SEASON SEVENTEEN


Main Personnel


104 5J - DESTINY OF THE DALEKS

506. Episode One 01.09.79 6.10pm - 6.35pm 13.0M/28th/67% 507. Episode Two 08.09.79 6.10pm - 6.35pm 12.7M/39th 508. Episode Three 15.09.79 6.10pm - 6.35pm 13.8M/28th/63% 509. Episode Four 22.09.79 6.15pm - 6.40pm 14.4M/27th/64% REPEAT DETAILS Episode One Tue 05.08.80 6.25pm - 6.50pm 4.9M/91st Episode Two Wed 06.08.80 6.20pm - 6.45pm 5.8M/59th Episode Three Thu 07.08.80 6.25pm - 6.50pm 7.1M/33rd Episode Four Fri 08.08.80 6.25pm - 6.50pm 6.5M/41st

NOTES: Each installment of this story is called an Episode instead of Part, as with the other stories since Season Eleven. David Brierley's K-9 voice is not heard in this story; when K-9 coughs in Episode One this is the voice of Roy Skelton.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks" by Terrance Dicks (1979/Number 21)


105 5H - CITY OF DEATH

510. Part One 29.09.79 6.05pm - 6.30pm 12.4M/50th 511. Part Two 06.10.79 6.15pm - 6.40pm 14.1M/44th/64% 512. Part Three 13.10.79 6.00pm - 6.25pm 15.4M/34th 513. Part Four 20.10.79 6.15pm - 6.40pm 16.1M/16th REPEAT DETAILS Part One Tue 12.08.80 6.25pm - 6.50pm 6.3M/57th Part Two Wed 13.08.80 6.25pm - 6.50pm 5.5M/81st Part Three Thu 14.08.80 6.25pm - 6.50pm NOT AVAILABLE Part Four Fri 15.08.80 6.25pm - 6.50pm NOT AVAILABLE

WORKING TITLES: The Gamble With Time, Curse of Sphiroth

NOTES: This is the first story to feature foreign location filming. David Brierley's K-9 voice is not heard in this story. John Cleese and Eleanor Bron were not credited in the Radio Times as their cameo was intended as a surprise.


106 5G - THE CREATURE FROM THE PIT

514. Part One 27.10.79 6.00pm - 6.25pm 9.3M/43rd 515. Part Two 03.11.79 6.05pm - 6.30pm 10.8M/23rd/67% 516. Part Three 10.11.79 6.00pm - 6.25pm 10.2M/36th 517. Part Four 17.11.79 6.00pm - 6.25pm 9.6M/36th

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit" by David Fisher (1981/Number 11)


107 5K - NIGHTMARE OF EDEN

518. Part One 24.11.79 6.00pm - 6.25pm 8.7M/41st 519. Part Two 01.12.79 6.05pm - 6.30pm 9.6M/31st 520. Part Three 08.12.79 6.00pm - 6.25pm 9.6M/32nd 521. Part Four 15.12.79 5.55pm - 6.20pm 9.4M/32nd/65%

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden" by Terrance Dicks (1980/Number 45)


108 5L - THE HORNS OF NIMON

522. Part One 22.12.79 6.10pm - 6.35pm 6.0M/100th 523. Part Two 29.12.79 5.50pm - 6.15pm 8.8M/56th 524. Part Three 05.01.80 6.20pm - 6.45pm 9.8M/40th 525. Part Four 12.01.80 6.05pm - 6.30pm 10.4M/26th/67%

NOTES: The season should have closed with Shada, but a BBC strike resulted in it not being completed and I am not counting it as part of transmitted DOCTOR WHO. For details on Shada see Appendix A.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon" by Terrance Dicks (1980/Number 31)