Doctor Who | |
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Season 3 | |
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No. of stories | 10 |
No. of episodes | 45 (28 missing) |
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Original network | BBC1 |
Original release | 11 September 1965 – 16 July 1966 |
Season chronology | |
The third season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 11 September 1965 with the story Galaxy 4 and ended on 16 July 1966 with The War Machines . Only 17 out of 45 episodes survive in the BBC archives; 28 remain missing. As a result, only three serials are complete.
William Hartnell continues his journey as The First Doctor, accompanied by companions Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) and Steven Taylor (Peter Purves). In the third story The Myth Makers , Vicki departed and was replaced by Katarina (Adrienne Hill). Katarina's tenure was brief, with the character being killed in episode 4 of the following story, The Daleks' Master Plan . In some companion lists, Sara Kingdom (Jean Marsh) is included as a companion, though her appearances were limited to later episodes of the serial The Daleks' Master Plan .
Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane) joined the Doctor and Steven in the next serial, The Massacre . There were no changes in the primary cast until Steven's departure in the penultimate story, The Savages . In the final story The War Machines , Dodo also departs, and the Doctor was joined by Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze). Like the previous season, the cast of companions had changed from start to finish.
Peter Butterworth makes his second and final appearance as the Meddling Monk in the serial The Daleks' Master Plan , though his presence in the story is limited to three parts only; "Volcano", "Golden Death", and "Escape Switch".
John Wiles replaced Verity Lambert as producer after "Mission to the Unknown". Innes Lloyd, in turn, replaced Wiles after The Ark . Donald Tosh continued as script editor until The Massacre : "Priest of Death", and was replaced by Gerry Davis beginning with The Massacre: "Bell of Doom". [1]
The practice of giving each individual episode a different title was abandoned after The Gunfighters, near the end of the season. This season was notable for the longest serial to date, The Daleks' Master Plan , which contained 12 episodes. The record of The Daleks' Master Plan as the longest serial was eventually taken by the 14-part The Trial of a Time Lord , which spanned the whole of Season 23. The single-episode prequel to this story, "Mission to the Unknown", was not only the shortest story, but was notable for the absence of the entire regular cast. The episode came about when Planet of Giants , the opening serial of Season 2, was reduced from four to three episodes, leaving a single episode held over in the production schedule. Rather than attempt to create a single-episode story, or add an episode to an already commissioned story, it was decided to use this one episode as a trailer to set up the upcoming 12-part Dalek story.[ citation needed ]
Four of the stories from Season 3 ("Mission to the Unknown", The Myth Makers, The Massacre, and The Savages) are completely missing from the BBC archive, with no surviving episodes. Further, "Mission to the Unknown" and The Massacre are two of only three stories from the entire run of Doctor Who with no surviving footage from any sources (the other being Marco Polo from Season 1). Only three of this season's stories (The Ark, The Gunfighters and The War Machines) are complete. "Mission to the Unknown", however, is unique in that it is the only missing episode of Doctor Who to be fully recreated in live-action, with the student-made project having its production quality on par with that of 1960s television.
Season 3 holds the distinction of being the longest-running season of Doctor Who to date, having produced 45 episodes in 10 serials. Season 6 produced just one episode less in 7 serials.
The Massacre was the first serial that saw the lead actor cast in a dual role; William Hartnell not only plays the Doctor, but also the Abbot of Amboise. This would be repeated by Patrick Troughton in Season 5's The Enemy of the World .
No. story | No. in season | Serial title | Episode titles | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | UK viewers (millions) [2] | AI [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 | 1 | Galaxy 4 | "Four Hundred Dawns" † | Derek Martinus | William Emms | 11 September 1965 | T | 9.0 | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Trap of Steel" † | 18 September 1965 | 9.5 | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Air Lock" | 25 September 1965 | 11.3 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Exploding Planet" † | 2 October 1965 | 9.9 | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Two ships have crashed after a space battle, but the planet they have landed on is about to be destroyed. The beautiful female Drahvins seem friendly, but in fact it is the ugly Rills that are more tolerant and forgiving. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2 | "Mission to the Unknown" † | N/A | Derek Martinus | Terry Nation | 9 October 1965 | T/A | 8.3 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Space agent Marc Cory is investigating the sighting of a Dalek ship and discovers they have a base on Kembel. But his crew are infected by Varga plants, imported from Skaro, and start to mutate into Vargas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 3 | The Myth Makers | "Temple of Secrets" † | Michael Leeston-Smith | Donald Cotton | 16 October 1965 | U | 8.3 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Small Prophet, Quick Return" † | 23 October 1965 | 8.1 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Death of a Spy" † | 30 October 1965 | 8.7 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Horse of Destruction" † | 6 November 1965 | 8.3 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 4 | The Daleks' Master Plan | "The Nightmare Begins" † | Douglas Camfield | Terry Nation | 13 November 1965 | V | 9.1 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Day of Armageddon" | Terry Nation | 20 November 1965 | 9.8 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Devil's Planet" † | Terry Nation | 27 November 1965 | 10.3 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Traitors" † | Terry Nation | 4 December 1965 | 9.5 | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Counter Plot" | Terry Nation | 11 December 1965 | 9.9 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Coronas of the Sun" † | Dennis Spooner | 18 December 1965 | 9.1 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Feast of Steven" † | Terry Nation | 25 December 1965 | 7.9 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Volcano" † | Dennis Spooner | 1 January 1966 | 9.6 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Golden Death" † | Dennis Spooner | 8 January 1966 | 9.2 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Escape Switch" | Dennis Spooner | 15 January 1966 | 9.5 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Abandoned Planet" † | Dennis Spooner | 22 January 1966 | 9.8 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Destruction of Time" † | Dennis Spooner | 29 January 1966 | 8.6 | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Some six months after the events of "Mission to the Unknown", the TARDIS arrives on the planet Kembel, and the Doctor leaves the TARDIS to try to find medical aid for the wounded Steven Taylor leaving him with the Trojan girl Katarina. On doing so, he becomes embroiled in a Dalek scheme to design the ultimate weapon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 5 | The Massacre | "War of God" † | Paddy Russell | John Lucarotti | 5 February 1966 | W | 8.0 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Sea Beggar" † | John Lucarotti | 12 February 1966 | 6.0 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Priest of Death" † | John Lucarotti | 19 February 1966 | 5.9 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Bell of Doom" † | John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh | 26 February 1966 | 5.8 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 6 | The Ark | "The Steel Sky" | Michael Imison | Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott | 5 March 1966 | X | 5.5 | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Plague" | 12 March 1966 | 6.9 | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Return" | 19 March 1966 | 6.2 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Bomb" | 26 March 1966 | 7.3 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At least ten million years into the future, the TARDIS materialises on a vast spacecraft Dodo names "the Ark" where the whole human race is bound for a new world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 7 | The Celestial Toymaker | "The Celestial Toyroom" † | Bill Sellars | Brian Hayles and Donald Tosh (uncredited) | 2 April 1966 | Y | 8.0 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Hall of Dolls" † | 9 April 1966 | 8.0 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Dancing Floor" † | 16 April 1966 | 9.4 | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Final Test" | 23 April 1966 | 7.8 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 8 | The Gunfighters | "A Holiday for the Doctor" | Rex Tucker | Donald Cotton | 30 April 1966 | Z | 6.5 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Don't Shoot the Pianist" | 7 May 1966 | 6.6 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Johnny Ringo" | 14 May 1966 | 6.2 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The O.K. Corral" | 21 May 1966 | 5.7 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Doctor gets his tooth pulled by Doc Holliday in Tombstone while Dodo and Steven literally sing for their lives. The travellers are caught up in the events leading up to the famous "Gunfight at the OK Corral". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 9 | The Savages | "Episode 1" † | Christopher Barry | Ian Stuart Black | 28 May 1966 | AA | 4.8 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Episode 2" † | 4 June 1966 | 5.6 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Episode 3" † | 11 June 1966 | 5.0 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Episode 4" † | 18 June 1966 | 4.5 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The TARDIS materialises on a distant planet in the far future. The TARDIS crew find the planet inhabited by both the Elders and bands of roaming savages. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 10 | The War Machines | "Episode 1" | Michael Ferguson | Ian Stuart Black | 25 June 1966 | BB | 5.4 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Episode 2" | 2 July 1966 | 4.7 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Episode 3" | 9 July 1966 | 5.3 | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Episode 4" | 16 July 1966 | 5.5 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Doctor meets an advanced revolutionary computer named WOTAN who believes humans are inferior to machines. |
Season | Story no. | Serial name | Number and duration of episodes | UK release date | Australia release date | USA/Canada release date |
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3 | 23 | The Ark | 4 × 25 mins. | October 1998 [3] | February 1999 [3] | March 1999 [3] |
25 | The Gunfighters | 4 × 25 mins. | November 2002 [4] [5] (3 x VHS released only in UK as part of a boxset "The First Doctor Collection") | December 2002 [4] (3 x VHS released only in AU as part of a boxset "The First Doctor Collection") | October 2003 [6] | |
27 | The War Machines | 4 × 25 mins. | June 1997 [7] [8] | January 1998 [8] | March 1998 [8] |
All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:
Season | Story no. | Serial name | Number and duration of episodes | R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
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3 | 18 | Galaxy 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 4 × 25 min. | 15 November 2021 (D,B) [9] | 12 January 2022 (D,B) [10] | 5 April 2022 |
21, 24 | Lost in Time, Volume 1 The Daleks' Master Plan [lower-alpha 2] The Celestial Toymaker [lower-alpha 3] | 4 × 25 min. | 1 November 2004 [11] [lower-alpha 4] | 2 December 2004 [12] [lower-alpha 5] | 2 November 2004 [12] | |
23 | The Ark | 4 × 25 min. | 14 February 2011 [13] [14] [15] | 3 March 2011 [16] | 8 March 2011 [17] | |
24 | The Celestial Toymaker [lower-alpha 6] | 4 × 25 min. | TBA(D,B) [18] | — | 11 June 2024 (B) [19] | |
25 | The Gunfighters [lower-alpha 7] | 4 × 25 min. | 20 June 2011 [20] [21] [22] | 4 August 2011 [23] | 12 July 2011 [24] | |
27 | The War Machines | 4 × 25 min. | 25 August 2008 [25] [26] [27] | 7 November 2008 [28] | 6 January 2009 [29] |
Season | Story no. | Library no. [lower-alpha 1] | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date [lower-alpha 2] | Paperback release date [lower-alpha 3] | Audiobook release date [lower-alpha 4] |
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3 | 018 | 104 | Galaxy Four | William Emms | 14 November 1985 [30] | 10 April 1986 [30] | 6 July 2017 [30] |
019, 021 | 141 | The Daleks' Master Plan Part I: Mission to the Unknown | John Peel | — | 21 September 1989 [31] | 6 May 2010 [31] | |
020 | 97 | The Myth Makers | Donald Cotton | 11 April 1985 [32] | 12 September 1985 [32] | 7 April 2008 [32] | |
021 | 142 | The Daleks' Master Plan Part II: The Mutation of Time | John Peel | — | 19 October 1989 [33] | 3 June 2010 [33] | |
022 | 122 | The Massacre | John Lucarotti | 18 June 1987 [34] | 19 November 1987 [34] | 11 June 2015 [34] | |
023 | 114 | The Ark | Paul Erickson | 16 October 1986 [35] | 19 March 1987 [35] | 1 March 2018 [35] | |
024 | 111 | The Celestial Toymaker | Gerry Davis and Alison Bingeman | 19 June 1986 [36] | 20 November 1986 [36] | — | |
025 | 101 | The Gunfighters | Donald Cotton | 11 July 1985 [37] | 9 January 1986 [37] | 7 February 2013 [37] | |
026 | 109 | The Savages | Ian Stuart Black | 20 March 1986 [38] | 11 September 1986 [38] | 4 February 2021 [38] | |
027 | 136 | The War Machines | — | 16 February 1989 [39] | 7 March 2019 [39] |
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes. The Doctor often travels with companions.
The Dalek Invasion of Earth is the second serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Richard Martin, the serial was broadcast on BBC1 in six weekly parts from 21 November to 26 December 1964. In the serial, the First Doctor, his granddaughter Susan Foreman, and teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright discover that the Earth in the 22nd century has been occupied by Daleks. They work with a human resistance group to stop the Daleks from mining out the Earth's core as part of their plan to pilot the planet through space.
Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet is a fictional character played by Jackie Lane in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An Earth teenager from the year 1966, she was a companion of the First Doctor and a regular in the programme in its third season, from February to July 1966. Only three of the serials in which Dodo appeared as a regular are complete in the BBC archive. Dodo's personality was an unsophisticated, bright and happy one.
The Ark is the sixth serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 to 26 March 1966.
The Gunfighters is the eighth serial of the third season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 30 April to 21 May 1966.
Several portions of the long-running British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who are no longer held by the BBC. Between 1967 and 1978, the BBC routinely deleted archive programmes for various practical reasons—lack of space, scarcity of materials, and a lack of rebroadcast rights. As a result, 97 of 253 episodes from the programme's first six years are currently missing, primarily from seasons 3, 4 and 5, leaving 26 serials incomplete. Many more were considered lost until recovered from various sources, mostly overseas broadcasters.
The First Doctor is the original incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor William Hartnell in the first three series from 1963 to 1966 and the tenth anniversary story The Three Doctors from 1972 to 1973. The character would occasionally appear in the series after Hartnell's death, most prominently as portrayed by Richard Hurndall in the 1983 multi-doctor special "The Five Doctors", and as portrayed by David Bradley in the 2017 Twelfth Doctor episodes "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time" and in the 2022 Thirteenth Doctor episode "The Power of the Doctor", the latter previously having portrayed Hartnell himself in the 2013 biopic An Adventure in Space and Time.
John Wiles was a South African novelist, television writer and producer. He was the second producer of the science fiction series Doctor Who, succeeding Verity Lambert, and credited on four serials between 1965 and 1966, namely The Myth Makers, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, and The Ark.
The twenty-second season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 5 January 1985 and ended on 30 March 1985. It opened with the serial Attack of the Cybermen and ended with the serial Revelation of the Daleks. The season returned to the traditional Saturday transmission for the first time since Season 18, but for the first and only time in the series' first run it featured 45-minute episodes in its entirety. During transmission, BBC1 controller Michael Grade announced an 18-month hiatus for the series, partly citing the violence depicted in the stories of the season. John Nathan-Turner produced the series with Eric Saward as script editor.
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The eleventh season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 15 December 1973 with the serial The Time Warrior, and ended with Jon Pertwee's final serial Planet of the Spiders. The season's writing was recognized by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain for Best Children's Drama Script. This is the Third Doctor's fifth and final series, and also the last consecutively to be produced by Barry Letts and script edited by Terrance Dicks. Both Letts and Dicks would work for the programme again, however - Letts in Season 18 and Dicks on future stories, e.g. Horror of Fang Rock.
The tenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 30 December 1972 with the tenth anniversary special The Three Doctors, and ended with Katy Manning's final serial The Green Death. This is the Third Doctor's fourth series, as well as fourth for producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks.
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. This is the third series of the Third Doctor, played by Jon Pertwee, as well as the third to be produced by Barry Letts and script edited by Terrance Dicks.
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