THE RESCUE


 THE RESCUE.   Written by David Whittaker.   2 Episodes.
               2nd - 9th January 1965.
             
 The Powerful Enemy, Desperate Measures.

 COMPANIONS:- Ian, Barbara and introducing Vicki.

   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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