Doctor Who and the Crusaders - Hardcover

Whitaker, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785940538 ISBN 13: 9781785940538

Publisher: Penguin Group UK, 2017

Synopsis

The first Doctor meets Richard the Lionheart in the Third Crusade, in a new fascimile edition of the long out-of-print original 1960s edition. When Barbara is captured by the Saracens and later kidnapped by the monstrous El Akir, Ian appeals to Richard for help, but despite having achieved a splendid victory over Saladin at Arauf the English King has his own troubles and cannot assit. So Ian sets out to rescue Barbara alone while the Doctor becomes involves in the intrigues of the English court.

About this title

About the Author:

David Whitaker was the first Story Editor for Doctor Who, and was responsible for finding and commissioning writers, and it was Whitaker as much as anyone who defined the narrative shape of Doctor Who. He wrote for the Doctor Who annuals, novelised the first Dalek story and worked with Terry Nation on various Dalek-related material including the hugely successful comic strip The Daleks. David Whitaker died in 1980. Terry Nation started as a comedy writer and performer, and was approached with an offer to work on Doctor Who, providing the seven episodes of the first ever Dalek story. After inventing the Daleks, Nation moved on to work on The Saint, The Champions and The Avengers. In the 1970s he scripted four more Dalek series - including Genesis of the Daleks which has been voted the best ever story in the series. Nation later devised the hugely popular BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. Terry Nation died in Los Angeles in 1996.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group UK
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785940538
• ISBN 13: 9781785940538
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160