That 10/10 JAW-DROPPING Twist Ending! - Doctor Who: The Rescue (1965) - REVIEW 

"Koquillion told me of your arrival. He's killed your friends. Koquillion doesn't make mistakes." Be sure to "like" this video and leave any comment as it helps to appease the RU-vid algorithms and helps to grow the channel! Thanks for watching!

One of my favourite parts of the rewatching the Hartnell era, is getting to see the Doctor BECOME the Doctor we know. The Rescue has everything in terms of who the Doctor would become, it's one of the first times the Doctor arrives somewhere and actually knows where he is, giving the companions information, something which would become a staple of the show. It shows the wonderful softness in the Doctor that only Hartnell could do so well. And it shows the Doctor figure everything out by himself and confront the villain, again something which was quite new to the show. The Rescue is so quietly groundbreaking, mostly because we're so used to the precedents which it set going forward.

That moment when the doctor asks Susan to open the doors and then realises she is no longer there… Hartnell plays that wonderfully. Adore this story and, as others have mentioned, the recruitment scene (of Vicki) is wonderful.

The Doctor’s dynamic which Vicki in this story is so endearing. Hartnell is truly playing a man who just lost a the person he cared most about in the universe, so he is super vulnerable. Love how you can tell he’s hurting, and instantly takes on the grandfatherly role to Vicki; the scene where he tells her to not be upset with Barbara for killing Sandy, because she was just trying to protect her will always be one of my top 10 1st Doctor moments, it’s just lovely.

The Doctor recruiting Vicki is one of the best scenes Hartnell gets, and O'Brien acts it out of the park, too. Fantastic duo.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but Vicki always been my favorite companion of the Hartnell era.

I've been watching through Doctor Who in its entirety, and Vicki still stands amongst my favourite companions, and given I'm onto the legendary Sarah Jane Smith, that's saying something!

"Oh please, stop tearing my heart asunder" Basically me everytime I remember that Ian Chesterton exists.... (I miss the original companions so much.)

Bennet: Wiped out an entire civilization and gaslit the daughter of one of his victims all to avoid being punished for his crimes. The Master: "that's cute"

The ending scenes with the unmasking is so well done, it wouldn't have looked out of place in any era of Doctor Who. One of the funniest parts for me was when Vicki discovers Ian and Barbara are from the 1960s. As a resident of the 25th century, she has trouble believing people from so long ago would have any knowledge of advanced science and technology. It probably seemed even funnier to the contemporary audience given the rapid advancement in the 20th century. Even by 1963, we had broke the sound barrier, split the atom, developed superconductors, built particle accelerators, invented lasers, miniaturised electronics, created large computers, put communication satellites in orbit, launched probes to other planets, sent humans into space, discovered the structure of DNA and had a very good understanding of chemistry and physics. We had medical and industrial technologies (although maybe not refined) that a century earlier, would have almost seemed like magic. Saying that, if today I met time travellers claiming to originally be from 1500s I'd probably be a bit sceptical myself.

"Oh you public menace" Dude this is the same woman who ran over 3 Daleks on a truck in the previous serial, do you really think she's that bothered by killing innocent wildlife? She's seen the horrors of WAR lol.

This two parter story fully belongs to Maureen O Brien, everything that takes place essentially revolves around her, her desire to be rescued, her fear of Koquillion, her amazement at the arrival of new people, her anger at Barbara for killing her pet, her sorrow at having lost her father as well as her pet Sandy, the way she bonds with the Doctor, her amazement at the TARDIS, her humility at being asked to come with them, she shines brightly in this and in many of her stories. I think largely cuz she may be young, she wasn't asked to play a teenager. I'm guessing Vicki was someone in her late teens on the verge of entering her 20s, but was still full of energy of a thirst for life, essentially a college student where almost every day was spring break. If you were spending spring break with your parents and your grandad.

I dig the Rescue. It's short and sweet, doesn't outstay its welcome, is pretty well-acted and it has a nice script with lots of little character moments. It also introduces Vicky really effectively.

My ex Brother-in-law was the taller of the two Didoans that appear at the end of it

Great video, I really love Vicky and her bond with The Doctor throughout her run, it's so lovely to watch, just like his interactions with Barbara, Ian and Susan.

The Hall of Judgement sequence is one of my favourite scenes in all of Doctor Who. The plot twist, the ambient music from 'The Daleks', Bennett's ambiguous death - it's the perfect climax for one of the era's best stories.

Barbra will forever be the true "oncoming storm" :)

13:18 As someone who loved Thunderbirds as a kid and still a fan today, I loved the references in this review. I had no idea he was The Hood too. Slightly off but since you brought up Thunderbirds so much, want to say Thunderbird 2 has always been my favourite solely for the pod vehicles especially The Mole.

I fond the premise incredibly dark, the young Vicki being isolated and kept controlled by Bennet through terrorising her into complying. I couldn't believe Doctor Who would tackle such a scenario

I love the rescue it is a great two parter and great way to take brake from longer first doctor story and I really enjoyed it and it really would remend it to any fan of classic doctor who who has not seen it yet

12.5 million viewers (average), highest weekly chart position 8th. Wildly successful. As to "some great camera trickery", what a lovely phrase! And completely right.

Actually, speaking of Thunderbirds, while Ray Barrett played John Tracy, did you know that David Graham (one of the original Dalek voice actors) also played Gordon Tracy, Brains and Parker?

This story really stuck in my mind after first watching it in the 60's Genuinely dark

Cockylickin, according to Ian!

4:59 I hope that Jacqueline Hill real scream. There's horror movie directors that would kill to have that screaming there movies.

I wish there was a universe where the fans just referred to Ian and Barbara as "Iggy and Babz".

The Series continues in it's wonderful beauty. I'm loving this Hartnell Marathon

Koqullian is a delight. "It is Koqullian! Open the door!"

I swear in that cave scene I heard the 60s Dalek theme. Guess they didn't havew a composer for this story and had to rely on prerecorded stuff?

I love Vicki! ❤️

Vicki is the only companion the first doctor recruits. All the others just walk in the TARDIS uninvited and hitch a ride.

I actually quite like the scenes with the doctor and Ian; their dynamic makes up for the underwhelming cliffhanger

Didn't expect Randy at 7:28; that's ended me that has

Ray Barrett also appears in a Hammer Films movie caĺed the Reptile with future Dr.Who inquisitor Jacqueline Pearce. He also plays 'himself' in an Easter edition of an Alf Garnett Til Do us Part. It even has a small appearance by Pat Gorman as one of the pub customers who get thrown out into the street at the end of the play. Jimmy Tarbuck also appears and Arthur Mullard with the actress he did a cover of Your The One That I Want. Look it up its from 1967

I think it was the first time the doctor had gone into full ' Holmes' mode.

7:22 - AND THE PLOT THICKENS!!!! x-D

My Dad guessed the twist lol- for me the story was just quick enough for it to have a solid impact:)

Here's Doccy! made me laugh so hard.

Loved this review

Koquillion's a tw*t 😂😂🤣🤣 glad i wasn't drinking when i heard that

I was literally looking for this video as it was uploaded haha

13:28 For there is always something down there. In the dark. Waiting to come out...

I only chose to watch this story for three reasons: 1- because was it on the trailer of another Classic Who DVD I own 2- because Ray Barrett of Thunderbirds [10:47] is in it (#johnforfavouritetracybrother) 3- because it's a rare two-part Classic Who story, especially rare in the Hartnell era and the 60's in general. As others in the comments have also said, it's a terrific template for a mid-season 'breather & re-jig'.

The Ray Barrett/John Tracy jokes had me gawking.

Wasn't expecting the Randy Feltface clip there. Awesome.

I like The Rescue

First ad placement got me good. "The Doctor was asleep while the TARDIS was landing, and he's woke-" *Ad placement*.

It probably helped it was only two episodes

They are probably holograms

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William Hartnell was actually quite a good actor, though a bit melodramatic at times.

I love ian and vicky

First viewer. Yay

First

One slight correction. That was a sonic strut.