Doctor Who (season 21)

Doctor Who season 21
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	22
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	5 January 1984 (1984-01-05) – 16 March 1984 (1984-03-16)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	1 July 2003 - 12 July 2011 [1]
Region 2	18 November 2002 - 20 June 2011 [2]
Region 4	3 February 2003 - 4 August 2011 [3]
Series chronology
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List of Doctor Who serials

The 21st season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 5 January 1984 with the serial Warriors of the Deep, and ended with Colin Baker's first serial The Twin Dilemma.

Casting

Main Characters

Peter Davison made his final appearance as the Doctor in the penultimate serial of the season. Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka) and Mark Strickson (Vislor Turlough) continue their roles as The Fifth Doctor's companions for their final season, Janet Fielding leaves in Resurrection of the Daleks and Mark Strickson departs in Planet of Fire. New companion Peri Brown played by Nicola Bryant makes her first appearance in Planet of Fire. Colin Baker makes his first full appearance as the Doctor in the final serial The Twin Dilemma.

Guest stars

Anthony Ainley returns yet again in Planet of Fire as the Master, which was intended to be his final appearance.

Davros makes his first appearance since Destiny of the Daleks this time played by Terry Molloy.

Episodes

Episodes were broadcast twice weekly on Thursday and Friday evenings, with Resurrection of the Daleks broadcast on two consecutive Wednesday nights.

Story No.	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	UK viewers (million)	Original air date	Production code
130	1	"Warriors of the Deep"	Pennant Roberts	Johnny Byrne	7.25[4]	5-13 January 1984	6L
Two rival power blocs are locked in a cold war. Under the sea, old adversaries of the Doctor's awaken, ready to take advantage of the tension and reclaim the planet Earth
131	2	"The Awakening"	Michael Owen Morris	Eric Pringle	7.25[5]	19-20 January 1984	6M
The Doctor must also face the villagers of Little Hodcombe, who have been influenced by the Malus, and save Tegan before she is burned as the ill-fated Queen of the May.
132	3	"Frontios"	Ron Jones	Christopher H. Bidmead	6.8[6]	26 January - 3 February 1984	6N
Its inhabitants having fled a dying Earth, the planet Frontios is mankind’s last colony and the location of hidden dangers
133	4	"Resurrection of the Daleks"	Matthew Robinson	Eric Saward	6.5[7]	8-15 February 1984	6P
Caught in a time corridor, the TARDIS gets dragged to Earth. At the other end of the corridor, a strike force plans the prison break of the man who created the ultimate evil.
134	5	"Planet of Fire"	Fiona Cumming	Peter Grimwade	7.0[8]	23 February - 2 March 1984	6Q
The Fifth Doctor and Turlough are drawn to the planet Sarn by Kamelion, where they encounter the Master in one of his diabolical plans to tap the power of the Numismaton gas.
135	6	"The Caves of Androzani"	Graeme Harper	Robert Holmes	7.55[9]	8-16 March 1984	6R
On the planet of Androzani Minor, the Fifth Doctor and Peri get caught in the politics and dangers of mining spectrox, the most valuable substance in the universe.
136	7	"The Twin Dilemma"	Peter Moffat	Anthony Steven	7.0[10]	22-30 March 1984	6S
In a post-regenerative crisis, the Sixth Doctor takes Peri to the desolate asteroid Titan 3 planning to stay there as a hermit for 1000 years.

Broadcast

DVD Release

All serials of season 21 were released individually in between 2002 and 2011.

References

1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_DVD_releases#Fifth_Doctor_releases
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3. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_DVD_releases#Fifth_Doctor_releases
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