Doctor Who (season 9)

The ninth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 1 January 1972 with Day of the Daleks, and ended with The Time Monster.

Doctor Who
Season 9
Cover art of the Region 2 DVD release for first serial of the season
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of stories5
No. of episodes26
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release1 January (1972-01-01) 
24 June 1972 (1972-06-24)
Season chronology

Casting

Main cast

Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, as does Katy Manning playing Jo Grant.

Recurring cast

Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively.

Roger Delgado returns to play The Master in The Sea Devils and The Time Monster.

Guest stars

Alan Bennion makes his second of three appearances in the series playing an Ice Warrior, portraying Lord Izlyr in The Curse of Peladon.

Serials

The first serial, Day of the Daleks, saw the return of the Daleks for the first time since Season 4's The Evil of the Daleks in 1967. This was also the first time that the Daleks had been seen in colour in the television series (they had been in colour in the two films starring Peter Cushing produced in the mid-1960s).

StorySerialSerial titleEpisode titlesDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
UK viewers
(millions)[1]
AI[1]
601Day of the Daleks"Episode One"Paul BernardLouis Marks1 January 1972 (1972-01-01)KKK9.8
"Episode Two"Paul BernardLouis Marks8 January 1972 (1972-01-08)KKK10.4
"Episode Three"Paul BernardLouis Marks15 January 1972 (1972-01-15)KKK9.1
"Episode Four"Paul BernardLouis Marks22 January 1972 (1972-01-22)KKK9.1
Rebels from a future Earth conquered by the Daleks travel to the 20th Century to change the course of history.
612The Curse of Peladon"Episode One"Lennie MayneBrian Hayles29 January 1972 (1972-01-29)MMM10.3
"Episode Two"Lennie MayneBrian Hayles5 February 1972 (1972-02-05)MMM11.0
"Episode Three"Lennie MayneBrian Hayles12 February 1972 (1972-02-12)MMM7.8
"Episode Four"Lennie MayneBrian Hayles19 February 1972 (1972-02-19)MMM8.4
A high priest on the planet Peladon warns a curse will fall on the planet if it joins the Galactic Federation.
623The Sea Devils"Episode One"Michael E. BriantMalcolm Hulke26 February 1972 (1972-02-26)LLL6.4
"Episode Two"Michael E. BriantMalcolm Hulke4 March 1972 (1972-03-04)LLL9.7
"Episode Three"Michael E. BriantMalcolm Hulke11 March 1972 (1972-03-11)LLL8.3
"Episode Four"Michael E. BriantMalcolm Hulke18 March 1972 (1972-03-18)LLL7.8
"Episode Five"Michael E. BriantMalcolm Hulke25 March 1972 (1972-03-25)LLL8.3
"Episode Six"Michael E. BriantMalcolm Hulke1 April 1972 (1972-04-01)LLL8.5
The Master allies with the Sea Devils to conquer Earth.
634The Mutants"Episode One"Christopher BarryBob Baker and Dave Martin8 April 1972 (1972-04-08)NNN9.1
"Episode Two"Christopher BarryBob Baker and Dave Martin15 April 1972 (1972-04-15)NNN7.8
"Episode Three"Christopher BarryBob Baker and Dave Martin22 April 1972 (1972-04-22)NNN7.9
"Episode Four"Christopher BarryBob Baker and Dave Martin29 April 1972 (1972-04-29)NNN7.5
"Episode Five"Christopher BarryBob Baker and Dave Martin6 May 1972 (1972-05-06)NNN7.9
"Episode Six"Christopher BarryBob Baker and Dave Martin13 May 1972 (1972-05-13)NNN6.5
A despotic marshal wishes to wipe out the native population of the human colony Solos and make the planet habitable for humanity.
645The Time Monster"Episode One"Paul BernardRobert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)20 May 1972 (1972-05-20)OOO7.6
"Episode Two"Paul BernardRobert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)27 May 1972 (1972-05-27)OOO7.4
"Episode Three"Paul BernardRobert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)3 June 1972 (1972-06-03)OOO8.1
"Episode Four"Paul BernardRobert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)10 June 1972 (1972-06-10)OOO7.6
"Episode Five"Paul BernardRobert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)17 June 1972 (1972-06-17)OOO6.0
"Episode Six"Paul BernardRobert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited)24 June 1972 (1972-06-24)OOO7.6
The Master experiments on a special crystal to summon Kronos, a creature from outside time and space.

Broadcast

The entire season was broadcast from 1 January to 24 June 1972.

Home media

VHS releases

Season Story no. Serial name Number and duration
of episodes
R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
9 060 Day of the Daleks 1 × 100 min.
4 25min.
February 1988[2][3] (Edited)
April 1994[3][4] (Unedited)
January 1987[3] March 1989[3]
061 The Curse of Peladon 4 × 25 min. August 1993[5][6] November 1993[6] September 1995[6]
062 The Sea Devils 6 × 25 min. September 1995[7][8]
(2 x VHS)
July 1996[8] May 1997[8]
(2 x VHS)
063 The Mutants 6 × 25 min. February 2003[9][10] May 2003[10] October 2003[10]
064 The Time Monster 6 × 25 min. November 2001[11][12]
(released only in UK as part of a boxset "Colony in Space / The Time Monster")
(2 x VHS)
December 2001[11]
(released only in AU as part of a boxset "Colony in Space / The Time Monster")
(2 x VHS)
January 2003[13]

DVD releases

Season Story no. Serial name Number and duration
of episodes
R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
9 060 Day of the Daleks 4 × 25 min. 12 September 2011[14][15] 6 October 2011[16][17][18] 13 September 2011[19]
061 The Curse of Peladon[lower-alpha 1] 4 × 25 min. 18 January 2010[20][21] 4 March 2010[22][23][24] 4 May 2010[25]
062 The Sea Devils[lower-alpha 2] 6 × 25 min. 14 January 2008[26] 5 March 2008[27] 3 June 2008[28]
063 The Mutants 6 × 25 min. 31 January 2011[29] 3 February 2011[30][31][32] 8 February 2011[33]
064 The Time Monster[lower-alpha 3] 6 × 25 min. 29 March 2010[34][35] 3 June 2010[36][37][38] 6 July 2010[39]
  1. Only available as part of the Peladon Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
  2. Only available as part of the Beneath the Surface box set in Regions 2 and 4. Available individually or in the box set in Region 1.
  3. Only available as part of the Myths and Legends box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.

In print

Serial name Novelisation title Author First published
Day of the Daleks Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks Terrance Dicks 27 March 1974
The Curse of Peladon Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon Brian Hayles 1 January 1975
The Sea Devils Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils Malcolm Hulke 17 October 1974
The Mutants Doctor Who and the Mutants Terrance Dicks 29 September 1977
The Time Monster The Time Monster Terrance Dicks 12 September 1985

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