SEASON SIX


Main Personnel


44 TT - THE DOMINATORS

210. Episode 1 10.08.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.1M/54th 211. Episode 2 17.08.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.9M/61st/55% 212. Episode 3 24.08.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.4M/65th/55% 213. Episode 4 31.08.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.5M/33rd/51% 214. Episode 5 07.09.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.9M/64th/53%

WORKING TITLE: The Beautiful People

NOTES: The storu has no incidental music. From this story onwards, Derrick Sherwin and his successors are credited as script editors instead of story editors. No audience appreciation figures are available for Episode 1.


45 UU - THE MIND ROBBER

215. Episode 1 14.09.68 5.20pm - 5.40pm 6.6M/55th/51% 216. Episode 2 21.09.68 5.20pm - 5.40pm 6.5M/54th/49% 217. Episode 3 28.09.68 5.20pm - 5.40pm 7.2M/45th/53% 218. Episode 4 05.10.68 5.20pm - 5.40pm 7.3M/44th/56% 219. Episode 5 12.10.68 5.20pm - 5.40pm 6.7M/84th/49% REPEAT DETAILS (all BBC2 - positions just for that channel) Episode 1 Fri 31.01.92 6.50pm - 7.10pm 2.57M/16th Episode 2 07.02.92 6.50pm - 7.15pm 2.64M/20th Episode 3 14.02.92 7.40pm - 8.00pm 1.5M/Outside Top 30 Episode 4 21.02.92 7.40pm - 8.00pm 1.5M/Outside Top 30 Episode 5 28.02.92 6.50pm - 7.10pm 3.46M/14th

WORKING TITLES: Part 1 - Manpower ; Parts 2-5 - The Fact of Fiction

NOTES: Originally a four part story, Derrick Sherwin added an episode when The Dominators was reduced from six to five episodes. As a result Episode 1 has no writer credit. Due to Frazer Hines becoming ill, Hamish Wilson took over the part of Jamie for parts of Episodes 2 and 3. Episode 5 is the shortest ever episode of Doctor Who. The 1992 repeat of Episode 5 cut the caption at the end reading "Next Episode: The Invasion".

NOVELISATION: Peter Ling (1986-7/Number 155)


Personnel Changes

Script Editor: Terrance Dicks


46 VV - THE INVASION

220. EPISODE 1 02.11.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.3M/55th/55% 221. Episode 2 09.11.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.1M/55th/53% 222. Episode 3 16.11.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.1M/66th/54% 223. EPISODE 4 23.11.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.4M/73rd/51% 224. Episode 5 30.11.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.7M/67th/52% 225. Episode 6 07.12.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.5M/72nd/56% 226. Episode 7 14.12.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.2M/51st/55% 227. Episode 8 21.12.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.0M/80th/53%

WORKING TITLE: Return of the Cybermen

NOTE: Wendy Padbury does not appear in Episode 3. For both this and the following story, the story title is in inverted commas.


47 WW - THE KROTONS

228. Episode 1 28.12.68 5.15pm - 5.40pm 9.0m/55th/59% 229. Episode 2 04.01.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.4M/54th/57% 239. Episode 3 11.01.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.5M/61st/56% 240. Episode 4 18.01.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.1M/68th/55% REPEAT DETAILS (as part of the BBC2 "Five Faces of Doctor Who" season - positions just for that channel) Episode 1 Mon 09.11.81 5.40pm - 6.05pm 4.4M/12th Episode 2 Tue 10.11.81 5.40pm - 6.00pm 4.6M/9th Episode 3 Wed 11.11.81 5.40pm - 6.00pm 4.6M/9th Episode 4 Thu 12.11.81 5.40pm - 6.05pm 4.5M/11th

NOTES: This story has no incidental music.

NOVELISATION: Terrance Dicks (1985/Number 99)


48 XX - THE SEEDS OF DEATH

232. Episode 1 25.01.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.6M/68th/57% 233. Episode 2 01.02.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.8M/72nd/59% 234. Episode 3 08.02.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.5M/65th/55% 235. Episode 4 15.02.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.1M/74th/55% 236. Episode 5 22.02.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.6M/65th/57% 237. Episode 6 01.03.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.7M/58th/59%

WORKING TITLE: The Lords of the Red Planet

NOTES: The story title, writer and episode number is brought up over model work of the Earth and Moon which varies from episode to episode. Patrick Troughton is absent from Episode 4 (a double plays the unconscious Doctor) ; this is the last case of the actor playing the Doctor being absent from an episode.

NOVELISATION: Terrance Dicks (1986/Number 112)


Personnel Changes

Script Editor: Derrick Sherwin


49 YY - THE SPACE PIRATES

238. EPISODE 1 08.03.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.8M/96th/57% 239. Episode 2 15.03.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.8M/74th/52% 240. EPISODE 3 22.03.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.4M/75th/53% 241. EPISODE 4 29.03.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.8M/83rd/53% 242. EPISODE 5 05.04.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.5M/70th/56% 243. EPISODE 6 12.04.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.3M/98th/52%

NOTES: The story title, etc, is in black on a white caption slide, the inverse to normal. The incidental music score includes vocals by Mary Thomas.


Personnel Changes


50 ZZ - THE WAR GAMES

244. Episode One 19.04.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.5M/88th/55% 245. Episode Two 26.04.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.3M/68th/54% 246. Episode Three 03.05.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.1M/81st/53% 247. Episode Four 10.05.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.7M/63rd/50% 248. Episode Five 17.05.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.1M/87th/53% 249. Episode Six 24.05.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 4.2M/91st/53% 250. Episode Seven 31.05.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 4.9M/83rd/53% 251. Episode Eight 07.06.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 3.5M/96th/53% 252. Episode Nine 14.06.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 4.1M/91st/57% 253. Episode Ten 21.06.69 5.15pm - 5.40pm 5.0M/66th/58%

NOTES: The story title and writer credits is interspersed with footage of gunfire and explosions. These credits use a different lettering to usual. No script editor is credited for the duration of the story. Episode Two includes clips from The Web of Fear 1 and Fury from the Deep 1, but not as flashbacks - they are incorporated into the narrative of the episode. This story marked the end of an era, with the departures of all three regulars and the explanation of the Doctor's origin ; the Time Lords are first mentioned in Episode Six (by Vernon Dobtcheff) but the name was revealed in the Radio Time preview that accompanied Episode One.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the War Games" by Malcolm Hulke (1979/Number 70)