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| The Second Doctor (1966-1969) | |
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Season Four:
Renewal First appearances of Jamie and Victoria. Final historical story. |
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Season Five:
Monstrous Encounters First appearances of Zoe, Captain (later Brigadier) Lethbridge-Stewart, the Yeti and the Ice Warriors. |
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Six: Running Out Of Time First appearances of Benton and UNIT. The Time Lords, named for the first time, exile the Doctor to Earth. |
| Season Four: Renewal |
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Patrick Troughton played the Doctor from The Power Of The Daleks in November 1966 to The War Games in June 1969. He also returned to the role for The Three Doctors (December 1972), The Five Doctors (November 1983), and The Two Doctors (February 1985). Troughton passed away in 1987. |
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Jamie McCrimmon was a young Scottish piper who met the Doctor during the Highland uprising of 1746. Frazer Hines played Jamie from The Highlanders in December 1966 to The War Games in June 1969. He subsequently returned to the role for The Five Doctors in November 1983 and The Two Doctors in February 1985. |
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Victoria Waterfield was an orphan from 1866 England whose father was murdered by the Daleks. Deborah Watling played Victoria from The Evil Of The Daleks in May 1967 to The Wheel In Space in April 1968. She returned for Dimensions In Time in November 1993. |
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| The Production Team |
| With both Innes Lloyd and Gerry Davis expressing a desire to move on from Doctor Who, Peter Bryant was introduced into the production team to take over from them. He served as both script editor and producer on various stories toward the end of Season Four. Davis finally departed as script editor at the season's end, but Lloyd would remain for some time yet while Bryant became more firmly installed as Doctor Who's new producer. |
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The Power Of The Daleks by David
Whitaker and Dennis Spooner, directed by Christopher Barry
Still suspicious of the younger man claiming to be the Doctor, Ben and
Polly discover that the TARDIS has landed on the Earth colony Vulcan.
There, a scientist named Lesterson has unearthed a crashed capsule
containing the inert forms of three Daleks. The Doctor is horrified to
learn that Lesterson has reactivated them, intending for them to serve the
colony's populace. But the time travellers soon discover that the Daleks
have a far more malevolent agenda. (All six episodes are missing.)
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The Highlanders by Elwyn Jones and Gerry
Davis, directed by Hugh David
The TARDIS materialises in 1746 Scotland following the defeat of Bonnie
Prince Charlie. There, the Doctor, Polly and Ben meet the McLarens and
their piper, Jamie McCrimmon, who are being hunted by the English. The
time travellers soon discover that a crooked solicitor named Grey is
attempting to sell the Highlanders as slaves in the West Indies... and
they are to be amongst the first shipment. (All four episodes are
missing.)
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The Underwater Menace by Geoffrey Orme,
directed by Julia Smith
When the TARDIS lands on a volcanic island in the middle of the Pacific,
the Doctor, Polly, Ben and Jamie soon find a passageway down to the lost
city of Atlantis. There, the Doctor meets the famous scientist Professor
Zaroff, who has concocted a mad plan to raise Atlantis by draining the
ocean waters down into the Earth's core, destroying the planet. It is up
to Ben and Jamie to raise a revolution amongst the Atlantean Fish
People... before Polly is transformed into one herself. (Episodes one
and four are missing.)
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The Moonbase by Kit Pedler, directed by
Morris Barry
The Doctor, Polly, Ben and Jamie find themselves on a moonbase in the year
2070. Housed there is the Gravitron, a device which controls the Earth's
weather. But a suspicious plague has erupted among the base's crew, and
the Gravitron has been experiencing mysterious faults. The moonbase chief
suspects the time travellers are responsible, but the Doctor soon realises
that his old foes, the Cybermen, are covertly at work in a new attempt to
invade the Earth. (Episodes one and three are missing.)
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The Macra Terror by Ian Stuart Black,
directed by John Davies
An Earth colony in the far future has all the look and feek of a holiday
camp. But the Doctor, Polly, Ben and Jamie quickly become aware that a
sinister force is lurking beneath the jolly veneer of the settlement, in
the form of the mammoth crab-like Macra who have secretly infiltrated the
colony administration and are using the settlers for slave labour. And
already, Ben has fallen into the Macra's power. (All four episodes are
missing.)
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The Faceless Ones by David Ellis and
Malcolm Hulke, directed by Gerry Mill
Arriving back in 1966 London at Gatwick Airport, the Doctor, Polly, Ben
and Jamie soon learn of mysterious disappearances which have occurred with
alarming frequency at the airport. To make matters worse, Ben and Polly
also vanish, and a perfect duplicate of Polly appears claiming never to
have met the Doctor or Jamie. The Doctor soon learns of the true force at
work: the Chameleons, faceless aliens who are attempting to steal the
identities of the kidnapped commuters and take over the Earth.
(Episodes two and four through six are missing.)
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The Evil Of The Daleks by David
Whitaker, directed by Derek Martinus
The TARDIS is stolen from Gatwick Airport, and the Doctor and Jamie pursue
it through a time corridor back to 1866. There, they are captured by the
Daleks, who are ostensibly trying to isolate the Human Factor, that which
makes mankind truly human. But with the help of scientist Edward
Waterfield, whose daughter Victoria is held hostage by the Daleks, the
Doctor discovers his old enemies are actually searching for the Dalek
Factor... which they intend to imprint upon every human in history.
(Episodes one and three through seven are missing.)
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| Making History |
| The regeneration gamble proved a success, and Doctor Who's survival was assured for the time being. Furthermore, Gerry Davis and Kit Pedler had devised a monster whose popularity was to be exceeded only by the Daleks, in the form of the Cybermen. Lloyd and Davis completed their redefinition of Doctor Who by doing away with the concept of the historical story. In the future, almost every story would feature some science-fiction content, as the series moved further and further away from the educational concept originally formulated by Sydney Newman and toward the more mainstream elements of the genre which held such popular appeal. |
| Season Five: Monstrous Encounters |
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Zoe Heriot was a brilliant astrophysicist from the 21st century who met the Doctor during a Cyberman invasion of the space station on which she worked. Wendy Padbury played Zoe from The Wheel In Space in April 1968 to The War Games in June 1969. She also returned for The Five Doctors in November 1983. |
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Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart first worked with the Doctor when he was a colonel in the British army. He was subsequently promoted to brigadier in order to head up the British division of the United Nations Intelligence Task Force (UNIT), which was established to combat alien interference on Earth. Nicholas Courtney played Lethbridge-Stewart in The Web Of Fear (February 1968) and The Invasion (November 1968), regularly from Spearhead from Space (January 1970) to Terror Of The Zygons (September 1975), and then again in Mawdryn Undead (February 1983), The Five Doctors (November 1983), Battlefield (September 1989), and finally Dimensions In Time (November 1993). He also appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures, in Enemy Of The Bane. Courtney died in February 2011. |
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| The Production Team |
| Innes Lloyd's wish was finally granted midway through the season when he departed Doctor Who, leaving it in the hands of Peter Bryant. Bryant had been acting as script editor for much of the season, although Victor Pemberton had filled in early on. With Bryant now the show's permanent producer, Derrick Sherwin arrived to take over the script editor post for the latter portion of Season Five. |
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The Tomb Of The Cybermen by Kit Pedler
and Gerry Davis, directed by Morris Barry
The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria land on the desert planet Telos, where an
archaeological expedition from Earth has also arrived. The scientists are
searching for the fabled tombs to which the dying Cybermen removed
themselves many years earlier. The Doctor is adamant that his old enemies
be left in hibernation, but two members of the research team, the
Logicians Klieg and Kaftan, have plans to use the Cybermen to help them
dominate the galaxy.
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The Abominable Snowmen by Mervyn Haisman
and Henry Lincoln, directed by Gerald Blake
The Doctor is delighted when the TARDIS lands near a monastery in Tibet
because it means he can return the monks' sacred ghanta which he took with
him for safekeeping centuries earlier. But all is not well at the
monastery: there is disharmony amongst the monks, and the countryside is
overrun by robotic Yeti. Soon, the Doctor finds himself accused of murder,
whilst an extradimensional force called the Great Intelligence prepares to
return to Earth... using one of the Doctor's friends as a vessel.
(Episodes one and three through six are missing.)
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The Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles,
directed by Derek Martinus
In the year 3000, the Earth is on the brink of a new Ice Age, as the
countries of the world are buried beneath mammoth glaciers. The Doctor,
Jamie and Victoria arrive in England as a small team of scientists
desperately tries to hold back the ice. But a new threat comes when an
ancient spaceship is discovered frozen in the glacier. Soon its crew, the
warlike Ice Warriors from Mars, reawaken and become intent on delivering
themselves from the planet, at any cost. (Episodes two and three of
this story are missing.)
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The Enemy Of The World by David
Whitaker, directed by Barry Letts
The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria land on Earth in the near future. A series
of catastrophic earthquakes have shaken the planet, resulting in political
upheaval. At the same time, the famous scientist Salamander unveils his
Suncatcher satellites, which he claims will feed the starving corners of
the world. But the Doctor soon discovers a link between the satellites and
the earthquakes, uncovering a plot by Salamander -- the Doctor's
doppelganger -- to take over the world. (Episodes one, two, and four
through six are missing.)
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The Web Of Fear by Mervyn Haisman and
Henry Lincoln, directed by Douglas Camfield
The TARDIS materialises in modern-day London, where the Doctor, Jamie and
Victoria discover the city deserted and covered in a weird web-like
substance. Meeting up with the military and Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart in
the London Underground, they learn that the Great Intelligence and its
Yeti are active once again. And this time, the Intelligence's main goal is
none other than the possession of the mind of the Doctor. (Episodes two
through six are missing.)
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Fury From The Deep by Victor Pemberton,
directed by Hugh David
On the North Sea coast in the modern day, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria
learn of a series of mishaps and strange occurrences which has been
plaguing the oil refineries. They soon find that a form of intelligent
seaweed is rising up from the seabed, attempting to take over humanity --
and the invasion has already begun. (All six episodes are missing.)
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The Wheel In Space by David Whitaker and
Kit Pedler, directed by Tristan de Vere Cole
The Doctor and Jamie find themselves on a space wheel in the 21st century.
Mysterious things have been happening on board the wheel: equipment has
been sabotaged, crewmembers have gone missing, and the director, Bennett,
is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The Doctor discovers that the
Cybermen, once again intent on invading the Earth, are about to board the
wheel, taking control of the entire crew. (Episodes one, two, four and
five are missing.)
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| Making History |
| Season Five has become renowned in Doctor Who history as the Year of the Monsters. As the new format devised by Innes Lloyd and Gerry Davis truly came centre-stage, every story bar The Enemy Of The World featured monsters: the Cybermen, the Yeti, the Ice Warriors, the Weed. Indeed, the Yeti and the Ice Warriors would join the pantheon of Doctor Who's most famous monsters -- the former in spite of the fact that they would never star in a televised story again! |
| Season Six: Running Out Of Time |
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John Benton was originally a UNIT corporal, later a sergeant, and finally an RSM. He worked frequently with the Doctor during his exile to Earth. John Levene played Benton in The Invasion in November 1968, and then regularly from The Ambassadors of Death in March 1970 to The Android Invasion in December 1975. |
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| The Production Team |
| Peter Bryant's role in Doctor Who gradually decreased over the course of Season Six, and script editor Derrick Sherwin officially replaced him toward the end of the season, having already assumed many of Bryant's responsibilities. Meanwhile, Terrance Dicks was introduced into the team as the new script editor, a position he would occupy for longer than anyone else, before or after, and marking the start of an association with Doctor Who that continues to this day. |
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The Dominators by Norman Ashby, directed
by Morris Barry
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves on peaceful Dulkis, a planet
where war has been eradicated. But landing at the same time are the
warlike Dominators and their diminutive robots, the Quarks. The Dominators
plan to detonate a bomb in Dulkis' core, thereby turning the planet into a
radioactive ball with which they can fuel their space fleet.
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The Mind Robber by Peter Ling and
Derrick Sherwin, directed by David Mahoney
After an emergency dematerialisation, the TARDIS lands in a weird white
void. Drawn out of the time machine, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find
themselves in a surreal world where imagination has become reality,
populated with characters out of folklore and literature. And the
mysterious overlord of this Land of Fiction desires the Doctor's
company... forever.
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The Invasion by Derrick Sherwin and Kit
Pedler, directed by Douglas Camfield
With the help of the newly-formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce
(UNIT), led by their old friend Lethbridge-Stewart -- newly promoted to
Brigadier -- the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover that businessman Tobias
Vaughn has been conspiring with the Cybermen. Partially cybernised
himself, Vaughn plans to give the Earth over to the Cybermen unless the
Doctor can stop him... but the Cybermen have already arrived. (Episodes
one and four are missing.)
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The Krotons by Robert Holmes, directed
by David Maloney
The TARDIS lands on a planet where, every year, the two brightest Gond
youths disappear into the bowels of a machine to join their people's gods.
But the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover that the “gods” are
really crystalline aliens called the Krotons, who are feeding on the
mental energies of the children. And the Doctor and Zoe are next on the
menu.
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The Seeds Of Death by Brian Hayles,
directed by Michael Ferguson
It is the 21st century, and all transportation on Earth is provided by
T-Mat, a matter teleportation system operated from the moon. But as the
Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive, the T-Mat station is taken over by the Ice
Warriors. The Martians plan to turn the Earth into a new Mars by spreading
special seeds over the planet which will alter the Earth's climate, and
T-Mat is to be the method by which their horrible plan will be
accomplished.
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The Space Pirates by Robert Holmes,
directed by Michael Hart
When the space beacon on which the TARDIS has materialised is stolen by
the cruel pirate Caven, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe team up with an aging
pioneer named Milo Clancy to recover their ship. Along the way, they must
survive attempts by Caven to destroy them, avoid the Earth officials who
have mistaken them for the thieves, and discover the truth behind the
Issigri Mining Company's operations on the planet Ta. (Episodes one and
three through six are missing.)
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The War Games by Malcolm Hulke and
Terrance Dicks, directed by David Maloney
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe believe the TARDIS has brought them back to
Earth, in the midst of World War One. But it soon becomes apparent that
they are nowhere of the sort. In fact, a race of aliens has been
kidnapping soldiers from various points in the Earth's history and
transporting them to another planet, with the intention of using them to
form the greatest army the universe has ever seen. At the helm of this
plot is the War Chief, a renegade Time Lord like the Doctor. To stop him,
the Doctor may be forced to call upon his own people and give up his
wandering in time and space forever.
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| Making History |
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Few seasons before or since have been simultaneously as tumultuous and as important as Season Six. With viewing figures on the decline and the sentiment rampant that Doctor Who was past its prime, it was clear that, once again, the series needed to be revamped. To this end, the UNIT concept was created, to give Doctor Who a recurring Earth-based cast and hence enable the production crew an excuse to cut back on the more expensive outer space adventures. Furthermore, the decision was taken to finally reveal more about the Doctor's past. In The War Games, a visit was paid to the Doctor's (then unnamed) home planet and the truth about his nature as a Time Lord and his flight from that culture was unveiled. Meanwhile, Patrick Troughton, wary of typecasting, had elected to leave Doctor Who, as had Frazer Hines, who had now logged more episodes than any other companion. Wendy Padbury consequently decided that this was also a good time for her to bow out of the programme. The slate was therefore wiped clean for an all-new Doctor Who the following year... |
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