.38 ); The Romans: Plot Synopsis (19.57); Let’s Discuss (22.52); Let’s Rate (34.18); Tune In Next Time (35.30); Closing Credits (37.11)
Opening Credits– Doctor Who Theme. composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Copyright 1963 BBC World Music.
Closing Credits: Rescue Me by OneRepublic. Taken from the album Human. Copyright 2019 Interscope/Motley Records.
Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.
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