The Rescue (Doctor Who)

] [cite web
url= http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/l.html
title= The Rescue
publisher = A Brief History of Time Travel
last = Sullivan
first = Shannon
date = 2005-04-10
accessdate = 2008-08-30] The series would not feature another two-part serial until a decade later with "The Sontaran Experiment", although the format would become a regular feature in the Fifth Doctor era of the 1980s.

Alternative titles

*The story had the working title "Doctor Who and Tanni", which was the original name for Vicki.
*The 1973 "Radio Times" 10th anniversary special called the story "The Powerful Enemy", as it titled all the early stories by the title of the first episode. Some subsequent listings repeated this error, as did the story's broadcast on some American PBS stations.
*The two episodes of the serial have individual titles. They are, respectively, "The Powerful Enemy" and "Desperate Measures".

Cast notes

To preserve the mystery of its true identity, Koquillion was originally credited as being played by "Sydney Wilson" — a name made up by the production team in tribute to two of the creators of "Doctor Who", Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson. This was the first instance of an alias being used, in the credits, for a cast member in order to conceal a plot twist in "Doctor Who".

Doctorwhobook
title=The Rescue
series=Target novelisations
number=124
featuring=


writer=Ian Marter
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Tony Clark
isbn=0 426 20309 7
set_between=
pages=
date=August 1987 (Hardback)21st January 1988 (Paperback)
preceding=The Macra Terror
following=Terror of the Vervoids|

Commercial releases

This story was released in 1994, on a double VHS With "The Romans". It has also been anounced by the BBFC website that 'The Rescue' along with "The Romans" will be released on DVD in 2009.

In print

A novelisation of this serial, written by Ian Marter (the actor who played companion Harry Sullivan during the Fourth Doctor era), was published by Target Books in August 1987, nearly a year after his death. Marter died soon after completing the manuscript, which was subsequently edited (with some new material added) by Nigel Robinson, editor of the Target Books line. According to Robinson, he did not have to do too many changes to Marter's manuscript, although he did have to remove an apparent reference to fellatio in an early chapter. [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1988/rescue/resfacts.htm]

References

External links

*BBCCDW | id=rescue | title=The Rescue
*Brief |id=l | title=The Rescue
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_l | title=The Rescue
*OG | id=l | title=The Rescue

Reviews

*OG review | id=l | title=The Rescue
*DWRG | id=resc | title=The Rescue

Target novelisation

* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1988/rescue/88rescue.htm On Target — "The Rescue"]