History Recap / DoctorWhoS2E6TheCrusade

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FairForItsDay Yes, ladies and gentlemen,]] [[UnfortunateImplications it's one of]] ''[[UnfortunateImplications those]]'' [[UnfortunateImplications episodes...]]]]

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/WilliamRussell was the lead of the 1950s swashbuckling series ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSirLancelot''. Here, he gets knighted and the Doctor jokes that he could always have imagined him as a knight.

-> '''Vicki''': ''Doctor? Will he really see Jerusalem?''\\
'''The Doctor''': ''Only from afar. He won't be able to capture it. Even now, his armies are marching on a campaign that he can never win.''\\
'''Vicki''': ''That's terrible. Can't we tell him?''\\
'''The Doctor''': ''I'm afraid not, my dear. No. History must take its course.''

The one where Ian nearly gets killed by ants.

* ShoutOut: Barbara quotes Creator/PercyShelley's ''Epipsychidion'' ("One heaven, one hell, one immortality").

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Ibrahim attempts to kill Ian via a variation on scaphism (an actual excecution method in ancient Persia), smearing him with honey and leaving him in the desert for ants to chew slowly through his flesh, birds circling above waiting to start on his eyes. Complete with a graphic description from the torturer that this was what would happen. The most extreme aspects of scaphism are omitted here due to them being inappropriate for a family audience, but it's still [[CruelAndUnusualDeath a much more brutal form of death]] than what ''Doctor Who'' is otherwise known for; luckily, Ian manages to bluff his way out before any damage can be done.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Ibrahim attempts to kill Ian via a variation on scaphism (an actual excecution method in ancient Persia), smearing him with honey and leaving in the desert for ants to chew slowly through his flesh, birds circling above waiting to start on his eyes. Complete with a graphic description from the torturer that this was what would happen. The most extreme aspects of scaphism are omitted here due to them being inappropriate for a family audience, but it's still [[CruelAndUnusualDeath a much more brutal form of death]] than what ''Doctor Who'' is otherwise known for; luckily, Ian manages to bluff his way out before any damage can be done.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Ian gets tortured by being smeared with honey and left in the desert for ants to chew slowly through his flesh, birds circling above waiting to start on his eyes. Complete with a graphic description from the torturer that this was what would happen.

* TheMiddleAges

* {{Worthy Opponent}}s: Richard and Saladin, as in RealLife.

Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker. This serial first aired March 27-April 17, 1965.

Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker. This serial first aired March 27, 1965.

Written by David Whitaker. This serial first aired March 27, 1965.

The only serial from William Hartnell second year that's partly lost (unless you count the unreleased four-episode cut of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E1PlanetOfGiants ''Planet of Giants'']]), though audio recordings of booth part two and four exists. The only known copy of the first part also had a very large physical scratch in it, which despite the best efforts of the BBC is still noticeable even in the DVD releases. An animated recreation of the serial was considered at one point, but ultimately decided against for now due to the expense required.

The only serial from William Hartnell second year that's partly lost (unless you count the unreleased 4-episode cut of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E1PlanetOfGiants ''Planet of Giants'']]), though audio recordings of booth part 2 and 4 exists. The only known copy of the first part also had a very large physical scratch in it, which despite the best efforts of the BBC is still noticeable even in the DVD releases. An animated recreation of the serial was considered at one point, but ultimately decided against for now due to the expense required.