The Rescue

Story Code: L / Season 2	UK Airdate: 2 Jan to 9 Jan 1965	Doctor: William Hartnell
First airings by location	UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite	Previous Story / Next Story

This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)

Australia	Jan 66	b/w
Singapore	Apr 66	b/w
Gibraltar	Apr 66	b/w
Malta	May 66	b/w
Aden	Jun 66	b/w
Nigeria	Jul 66	b/w
Rhodesia / Zimbabwe	Sep 66	b/w
Zambia	Oct 66	b/w
Trinidad & Tobago	Oct 66	b/w
Uganda	Jan 67	b/w
Jamaica	Feb 67	b/w
Barbados	Apr 67	b/w
Hong Kong	May 67	b/w
Kenya	Jun 67	b/w
Mauritius	Jul 67	b/w
Thailand	Nov 67	b/w
New Zealand	Mar 68	b/w
Sierra Leone	Apr 68	b/w
Mexico	May 68?	b/w
Morocco	68?	b/w
Saudi Arabia	68?	b/w
Venezuela	Oct 68	b/w
Jordan	69?	b/w
Chile	Oct 69	b/w
Libya	Apr 70?	b/w
Iran	May 70	b/w
Ethiopia	Oct 71	b/w
Costa Rica	Mar 72	b/w
Algeria	Feb 74	b/w

• Tunisia did not screen this serial.
• In mid-1967, New Zealand was sent the prints that had been used by the ABC in Australia.
• See Hartnell Junkings

Reissue

• The serial was reissued by the BBC in late 1985, and sold to:

United States	from Sep 85	b/w
Canada	1990s	b/w

US TV Guide descriptions

More Information
Title: The Rescue

• Episode 1: On the planet Dido, the Doctor finds the wreckage of a spaceship from Earth and encounters two survivors.
  
• Episode 2:
  

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