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Doctor Who Season 21

About Doctor Who Season 21 (1984)

The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough continue their adventures. The TARDIS takes them to the year 2084, where they encounter the Silurians, and the Sea Devils!

Then the far future where they help a struggling colony. After facing the Daleks, Tegan has a tough decision to make. Later the Doctor is joined by Peri, an American student, following an encounter with the Master.

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The Five Doctors

UK Premiere
Friday
25th November 1983
7:20PM
BBC 1 (90 mins)
Special

Doctor Who - The Five Doctors

Returning to Gallifrey, a deadly game banned and derelict for centuries, has been reactivated. This episode premiered 23rd November 1983 -

Warriors of the Deep

Thursday
5th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Warriors of the Deep - Part One

A cold war between two superpowers is being fought on Earth in the year 2084.

Friday
6th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Warriors of the Deep - Part Two

The Sea Devils launch their attack on Sea Base 4 with the Doctor and Tegan inside.

Thursday
12th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Warriors of the Deep - Part Three

The Myrka continues its devastating attack on Sea Base 4 and the Doctor can only halt its progress temporarily.

Friday
13th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Warriors of the Deep - Part Four

The Silurians now have total control of Sea Base 4 and its proton missiles.

The Awakening

Thursday
19th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Awakening - Part One

Teacher Jane Hampden is increasingly frustrated by the war games being played around the village.

Friday
20th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Awakening - Part Two

The Malus's influence is asserting itself all over Little Hodcombe, and the war games take an unpleasant turn.

Frontios

Thursday
26th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Frontios - Part One

The Doctor and his companions find themselves grounded in the inhospitable planet of Frontios.

Friday
27th January 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Frontios - Part Two

The Doctor, still trying to come to terms with the loss of the TARDIS, is surrounded by an impromptu firing squad.

Thursday
2nd February 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Frontios - Part Three

Tegan manages to distract the Tractators and breaks their grip on the Doctor and Norna.

Friday
3rd February 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Frontios - Part Four

The Gravis become intrigued when Tegan inadvertently reveals that they travelled to Frontios by TARDIS.

Resurrection of the Daleks

Wednesday
8th February 1984
6:50PM
BBC 1 (46 mins)

Doctor Who - Resurrection of the Daleks - Part One

In a deserted area of the London Docks, a group of fugitives appear from thin air, and are gunned down.

Wednesday
15th February 1984
6:45PM
BBC 1 (46 mins)

Doctor Who - Resurrection of the Daleks - Part Two

As survivors of the prison station fight the invaders, Dalek agents on Earth take steps to protect the time corridor.

Planet of Fire

Thursday
23rd February 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Fire - Part One

A distress call is from the island of Lanzarote where an archaeological dig may have disturbed something alien.

Friday
24th February 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Fire - Part Two

On the volcanic planet of Sarn, Turlough finds evidence of an old colony of Trion, his home world.

Thursday
1st March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Fire - Part Three

The Master has been declared a messiah by the Sarns and under his influence they imprison the Doctor.

Friday
2nd March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Fire - Part Four

A volcanic eruption is threatening to destroy the inhabitants of Sarn, the Doctor manages to stabalise the seismic events but for how long? Turlough faces an agonising decision about whether to contact his home planet of Trion for help, he explains that he was sent away to Earth as an outlaw.

The Caves of Androzani

Thursday
8th March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani - Part One

In the planets' caves war rages between government troops and the android warriors of Sharaz Jek.

Friday
9th March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani - Part Two

Military captive Salateen tells Peri and the Doctor they are dying from spectrox tomaemia.

Thursday
15th March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani - Part Three

On Androzani Major, Sharez Jek insanely believes Peri will fall in love with him.

Friday
16th March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani - Part Four

Events on Androzani reach a bloody climax. Morgus is ruined, exposed as the one funding Jek’s gunrunners.

The Twin Dilemma

Thursday
22nd March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Twin Dilemma - Part One

The mysterious Professor Edgeworth has kidnapped twin human child genii, Romulus and Remus.

Friday
23rd March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Twin Dilemma - Part Two

On Jaconda, Mestor’s cruel domination over the planet's population continues.

Thursday
29th March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Twin Dilemma - Part Three

Mestor claims that all he wants is for the Sylvest twins to help him repopulate his home planet.

Friday
30th March 1984
6:40PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Twin Dilemma - Part Four

Mestor’s true plan is revealed and the Doctor's old Gallifreyan friend Azmael comes to the realisation that he has been

Credits

The Five Doctors

Credits
  • Writer Terrance Dicks
  • Director Peter Moffatt
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • The Doctor Jon Pertwee
  • The Doctor Patrick Troughton
  • The Doctor Richard Hurndall
  • The Doctor Tom Baker
  • The Doctor William Hartnell
  • Tegan Janet Fielding
  • Turlough Mark Strickson
  • Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen
  • Susan Carole Ann Ford
  • The Brigadier Nicholas Courtney
  • Romana Lalla Ward
  • The Master Anthony Ainley
  • Lord President Borusa Philip Latham
  • Chancellor Flavia Dinah Sheridan
  • The Castellan Paul Jerricho
  • Cyber Leader David Banks
  • Cyber Lieutenant Mark Hardy
  • Rassilon Richard Mathews
  • Jamie Frazer Hines
  • Zoe Wendy Padbury
  • Liz Shaw Caroline John
  • Captain Mike Yates Richard Franklin
  • Crichton David Savile
  • Voice of K-9 John Leeson
  • Dalek Voice Roy Skelton
  • Dalek Operator John Scott Martin
  • Commander Stuart Blake
  • Technician Stephen Meredith
  • Sergeant Ray Float
  • Guard John Tallents
  • Cyber Scout William Kenton
  • Raston Robot Keith Hodiak

Warriors of the Deep

Credits
  • Writer Johnny Byrne
  • Director Pennant Roberts
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • Tegan Janet Fielding
  • Turlough Mark Strickson
  • Vorshak Tom Adams
  • Solow Ingrid Pitt
  • Nilson Ian McCulloch
  • Maddox Martin Neil
  • Preston Tara Ward
  • Icthar Norman Comer
  • Karina Nitza Saul
  • Scibus Stuart Blake
  • Tarpok Vincent Brimble
  • Sauvix Christopher Farries
  • Paroli James Coombes
  • Bulic Nigel Humphreys

The Awakening

Credits
  • Writer Eric Pringle
  • Director Michael Owen Morris
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • Tegan Janet Fielding
  • Turlough Mark Strickson
  • Jane Hampden Polly James
  • Sir George Denis Lill
  • Colonel Wolsey Glyn Houston
  • Joseph Willow Jack Galloway
  • Will Chandler Keith Jayne
  • Trooper Christopher Saul
  • Andrew Verney Frederick Hall

Frontios

Credits
  • Writer Christopher H Bidmead
  • Director Ron Jones
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • Tegan Janet Fielding
  • Turlough Mark Strickson
  • Brazen Peter Gilmore
  • Norna Lesley Dunlop
  • Range William Lucas
  • Plantagenet Jeff Rawle
  • Cockerill Maurice O'Connell
  • Orderly Richard Ashley
  • Gravis John Gillett
  • Tractator George Campbell
  • Tractator Michael Malcolm
  • Tractator Stephen Speed
  • Tractator William Bowen
  • Tractator Hedi Khursandi
  • Deputy Alison Skilbeck
  • Retrograde Raymond Murtagh

Resurrection of the Daleks

Credits
  • Writer Eric Saward
  • Director Matthew Robinson
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • Tegan Janet Fielding
  • Turlough Mark Strickson
  • Stien Rodney Bewes
  • Styles Rula Lenska
  • Colonel Archer Del Henney
  • Lytton Maurice Colbourne
  • Professor Laird Chloe Ashcroft
  • Sergeant Calder Philip McGough
  • Davros Terry Molloy
  • Mercer Jim Findley
  • Osborn Sneh Gupta
  • Kiston Les Grantham
  • Trooper Roger Davenport
  • Crewmember John Adam Baker
  • Crewmember Linsey Turner
  • Galloway William Sleigh
  • Dalek Voice Brian Miller
  • Dalek Voice Royce Mills
  • Dalek Operator John Scott Martin
  • Dalek Operator Cy Town
  • Dalek Operator Tony Starr
  • Dalek Operator Toby Byrne

Planet of Fire

Credits
  • Writer Peter Grimwade
  • Director Fiona Cumming
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • Turlough Mark Strickson
  • Timanov Peter Wyngarde
  • Kamelion Anthony Ainley
  • Peri Nicola Bryant
  • Sorasta Barbara Shelley
  • Amyand James Bate
  • Professor Howard Foster Dallas Adams
  • Voice of Kamelion Gerald Flood
  • Malkon Edward Highmore
  • Roskal Jonathan Caplan
  • Curt Michael Bangerter
  • Lookout Simon Sutton
  • The Master Anthony Ainley
  • Howard Dallas Adams
  • Zuko Max Arthur
  • Lomand John Alkin

The Caves of Androzani

Credits
  • Writer Robert Holmes
  • Director Graeme Harper
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Peter Davison
  • Peri Nicola Bryant
  • Sharaz Jek Christopher Gable
  • Morgus John Normington
  • Salateen Robert Glenister
  • Stotz Maurice Ro??ves
  • Chellak Martin Cochrane
  • Krelper Roy Holder
  • Timmin Barbara Kinghorn
  • President David Neal
  • The Doctor Colin Baker
  • Soldier Ian Staples
  • The Master Anthony Ainley
  • Adric Matthew Waterhouse
  • Nyssa Sarah Sutton
  • Tegan Janet Fielding
  • Turlough Mark Strickson
  • Voice of Kamelion Gerald Flood

The Twin Dilemma

Credits
  • Writer Anthony Steven
  • Director Peter Moffatt
  • Producer John Nathan-Turner
  • Script Editor Eric Saward
  • The Doctor Colin Baker
  • Peri Nicola Bryant
  • Edgeworth Maurice Denham
  • Hugo Lang Kevin McNally
  • Mestor Edwin Richfield
  • Sylvest Dennis Chinnery
  • Noma Barry Stanton
  • Drak Oliver Smith
  • Fabian Helen Blatch
  • Elena Dione Inman
  • Romulus Gavin Conrad
  • Remus Andrew Conrad
  • Chamberlain Seymour Green
  • Prisoner Roger Nott
  • Jocondan Guard John Wilson