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The Crusade

Season Two

Cast Doctor ... William Hartnell Ian Chesterton ... William Russell Barbara Wright ... Jacqueline Hill Vicki ... Maureen O'Brien With Richar the Lionheart ... Julian Glover William des Preaux ... John Flint El Akir ... Walter Randall Reynier de Marun ... David Anderson William de Tornebu ... Bruce Wightman Ben Daheer ... Reg Pritchard Thatcher ... Tony Caunter Saphadin ... Roger Avon Saladin ... Bernard Kay Joanna ... Jean Marsh Chamberlain ... Robert Lankesheer Sheyrah ... Zohra Segal Luigi Ferrigo ... Gabor Baraker Haroun ... Little George Safiya ... Petra Markham Earl of Leicester ... John Bay Turkish Bandit ... David Brewster Maimuna ... Sandra Hampton Fatima ... Viviane Sorrel Hafsa ... Diana McKenzie Ibrahim ... Tutte Lemkow Man-at-Arms ... Billy Cornelius Saracen Warriors ... Derek Ware       ... Valentino Musetti       ... Chris Konyils       ... Raymond Novak       ... Anthony Colby Extras Saracen Warriors ... Edward Haroutunian       ... Oscar James       ... Peter Johnson       ... Sam Shendhary       ... Roy Fletcher Richard's Squire ... Andy Brewer Falconer ... John Holms Priest ... Rikki Patterson Man-at-Arms ... Henry Garcia Ladies-in-Waiting ... Carole Brett       ... Maureen Lane Knights ... Michael Hart       ... Winston Marsh Double for Ian Chesterton (arm) ... Kiktors Ritelis Saracen Warrior ... Abbas Haschen Men-at-Arms ... Michael Guest       ... Walter Mann Concubines ... Cicely Joseph       ... Mei Ling       ... Cleo Sylvestre       ... Evelyn Ong

Directed by Doglas Camfield Writing credits David Whitaker Produced by Verity Lambert Story Editor Dennis Spooner Music Theme Music ... Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Incidental Music composed and conducted ... Dudley Simpson Film Cameraman Peter Hamilton Film Editor Pam Bosworth Lighting Ralph Walton Sound Brian Hiles Costumes supervised by Daphne Dare Make-up supervised by Sonia Markham Designer Barry Newberry Production Company British Broadcasting Corporation

Summary

The TARDIS arrives on the planet Telos where an Earth archaeological expedition, led by Professor Parry, is attempting to uncover the lost tombs of the Cybermen. With a lot of help from the Doctor the archaeologists enter the tombs. There, one of the party, Klieg, reveals himself and his business partner, Kaftan, to be planning to revive the Cybermen. He wants to use their strength, allied with the intelligence of his own Brotherhood of Logicians, to create an invincible force for conquest. It transpires however that the tomb is actually a giant trap designed to lure humans suitable for conversion into further Cybermen - a fate that almost befalls Kaftan's assistant Toberman. After fending off an attack by Cybermats - small but dangerous cybernetic creatures - the Doctor eventually defeats the revived Cybermen, led by their Controller, and reseals the tombs. The Controller is apparently destroyed in the process.

Things to look out for

• Martin Johnson's set designs are truly excellent, and include some striking bas-relief Cyberman images on the walls of the tomb complex.
• Producer Peter Bryant's then wife Shirley Cooklin appears in the role of Kaftan, which was written specially for her.
• Klieg mentions 'Whitehead logic' in the first episode - probably a nod to the actor Reg Whitehead, who had played a Cyberman in all their stories to date.
• There is a wonderfully moving scene in which the Doctor comforts a frightened Victoria and tries to help her to come to terms with the death of her father by telling her that he can recall his own family, but only when he chooses to.

Things you probably never knew

• Toberman was described in the original scripts as wearing a hearing aid (tying in with the fact that he was virtually mute and perhaps with the story's theme of cybernisation), but this idea was dropped at the request of director Morris Barry.
• Klieg was originally to have been played by Vladek Sheybal and the Cyber Controller by John Wills (who had appeared as a Cyberman in The Moonbase).
• Orange squash was specially provided in the studio for the actors playing the Cybermen, who got very hot inside their heavy costumes.

Quote Unquote

• Eric Klieg: 'How did you know [the answer to the logic riddle] in the first place?' The Doctor: 'Oh, I used my own, special technique.' Eric Klieg: 'Oh, really, Doctor... and may we know what that is?' The Doctor: 'Keeping my eyes open and my mouth shut!'
• The Doctor: 'Well, if we count in Earth terms I suppose I must be about 400... yes, about 450 years old! Yes. Well. Quite...'
• The Doctor: 'Our lives are different to anybody else's. That's the exciting thing. Nobody in the universe can do what we're doing.'

Novelization
Tomb of the Cybermen

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