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Doctor Who
Season 22
File:Doctor Who Season 22 DVD.jpg
Cover art of the Region 2 DVD release for first serial of the season
Starring
No. of stories6
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release5 January (1985-01-05) –
30 March 1985 (1985-03-30)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The twenty-second season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 5 January 1985 and ended on 30 March 1985. It opened with the serial Attack of the Cybermen and ended with the serial Revelation of the Daleks. The season returned to the traditional Saturday transmission for the first time since Season 18, but for the first and only time in the series' first run it featured 45-minute episodes in its entirety. During transmission, BBC One controller Michael Grade announced an 18-month hiatus for the series, partly citing the violence depicted in the stories of the season.[1]

Casting

See also: List of Doctor Who cast members

Main cast

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

Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines return to play the Second Doctor and his companion Jamie McCrimmon in The Two Doctors. Their last on-screen appearance was (briefly in the case of Hines) The Five Doctors in 1983.

Recurring stars

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

Kate O'Mara makes her first appearance as the Rani in The Mark of the Rani.

Terry Molloy returns to play Davros in Revelation of the Daleks and also played Russell in Attack of the Cybermen.

Guest stars

Maurice Colbourne returned as Lytton from the story Resurrection of the Daleks in Attack of the Cybermen.

David Banks makes his third of four appearances as a Cyber-leader in Attack of the Cybermen.

Michael Kilgarriff reprises his role of the Cyber-Controller from The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967).

Synopsis

The season mostly focused on Peri trying to adjust to the Sixth Doctor, who is still having trouble "getting his head on straight" while they're on adventures.

Serials

See also: List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)

The series moved back to once-weekly Saturday broadcasts. All episodes were 45 minutes long,[2] 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.

StorySerialSerial titleEpisode titlesDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		UK viewers
(millions) [3]		AI [3]
1371Attack of the Cybermen"Part One"Matthew RobinsonPaula Moore5 January 1985 (1985-01-05)6T8.961
"Part Two"Matthew RobinsonPaula Moore12 January 1985 (1985-01-12)7.265
1382Vengeance on Varos"Part One"Ron JonesPhilip Martin19 January 1985 (1985-01-19)6V7.263
"Part Two"Ron JonesPhilip Martin26 January 1985 (1985-01-26)7.065
1393The Mark of the Rani"Part One"Sarah HellingsPip and Jane Baker2 February 1985 (1985-02-02)6X6.364
"Part Two"Pip and Jane Baker9 February 1985 (1985-02-09)7.364
1404The Two Doctors"Part One"Peter MoffattRobert Holmes16 February 1985 (1985-02-16)6W6.665
"Part Two"Peter MoffattRobert Holmes23 February 1985 (1985-02-23)6.062
"Part Three"Peter MoffattRobert Holmes2 March 1985 (1985-03-02)6.965
1415Timelash"Part One"Pennant RobertsGlen McCoy9 March 1985 (1985-03-09)6Y6.766
"Part Two"Pennant RobertsGlen McCoy16 March 1985 (1985-03-16)7.464
1426Revelation of the Daleks"Part One"Graeme HarperEric Saward23 March 1985 (1985-03-23)6Z7.467
"Part Two"Graeme HarperEric Saward30 March 1985 (1985-03-30)7.765

Supplemental episodes

A specially written segment produced for the BBC children's programme Jim'll Fix It featuring Colin Baker in character as the Sixth Doctor. It was broadcast on 23 February 1985. It is not generally considered to be canonical by Doctor Who fans (although a book in the Big Finish Short Trips series nevertheless features a sequel to it).[4]

TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
"A Fix with Sontarans"Marcus MortimerEric Saward23 February 1985 (1985-02-23)
The Doctor accidentally beams on board Tegan Jovanka and an Earthling called Gareth Jenkins, who happens to be dressed in an outfit similar to his own. They then have a short battle with two Sontarans.

Home media

See also: List of Doctor Who VHS releases and List of Doctor Who home video releases

VHS releases

DVD and Blu-ray releases

All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:

Season Story no. Serial name Number and duration
of episodes 		R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
22 137 Attack of the Cybermen 2 × 45 min. 16 March 2009[5] 7 May 2009[6] 7 July 2009[7]
138 Vengeance on Varos 2 × 45 min. 15 October 2001[8] 7 January 2002[9] 6 September 2005[10]
Vengeance on Varos (Special Edition) 2 × 45 min. 10 September 2012[11] 10 September 2012[12] 11 September 2012[13]
139 The Mark of the Rani 2 × 45 min. 4 September 2006[14] 1 November 2006[15] 7 November 2006[16]
140 The Two Doctors[a] 3 × 45 min. 8 September 2003[17] 7 January 2004[18] 1 June 2004[19]
141 Timelash 2 × 45 min. 9 July 2007[20] 1 August 2007[21] 1 April 2008[22]
142 Revelation of the Daleks[b] 2 × 45 min. 11 July 2005[23] 1 September 2005[24] 6 June 2006[25]
137–142 Complete Season 22[c] 14 × 45 min.
2 × 50 min.
2 × 5 min. 		20 June 2022 (B) [26] 14 September 2022 (B) [27] 18 October 2022 (B) [28]
  1. ^ Available individually or in the Bred for War box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
  2. ^ Available individually or in The Complete Davros Collection.
  3. ^ Released as Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 22 in Region B. Released as Doctor Who – Colin Baker: Complete Season One in Region A.

In print

Main article: List of Doctor Who novelisations
Serial titleNovelisation titleAuthorDateISBN
Attack of the CybermenEric Saward20 April 19890426202902
Vengeance on VarosPhilip Martin21 January 19880426202910
The Mark of the RaniPip and Jane Baker16 January 19860426202325
The Two DoctorsRobert Holmes15 August 19850426202015
TimelashGlen McCoy12 December 19850426202295
Revelation of the DaleksEric Saward14 November 2019[29]9781785944352

References

  1. ^ Banks, David (1990). Doctor Who: Cybermen. WH Allen & Co. p. 126. ISBN 0352327383.
  2. ^ "Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Season 22". BBC. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Ratings Guide". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ^ Mento, Charles. "A Fix with Sontarans". Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. ^ Smith 2014, Attack of the Cybermen.
  6. ^ "Doctor Who Attack of the Cybermen by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". FishPond. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen". 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017 – via Amazon.
  8. ^ Smith 2014, Vengeance on Varos.
  9. ^ "Doctor Who Vengeance On Varos by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". FishPond. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos". 6 September 2005. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017 – via Amazon.
  11. ^ Smith 2014, Vengeance on Varos Special Edition.
  12. ^ "Doctor Who Vengeance On Varos by 2 Entertain - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". FishPond. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos". 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017 – via Amazon.
  14. ^ Smith 2014, The Mark of the Rani.
  15. ^ "Doctor Who The Mark of Rani by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". FishPond. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani". 7 November 2006. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017 – via Amazon.
  17. ^ Smith 2014, The Two Doctors.
  18. ^ "Doctor Who The Two Doctors by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". FishPond. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  19. ^ "Doctor Who: The Two Doctors". Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017 – via Amazon.
  20. ^ Smith 2014, Timelash.
  21. ^ "Doctor Who Timelash by BBC - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". FishPond. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  22. ^ "Doctor Who: Timelash". 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017 – via Amazon.
  23. ^ Smith 2014, Revelation of the Daleks.
  24. ^ "Doctor Who Revelation of the Daleks by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". FishPond. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  25. ^ "Doctor Who - Revelation Of The Daleks". 11 July 2005. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017 – via Amazon.
  26. ^ Doctor Who [@bbcdoctorwho] (19 May 2022). "Ready to reunite with the Sixth Doctor? #DoctorWho: The Collection Season 22 is scheduled to release on 20th June!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "DOCTOR WHO (1985): SEASON 22 (THE COLLECTION) - 8 DISC - BD". Amazon Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  28. ^ "Doctor Who: Colin Baker Complete Season 1 (Blu-ray)". BBC. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  29. ^ {{cite book|title=Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks: Amazon.co.uk: Eric Saward: 9781785944352: Books |id=ASIN 1785944355
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