'Night of the Long Knives' Story Code '9615' by William Welch

May 1886: Doug and Tony materialise near the Khyber Pass, just prior to the infamous ‘Night of the Long Knives’. Doug is captured by Afghani tribesmen while Tony is shot and left for dead; he is rescued by Rudyard Kipling, who takes him to the safety of Fort Albert. Doug is questioned for his knowledge of the English outpost by Afghanistan tribal chief, Hira Singh. In London, Prime Minister Gladstone warns his cabinet that if the Arabian tribes were to unite against the English at the border, India will be lost; the only fort capable of stopping Chief Hira Singh is Fort Ablert. Singh orders that Doug be killed and his body sent to the fort as a warning; Singh then makes plans to destroy the garrison, unite the Afghanistan tribes, and drive every white man out of India. Tony and Kipling manage to convince the fort’s commander, Colonel Fettretch, to rescue Doug; while a patrol is sent to guard a supply train, Kipling, Tony and patrol set out on a rescue mission. Meanwhile, Tony is freed by a blind man named Kashi. The patrol saves the supply train from Signh’s forces, but an injured Kipling is captured. Tony returns to the fort, where he is reunited with Doug. Together they hatch a plan to prevent the morning’s massacre – by striking Singh’s forces that night…

Cliff-hanger: Tony and Doug arrive during World War II, and are immediately captured by German troopers…

Cliff-hanger: Doug and Tony materialise near the Khyber Pass. Doug is captured by Afghani tribesmen while Tony is shot and left for dead…

James Darren (Tony Newman), Robert Colbert (Doug Phillips), Whit Bissell (Lieutenant General Heywood Kirk), John Zaremba (Doctor Raymond Swain), Lee Meriwether (Doctor Ann MacGregor), Malachi Throne (Singh), David Watson (Kipling), Perry Lopez (Major Kabir), Sam Groom (Jerry), George Keymas (Ali), Brendan Dillon (Colonel Fettretch), Peter Brocco (Kashi), Ben Wright (Cabinet Minister), Dayton Lummis (Gladstone)

Directed by Paul Stanley
Produced and created by Irwin Allen
An Irwin Allen Production in Association with Kent Productions, Inc. and Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.

TX:
US TX - 16th December 1966

Notes:
*Featuring Doctor Tony Newman, Doctor Doug Phillips, Lieutenant General Heywood Kirk, Doctor Raymond Swain and Doctor Ann MacGregor