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Doctor Who Classic Series PanelOmniconMarch 30, 2019

Cookeville, TennesseePresented By

Christopher L. AugustusTennessee Technological University Alumni

Former Alpha Psi Phi Member

http://www.knology.net/~augustus/


Three Distinct Eras ofDoctor Who

●Classic Series 1963 to 1989●Wilderness Years 1990 to 2004●New Series 2005 to Present

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To Prevent Information Overload●Almost No Spoilers!●Talk Mostly About Broadcast TV Stories●Keep Name Dropping to Minimum

● Will Name the Actors Who Played Doctors● Call Companions by Character Names

● Watch "An Adventure in Space and Time"● Part of the 50th anniversary celebration.● Starred David Bradley as the First Doctor

● He also played the Doctor in Twice Upon a Time● Not 100% accurate, but a good dramatization.

Doctor Who Season 1

Story Title Episodes Missing

An Unearthly Child 4 None

The Daleks 7 None

The Edge of Destruction 2 None

Marco Polo 7 All

The Keys of Marinus 6 None

The Aztecs 4 None

The Sensorites 6 None

The Reign of Terror 6 2

● Dates: November 23, 1963 to September 12, 1964● Episodes Planned: 42● Episodes Broadcast: 42● Episodes Missing: 9● Episodes Existing: 33

● How episodes were made:● Film: exteriors and Limegrove Studios● Rehearse a week● Record on video tape one day.

● Each episode had individual titles.● The story names:

● Working titles.● Old publication assumed story names were the first

episode● The topic of the story.

● Talk about missing episodes● Usually a mix of Science Fiction and Historical

stories.

Doctor Who Season 2


Planet of Giants 3* None

The Dalek Invasion of Earth 6 None

The Rescue 2 None

The Romans 4 None

The Web Planet 6 None

The Crusade 4 2

The Space Museum 4 None

The Chase 6 None

The Time Meddler 4 None*

● Dates: October 31, 1964 to July 24, 1965● Episodes Planned: 40; Episodes Broadcast: 39● Episodes Missing: 2; Episodes Existing: 37

● Planet of the Giants 3 and 4 became one episode● The Urge to Live

● The Chase● Has Daleks.● Has the Beatles (but not on US DVD).

● Time Meddler missing 12 seconds.

Doctor Who Season 3


Galaxy Four 4 3

Mission to the Unknown 1 All

The Myth Makers 4 All

The Dalek Masterplan 12 9

The Massacre 4 All

The Ark 4 None

The Celestial Toymaker 4 3

The Gunfighters 4 None

The Savages 4 All

The War Machines 4 None*

● Dates: September 11, 1965 to July 16, 1966● Episodes Planned: 45; Episodes Broadcast: 45● Episodes Missing: 28; Episodes Existing: 17

● Mention sizable clip existing of Galaxy Four● Mention what is Mission to the Unknown.

● Why one episode?● The big Dalek Masterplan.● The Gunfighters.

● Fan opinion increased after DVD release.● The Savages ceased having individual episode titles.● The War Machines missing scenes.

Doctor Who Season 4


The Smugglers 4 All

The Tenth Planet 4 1

The Power of the Daleks 6 All

The Highlanders 4 All

The Underwater Menace 4 2

The Moonbase 4 2

The Macra Terror 4 All

The Faceless Ones 6 4

The Evil of the Daleks 7 6

● Dates: September 10, 1966 to July 1, 1967● Episodes Planned: 43; Episodes Broadcast: 43● Episodes Missing: 33; Episodes Existing: 10

● The Doctor regenerates at the end of The Tenth Planet.

● Patrick Troughton is the Doctor in Power of the Daleks.

● Jamie is introduced in the Highlanders.● Evil of the Daleks was supposed to be the final

Doctor Who story featuring the Daleks.● Not one complete story exists from this season!

Doctor Who Season 5


The Tomb of the Cybermen 4 None

The Abominable Snowmen 6 5

The Ice Warriors 6 2

The Enemy of the World 6 None

The Web of Fear 6 1

Fury from the Deep 6 All

The Wheel in Space 6 4

● Dates: September 2, 1967 to June 1, 1968● Episodes Planned: 40● Episodes Broadcast: 40● Episodes Missing: 18● Episodes Existing: 22

● Called the Monster Season as all but one story featured a monster.

● Cybermen twice● Yeti twice● Ice Warriors● Seaweed Creatures

● Tell story about the recovery of Enemy of the World and most of The Web of Fear.

● At the end of The Wheel in Space, the Evil of the Daleks was repeated.

● Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart introduced.

Doctor Who Season 6


The Dominators 5 None

The Mind Robber 5 None

The Invasion 8 2

The Krotons 4 None

The Seeds of Death 6 None

The Space Pirates 6 5

The War Games 10 None

● Dates: August 10, 1968 to June 21, 1969● Episodes Planned: 44● Episodes Broadcast: 44● Episodes Missing: 7● Episodes Existing: 37

● Final black and white season.● Very troubled season.

● Patrick Troughton and Jamie were worn out making episodes most of the year.

● Begged to drop the count of episodes by one half a year.

● Both ended up leaving at the end of the season.● The Dominators was shortened from 6 to 5 episodes.● The Mind Robber:

● Got an extra episode!● Was an early story not shot one episode a week.

● The Invasion was an experiment – Birth of UNIT● The Invasion replaced two problems stories.● The War Games:

● Replaced two problems stories.● Introduced the Time Lords.

● Almost the final season of Doctor Who!

Doctor Who Season 7

Story Title Episodes

Spearhead From Space 4

Doctor Who and the Silurians 7

The Ambassadors of Death 7

Inferno 7

● Dates: January 3, 1970 to June 20, 1970● Episodes Planned: 25● Episodes Broadcast: 25

● First color season. Shortened to 25 episodes.● Only reason the season was made was the producer

(Barry Letts) and script editor (Terrence Dicks) could not come up with a replacement

● New Doctor, Jon Pertwee.● All stories were UNIT stories.● Spearhead from Space – production issues.

● All exteriors were shot on 16mm film.● Union strike.● All interiors were shot elsewhere on 16mm film● Broadcast from color 16mm film.

● Of the other 21 episodes, only one exists on original broadcast video tape. The other are color due to:

● Reverse standards conversion● Mixing B&W film with off air color tapes.● Chroma Dot restoration!!!

Doctor Who Season 8


Terror of the Autons 4

The Mind of Evil 6

The Claws of Axos 4

Colony in Space 6

The Dæmons 5

● Dates: January 2, 1970 to June 19, 1970● Episodes Planned: 25● Episodes Broadcast: 25● The Master Season

● Every story features a new reoccurring character: The Master.

● New UNIT:● Captain Mike Yates.● Jo Grant

● Colony in Space is not a UNIT story.● The Dæmons is a cast and fan favorite.● Only three episodes exist on original video tape.

Doctor Who Season 9


The Day of the Daleks 4

The Curse of Peladon 4

The Sea Devils 6

The Mutants 6

The Time Monster 6

● Dates: January 1, 1972 to June 24, 1972● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26

● Triumphant return of the Daleks.● Earliest story retained on original video tape

● The Mutants is not a UNIT story.● 11 episodes exist on original video tape.

Doctor Who Season 10


The Three Doctors 4

Carnival of Monsters 4

Frontier in Space 6

Planet of the Daleks 6

The Green Death 6

● Dates: December 30, 1972 to June 23, 1973● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26

● The Three Doctors was the tenth anniversary special:

● Primarily features second and third Doctors.● Due to failing health, William Hartnell briefly

appears on film on the TARDIS scanner.● Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks make 12

part story.● All but one episode exists on original video tape (or

at least a first generation dub)



The Time Warrior 4

Invasion of the Dinosaurs 6

Death to the Daleks 4

The Monster of Peladon 6

Planet of the Spiders 6

● Dates: December 15, 1973 to June 8, 1974● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26

● Logo changed to famous diamond logo.● Time Warrior

● Introduces Sarah Jane● Introduces the Sontarans.● Names the Doctor's home planet as Gallifrey.

● First episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs:● Had a story title of "The Invasion".● Is the last episode not to be retained on a PAL

video tape.



Robot 4

The Ark in Space 4

The Sontaran Experiment 2

Genesis of the Daleks 6

Revenge of the Cybermen 4

● Dates: December 28, 1974 to May 10, 1975● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 20● Blu-ray: Tom Baker Complete Season One

● New Doctor, Tom Baker● Robot was first story with exteriors video taped.● The Sontaran Experiment was made 100% on video

tape on location.● All time classic: Genesis of the Daleks.● Revenge of the Cybermen was the only Cyberman

story broadcast in the 1970's.● Season ended early due to moving the broadcast

time up from Winter/Spring to Fall/Winter.



Terror of the Zygons 4

Planet of Evil 4

Pyramids of Mars 4

The Android Invasion 4

The Brain of Morbius 4

The Seeds of Doom 6

● Dates: August 30, 1975 to March 6, 1976● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26

● Season famous for Gothic Horror.● Featured stories about mummies and Frankenstein.● Terror of the Zygons originally planned opening

restored on DVD.



The Masque of Mandragora 4

The Hand of Fear 4

The Deadly Assassin 4

The Face of Evil 4

The Robots of Death 4

The Talons of Weng-Chiang 6

● Dates: September 4, 1976 to April 2, 1977● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26

● The Deadly Assassin● Companion-less story.● Invents many things about Time Lords still used in

the current series.● One episode cliffhanger was so violent, the ending

was edited off the master tape after the initial broadcast!

● Featured a wooden TARDIS console room.



Horror of Fang Rock 4

The Invisible Enemy 4

Image of the Fendahl 4

The Sun Makers 4

Underworld 4

The Invasion of Time 6

● Dates: September 3, 1977 to March 11, 1978● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26

● The Horror of Fang Rock was my first complete Doctor Who story. Watched during Christmas break 1983.

● The Invisible Enemy introduced K-9.



The Ribos Operation 4

The Pirate Planet 4

The Stones of Blood 4

The Androids of Tara 4

The Power of Kroll 4

The Armageddon Factor 6

● Dates: September 2, 1978 to February 24, 1979● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26● The Key to Time Season

● This season was a quest for the six segments of the Key to Time

● The Pirate Planet was written by famous Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy).



Destiny of the Daleks 4

City of Death 4

The Creature from the Pit 4

Nightmare of Eden 4

Horns of Nimon 4

Shada Not Finished

● Dates: September 1, 1979 to January 12, 1980● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 20

● Douglas Adams was script editor on this season.● Rewrote City of Death● Wrote Shada

● Fan favorite: City of Death● Shada:

● Due to a strike, was never completed.● Primarily written by Douglas Adams.● All outdoor scenes were recorded.● One of three studio blocks recorded.● Pseudo completed with Tom Baker narrating the

unfinished scenes on VHS in 1992 & DVD in 2013.

● Completed in 2017 with linking animation on DVD (USA) and Blu-ray (UK).



The Leisure Hive 4

Meglos 4

Full Circle 4

State of Decay 4

Warriors' Gate 4

The Keeper of Traken 4

Logopolis 4

● Dates: August 30, 1980 to March 21, 1981● Episodes Planned: 28● Episodes Broadcast: 28● Blu-ray: Tom Baker Complete Season Seven

● New producer: John Nathan-Turner.● Logo changed to neon logo.● First completely new arrangement of the theme tune.● Big companion changes.● E-Space Trilogy● Another Trilogy – spoilers.

Doctor Who Season 19● Dates: January 4, 1982 to March 30, 1982● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 26● Blu-ray: Peter Davison Complete Season One


Castrovalva 4

Four to Doomsday 4

Kinda 4

The Visitation 4

Black Orchid 2

Earthshock 4

Time-Flight 4

● New Doctor: Peter Davison

Doctor Who Season 20● Dates: January 3, 1983 to March 16, 1983● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 22


Arc of Infinity 4

Snakedance 4

Mawdryn Undead 4

Terminus 4

Enlightenment 4

The King's Demons 2


The Five Doctors 1

● Date: November 25, 1983● Special 90 Minute Episode

● The originally planned season was going to be a celebration of the show's 20th anniversary.

● The Black Guardian Trilogy● A strike forced the cancellation of a Dalek story

named "Warhead".● BBC granted a special 90 minute episode to

celebrate the 20th anniversary.● Technically made as part of the season 21

recording block.● Featured three of the four surviving Doctors.● The first Doctor was played by another actor.● Tom Baker refused to appear, so two scenes were

utilized from the Shada footage.● Probably one of the worst stories to show new

Doctor Who fans!

Doctor Who Season 21● Dates: January 5, 1984 to March 30, 1984● Episodes Planned: 26● Episodes Broadcast: 24


Warriors of the Deep 4

The Awakening 2

Frontios 4

Resurrection of the Daleks 2*

Planet of Fire 4

The Caves of Androzani 4

The Twin Dilemma 4

● Season switched from being made on two inch to one inch video tape.

● Due to the 1984 Winter Olympics, Resurrection of the Dalek was edited into two 45 minute episodes.

● The Caves of Androzani:● Peter Davison regenerates.● One of the best stories of the 1980s.

● The Twin Dilemma:● New Doctor: Colin Baker● Possibly one of the worst stores of the 1980s.

Doctor Who Season 22● Dates: January 5, 1985 to March 30, 1985● Episodes Planned: 13● Episodes Broadcast: 13● Episode Length: 45 Minutes


Attack of the Cybermen 2

Vengeance on Varos 2

Mark of the Rani 2

The Two Doctors 3

Timelash 2

Revelation of the Daleks 2

● Due to the successful broadcast of two episodes edited together in 45 minute slots, this whole season was produced this way.

● The story lines are very violent. Not recommended for younger kids.

● The Two Doctors featured Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor with Jamie.

● The show was put onto hiatus for 18 months.

Doctor Who Season 23● Dates: September 6, 1986 to December 6, 1986● Episodes Planned: 14● Episodes Broadcast: 14


The Trial of a Timelord 14

Working Story Titles Episodes

The Mysterious Planet 4

Mindwarp 4

Terror of the Vervoids 4

The Ultimate Foe 2

● Doctor Who returned after 18 months.● BBC management said Doctor Who was on trial and

could very well be canceled if this season was not better.

● Returns to 25 minute episodes.● Season was shortened to 14 episodes.● Got new arrangement of the theme tune.● The season was broadcast as one story where the

Doctor was on trial for violating the laws of time.● There were four separate productions.● The long time script editor left leaving episode 14

unwritten.● Episode 14:

● Was transmitted as a 35 minute episode.● Has a huge continuity error.● Colin Baker was fired as the Doctor.



Time and the Rani 4

Paradise Towers 4

Delta and the Bannermen 3

Dragonfire 3

● New Doctor: Sylvester McCoy.● Some consider this the worst season of Doctor Who.● I find the fan dislike Delta enjoyable.● Dragonfire has maybe the worst cliffhanger of the

whole show!

Doctor Who Season 25● Dates: October 5, 1988 to January 4, 1989● Episodes Planned: 14● Episodes Broadcast: 14


Remembrance of the Daleks 4

The Happiness Patrol 3

Silver Nemesis 3

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 4

● 25th anniversary season. Featured Daleks and Cybermen.

● In general, the season was better received.● Silver Nemesis:

● 25th anniversary story.● I camped out on a mountain to watch and record

this story in Northern Georgia● First season broadcast in stereo.



Battlefield 4

Ghost Light 3

The Curse of Fenric 4

Survival 3

● Battlefield:● Had a lot of potential.

● The Curse of Fenric:● Best story of the 1980s!● Perfect mix of history (WWII), science fiction, and

mythology.● DVD is out of print and very $$$.● I watched and recorded this story on a mountain in

North Georgia.● Survival:

● Final broadcast story of Doctor Who.● I also watched and recorded this story on a

mountain in North Georgia, this time during a thunderstorm!

● Doctor Who was never formally canceled, BBC management did not commission a new season.

● Rumored to be released on Blu-ray this year.

December 6, 1989:The End of Classic Doctor Who

1990:The Wilderness Years Began

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