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- THE RESCUE. Written by David Whittaker. 2 Episodes.
- 2nd - 9th January 1965.
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- The Powerful Enemy, Desperate Measures.
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- COMPANIONS:- Ian, Barbara and introducing Vicki.
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- The Doctor lands on the planet Dido in the year 2493. He finds a crashed
- spaceship with two survivors, a disabled man called Bennett and a young
- girl, Vicki.
- Bennett tells the Doctor that the crew of the ship were murdered by the
- locals and Vicki says that a native, Koquillion, is protecting them from
- further harm. The Doctor is suspicious of this story and challenges
- Koquillion, who is revealed to be Bennett in disguise. Bennett confesses to
- murdering the crew and the Didonians to cover up his previous murder of a
- crewman. He plans to take Vicki, ignorant of his crimes, back to Earth to
- testify to his innocence.
- However, two Didonian survivors appear and scare Bennett into falling
- from a cliff to his death. The Doctor invites Vicki to join the TARDIS
- crew and she accepts.
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