The Rescue proves to be mercifully quick as a two-episode story yet for some reason it took an eternity to watch it. The story is notable only in that it introduces Susan's replacement -- Vicki. Vicki is a human from the future who has crashed on a planet filled with seemingly murderous creatures.
Of course the big twist in the story is that the actual killer is the only other survivor from Vicki's ship, not the natives. Unfortunately the twist is so ridiculous that it stretches the imagination beyond belief. The story basically is that some dude kills a fellow crewman and is caught but the ship crashes before his crimes can be reported to Earth. To cover up his crimes he kills everyone on the planet except for Vicki and convinces her the now dead natives of the planet did it so he won't go to jail.
Despite the story I thought that the Koquilion (name of alien in picture) was a pretty good alian design for 1964. Vicki isn't terrible either.
Ranking: 4/10 (poor)
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