SEASON EIGHT


Main Personnel


55 EEE -TERROR OF THE AUTONS

279. Episode One 02.01.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.3M/78th 280. Episode Two 09.01.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.0M/71st 281. Episode Three 16.01.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.1M/58th 282. Episode Four 23.01.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.4M/59th

WORKING TITLE: The Spray of Death

NOTES: This story carries no producer credit. The story now exists in a UK transmittable colour format, obtained using the same method as for Doctor Who and the Silurians. The audience appreciation figure was not used extenseively during the 70s, so none are available for all of seasons eight, nine and ten.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons" by Terrance Dicks. Interior Illustrations by Alan Willow (1975/Number 63).


56 FFF - THE MIND OF EVIL

283. Episode One 30.01.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 9.2M/61st 284. Episode Two 06.02.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.8M/54th 285. Episode Three 13.02.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.5M/70th 286. Episode Four 20.02.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.4M/63rd 287. Episode Five 27.02.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.6M/58th 288. Episode Six 06.03.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.3M/65th

WORKING TITLES: Pandora's Box, The Pandora Machine

NOTES: This is the only colour story where all of the episodes are only held by the BBC in black and white.

NOVELISATION: Terrance Dicks (1985/Number 96)


57 GGG - THE CLAWS OF AXOS

289. Episode One 13.03.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.3M/57th 290. Episode Two 20.03.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.0M/43rd 291. Episode Three 27.03.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 6.4M/70th 292. Episode Four 03.04.71 5.15pm - 5.40pm 7.8M/49th

WORKING TITLES: The Beautiful People, Vampire From Space (a title sequence using this title is thought to exsist)

NOTES: The writer credit and episode number are brought up over a different pattern during the title sequence (actually the rushing diamond pattern that is used for the end credits). Episodes Two and Three only survive as film prints and NTSC recordings.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos" by Terrance Dicks (1977/Number 10)


58 HHH - COLONY IN SPACE

293. Episode One 10.04.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 7.6M/41st 294. Episode Two 17.04.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.5M/28th 295. Episode Three 24.04.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 9.5M/26th 296. Episode Four 01.05.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.1M/28th 297. Episode Five 08.01.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.8M/23rd 298. Episode Six 15.01.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.7M/23rd

NOTES: All six episodes only survive as film prints and NTSC recordings.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon" by Malcolm Hulke. Interior Illustrations by Chris Achilleos (1974/Number 23).


59 JJJ - THE DAEMONS

299. Episode One 22.05.71 6.15pm - 6.40pm 9.2M/26th 300. Episode Two 29.05.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.0M/23rd 301. Episode Three 05.06.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.1M/34th 302. Episode Four 12.06.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.1M/24th 303. Episode Five 19.06.71 6.10pm - 6.35pm 8.3M/17th REPEAT DETAILS Edited Compilation Tue 28.12.71 4.20pm - 5.50pm 10.53M/38th Episode One Fri 20.11.92 7.15pm - 7.40pm 2.52M/27th ~ Episode Two 27.11.92 7.15pm - 7.40pm 2.96M/23rd ~ Episode Three 04.12.92 7.15pm - 7.40pm 2.2M/Outside Top 30 ~ Episode Four 11.12.92 7.15pm - 7.40pm 2.19M/26th ~ Episode Five 18.12.92 7.15pm - 7.40pm 2.34M/24th ~ ~ - on BBC2 (positions just for that channel)

WORKING TITLE: The Demons

NOTES: Episodes One, Two, Three and Five now exist in a UK transmittable colour version, obtained as Doctor Who and the Silurians. This was the first story to converted and it was this version that was repeated in 1992.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Daemons" by Barry Letts. Interior Illustrations by Alan Willow (1974/Number 15).