SEASON EIGHTEEN
Main Personnel
- Doctor Who: Tom Baker
- Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana): Lalla Ward
- Voice of K-9: John Leeson
- Producer: John Nathan-Turner
- Executive Producer: Barry Letts
- Script Editor: Christopher H Bidmead
109 5N - THE LEISURE HIVE
- Writer: David Fisher
- Director: Lovett Bickford
- Designer: Tom Yardley-Jones
- Incidental Music: Peter Howell
526. Part One 30.08.80 6.15pm - 6.40pm 5.9M/77th
527. Part Two 06.09.80 6.20pm - 6.40pm 5.0M/103rd
528. Part Three 13.09.80 5.55pm - 6.20pm 5.0M/111th
529. Part Four 20.09.80 6.15pm - 6.40pm 4.5M/111th/65%
- MENA Adrienne Corri
- PANGOL David Haig
- HARDIN Nigel Lambert
- BROCK John Collins
- VARGOS Martin Fisk
- GUIDE Roy Montague
- KLOUT Ian Talbot
- TANNOY VOICE Harriet Reynolds (1,2,4 - uncredited for 2)
- MORIX Laurence Payne (1)
- GENERATOR VOICE Clifford Norgate (2-3)
- STIMSON David Allister (1)
- FOAMASI Andrew Lane (3-4)
- UNCREDITED: BITS OF THE DOCTOR (all 1-2) Derek Chafer, David Rolfe, Roy Seeley
- LOMAN Fred Redford
- FOAMASI (all 3-4) David Bulbeck, David Korff, James Muir
- BABY PANGOL Alys Dyer (4)
- ARGOLIN GUIDES AND ATTENDANTS Maurice Connor, Julia Gaye, Annette Peters, Mary Rennie, Mike
Reynell, Jenny Roberts, Ken Sedd, Douglas Star, Derek Suthern
- VISITORS/EXPERIMENT ASSISTANTS Hi Chang, Ina Claire, Inga Daly,
Sarah Gardner, Peter
Graham, Emmanuel Josiah, Pauline Lewis, Ranjit Nakara, Patti Patience, Ansley
Pollard, John Salpeas, Maureen Stevens, Ling Tai, Anna Van Karina, Willow Wipp,
Huntley Young
- TACHYON IMAGES OF LOMAN AND PANGOL/SQUASH PLAYERS/EXPERIMENT
ASSISTANTS Norman Bradley, Eileen Brady, Martin Clark, Graham Cole, Michael
Horner, Nick Joseph, Brian Massey, Tim Olroyd, Joe Phillips, Douglas Roe,
Reg Woods
- ARGLIN/PANGOL IMAGES Douglas Auchterlonie, Derek Chafer, David Cole,
Bruce Guest, Eric Hamilton, Mike Handley, Ridgewell Hawkes, Bobby Jones, Ray
Knight, Ray Lavender, Michael Leader, Mark Middler, Mike Mungarvan, Stuart
Myers, Kevin O'Brien, Tim Olroyd, Harry Payne, Douglas Roe, David Rolfe, Roy
Seeley, Harry Van Engel, Jeff Wayne, Leslie Weekes, Geoffrey Whitestone, Reg
Woods.
WORKING TITLE: The Argolin
NOTES: This story introduces a new title sequence (the sixth one used for ths
show), designed by Sid Sutton, and the first drastically different arrangement
of the theme tune, by Peter Howell.
John Leeson only provides his K-9 voice for Part One.
NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive" by David Fisher
(1982/Number 39)
110 5Q - MEGLOS
- Writers: John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch
- Director: Terence Dudley
- Designer: Philip Lindley
- Incidental Music: Paddy Kingsland (1) and Peter Howell (2-4)
530. Part One 27.09.80 6.15pm - 6.40pm 5.0M/105th/61%
531. Part Two 04.10.80 6.15pm - 6.40pm 4.2M/139th/64%
532. Part Three 11.10.80 5.45pm - 6.05pm 4.7M/129th
533. Part Four 18.10.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 4.7M/127th/63rd
- GENERAL GRUGGER Bill Fraser
- LT BROTADAC Frederick Treves
- ZASTOR Edward Underdown
- LEXA Jacqueline Hill
- CARIS Colette Gleeson
- DEEDRIX Crawford Logan
- EARTHLING Christopher Owen
- TIGELLAN GUARD Simon Shaw
- UNCREDITED: MEGLOS Tom Baker, Christopher Owen
- GAZTACS Tony Allef, Bruce Callender, Hi Ching, John
Holland, James Muir, Ranjit Nakara
- TIGELLANS Michael Gordon Browne, Harry
Fielder, Pater Gates Fleming, Laurie Goode, Geoff Whitestone
- CEREMONIAL GUARDS Michael Brydon (4), David Cleeve (4)
- SAVANTS (all 2) Howard Barnes, David Cole, Stephen Kane, John Laing
- LEXA'S DEONS (all 1,3,4) Terence Creasey, Ray
Knight, Chris Marks, Eddie Sommer
- DEON ELDERS (all 1,3,4) Lewis Hooper, Sylvia Mariott, Stephen Nagy.
WORKING TITLES: The Golden Pentangle, The Last Zolpha-Thuran
NOTES: This story is notable for the appearance of Jacqueline Hill, some
seventeen years after she played Barbara Wright.
NOVELISATION: Terrance Dicks (1983/Number 75)
Personnel Changes
Adric: Matthew Waterhouse
111 5R - FULL CIRCLE
- Writer: Andrew Smith
- Director: Peter Grimwade
- Designer: Janet Budden
- Incidental Music: Paddy Kingsland
534. Part One 25.10.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.9M/106th
535. Part Two 01.11.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 3.7M/170th
536. Part Three 08.11.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.9M/115th
537. Part Four 15.11.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.5M/127th/65%
REPEAT DETAILS
Part One Mon 03.08.81 6.30pm - 6.55pm 4.9M/85th
Part Two Tue 04.08.81 6.20pm - 6.45pm 4.2M/101st
Part Three Wed 05.08.81 6.20pm - 6.45pm 4.6M/92nd
Part Four Thu 06.08.81 6.20pm - 6.45pm 6,4M/60th
- DECIDER LOGIN George Baker
- DECIDER NEFRED James Bree
- DECIDER GARIF Alan Rowe
- VARSH Richard Willis
- KEARA June Page
- TYLOS Benard Padden
- DEXETER Tony Calvin (1-3)
- OMRIL Andrew Forbes (1-3)
- DECIDER DRAITH Leonard Maguire (1)
- RYSIK Adrian Gibbs (1)
- MARSHMAN Barney Lawrence (uncredited for 1)
- MARSHCHILD Norman Bacon (2-3)
- UNCREDITED: MARSHMEN Stephen Calcutt, Graham Cole, Keith
Guest, James Jackson, Steve Kelly, Stephen Watson
- OUTLERS Nick Staverson (1), Terry John Wood (1).
WORKING TITLE: The Planet That Slept
NOTES: John Leeson's K-9 voice is not heard in Part Three.
This was the first story in the E-Space Trilogy.
Tom Baker announced his departure from the show on the same day as Part One
was transmitted.
NOVELISATION: Andrew Smith (1982/Number 26)
112 5P - STATE OF DECAY
- Writer: Terrance Dicks
- Director: Peter Moffat
- Designer: Christine Ruscoe
- Incidental Music: Paddy Kingsland
- Fight Arranger: Stuart Fell (4)
538. Part One 22.11.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.8M/119th
539. Part Two 29.11.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.3M/136th
540. Part Three 06.12.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 4.4M/145th
541. Part Four 13.12.80 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.4M/125th/69%
- AUKON (SCIENCE OFFICER ANTHONY O'CONNOR) Emrys James
- CAMILLA (NAVIGATION OFFICER LAUREN MACMILLAN) Rachel Davies
- ZARGO (CAPTAIN MILES SHARKEY) William Lindsay
- IVO Clinton Greyn
- TARAK Thane Bettany
- VEROS Stacy Davies
- HABRIS Iain Rattray (1,2,4)
- KALMAR Arthur Hewlett (1,2,4)
- MARTA Rhoda Lewis (1-2)
- KARL Dean Allen (1)
- ROGA Stuart Fell (3)
- ZOLDAZ Stuart Blake (3)
- UNCREDITED: GUARD Alan Chuntz.
WORKING TITLES: The Wasting, The Witch Lords, The Vampire Mutations
NOTES: John Leeson does not provide his K-9 voice for Part Two
NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the State of Decay" by Terrance Dicks
(1981-2/Number 58)
113 5S - WARRIORS' GATE
- Writer: Steve Gallagher
- Director: Paul Joyce
- Designer: Graeme Story
- Incidental Music: Peter Howell
542. Part One 03.01.81 5.20pm - 5.45pm 7.1M/88th/59%
543. Part Two 10.01.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 6.7M/93rd
544. Part Three 17.01.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 8.3M/59th
545. Part Four 24.01.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 7.8M/69th/59%
- CAPTAIN RORVIK Clifford Rose
- PACKARD Kenneth Cope
- LANE David Kincaid
- ALDO Freddie Earlle
- ROYCE Harry Waters
- SAGAN Vincent Pickering
- BIROC David Weston (1,3,4)
- GUNDAN Robert Vowles (1-2)
- LAZLO Jeremy Gittins (2-4).
- UNCREDITED: SECOND GUNDAN Pat Gorman
- THARILS (all 3) Pat Gorman, Mike Mungarvan, Erika Spotswood.
WORKING TITLE: Dream Time
NOTES: Romana and K-9 leave at the end of this story.
This was the first story to have Ceefax subtitles.
NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Warriors' Gate" by John Lydecker (alias
Steve Gallagher) (1982/Number 71).
Personnel Changes
Nyssa: Sarah Sutton
114 5T - THE KEEPER OF TRAKEN
- Writer: Johnny Byrne
- Director: John Black
- Designer: Tony Burrough
- Incidental Music: Roger Limb
546. Part One 31.01.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 7.6M/72nd
547. Part Two 07.02.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 6.1M/106th
548. Part Three 14.02.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 5.2M/112th
549. Part Four 21.02.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 6.1M/103rd/63%
REPEAT DETAILS
Part One Mon 10.08.81 6.30pm - 6.55pm 5.2M/71st
Part Two Tue 11.08.81 6.20pm - 6.45pm 4.4M/93rd
Part Three Wed 12.08.81 6.20pm - 6.45pm 5.2M/71st
Part Four Thu 13.08.81 6.20pm - 6.45pm 5.0M/74th
- TREMAS Anthony Ainley
- KASSIA Sheila Ruskin
- KATURA Margot van der Burgh
- LUVIC Robin Soans
- PROCTOR NEMAN Roland Oliver
- MELKUR/THE MASTER Geoffrey Beevers (credited as Melkur)
- THE KEEPER Denis Carey (1-2)
- SERON John Woodnutt (1-2)
- FOSTERS Liam Prendergast (3), Philip Bloomfield (4)
- UNCREDITED: FOSTER EXTRAS
Maurice Connor, Michael Gordon-Browne, Pat Gorman, Donald Groves, Pat Judge,
Barney Lawrence, Mark Midler, Jim Morriss, Ralph Morse, Stuart Myers, Fred
Redford, Doug Roe, Tony Snell, Barry Summerford, Colin Thomas
- THE MASTER Anthony Ainley (4).
NOTES: This story saw the surprise return of the Master, starting a trilogy
of linked stories to reintroduce the character.
NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken" by Terrance Dicks
(1982/Number 37)
Personnel Changes
Tegan Jovanka: Janet Fielding
115 5V - LOGOPOLIS
- Writer: Christopher H Bidmead
- Director: Peter Grimwade
- Designer: Malcolm Thornton
- Incidental Music: Paddy Kingsland
550. Part One 28.02.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 7.1M/84th
551. Part Two 07.03.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 7.7M/57th/61%
552. Part Three 14.03.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 5.8M/102nd
553. Part Four 21.03.81 5.10pm - 5.35pm 6.1M/97th/65%
REPEAT DETAILS (as part of the BBC2 "Five Faces of Doctor Who" season -
positions just for that channel)
Part One Mon 30.11.81 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.5M/11th
Part Two Tue 01.12.81 5.40pm - 6.00pm 5.0M/15th
Part Three Wed 02.12.81 5.40pm - 6.05pm 6.0M/7th
Part Four Thu 03.12.81 5.40pm - 6.05pm 5.4M/12th
- THE MASTER Anthony Ainley
- DETECTIVE INSPECTOR Tom Georgeson (1-2)
- AUNT VANESSA Dolore Whiteman (1)
- THE MONITOR John Fraser (2-4)
- SECURITY GUARD Christopher Hurst (4)
- DOCTOR WHO Peter Davison (4)
- UNCREDITED: THE WATCHER Adrian Gibbs
- POLICEMEN (all 1-2) Ray Knight, Peter Roy, Derek Suthern
- LOGOPOLITANS George Ballantine, Douglas Bather, Jim Delaney, Billy Gray, Jimmy
Mac, Brynchan Powell, Terry Randle, Evan Ross, Roy Seeley, Charles Stewart,
Colin Thomas, John Tucker, Walter Turner, Peter Whitaker, Bill Whitehead
- PHAROS TECHNICIAN Robin Squire (4).
NOTES: Sarah Sutton does not appear in Part One.
This story sees the departure of Tom Baker and Barry Letts.
The story features the first extensive flashback sequence (in Part Four). The
clips are: The Master (The Deadly Assassin 1), a Dalek (Destiny of the Daleks
4), The Pirate Captain (The Pirate Planet 2), the Cyberleader (Revenge of the
Cybermen 3), Davros (Genesis of the Daleks 5), a Sontaran (The Invasion of
Time 5), a Zygon (Terror of the Zygons 3), the Black Guardian (The Armageddon
Factor 6), Sarah (Terror of the Zygons 2), Harry (The Sontaran Experiment 2),
the Brigadier (Invasion of the Dinosaurs 2), Leela (Robots of Death 1), K-9
(The Armageddon factor 2), the first Romana (The Stones of Blood 1) and the
second Romana (Full Circle 1).
NOVELISATION: Christopher H Bidmead (1982/Number 41)