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| Episode | Air Date | Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| The Lion | 03/27/65 | 24 min. 56 sec. |
| The Knight of Jaffa | 04/03/65 | 23 min. 28 sec. |
| The Wheel of Fourtune | 04/10/65 | 24 min. 51 sec. |
| The Warlords | 04/17/65 | 23 min. 48 sec. |
| Country | Language | Color |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | English | Black and White |
THE LION
In woodlands, 12th century Saracen soldiers led by a man with a scarred face prepare to ambush a hunting party which includes the King, Richard the Lionheart. The TARDIS materialises nearby; emerging from the ship, the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves confronted by Saracen warriors. Barbara is seized by the Saracens; the rest of the party encounter the King's troupe, who have been attacked. Richard has been injured; to trick the Saracens one of his knights, William des Preaux, announces that he is the King and allows the Saracens to capture him. After another skirmish, the Doctor, Ian and Vicki are left tending the wounded knight de Tomebti; the Doctor decides that they can obtain the Icing's assistance in finding Barbara by returning de Tornebu and Richard's jewelled belt to the English encampment in nearby Jaffa.
Barbara and des Preaux are held at the encampment of Sultan sa'ah ed-Din—Saladin—at Ramlah; Barbara joins the knight's pretence by claiming that they are actually King Richard and his sister Joanna. The prisoners are proudly taken before Saphadin, Saladiri's brother, by the scarred Saracen Ernir El AIdr. However, Saladin and Saphadin soon realise that the pair are impostors. While the chivalry of des Preaux and Barbara is respected, El Akir is made to look a fool in the eyes of the Sultan. Saladin tells Barbara that she, in the manner of Scheherazade, will tell him stories or face death.
The Doctor and Vicki manage to pilfer local clothing from the market of Jaffa that night (indeed, the clothes have already been stolen once). Suitably attired, with Vicki as a pageboy, the travellers convey the wounded de Tornebu to the palace where Richard thanks them and agonises over the consequences of the conflict he is caught up in. Ian requests the King's help in arranging for Barbara's release from Saladin, but Richard refuses: "This woman can rot in one of Saladin's prisons until her hair turns white before I'll trade with the man who killed my friends..."
THE KNIGHT OF JAFFA
With help from de Tomeki, the Doctor manages to persuade Richard of the capital that could be made from revealing that only des Preaux and Barbara were captured. Delighted, Richard invites the Doctor to join his court. The group meet the Princess Joanna, who has received another gift from Saphadin. The king realises that peace could be created by offering Joanna's hand in marriage to Saphadin; he knights Ian and sends 'Sir Ian of Jaffa' with this secret offering to Saladin's court.
In Ramlah, El Akir strikes a bargain with Luigi Ferrigo, a merchant from Genoa; in return for an audience with Saladin, Ferrigo agrees to help El Akir capture Barbara so that he can have his revenge for her disgracing him. Claiming to come from des Preaux, Ferrigo tricks Barbara into accompanying him to the stables where El Akir grabs her. Later on, Ferrigo's discussions with Saphadin are wrecked when des Preaux and a servant called Sheyrah enter and prove his involvement in Barbara's abduction. Ian soon arrives and determines to set out to rescue his friend.
At Jaffa, the Doctor and Vicki are almost landed in trouble when the market trader Ben Daheer recognises them as wearing clothing stolen from him, but the Doctor skilfully transfers the blame onto Thatcher, the soldier who stole the robes from the palace in the first place. El Akir arrives with Barbara at his palace in Lydda, but she evades his guards. Hiding in a dark archways, she is suddenly grabbed from behind and held as the searching Saracens approach...
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE
The figure who has grabbed Barbara is Haroun Ed-
chin; he attacks her pursuers and takes her to his
home where she meets his daughter, Saflya.
Haroun reveals that his wife and son were killed
by a Akir, who has also taken his other daughter,
Maimuna. Barbara is left with Safiya while
Haroun sees if it is dear for her escape from Lydda,
but El Akir's men are searching the Northern
quarter and arrive at the house. In order to save
Satiya and leave her safe in hiding, Barbara has no
alternative but to allow herself to be captured by
the soldiers.
At Jaffa, Joanna learns that Vicki is really a girl
and agrees to look alter her if the Doctor will be
her ally in court. In Richard's court, the Doctor's
support of the King's plans for peace earn him the
wrath of the Earl of Iricester; Joanna is still obliv-
bus of her brother's offer to Saphadin. The Doctor
refuses to break the King's confidence to Joanna,
but she learns of the bargaln from Iricester and
rounds angrily on Richard, announcing that the
Pope would never allow her to many an infidel.
Richard seems to believe that the Doctor told his
sister of the plan.
Saladin and Saphadin discuss the marriage;
although Saphadin accepts, Saladin proposes to
have his armies readied. Ian, resting as he aosses
the desert to Lydda, is attacked by a bandit and
knocked out In Lydda, Barbara is brought before
a Mar who informs her that "The only pleasure
left for you is death. And death is very far away."
ThE WARLORDS
By throwing a Akir's gold pieces across the room,
Barbara distracts the guards and escapes, hiding in
the seraglio where she is protected by the emir's
harem. As the palace is searched, El Akir offers a
ruby ring as a reward if Barbara is located. One of
the girls, Fatima, is happy to gain the jewel by
betraying Barbara—and goes to inform the emir
while Barbara is talking to Maimuna, another of the harem.
Ian is staked out on the ground by an Arab
bandit called Ibrahim who daubs him with
honey so that the ants will eat him, unless Ian
gives him money. Ian tricks Ibrahim and overpowers him, forcing the thief to take him to
Lydda where they unite against El Akir. By the
time they arrive at the palace, Haroun has already
started his attack; El Akir is killed with a knife in
the back, the girls are rescued and Ian and
Barbara evade the guards to set off back to the
TARDIS.
Although he knows Leicester to have betrayed
his plans to Joanna, Richard seems to favour the
Earl over the Doctor. Privately he assures the
Doctor and Vicki of their innocence and suggests
that they leave the court for a while as he still
needs Leicester's support in the coming battle.
Leaving the King in prayer, the Doctor and Vicki
return to the TARDIS where Leicester and his
men are waiting for them. The Doctor is
captured, but saved by the arrival of Sir Ian who
tells the Earl that he will deal with the "Saracen
spy" himself; Ian takes the Doctor into the
bushes where they join Vicki and Barbara and
enter the TARDIS. The TARDIS departs before
Leicester's eyes. In flight, the control room falls
dark and silent and the travellers freeze into immobility...
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