DOCTOR WHO: THE RESCUE / THE ROMANS

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• Release Year: 2009
• Genre: Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction
• Plot: Story No. 11, 12; ; The Rescue; ; When the TARDIS lands on the supposedly peaceful planet Dido, the Doctor, Barbara and Ian discover a crashed spaceship. The only surviyors have been murdered by natives apart from a young orphaned girl and a paralyzed man. Who is the strange creature Koquillion that they fear, and wil they remain safe long enough to be rescued?; (Episodes 1-2, 49 mins); ; The Romans ; ; Italy, 64 AD. Enjoying a rare holiday wtih his companions, the Doctor takes Vicki to Rome, where he is mistaken for the musician Maximus Pettulian. He finds himself obliged to perform for Nero, or risk incurring the Emperor's wrath. In his absence, Ian and Barbara have been kidnapped and sold into slavery. Can they escape and find the Doctor before Rome is consumed by fire? (Episodes 1-4, 97 mins)
• Cast: Tommy Sheridan, Tony Lambden, Gertan Klauber, Edward Kelsey, Bart Allison, Derek Francis, Michael Peake, Dorothy-Rose Gribble, Kay Patrick, Nick Evans, Derek Martin, Colin Hughes, Steve Peters, Dennis Edwards, Ray Barrett, Rilla Madden, John Caesar, William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Derek Sydney, Ernest C. Jennings, Barry Jackson, Paul Duval, William Russell, Margot Thomas, Peter Diamond, Brian Proudfoot, Anne Tirard, Christopher Barry, David Whitaker, Dennis Spooner, Verity Lambert, Jim Latham, Raymond Jones, Tristram Carey, Richard Chubb, Raymond Cusick
• Director: Christopher Barry
• Runtime: 2:26
• Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2 / Entertain, BBC Worldwide Americas, BBC Home Video, Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Series