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This article is about the 1966/67 season. For the 2008 series, see Doctor Who (series 4).

Doctor Who
Season 4
Cover art of the soundtrack release for first serial of the season
Starring
No. of stories9
No. of episodes43 (33 missing)
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release10 September 1966 (1966-09-10) –
1 July 1967 (1967-07-01)
Season chronology
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The fourth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 10 September 1966 with the 1st Doctor (William Hartnell) story The Smugglers and, after a change of lead actor (Patrick Troughton) part-way through the series, ended on 1 July 1967 with The Evil of the Daleks. For the first time, the entire main cast changed over the course of a single season (the only other occasion this has happened is during Season 21). Only 10 out of 43 episodes survive in the BBC archives; 33 remain missing. No serials in this season exist in their entirety. However, The Tenth Planet, The Power of the Daleks, The Moonbase, The Macra Terror and The Faceless Ones have currently had their missing episodes (seventeen in total) reconstructed with animation and subsequently have been released on home media.

Casting

See also: List of Doctor Who cast members

Main cast

William Hartnell appears as the First Doctor for the first two full serials before being succeeded in the role by Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor for the remaining seven stories.

Anneke Wills and Michael Craze continue their roles as Polly and Ben respectively. They are shortly joined by Frazer Hines playing Jamie McCrimmon in The Highlanders. Polly and Ben depart in the penultimate story The Faceless Ones, and at the end of the season Deborah Watling makes her debut as Victoria Waterfield in The Evil of the Daleks.

Serials

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

Season 4 was produced by Innes Lloyd. Gerry Davis served as Script Editor, apart from the final four episodes of The Evil of the Daleks. Peter Bryant joined as associate producer for The Faceless Ones, and replaced Gerry Davis as script editor for the last four episodes of the season.

The Smugglers was the final serial to be produced during the third production block, but was held over to the start of Season 4.[1]

The Tenth Planet introduced the Cybermen and the concept of Regeneration, which wouldn't be named so until Planet of the Spiders in 1974.

The Power of the Daleks was the first Dalek story to use the traditional ...of the Daleks title form. Of the nine subsequent Dalek serials, only Death to the Daleks from Season 11 was not named in this way. The naming convention for Dalek stories was first used in the revived series with "Evolution of the Daleks" in Series 3.

While each of the other seasons produced in black and white have at least two serials completely intact (all serials from the transition to colour onwards have surviving copies in the BBC archive), none of the nine serials from Season 4 are complete in the BBC archive, with four (The Smugglers, The Power of the Daleks, The Highlanders and The Macra Terror) each having all of their episodes missing; of the total of 43 episodes between "Episode 1" of The Smugglers and "Episode 7" of The Evil of the Daleks, only 10 are currently in the BBC archive. The most complete serial of the season, The Tenth Planet, is missing only its last episode; this serial, as well as The Power of the Daleks, The Moonbase, The Macra Terror and The Faceless Ones have had their missing elements recreated with animated episodes using the original soundtrack. A similar animation for Fury From the Deep is scheduled for 2020.[2] The fully animated serials are presented in both colour and black and white formats, while The Tenth Planet and The Moonbase animations are presented exclusively in black and white.

StorySerialSerial titleEpisode titlesDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		UK viewers
(millions) [3]		AI [3]
281The Smugglers"Episode 1"†Julia SmithBrian Hayles10 September 1966 (1966-09-10)CC4.347
"Episode 2"†Julia SmithBrian Hayles17 September 1966 (1966-09-17)4.945
"Episode 3"†Julia SmithBrian Hayles24 September 1966 (1966-09-24)4.243
"Episode 4"†Julia SmithBrian Hayles1 October 1966 (1966-10-01)4.543
292The Tenth Planet"Episode 1"Derek MartinusKit Pedler8 October 1966 (1966-10-08)DD5.550
"Episode 2"Derek MartinusKit Pedler15 October 1966 (1966-10-15)6.448
"Episode 3"Derek MartinusKit Pedler and Gerry Davis22 October 1966 (1966-10-22)7.648
"Episode 4"†Derek MartinusKit Pedler and Gerry Davis29 October 1966 (1966-10-29)7.547
303The Power of the Daleks"Episode One"†Christopher BarryDavid Whitaker5 November 1966 (1966-11-05)EE7.943
"Episode Two"†Christopher BarryDavid Whitaker12 November 1966 (1966-11-12)7.845
"Episode Three"†Christopher BarryDavid Whitaker19 November 1966 (1966-11-19)7.544
"Episode Four"†Christopher BarryDavid Whitaker26 November 1966 (1966-11-26)7.847
"Episode Five"†Christopher BarryDavid Whitaker3 December 1966 (1966-12-03)8.048
"Episode Six"†Christopher BarryDavid Whitaker10 December 1966 (1966-12-10)7.847
314The Highlanders"Episode 1"†Hugh DavidElwyn Jones and Gerry Davis17 December 1966 (1966-12-17)FF6.747
"Episode 2"†Hugh DavidElwyn Jones and Gerry Davis24 December 1966 (1966-12-24)6.846
"Episode 3"†Hugh DavidElwyn Jones and Gerry Davis31 December 1966 (1966-12-31)7.447
"Episode 4"†Hugh DavidElwyn Jones and Gerry Davis7 January 1967 (1967-01-07)7.347
325The Underwater Menace"Episode 1"†Julia SmithGeoffrey Orme14 January 1967 (1967-01-14)GG8.348
"Episode 2"Geoffrey Orme21 January 1967 (1967-01-21)7.546
"Episode 3"Geoffrey Orme28 January 1967 (1967-01-28)7.145
"Episode 4"†Geoffrey Orme4 February 1967 (1967-02-04)7.047
336The Moonbase"Episode 1"†Morris BarryKit Pedler11 February 1967 (1967-02-11)HH8.150
"Episode 2"Morris Barry18 February 1967 (1967-02-18)8.949
"Episode 3"†Morris Barry25 February 1967 (1967-02-25)8.253
"Episode 4"Morris Barry4 March 1967 (1967-03-04)8.158
347The Macra Terror"Episode 1"†John DaviesIan Stuart Black11 March 1967 (1967-03-11)JJ8.050
"Episode 2"†Ian Stuart Black18 March 1967 (1967-03-18)7.948
"Episode 3"†Ian Stuart Black25 March 1967 (1967-03-25)8.552
"Episode 4"†Ian Stuart Black1 April 1967 (1967-04-01)8.449
358The Faceless Ones"Episode 1"Gerry MillDavid Ellis and Malcolm Hulke8 April 1967 (1967-04-08)KK8.051
"Episode 2"†David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke15 April 1967 (1967-04-15)6.450
"Episode 3"David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke22 April 1967 (1967-04-22)7.953
"Episode 4"†David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke29 April 1967 (1967-04-29)6.955
"Episode 5"†David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke6 May 1967 (1967-05-06)7.155
"Episode 6"†David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke13 May 1967 (1967-05-13)8.052
369The Evil of the Daleks"Episode 1"†Derek MartinusDavid Whitaker20 May 1967 (1967-05-20)LL8.151
"Episode 2"27 May 1967 (1967-05-27)7.551
"Episode 3"†3 June 1967 (1967-06-03)6.152
"Episode 4"†10 June 1967 (1967-06-10)5.351
"Episode 5"†17 June 1967 (1967-06-17)5.153
"Episode 6"†24 June 1967 (1967-06-24)6.849
"Episode 7"†1 July 1967 (1967-07-01)6.156

^† : Episode is missing

Production

Title card as used in this season from The Macra Terror to The Evil of the Daleks

During this season the title card for the series was changed for the first time, starting with The Macra Terror.

Missing episodes

See also: Doctor Who missing episodes

Season 4 is notable for being the only season of Doctor Who from which not a single complete serial survives. The missing episodes are:

  • The Smugglers – All 4 episodes
  • The Tenth Planet – Episode 4 (of 4 total) (Animated recreation exists)
  • The Power of the Daleks – All 6 episodes (Animated recreations exists)
  • The Highlanders – All 4 episodes
  • The Underwater Menace – Episodes 1 & 4 (of 4 total)
  • The Moonbase – Episodes 1 & 3 (of 4 total) (Animated recreations exists)
  • The Macra Terror – All 4 episodes (Animated recreations exists)
  • The Faceless Ones – Episodes 2, 4, 5 & 6 (of 6 total) (Animated recreations exists)
  • The Evil of the Daleks – Episodes 1, 3 to 7 (of 7 total)

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:

  • (D,B) indicates a simultaneous DVD and Blu-ray release
Season Story no. Serial name Number and duration
of episodes 		R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
4 29 The Tenth Planet[a] 4 × 25 min. 24 June 2013[b]
14 October 2013[c] 		30 October 2013[6] 19 November 2013[7]
30 The Power of the Daleks[d] 6 × 25 min. 21 November 2016[8] 14 December 2016[9]
22 February 2017[e] [10] 		24 January 2017[11]
The Power of the Daleks (Special Edition)[f] 6 × 25 min. 27 July 2020 26 August 2020 —
32 The Underwater Menace[g] 4 × 25 min. 26 October 2015[12][13] 2 December 2015[14] 24 May 2016[15]
The Underwater Menace (Special Edition)[h] 4 × 25 min. 13 November 2023[16]
(D,B) 		— 9 January 2024[17]
(B)
32, 33, 35, 36 Lost in Time, Volume 2
The Underwater Menace[i]
The Moonbase[j]
The Faceless Ones[k]
The Evil of the Daleks[l] 		6 × 25 min. 1 November 2004[18][m][20] 2 December 2004[19][n] 2 November 2004[19]
33 The Moonbase[o] 4 × 25 min. 20 January 2014[21] 22 January 2014[22] 11 February 2014[23]
34 The Macra Terror[p] 4 × 25 min. 25 March 2019
(D,B) [24] 		17 April 2019
(D,B) [25] 		12 November 2019[26]
35 The Faceless Ones[q] 6 × 25 min. 16 March 2020
(D,B) [27] 		8 April 2020[28] 20 October 2020[29]
36 The Evil of the Daleks[r] 7 × 25 min. 27 September 2021
(D,B) [30] 		10 November 2021[31] 16 November 2021[32]
  1. ^ Episodes 1–3 of 4, with both animated and "telesnap" reconstructions of episode 4
  2. ^ Released as part of the Regeneration boxset[4]
  3. ^ The Region 2 release of The Tenth Planet was released in advance as part of the Regeneration box set without special features, and was later re-released on its own with special features.[5]
  4. ^ All six episodes animated
  5. ^ Colour edition
  6. ^ All six episodes animated
  7. ^ Episodes 2 and 3 of 4, with "tele-snap" reconstructions of episodes 1 and 4
  8. ^ All four episodes animated (colour and black and white versions), remastered Episode 2 & 3 and "tele-snap" reconstructions of Episodes 1 and 4
  9. ^ Episode 3 of 4
  10. ^ Episodes 2 and 4 of 4; soundtracks of 1 and 3
  11. ^ Episodes 1 and 3 of 6
  12. ^ Episode 2 of 7
  13. ^ Re-released in slimmer packaging in late 2016[19]
  14. ^ Re-released in slimmer packaging in July 2010[19]
  15. ^ Episodes 2 and 4 of 4, animation of 1 and 3
  16. ^ All four episodes animated (colour and black and white versions) and "tele-snap" reconstruction
  17. ^ Animation of all six episodes (in Colour and Black and White), surviving episodes 1 & 3 and "tele-snap" reconstructions of 2 & 4-6
  18. ^ Animation of all six episodes (in Colour and Black and White), surviving episode 2 remastered and "tele-snap" reconstructions of 1, & 3-7

In print

Main article: List of Doctor Who novelisations
Serial name Novelisation title Author First published
The Smugglers The Smugglers Terrance Dicks 16 June 1988
The Tenth Planet Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet Gerry Davis 19 February 1976
The Power of the Daleks The Power of the Daleks John Peel 15 July 1993
The Highlanders The Highlanders Gerry Davis 16 August 1984
The Underwater Menace The Underwater Menace Nigel Robinson 18 February 1988
The Moonbase Doctor Who and the Cybermen Gerry Davis 20 February 1975
The Macra Terror The Macra Terror Ian Stuart Black 16 July 1987
The Faceless Ones The Faceless Ones Terrance Dicks 11 December 1986
The Evil of the Daleks The Evil of the Daleks John Peel 19 August 1993

See also

References

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