While not as overly long as The Reign of Terror, The Crusade suffers from many of the same problems. Namely, multiple missing episodes, lack of explanation as to the historical era we're in, and a fairly thin plot.

I wasn't very engaged with this story. The fourth episode and the latter half of the third were the only ones where I was even interested in what was going on.

The guest cast is good, but their characters are all very flat and not particularly interesting. This isn't helped by the brownface and general racism, though even the white people aren't safe from being caricatures. That being said, I loved Ibrahim.

Vicki has fully cemented herself as one of my favourite companions. The First Doctor grows on me more with every story. Ian and Barbara are great as always.