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Doctor Who Season 9

About Doctor Who Season 9 (1972)

The Doctor, Jo Grant, and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, head of U.N.I.T., continue investigating extraterrestrial threats, with help from Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates.

During their adventures, the Doctor and Jo face the Daleks as they disrupt a peace conference and visit a distant planet Peladon for the first time, which hopes to join the Galactic Federation. They also confront the Master once again as he attempts to revive a colony of Sea Devils on Earth.

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Episodes

Day of the Daleks

Saturday
1st January 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks - Episode One

At a crucial Peace Conference, Sir Reginald Styles is almost assassinated.

Saturday
8th January 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks - Episode Two

Jo is transported to the 22nd Century where she unwittingly gives vital information to the Daleks.

Saturday
15th January 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks - Episode Three

The Doctor arrives in a bleak future where Earth is ruled by the Daleks and mankind is enslaved.

Saturday
22nd January 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Day of the Daleks - Episode Four

The Daleks travel back in time to the 20th Century to ensure that the peace conference fails.

The Curse of Peladon

Saturday
29th January 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Peladon - Episode One

The planet Peladon is hoping to join the Galactic Federation. But King Peladon's Chancellor has been murdered.

Saturday
5th February 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Peladon - Episode Two

The work of the committee is hampered by sabotage, fear and suspicion.

Saturday
12th February 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Peladon - Episode Three

The Doctor is sentenced to a fight to the death in the pit with the King's champion, Grun.

Saturday
19th February 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Peladon - Episode Four

Hepesh, supported by the delegate from Arcturus, is revealed to be behind the attacks.

The Sea Devils

Saturday
26th February 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Sea Devils - Episode One

The Doctor and Jo visit the Master who is held prisoner on an island.

Saturday
4th March 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Sea Devils - Episode Two

The Doctor is eager to make peace between the Sea Devils and the humans.

Saturday
11th March 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Sea Devils - Episode Three

Jo attempts to rescue the Doctor who is being held prisoner by the Master and Trenchard.

Saturday
18th March 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Sea Devils - Episode Four

The Doctor attempts to persuade Captain Hart of the danger that the Master represents.

Saturday
25th March 1972
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Sea Devils - Episode Five

The Doctor is captured by the Sea Devils and taken to their undersea base.

Saturday
1st April 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Sea Devils - Episode Six

The Sea Devils come to the surface and attack the Naval base.

The Mutants

Saturday
8th April 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mutants - Episode One

The Doctor is sent to a skybase orbiting the planet of Solos in the 30th century.

Saturday
15th April 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mutants - Episode Two

Ky flees to the planet's poisonous surface taking Jo with him while the Marshal, holds the Doctor captive.

Saturday
22nd April 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mutants - Episode Three

The Doctor searches for Jo in the caves of Solos. In the shadows the mutants prepare to attack.

Saturday
29th April 1972
5:10PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mutants - Episode Four

The Doctor and Sondergaard make an amazing discovery in the caves while Jo falls into the Marshal's trap.

Saturday
6th May 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mutants - Episode Five

The Marshal's plans for Solos go disastrously wrong. The Doctor needs to save the planet.

Saturday
13th May 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mutants - Episode Six

The Marshal is on trial, with the Doctor as chief witness. Jo and the Doctor's friends are the Marshal's prisoners.

The Time Monster

Saturday
20th May 1972
5:05PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Time Monster - Episode One

The Master is using a device called TOMTIT to summon a creature from beyond time.

Saturday
27th May 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Time Monster - Episode Two

After a disastrous attempt to summon Kronos, the Master prepares to use TOMTIT once again.

Saturday
3rd June 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Time Monster - Episode Three

The Master uses TOMTIT to summon threats from the past to attack UNIT.

Saturday
10th June 1972
5:50PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Time Monster - Episode Four

The Master heads to Atlantis but he and The Doctor confront each other in the time vortex.

Saturday
17th June 1972
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Time Monster - Episode Five

In Atlantis the crystal of Kronos is protected by a guardian who is half man, half beast.

Saturday
24th June 1972
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Time Monster - Episode Six

With the crystal of Kronos in his possession, the Master releases the Chronovore.

Credits

Day of the Daleks

Credits
  • Writer Louis Marks
  • Director Paul Bernard
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Dr. Who Jon Pertwee
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
  • Jo Grant Katy Manning
  • Controller Aubrey Woods
  • Mike Yates Richard Franklin
  • Sergeant Benton John Levene
  • Anat Anna Barry
  • Shura Jimmy Winston
  • Boaz Scott Fredericks
  • Sir Reginald Styles Wilfred Carter
  • Miss Paget Jean McFarlane
  • Girl Technician Deborah Brayshaw
  • UNIT Radio Operator Gypsie Kemp
  • Guerilla Tim Condren
  • Ogron Rick Lester
  • Ogron Maurice Bush
  • Dalek Operator John Scott Martin
  • Dalek Operator Ricky Newby
  • Dalek Operator Murphy Grumbar
  • Dalek Voice Oliver Gilbert
  • Dalek Voice Peter Messaline
  • Ogron David Joyce
  • Ogron Frank Menzies
  • Ogron Bruce Wells
  • Ogron Geoffrey Todd
  • Monia Valentine Palmer
  • Manager Peter Hill
  • Senior Guard Andrew Carr
  • Guard at Work Centre George Raistrick
  • Television Reporter Alex MacIntosh

The Curse of Peladon

Credits
  • Writer Brian Hayles
  • Director Lennie Mayne
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Doctor Who Jon Pertwee
  • Jo Grant Katy Manning
  • King Peladon David Troughton
  • Hepesh Geoffrey Toone
  • Torbis Henry Gilbert
  • Izlyr Alan Bennion
  • Ssorg Sonny Caldinez
  • Alpha Centauri Stuart Fell
  • Voice of Alpha Centauri Ysanne Churchman
  • Arcturus Murphy Grumbar
  • Voice of Arcturus Terry Bale
  • Grun Gordon St Clair
  • Aggedor Nick Hobbs
  • Guard Captain George Giles
  • Amazonia Wendy Danvers

The Sea Devils

Credits
  • Writer Malcolm Hulke
  • Director Michael E Briant
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Doctor Who Jon Pertwee
  • Master Roger Delgado
  • Jo Grant Katy Manning
  • Captain Hart Edwin Richfield
  • Trenchard Clive Morton
  • Robbins Royston Tickner
  • Radio Operator Neil Seiler
  • Clark Declan Mulholland
  • Hickman Hugh Futcher
  • 3rd Officer Jane Blythe June Murphy
  • Ldg. Telegraphist Bowman Alec Wallis
  • Castle Guard Wilson Brian Justice
  • Castle Guard Barclay Terry Walsh
  • Sea Devil Pat Gorman
  • C.P.O. Smedley Eric Mason
  • Castle Guard Drew Stanley McGeagh
  • Commander Ridgeway Donald Sumpter
  • Lt. Commander Mitchell David Griffin
  • Ldg. Seaman Lovell Christopher Wray
  • C.P.O. Summers Colin Bell
  • Lt. Commander Watts Brian Vaughan
  • A/B Girton Rex Rowland
  • Walker Martin Boddey
  • Rear Admiral Norman Atkyns
  • Chief Sea Devil Peter Forbes-Robertson
  • C.P.O. Myers John Caesar

The Mutants

Credits
  • Writer Bob Baker
  • Writer Dave Martin
  • Director Christopher Barry
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Dr. Who Jon Pertwee
  • Jo Grant Katy Manning
  • Marshal Paul Whitsun-Jones
  • Varan James Mellor
  • Ky Garrick Hagon
  • Administrator Geoffrey Palmer
  • Stubbs Christopher Coll
  • Cotton Rick James
  • Varan's Son Jonathan Sherwood
  • Jaeger George Pravda
  • Sondergaard John Hollis
  • Old Man Sidney Johnson
  • Solos Guard Roy Pearce
  • Warrior Guard David Arlen
  • Doctor Who Jon Pertwee
  • Skybase Guard Martin Taylor
  • Solos Guard Damon Sanders
  • Mutt John Scott Martin
  • Investigator Peter Howell

The Time Monster

Credits
  • Writer Robert Sloman
  • Director Paul Bernard
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Dr. Who Jon Pertwee
  • The Master Roger Delgado
  • Jo Grant Katy Manning
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
  • Mike Yates Richard Franklin
  • Sergeant Benton John Levene
  • Dr. Ruth Ingram Wanda Moore
  • Stuart Hyde Ian Collier
  • Dr. Percival John Wyse
  • Dr. Cook Neville Barber
  • Proctor Barry Ashton
  • Window Cleaner Terry Walsh
  • Krasis Donald Eccles
  • Hippias Aidan Murphy
  • Neophite Keith Dalton
  • Master Roger Delgado
  • Unit Sergeant Simon Legree
  • Kronos Marc Boyle
  • Dalios George Cormack
  • Knight Gregory Powell
  • Roundhead Officer Dave Carter
  • Farmworker George Lee
  • Galleia Ingrid Pitt
  • Crito Derek Murcott
  • Lakis Susan Penhaligon
  • Miseus Michael Walker
  • Minotaur Dave Prowse
  • Guard Melville Jones
  • Face of Kronos Ingrid Bower