Doctor Who (1963) Season 2 Episode 12 Synopsis

The story begins with the Doctor and his three friends, including new girl Vicki,in the year 64 AD enjoying a holiday at an Italian villa But the Doctor gets bored and sets off to visit nearby Rome, taking Vicki with him. While they are away, Ian and Barbara are captured by slave traders. In Rome the Doctor is mistaken for a musician and is asked to perform at Emperor Nero's Court. The Doctor, however, can't play a note and has to come up with elaborate schemes to avoid revealing this!!. Ian becomes a galley slave, while Barbara is sold to Nero's slave buyer Tavius at an auction in Rome. Ian and another slave escape from the galley when it is wrecked in a storm. They make their way to Rome to try to find and rescue Barbara but are recaptured and forced to fight as gladiators in the Arena. Events climax when, by accidentally setting fire to Nero's plans for the rebuilding of Rome, the Doctor gives him the idea of having the city burned to the ground. Nero plays the lyre while Rome burns, and the Doctor, Vicki and a now reunited Ian and Barbara go back to the villa.

Doctor Who (1963) Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Planet of Giants (1)
• s02e02 - Dangerous Journey (2)
• s02e03 - Crisis (3)
• s02e04 - World's End (1)
• s02e05 - The Daleks (2)
• s02e06 - Day of Reckoning (3)
• s02e07 - The End of Tomorrow (4)
• s02e08 - The Waking Ally (5)
• s02e09 - Flashpoint (6)
• s02e10 - The Powerful Enemy (1)
• s02e11 - Desperate Measures (2)
• s02e12 - The Slave Traders (1)
• s02e13 - All Roads Lead to Rome (2)
• s02e14 - Conspiracy (3)
• s02e15 - Inferno (4)
• s02e16 - The Web Planet (1)
• s02e17 - The Zarbi (2)
• s02e18 - Escape to Danger (3)
• s02e19 - Crater of Needles (4)
• s02e20 - Invasion (5)
• s02e21 - The Centre (6)
• s02e22 - The Lion (1)
• s02e23 - The Knight of Jaffa (2)
• s02e24 - The Wheel of Fortune (3)
• s02e25 - The Warlords (4)
• s02e26 - The Space Museum (1)
• s02e27 - The Dimensions of Time (2)
• s02e28 - The Search (3)
• s02e29 - The Final Phase (4)
• s02e30 - The Executioners (1)
• s02e31 - The Death of Time (2)
• s02e32 - Flight through Eternity (3)
• s02e33 - Journey into Terror (4)
• s02e34 - The Death of Doctor Who (5)
• s02e35 - The Planet of Decision (6)
• s02e36 - The Watcher (1)
• s02e37 - The Meddling Monk (2)
• s02e38 - A Battle of Wits (3)
• s02e39 - Checkmate (4)

Doctor Who (1963) Show Summary

Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction TV series in history, airing initially from 1963 to 1989. Doctor Who is about ideas. It pioneered sophisticated mixed-level storytelling. Its format was the key to its longevity: the Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...