YMMV / Doctor Who S2 E6 "The Crusade"

• Fair for Its Day: There really was a concerted effort to faithfully portray Saladin and his culture without racism but the story wasn't shown in any Middle Eastern countries. However, it was the practice of using actors in blackface (which was common in the 1960s) that modern audiences find offensive, not the subject matter or the portrayal of characters.
• Platonic Writing, Romantic Reading: There's a preposterous amount of sexual tension between Richard the Lionheart and his sister Joanna. The original script did have them as an incestuous couple until William Hartnell objected.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Julian Glover as King Richard.
  • Jean Marsh as Joanna.
• Special Effects Failure: The story starts with the TARDIS materialising with a strange beeping noise instead of the usual sound. It should be noted that there was initially some confusion about what noise, if any, the TARDIS landing should make, with many in the first two seasons being completely silent. The noise in that sequence, however, is just weedy-sounding.
• The Woobie: Haroun, Maimuna, and Safiya:
  Haroun: Last year my house was a fine and happy place. A gentle wife, a son who honoured and obeyed me, and two daughters who adorned whatever place they visited. Then El Akir came to Lydda and imposed his will. He desired my eldest daughter, Maimuna, but I refused him.
  Barbara: So he took her?
  Haroun: Yes. Well, when Safiya and I were away he came and burned my house. My wife and son were put to the sword.

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