Doctor Who (season 22)

Doctor Who season 22
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	13
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	5 January 1985 (1985-01-05) – 30 March 1985 (1985-03-30)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	4 March 2003 - 7 July 2009
Region 2	15 October 2001 - 16 March 2009
Region 4	8 January 2002 - 7 July 2009
Series chronology
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List of Doctor Who serials

The 22nd season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 5 January 1985 with the episode Attack of the Cybermen, and ended with Revelation of the Daleks.

Casting

Main Characters

Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant continue their roles as The Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown

Guest stars

Terry Molloy returns to play Davros in Revelation of the Daleks.

Anthony Ainley returns yet again in The Mark of the Rani as the Master.

Patrick Troughton returns to play The Second Doctor as well his companion Jamie McCrimmmon played by Frazer Hines in The Two Doctors, There last on-screen apearance was The Five Doctors in 1983.

Episodes

The series moved back to once-weekly Saturday broadcasts. All episodes were 45 minutes long, though they also exist in 25-minute versions. Although there were now only 13 episodes in the season, the total running time remained approximately the same as in previous seasons since the episodes were almost twice as long.

Story No.	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	UK viewers (million)	Original air date	Production code
137	1	"Attack of the Cybermen"	Matthew Robinson	Paula Moore	8.05[1]	5-23 January 1985	6T
The Cybermen plot to hijack Halley's comet.
138	2	"Vengeance on Varos"	Ron Jones	Philip Martin	7.1[2]	19-26 January 1985	6V
The Doctor and Peri arrive on Varos, when they are pulled into a live torture show.
139	3	"The Mark of the Rani"	Sarah Hellings	Pip and Jane Baker	6.8[4]	2-16 November 1987	6X
The Master works with the Rani, who plans to take away a chemical that causes people to sleep.[3]
140	4	"The Two Doctors"	Peter Moffatt	Robert Holmes	6.5[5]	16 February - 2 March 1985	6W
A Sontaran plot for mastery of time leads two Doctors into a savage experiment.
141	5	"Timelash"	Pennant Roberts	Glen McCoy	7.0[6]	9-16 March 1985	6Y
The people of Karfel are terrorised by the sinister Borad.
142	6	"Revelation of the Daleks"	Graeme Harper	Eric Saward	7.55[7]	23-30 March 1985	6Z
The Great Healer (Davros) has come up with a solution for famine. It involves dead bodies and Daleks.

Broadcast

DVD Release

All serials of season 22 were released individually Inbewtween 2001 and 2009.

References

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3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/markrani/
4. ^ http://www.themindrobber.co.uk/ratings.html
5. ^ http://www.themindrobber.co.uk/ratings.html
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