Doctor Who and the Crusaders — David Whitaker

Back to Earth again, Tardis lands DOCTOR WHO and his friends into the midst of the harsh, cruel world of the twelfth-century Crusades. Soon the adventurers are embroiled in the conflict between Richard the Lionheart and the Sultan Saladin, ruler of the warlike Saracens...

Within minutes of the TARDIS's arrival on twelfth-century Earth, the Doctor and his companions are in series trouble.

But Barbara is kidnapped and carried off by the Saracens to the Sultan Saladin's court.

Saladin spares her life--on condition she entertains his court by telling stories. And, like Scheherazade, if she fails, then she must die...