- Doctor Who (season 11)
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Doctor Who season 11 Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 26 Broadcast Original channel BBC One Original run 15 December 1973 – 8 June 1974Home video release DVD release Region 1 1 April 2008 -
presentRegion 2 3 September 2007 -
presentRegion 4 3 October 2007 -
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Season 12List of Doctor Who serials The 11th season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 15 December 1973 with the episode The Time Warrior, and ended with Jon Pertwee's final episode Planet of the Spiders.
Contents
Casting
Main characters
Jon Pertwee makes his final appearance as The Third Doctor in The Planet of the Spiders. Elisabeth Sladen makes her first appearance as Sarah Jane Smith in The Time Warrior.
Guest stars
Nicholas Courtney continues his role of the Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
Episodes
This season contains the last episode of which no copies currently exist in colour (Invasion of the Dinosaurs episode 1) and introduces the companion Sarah Jane Smith.
Story No. Serial Title Directed by Written by UK viewers
(million)Original air date Production
code070 1 "The Time Warrior" Alan Bromly Robert Holmes 8.2[1] 15 December 1973 - 5 January 1974 UUU In the Middle Ages, rabble of criminals find a crashed spaceship of a Sontaran warrior. Meanwhile the The Doctor is investigating the disappearance of several scientists from a top secret complex. 071 2 "Invasion of the Dinosaurs" Paddy Russell Malcolm Hulke 9.6 [1] 12 January - 16 February 1974 WWW The Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find that it has been evacuated, due to the mysterious appearance of dinosaurs. 072 3 "Death to the Daleks" Michael Briant Terry Nation 9.4[1] 23 February - 16 March 1974 XXX Travelling through space, the TARDIS suffers an energy drain and crash-lands on the planet Exxilon. 073 4 "The Monster of Peladon" Lennie Mayne Brian Hayles 7.7[1] 23 March - 27 April 1974 YYY The Third Doctor returns to Peladon, where once again the sacred beast Aggedor casts its shadow. 074 5 "Planet of the Spiders" Barry Letts Barry Letts 9.0 [1] 4 May - 8 June 1974 ZZZ Mysterious goings-on at a meditation retreat run by Tibetan monks are linked to the blue planet Metebelis III, and a colony of monstrous, evolved spiders. Broadcast
DVD releases
All serials of season 11 are still being released on DVD individually.
References
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