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The Rescue: Desperate Measures
Broadcast: Friday 11th December 1998
7:30am-8:00am EST (12:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell, Ray Barrett

Ian and Barbara discover that the paralysed Bennett has gone missing from his cabin. The Doctor discovers the truth about Koquillion, but endangers his own life in doing so.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 4th December 1998:
SPACE: The Imagination Station - specialty cable channel -
http://www.spacecast.com/ and http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Sunday at 8AM EST, Monday at 3:30AM - The Web Planet: Crater of Needles - episode 4 of 6
Monday through Wednesday at 7:30AM - The Dalek Invasion of Earth - episodes 4 to 6 of 6 (The End Of Tomorrow, The Waking Ally, Flashpoint)
Thursday and Friday at 7:30AM - The Rescue - both episodes (The Powerful Enemy, Desperate Measures)

Classic William Hartnell black and white adventures. Sunday sees the Menoptera making an assault to retake Vortis. Failure means death. During the first part of the week, the Doctor, David Campbell, and company lead the fight to retake Earth from the Daleks. Failure means death. At the end of the week the Doctor and company arrive on the planet Dido, home of a peace-loving race. So why does the evidence suggest that they virtually wiped out a ship of humans? The Doctor must solve the riddle. Failure means death.