Doctor Who season 14
Doctor Who | |
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Season 14 | |
Starring | |
No. of stories | 6 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Release | |
Original network | BBC1 |
Original release | 4 September 1976 2 April 1977 | –
Season chronology | |
The fourteenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 4 September 1976 with The Masque of Mandragora, and ended with The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
Casting
Main cast
Tom Baker continues his role as the Fourth Doctor. Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) departs in The Hand of Fear, before the Doctor is joined by Leela (Louise Jameson) in The Face of Evil. Uniquely in the 'classic' era of Doctor Who, no companion appears in The Deadly Assassin.
Guest stars
The Master reappears in The Deadly Assassin as the main antagonist, his first appearance since Frontier in Space (1973), this time played by Peter Pratt. The character would not make a further appearance until five years later in 1981.
Serials
The Masque of Mandragora saw the debut of the new wood-panelled "Secondary Console Room" set, which was to be used as the main TARDIS console room throughout the season. The season took a five-week transmission break between the broadcasts of The Deadly Assassin and The Face of Evil in order to extend the season further into 1977, allowing Robert Holmes time to work on the final serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
Story | Serial | Serial title | Episode titles | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | UK viewers (millions) [1] | AI [1] |
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86 | 1 | The Masque of Mandragora | "Part One" | Rodney Bennett | Louis Marks | 4 September 1976 | 4M | 8.3 | 58 |
"Part Two" | Rodney Bennett | Louis Marks | 11 September 1976 | 9.8 | 56 | ||||
"Part Three" | Rodney Bennett | Louis Marks | 18 September 1976 | 9.2 | — | ||||
"Part Four" | Rodney Bennett | Louis Marks | 25 September 1976 | 10.6 | 56 | ||||
87 | 2 | The Hand of Fear | "Part One" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 2 October 1976 | 4N | 10.5 | — |
"Part Two" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 9 October 1976 | 10.2 | — | ||||
"Part Three" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 16 October 1976 | 11.1 | 62 | ||||
"Part Four" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 23 October 1976 | 12.0 | — | ||||
88 | 3 | The Deadly Assassin | "Part One" | David Maloney | Robert Holmes | 30 October 1976 | 4P | 11.8 | — |
"Part Two" | David Maloney | Robert Holmes | 6 November 1976 | 12.1 | 59 | ||||
"Part Three" | David Maloney | Robert Holmes | 13 November 1976 | 13.0 | — | ||||
"Part Four" | David Maloney | Robert Holmes | 20 November 1976 | 11.8 | 61 | ||||
89 | 4 | The Face of Evil | "Part One" | Pennant Roberts | Chris Boucher | 1 January 1977 | 4Q | 10.7 | 61 |
"Part Two" | Pennant Roberts | Chris Boucher | 8 January 1977 | 11.1 | — | ||||
"Part Three" | Pennant Roberts | Chris Boucher | 15 January 1977 | 11.3 | 59 | ||||
"Part Four" | Pennant Roberts | Chris Boucher | 22 January 1977 | 11.7 | 60 | ||||
90 | 5 | The Robots of Death | "Part One" | Michael E. Briant | Chris Boucher | 29 January 1977 | 4R | 12.8 | 62 |
"Part Two" | Michael E. Briant | 5 February 1977 | 12.4 | — | |||||
"Part Three" | Michael E. Briant | 12 February 1977 | 13.1 | — | |||||
"Part Four" | Michael E. Briant | 19 February 1977 | 12.6 | 57 | |||||
91 | 6 | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | "Part One" | David Maloney | Robert Holmes | 26 February 1977 | 4S | 11.3 | — |
"Part Two" | 5 March 1977 | 9.8 | — | ||||||
"Part Three" | 12 March 1977 | 10.2 | — | ||||||
"Part Four" | 19 March 1977 | 11.4 | 60 | ||||||
"Part Five" | 26 March 1977 | 10.1 | — | ||||||
"Part Six" | 2 April 1977 | 9.3 | 58 | ||||||
Broadcast
The entire season was broadcast from 4 September 1976 to 2 April 1977.
Home media
VHS releases
DVD and Blu-ray releases
All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:
- (B) indicates a Blu-ray release
Season | Story no. | Serial name | Number and duration of episodes |
R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
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14 | 86 | The Masque of Mandragora | 4 × 25 min. | 8 February 2010[2] | 5 May 2010[3] | 4 May 2010[4] |
87 | The Hand of Fear | 4 × 25 min. | 24 July 2006[5] | 7 September 2006[6] | 7 November 2006[7] | |
88 | The Deadly Assassin | 4 × 25 min. | 11 May 2009[8] | 2 July 2009[9] | 1 September 2009[10] | |
89 | The Face of Evil | 4 × 25 min. | 5 March 2012[11] | 5 April 2012[12] | 13 March 2012[13] | |
90 | The Robots of Death | 4 × 25 min. | 13 November 2000[14] | 2 July 2001[15] | 6 September 2001[16] | |
The Robots of Death (Special Edition)[a] | 4 × 25 min. | 13 February 2012[17] [18][19] | 1 March 2012[20][21] | 13 March 2012[22] | ||
91 | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | 6 × 25 min. | 28 April 2003[23] | 30 June 2003[24] | 7 October 2003[25] | |
The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Special Edition)[b] | 6 × 25 min. | 4 October 2010[26] | 2 December 2010[27] | 11 October 2011[28] | ||
86–91 | Complete Season 14[c] | 26 × 25 min. | 4 May 2020 (B) [29] | 15 July 2020 (B) [30] | 4 August 2020 (B) [31] |
- ^ Only available as part of the Revisitations 3 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
- ^ Only available as part of the Revisitations 1 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
- ^ Released as Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 14 in Region B. Released as Doctor Who – Tom Baker: Complete Season Three in Region A.
In print
Serial name | Novelisation title | Author | First published |
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The Masque of Mandragora | Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora | Philip Hinchcliffe | 8 December 1977 |
The Hand of Fear | Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear | Terrance Dicks | 18 January 1979 |
The Deadly Assassin | Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin | Terrance Dicks | 20 October 1977 |
The Face of Evil | Doctor Who and the Face of Evil | Terrance Dicks | 19 January 1978 |
The Robots of Death | Doctor Who and the Robots of Death | Terrance Dicks | 24 May 1979 |
The Talons of Weng-Chiang | Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang | Terrance Dicks | 15 November 1977 |
References
- ^ a b "Ratings Guide". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Masque of Mandragora.
- ^ "Doctor Who The Masque Of Mandragora by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora". 4 May 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Hand of Fear.
- ^ "Doctor Who Hand of Fear by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear". 7 November 2006. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Deadly Assassin.
- ^ "Doctor Who The Deadly Assassin by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin". 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Face of Evil.
- ^ "Doctor Who Face of Evil by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Face of Evil". 13 March 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Robots of Death.
- ^ "Doctor Who The Robots of Death by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Robots of Death". 6 September 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Robots of Death Special Edition.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Revisitations 3 (DVD)". BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Revisitations 3". British Video Association. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Doctor Who Revisitations 5 DVD Set". BBC. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Doctor Who - Revisitations 3 DVD". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Robots of Death". 13 March 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
- ^ "Dr. Who - The Talons of Weng Chiang [2 Discs], BBC - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang". 7 October 2003. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ Smith 2014, The Talons of Weng-Chiang Special Edition.
- ^ "Doctor Who by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang". 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 14". Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 14 Blu-ray". Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Doctor Who - Tom Baker: Complete Season Three [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray). ASIN B0851M8YT3.