rescue doctor rescue serial second season british science fiction television series doctor broadcast weekly parts january january written outgoing story editor directed rescue produced episode block romans story produced doctor second production block rehearsals recording took place november december entirely studio episodes watched million viewers respectively received generally positive reviews critics praise character based storytelling plot holes noted episodes rescue retained bbc archives story released vhs dvd serial notable appearance companion plot doctor barbara missing doctor granddaughter susan tardis lands planet doctor eventually recognises world visited trio soon encounter survivors space crash bennett awaiting rescue ship arrive days time bennett live fear stalking area encounters time travellers attacks pushing barbara cliff temporarily trapping doctor finds barbara injured rescues share father died survivors crash save bennett lured deaths natives evidently lonely having befriended indigenous company doctor reach ship barbara sand beast threat killed doctor enters bennett room finds things supposedly crippled bennett missing tape recorder hides absence finds trap door floor cabin follows temple carved rock bennett reveals killed board ship arrested ship crashed crime earth killed crash survivors natives cover crime alias story hoped planet destroyed version events given bennett kill doctor surviving native arrive force bennett death stop signal prevent rescue ship reaching planet living family left welcomed aboard tardis production rescue written short vehicle introduce new companion replacing susan ford decided wanted leave series character driven preceded replacement doctor granddaughter susan companion leave doctor ford displeased lack character development contrast susan earth orphan future production team considered names odd like doctor creator told actress brien considering having cut hair black brien refused saying don rescue story script editor listed credits little job given predecessor credited story commissioned november day contract bbc position script editor expired scripts november original draft entitled doctor original names differences broadcast version bennett notably torch device meeting barbara episode barbara tried encourage doctor come tardis doctor tardis demands teachers released trance broken tardis barbara broken thrown ground beginning episode barbara afraid time doctor close tardis leave like susan doctor replied warning brien come drama school cast television acting job director originally wanted role able barry later cast power role went australian actor barry seen marked book actors wanted remember dug book time came played bennett normal straight human ending away preserve mystery credited episode played production team tribute creators doctor instance alias credits order conceal plot twist doctor practice employed later conceal appearance villains master provided voice space captain played originally scheduled play end unknown reasons played uncredited extras rescue new production block doctor production block lasted weeks episode filmed week final stories invasion earth held season ended early week break regular cast work rescue began rescue production team following story romans combined form single episode production block model filming took place studios november models outside called designers doctor designer drew wanted spacecraft look like detail normally drew spacecraft flight wrecked found cheap material called spray painted silver outside craft prop design based close fly rehearsals episode took place november december episode recorded december ford visited rehearsals meet brien wish luck rehearsals second episode took place december episode recorded december recording episode overran schedule minutes temple large set lit way create dark atmosphere dark smoke shooting sand beast gun power fired soon seriously injured suffered shock sore face blew face sound sand beast makes dying modelled horrible noise dying save money score reused barry partially directed selected pieces episodes seven serial broadcast reception rescue broadcast weekly parts episode aired january second january episode powerful enemy watched million viewers eleventh watched programme week second episode desperate measures watched million viewers eighth watched programme week figure higher preceding story invasion earth event story taken episodes garnered cent respectively december retention order issued included episodes rescue retained bbc episodes wiped august second january fortunately retained episodes returned bbc wrote serial guide vehicle introduce companion rescue works sustain real interest television companion described story best examples character driven drama period series history noted unexplained parts plot felt generally believable said actually steals patrick radio_times described rescue neglected gem strong debut production improvements despite wondered convincing bennett present day obvious dvd talk felt story strong smart somewhat predictable climax resolution worked dialogue den geek wrote serial let weak convenient resolution provided good material main cast gave rescue score calling solid adventure slight plot pacing allowed barbara heroic commercial releases print serial written published august died soon completing manuscript subsequently edited published new material added editor line audio reading read brien released april home media rescue released september vhs romans released dvd february romans region release followed july
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