Doctor Who (season 10)
| Doctor Who (season 10) | |
|---|---|
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of stories | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 30 December 1972 – 23 June 1973 |
The tenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 30 December 1972 with the 10th anniversary special The Three Doctors, and ended with Katy Manning's final serial The Green Death.
Casting
Main cast
- Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor
- Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor
- William Hartnell as the First Doctor
- Katy Manning as Jo Grant
Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, and Jo Grant played by Katy Manning makes her final appearance in The Green Death. Previous Doctors William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton return to play the First Doctor and the Second Doctor.
Recurring stars
- Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
- John Levene as Sergeant Benton
- Richard Franklin as Mike Yates
- Roger Delgado as The Master
Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively.
Roger Delgado makes his final appearance as The Master in Frontier in Space. Delgado died in a car crash in Turkey shortly after the story's transmission.
Serials
At the conclusion of The Three Doctors, the Doctor is finally released from his sentence of exile by the Time Lords, enabling him to travel through time and space once again. This ends the cycle of mostly Earth-bound stories where the Doctor was stranded that began at the conclusion of The War Games in 1969.
The serials Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks both feature the Daleks and lead directly from the first into the second, forming a rough twelve-part epic.
| Story | Serial | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | UK viewers (millions) [1] | AI [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 1 | The Three Doctors | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 30 December 1972 6 January 1973 13 January 1973 20 January 1973 | RRR | 9.6 10.8 8.8 11.9 | — |
| Gallifrey, home planet of the Time Lords is under siege, by an unknown force. The only person who can help them is the Doctor, but even he will need assistance from his previous incarnations. | ||||||||
| 66 | 2 | Carnival of Monsters | Barry Letts | Robert Holmes | 27 January 1973 3 February 1973 10 February 1973 17 February 1973 | PPP | 9.5 9.0 9.0 9.2 | — |
| The TARDIS materialises on the SS Bernice, a ship that suddenly disappeared while travelling the Indian Ocean. | ||||||||
| 67 | 3 | Frontier in Space | Paul Bernard | Malcolm Hulke | 24 February 1973 3 March 1973 10 March 1973 17 March 1973 24 March 1973 31 March 1973 | QQQ | 9.1 7.8 7.5 7.1 7.7 8.9 | — |
| Materialising on an Earth cargo spaceship, the Doctor is caught up in the tensions between the Earth and Draconian Empires. | ||||||||
| 68 | 4 | Planet of the Daleks | David Maloney | Terry Nation | 7 April 1973 14 April 1973 21 April 1973 28 April 1973 5 May 1973 12 May 1973 | SSS | 11.0 10.7 10.1 8.3 9.7 8.5 | — |
| The Time Lords have landed the TARDIS on the planet Spiridon, where the Daleks are awakening the biggest Dalek army the galaxy has ever seen. | ||||||||
| 69 | 5 | The Green Death | Michael E. Briant | Robert Sloman and Barry Letts | 19 May 1973 26 May 1973 2 June 1973 9 June 1973 16 June 1973 23 June 1973 | TTT | 9.2 7.2 7.8 6.8 8.3 7.0 | — |
| Mutated giant maggots are appearing all over the Welsh countryside, could Global Chemicals be behind it? | ||||||||
Broadcast
The entire season was broadcast from 30 December 1972 to 23 June 1973.
DVD releases
All serials of season 10 were released individually on DVD in between 2002 and 2009.
| Serial name | Number and duration of episodes |
R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Doctors | 4 × 25 min. | 24 November 2003 | 12 November 2003 | 2 March 2004 |
| The Three Doctors – Special Edition
Part of the Revisitations 3 box set. |
4 × 25 min. | 13 February 2012[2] | 1 March 2012[3] | 13 March 2012[4] |
| Carnival of Monsters | 4 × 25 min. | 15 July 2002 | 2 September 2002 | 1 July 2003 |
| Carnival of Monsters – Special Edition Only available as part of the Revisitations 2 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1. | 4 × 25 min. | 28 March 2011 | 5 May 2011 | 10 April 2012 |
| Dalek War: Frontier in Space (6 episodes) Planet of the Daleks (6 episodes) | 12 × 25 min. | 5 October 2009 | 4 February 2010 | 2 March 2010 |
| The Green Death | 6 × 25 min. | 10 May 2004 | 5 August 2004 | 1 March 2005 |
| The Green Death - Special Edition | 6 x 25 min. | 5 August 2013 | 7 August 2013 | 13 August 2013 |
In print
| Serial name | Novelisation title | Author | First published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Doctors | The Three Doctors | Terrance Dicks | 1975 |
| Carnival of Monsters | Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters | Terrance Dicks | 1977 |
| Frontier in Space | Doctor Who and the Space War | Malcolm Hulke | 1976 |
| Planet of the Daleks | Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | 1976 |
| The Green Death | Doctor Who and the Green Death | Malcolm Hulke | 1975 |
References
- 1 2 "Ratings Guide". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Amazon.co.uk Revisitations 3
- ↑ Filmink listings
- ↑ "Doctor Who - 4 Classic DVDs in March Include 3 Special Editions and Leela's Introduction!". tvshowsondvd. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.