read by William Russell, was released by BBC Audio in November 2005 as part of the box set Doctor Who Travels in Time & Space, limited to 8000 copies. A facsimile edition of the original 1966 novel was re-released by BBC Books in November 2016. The serial's scripts, edited by John McElroy, was released in November 1994 by Titan Books. Home media The third episode of The Crusade was included on The Hartnell Years, when it was released on VHS by BBC Enterprises, in June 1991 alongside the pilot of An Unearthly Child (1963) and the final episode of The Celestial Toymaker (1966). The serial was released in box set on VHS alongside The Space Museum by BBC Worldwide in June 1999, with postcards, a key ring, and a CD of the soundtrack; Russell performed linking material written by Stephen Cole and directed by Paul Vanezis at Ian Levine's house on 23 February 1999. An audio version of the story was released as a twin CD in May 2005, with narration by Russell; it was also included in The Lost TV Episodes: Collection 1 by BBC Audiobooks in August 2010, alongside an additional CD with interviews and copies of the original scripts. The first and third episodes were included on the DVD set Lost in Time, released in November 2004. It features Russell's introductions from the VHS release, soundtracks from the second and fourth episodes, and an audio commentary for the third episode with Glover and Gary Russell. The third episode was enhanced using the VidFIRE process; the first episode was badly damaged upon its return, and underwent additional cleanup to reduce the severity of a large scratch on-screen. Charles Norton, director of several animated reconstructions, noted in 2019 that an animated version of The Crusade was unlikely to be produced in the near future due to the resources required, such as costumes and characters. The serial was released on Blu-ray on 5 December 2022, alongside the rest of the show's second season as part of The Collection; the existing episodes are remastered, with the two missing episodes reconstructed using off-air photographs and the original soundtrack. Notes References Bibliography External links 1965 British television episodes Cultural depictions of Richard I of England Cultural depictions of Saladin Doctor Who historical serials Doctor Who missing episodes Doctor Who serials novelised by David Whitaker Fiction set in the 1190s First Doctor serials Jerusalem