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Doctor Who Season 17

About Doctor Who Season 17 (1979-1980)

The Fourth Doctor and the newly regenerated Romana continue their adventures, first landing the TARDIS on the strangely familiar planet Skaro, home of the Daleks and Davros!

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Romana to 1979 Paris, the planet Chloris, where a mysterious creature is found. They also encounter two spacecraft involved in a hyperspace collision, leading to dimensional instabilities.

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Episodes

Destiny of the Daleks

Saturday
1st September 1979
6:10PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part One

The TARDIS lands on the old Dalek homeworld of Skaro, with the newly regenerated Romana.

Saturday
8th September 1979
6:10PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part Two

Romana is captured and interrogated by the Daleks whilst the Doctor meets the Movellans.

Saturday
15th September 1979
6:10PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part Three

Davros has awoken from his centuries long slumber and is taken prisoner by the Doctor.

Saturday
22nd September 1979
6:15PM
BBC 1 (26 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part Four

The Doctor discovers that the Daleks need Davros to break the stalemate in their war with the Movellans.

City of Death

Saturday
29th September 1979
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - City of Death - Part One

While on holiday in Paris, the Doctor and Romana experience a time distortion.

Saturday
6th October 1979
6:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - City of Death - Part Two

The Doctor and Romana become the reluctant guests of Scarlioni who is planning to steal the Mona Lisa.

Saturday
13th October 1979
6:00PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - City of Death - Part Three

Count Scarlioni is revealed to really be Scaroth, and is funding the construction of a time machine.

Saturday
20th October 1979
6:15PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - City of Death - Part Four

Scaroth intends to travel back in time to save his own people from destruction.

The Creature from the Pit

Saturday
27th October 1979
6:00PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Creature from the Pit - Part One

The planet Chloris. Drawn here by a mysterious distress signal, the Doctor becomes the prisoner of the ruthless Adrasta.

Saturday
3rd November 1979
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Creature from the Pit - Part Two

The Doctor is in a pit with a deadly creature. And Adrasta has plans for Romana and K-9.

Saturday
10th November 1979
6:00PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Creature from the Pit - Part Three

The Doctor has come face to face with a massive green creature. Adrasta goes into the mines to kill the monster.

Saturday
17th November 1979
6:00PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Creature from the Pit - Part Four

The truth about the creature is revealed. But its imprisonment may have already set in motion a terrible revenge.

Nightmare of Eden

Saturday
24th November 1979
6:00PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Nightmare of Eden - Part One

The starships Empress and Hecate are fused together after an accident in hyperspace.

Saturday
1st December 1979
6:00PM
BBC 1 (22 mins)

Doctor Who - Nightmare of Eden - Part Two

Monsters and drug smugglers are loose on the ship. And it all seems to tie in with Tryst's electronic zoo…

Saturday
8th December 1979
6:00PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Nightmare of Eden - Part Three

The Doctor and Romana begin to uncover the truth about the strange events aboard the luxury liner Empress.

Saturday
15th December 1979
5:55PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Nightmare of Eden - Part Four

The Doctor finally discovers the truth about the drug smuggling ring. But the villains are still one step ahead.

The Horns of Nimon

Saturday
22nd December 1979
6:10PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Horns of Nimon - Part One

With the TARDIS disabled in order to undergo repairs, the Doctor is powerless when Romana is kidnapped.

Saturday
29th December 1979
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Horns of Nimon - Part Two

On Skonnos, Romana and the Athenian youngsters are forced into the labyrinth of the power complex.

Saturday
5th January 1980
6:20PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Horns of Nimon - Part Three

The Doctor and Romana begin to suspect that the Nimon is only the first of a full scale invasion.

Saturday
12th January 1980
6:05PM
BBC 1 (26 mins)

Doctor Who - The Horns of Nimon - Part Four

On the dying world of Crinoth, Romana discovers the truth behind the Nimon's empty promises.

Credits

Destiny of the Daleks

Credits
  • Writer Terry Nation
  • Director Ken Grieve
  • Producer Graham Williams
  • Script Editor Douglas Adams
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Romana Lalla Ward
  • Tyssan Tim Barlow
  • Commander Sharrel Peter Straker
  • Agella Suzanne Danielle
  • Lan Tony Osoba
  • Dalek Operator Cy Town
  • Dalek Operator Mike Mungarvan
  • Dalek Voice Roy Skelton
  • Davros David Gooderson
  • Jall Penny Casdagli
  • Veldan David Yip
  • Movellan Guard Cassandra

City of Death

Credits
  • Writer Graham Williams
  • Writer Douglas Adams
  • Director Michael Hayes
  • Producer Graham Williams
  • Script Editor Douglas Adams
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Romana Lalla Ward
  • Count Julian Glover
  • Countess Catherine Schell
  • Duggan Tom Chadbon
  • Kerensky David Graham
  • Hermann Kevin Flood
  • Louvre Guide Pamela Stirling
  • Soldier Peter Halliday
  • Art Gallery Visitor Eleanor Bron
  • Art Gallery Visitor John Cleese

The Creature from the Pit

Credits
  • Writer David Fisher
  • Director Christopher Barry
  • Producer Graham Williams
  • Script Editor Douglas Adams
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Romana Lalla Ward
  • Adrasta Myra Frances
  • Karela Eileen Way
  • Voice of K-9 David Brierley
  • Huntsman David Telfer
  • Tollund Morris Barry
  • Torvin John Bryans
  • Edu Edward Kelsey
  • Ainu Tim Munro
  • Organon Geoffrey Bayldon
  • Guardmaster Tommy Wright
  • Guard Philip Denyer
  • Guard Dave Redgrave

Nightmare of Eden

Credits
  • Writer Bob Baker
  • Director Alan Bromly
  • Producer Graham Williams
  • Script Editor Douglas Adams
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Romana Lalla Ward
  • Tryst Lewis Fiander
  • Rigg David Daker
  • Dymond Geoffrey Bateman
  • Della Jennifer Lonsdale
  • Secker Stephen Jenn
  • Crewman Richard Barnes
  • Voice of K-9 David Brierley
  • Stott Barry Andrews
  • Fisk Geoffrey Hinsliff
  • Costa Peter Craze
  • Passenger Annette Peters
  • Passenger Lionel Sansby
  • Passenger Peter Roberts
  • Passenger Maggie Petersen
  • Crewman Sebastian Stride
  • Crewman Eden Phillips

The Horns of Nimon

Credits
  • Writer Anthony Read
  • Director Kenny McBain
  • Producer Graham Williams
  • Script Editor Douglas Adams
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Romana Lalla Ward
  • Soldeed Graham Crowden
  • Sorak Michael Osborne
  • Pilot Bob Hornery
  • Co-Pilot Malcolm Terris
  • Nimon Robin Sherringham
  • Teka Janet Ellis
  • Seth Simon Gipps-Kent
  • Voice of K-9 David Brierley
  • Voice of the Nimon Clifford Norgate
  • Sezom John Bailey
  • Nimon Bob Appleby
  • Nimon Trevor St. John Hacker