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Doctor Who
Season 19
Cover art of the Blu-ray release for the complete season
Starring
No. of stories7
No. of episodes26
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release4 January (1982-01-04) –
30 March 1982 (1982-03-30)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The nineteenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 4 January 1982 with Castrovalva, and ended with Time-Flight.

Casting

See also: List of Doctor Who cast members

Main cast

Season 19 saw the introduction of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding), Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) were his companions. Adric is killed off in the climax of Earthshock; a rare instance in the series of a companion dying.

Recurring stars

Anthony Ainley returns again in Castrovalva and Time-Flight as the Master.

Guest stars

David Banks makes the first of four appearances in the show as a Cyber-leader beginning in Earthshock.

Serials

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

Antony Root took over from Bidmead as script editor for Four to Doomsday and The Visitation, after which he was replaced by Eric Saward. The show moved from its traditional once-weekly Saturday broadcast to being broadcast twice-weekly primarily on Monday and Tuesday,[1] although there were regional variations to the schedule.

Black Orchid was the first purely historical story, with no science-fiction elements save for the TARDIS and its crew, since The Highlanders from Season 4; it was also the first two-part serial since The Sontaran Experiment in Season 12, and the first of a regular run of a two-parter every season until the change of format to 45 minute episodes in Season 22.

StorySerialSerial titleEpisode titlesDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		UK viewers
(millions) [2]		AI [2]
1161Castrovalva"Part One"Fiona CummingChristopher H. Bidmead4 January 1982 (1982-01-04)5Z9.1–
"Part Two"Fiona CummingChristopher H. Bidmead5 January 1982 (1982-01-05)8.6–
"Part Three"Fiona CummingChristopher H. Bidmead11 January 1982 (1982-01-11)10.2–
"Part Four"Fiona CummingChristopher H. Bidmead12 January 1982 (1982-01-12)10.4–
1172Four to Doomsday"Part One"John BlackTerence Dudley18 January 1982 (1982-01-18)5W8.4–
"Part Two"John BlackTerence Dudley19 January 1982 (1982-01-19)8.8–
"Part Three"John BlackTerence Dudley25 January 1982 (1982-01-25)8.9–
"Part Four"John BlackTerence Dudley26 January 1982 (1982-01-26)9.4–
1183Kinda"Part One"Peter GrimwadeChristopher Bailey1 February 1982 (1982-02-01)5Y8.4–
"Part Two"Peter GrimwadeChristopher Bailey2 February 1982 (1982-02-02)9.4–
"Part Three"Peter GrimwadeChristopher Bailey8 February 1982 (1982-02-08)8.5–
"Part Four"Peter GrimwadeChristopher Bailey9 February 1982 (1982-02-09)8.9–
1194The Visitation"Part One"Peter MoffattEric Saward15 February 1982 (1982-02-15)5X9.1–
"Part Two"Peter MoffattEric Saward16 February 1982 (1982-02-16)9.3–
"Part Three"Peter MoffattEric Saward22 February 1982 (1982-02-22)9.9–
"Part Four"Peter MoffattEric Saward23 February 1982 (1982-02-23)10.1–
1205Black Orchid"Part One"Ron JonesTerence Dudley1 March 1982 (1982-03-01)6A9.9–
"Part Two"Ron Jones2 March 1982 (1982-03-02)10.1–
1216Earthshock"Part One"Peter GrimwadeEric Saward8 March 1982 (1982-03-08)6B9.1–
"Part Two"9 March 1982 (1982-03-09)8.8–
"Part Three"15 March 1982 (1982-03-15)9.8–
"Part Four"16 March 1982 (1982-03-16)9.6–
1227Time-Flight"Part One"Ron JonesPeter Grimwade22 March 1982 (1982-03-22)6C10.0–
"Part Two"23 March 1982 (1982-03-23)8.5–
"Part Three"29 March 1982 (1982-03-29)8.9–
"Part Four"30 March 1982 (1982-03-30)8.1–

Broadcast

The entire season was broadcast from 4 January to 30 March 1982. For the first time in the series' history, episodes were not broadcast on Saturdays, but in a twice weekly format on Mondays and Tuesdays.

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
19 116 Castrovalva[a] 4 × 25 min. 29 January 2007[3] 7 March 2007[4] 5 June 2007[5]
117 Four to Doomsday 4 × 25 min. 15 September 2008[6] 4 December 2008[7] 6 January 2009[8]
118 Kinda[b] 4 × 25 min. 7 March 2011[9] 7 April 2011[10] 12 April 2011[11]
119 The Visitation 4 × 25 min. 19 January 2004[12] 8 April 2004[13] 1 March 2005[14]
The Visitation (Special Edition) 4 × 25 min. 6 May 2013[15] 15 May 2013[16] 14 May 2013[17]
120 Black Orchid 2 × 25 min. 14 April 2008[18] 5 June 2008[19] 5 August 2008[20]
121 Earthshock 4 × 25 min. 18 August 2003[21] 1 October 2003[22] 7 September 2004[23]
122 Time-Flight[c] 4 × 25 min. 6 August 2007[24] 5 September 2007[25] 6 November 2007[26]
116–122 Complete Season 19[d] 26 × 25 min.
1 × 30 min.
1 × 8 min. 		10 December 2018 (B) [27] 23 January 2019 (B) [28] 4 December 2018 (B) [29]
  1. ^ Only available as part of the New Beginnings box set in Regions 2 and 4. Available individually or in the box set in Region 1.
  2. ^ Only available as part of the Mara Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4.
    Only available individually in Region 1.
  3. ^ Only available as part of the Time-Flight/Arc of Infinity box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
  4. ^ Released as Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 19 in Region B. Released as Doctor Who – Peter Davison: Complete Season One in Region A.

In print

Main article: List of Doctor Who novelisations
Serial name Novelisation title Author First published
Castrovalva Castrovalva Christopher H. Bidmead 17 March 1983
Four to Doomsday Four to Doomsday Terrance Dicks 14 April 1983
Kinda Kinda Terrance Dicks 8 December 1983
The Visitation Doctor Who and the Visitation Eric Saward 19 August 1982
Black Orchid Black Orchid Terence Dudley 18 September 1986
Earthshock Earthshock Ian Marter 19 May 1983
Time-Flight Time Flight Peter Grimwade 20 January 1983

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Archive - The Changing Face of Doctor Who - Audience Research Report on 'Doctor Who' for 1982". www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Ratings Guide". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. ^ Smith 2014, Castrovalva.
  4. ^ "Doctor Who New Beginnings by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Doctor Who: Castrovalva". 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
  6. ^ Smith 2014, Four to Doomsday.
  7. ^ "Doctor Who Four to Doomsday by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday". 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
  9. ^ Smith 2014, Kinda.
  10. ^ "Doctor Who Mara Tales by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Doctor Who: Kinda". 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
  12. ^ Smith 2014, The Visitation.
  13. ^ "Doctor Who The Visitation by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Doctor Who: The Visitation". 1 March 2005. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
  15. ^ Smith 2014, The Visitation Special Edition.
  16. ^ "Doctor Who Visitation [Region 4] [by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Doctor Who: The Visitation". 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
  18. ^ Smith 2014, Black Orchid.
  19. ^ "Doctor Who Black Orchid by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  20. ^ "Doctor Who: Black Orchid". 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
  21. ^ Smith 2014, Earthshock.
  22. ^ "Doctor Who Earthshock by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Doctor Who: Earthshock". 7 September 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
  24. ^ Smith 2014, Time-Flight.
  25. ^ "Doctor Who by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  26. ^ "Doctor Who: Time-Flight". 6 November 2007. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via Blu-ray.com.
  27. ^ "Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 19 Blu-ray boxset release date changed on Amazon". Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via Amazon.
  28. ^ "Doctor Who (1963): The Collection - Season 19". Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018 – via EzyDVD.
  29. ^ "Doctor Who: Peter Davison Complete First Season". Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Amazon.
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