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July 25th, 2024 20 comments

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Doctor Who The Crusade Vinyl LP

Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk

“History must take its course.”

Demon Records presents, for the first time on double 140g green and yellow translucent vinyl, the complete narrated TV soundtrack of ‘Doctor Who: The Crusade’, with linking narration by William Russell.

The TARDIS travellers materialise in 12th Century Palestine, where English Crusaders are engaged in a holy war with Saladin, ruler of the Saracens. When Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) is abducted in a Saracen ambush, the Doctor (William Hartnell), Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and Ian (William Russell) find themselves guests at the palace of King Richard the Lionheart (Julian Glover).

Track Listing
Side A
The Lion
First broadcast 27th March 1965
Side B
The Knight of Jaffa
First broadcast 3rd April 1965
Side C
The Wheel of Fortune
First broadcast 10th April 1965
Side C
The Warlords
First broadcast 17th April 196

First broadcast in March and April 1965, the story has become a noted classic among Doctor Who historical adventures, with a guest cast including Julian Glover and Jean Marsh. Only two of its four episodes survive in the BBC TV archive, but this vinyl release features the complete audio soundtrack. Includes beautifully illustrated individual sleeves featuring Radio Times-style billings for each episode.

This release is dedicated to the memory of narrator William Russell, who died in June aged 99. Doctor Who is available now on BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Disney+ in the rest of the world, where available.


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20 comments

  • Snowman

    September 23rd, 2024 - 11:51am

    Just Checked my Account today and it says it’s going to be delivered on the 8th of October. Is mine going to be late as usual or is that the release Date?
    Cant tell the Release Date on Amazon, when I use this Link it just says it’s Sold Out (With No Release Date included)

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    • booboo

      September 23rd, 2024 - 11:56am

      4/10 is release date, its been out of stock at amazon for ages now far longer than usual so dont know what going on with them.

    • Snowman

      September 23rd, 2024 - 12:14pm

      Yes Booboo, let’s hope it shows up without any problems and on time. It should be ok, it’s not showing any problems on my Account apart from it says it with be delivered on the 8th of Next Month. (I think it’s said that all along though).

    • Snowman

      October 4th, 2024 - 5:04pm

      Mine says it’s going to be delivered next Tuesday and the Status is it hasn’t even been posted yet.

    • MJS

      October 4th, 2024 - 6:19pm

      Mine says Tuesday, but if I cancelled and ordered now, apparently tmi could have it tomorrow. But it will cost more. I’m happy to wait and get it at the original price I pre-ordered for.

    • MJS

      October 4th, 2024 - 10:17pm

      Update! They’ve taken the money so likely to be dispatched soon

    • MJS

      October 6th, 2024 - 9:47am

      I spoke with Amazon and asked why mine was coming Tuesday, when of I’d ordered it yesterday, it’d be here today. It’s now arriving today

    • Snowman

      October 6th, 2024 - 1:56pm

      Yes MJS it can be totally Bonkers sometimes ordering off Amazon. (But a lot of Merchandise can be Amazon Exclusive, so sometimes we have no choice).
      Ive had that problem before where you try to be loyal and regularly Pre-Order from them, then on release date your Account says it will be delivered the Week after. Where as on the Site if you order on release day you can have it delivered the next day.

      Mine arrived this Morning totally out of the Blue.

      I’m also having problems with the “Into the Vortex” Magazine, someone Commented on this Site it was released end of September but my Amazon account says it still hasn’t been despatched yet, it’s still showing as Order received.

      Luckily because it’s happened for Years, I’m starting to get used to it now, LOL.

  • Harold Shand

    August 5th, 2024 - 2:56pm

    For some reason Amazon won’t let you check out with this item. Once you progress from basket it states ‘This item is no longer available from your selected seller’.

    Strange as Amazon are the seller, and there are no other sellers available….

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    • Snowman

      August 8th, 2024 - 5:20pm

      I ordered mine Straight Away when the post was put up on this site and I didn’t have any problems purchasing it. That was a couple of weeks ago now though. I wonder if it’s Sold out?

    • Snowman

      September 23rd, 2024 - 11:42am

      Looks like it Sold out, so I’m Glad I put my Order in Early.

    • Harold Shand

      September 30th, 2024 - 5:17pm

      It was still available elsewhere to order, so I used an alternative. Or so I hope

  • Fred

    July 29th, 2024 - 9:20am

    Unusual choice of colour scheme. It looks brilliant as ever, but I have to say a bright yellow-green is not a colour I’d ever associated with this story before.

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    • Fred

      August 1st, 2024 - 11:18am

      Also…does anybody know whether these cover images are available in full anywhere? On the artist’s website perhaps? (I don’t even know who the artist is.) They are always sublime, but the recent ones have hidden half of them away behind the blue, which seems a real shame.

    • Snowman

      August 1st, 2024 - 4:38pm

      Hello Fred, I’m not 100% sure about the Artist of the Crusade vinyl as it’s on pre-Order and I unfortunately don’t have it in hand.
      But looking at my Copy of the Last Release “Highlanders”, it credits the Illustrations to Cady Keady and the Design and Layout by Dare Creative.
      Looking at the Design of The Crusade, Highlanders and Edge of Destruction Vinyl Records i would say they are by the same Artist.

  • demdike@Cult Labs

    July 25th, 2024 - 4:30pm

    Gorgeous striking artwork.

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    • Snowman

      July 25th, 2024 - 4:35pm

      Yes I agree, I also thought it was a very similar design to the last Vinyl LP that came out.

  • Jonathan

    July 25th, 2024 - 3:00pm

    What will it take for them to issue the tenth planet on vinyl?

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  • Snowman

    July 25th, 2024 - 11:51am

    Ordered straight away. It looks Great. Very Similar design to the last Vinyl release aswell.

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    • Snowman

      July 31st, 2024 - 5:46pm

      Now I’ve had a quick look at the last few Vinyl Releases, the Design is actually very similar to The Highlanders aswell as The Edge of Destruction. I wonder why and will all Future releases have the Same Design. (Keeping the Uniformity a bit like the Blu-Ray Collection)?

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