Doctor Who (season 10)

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Doctor Who (season 10)
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Starring
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 26
5 stories
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release 30 December 1972 (1972-12-30) – 23 June 1973 (1973-06-23)
Season chronology
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List of Doctor Who serials

The tenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 30 December 1972 with the 10th anniversary special The Three Doctors, and ended with Katy Manning's final serial The Green Death.

Casting

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Main cast

Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, and Jo Grant played by Katy Manning makes her final appearance in The Green Death. Previous Doctors William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton return to play the First Doctor and the Second Doctor.

Recurring stars

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

Roger Delgado makes his final appearance as The Master in Frontier in Space. Delgado died in a car crash in Turkey shortly after the story's transmission.

Serials

At the conclusion of The Three Doctors, the Doctor is finally released from his sentence of exile by the Time Lords, enabling him to travel through time and space once again. This ends the cycle of mostly Earth-bound stories where the Doctor was stranded that began at the conclusion of The War Games in 1969.

The serials Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks both feature the Daleks and lead directly from the first into the second, forming a rough twelve-part epic.

Story Serial Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
UK viewers
(millions) [1]
AI [1]
65 1 The Three Doctors Lennie Mayne Bob Baker and Dave Martin 30 December 1972
6 January 1973
13 January 1973
20 January 1973
RRR 9.6
10.8
8.8
11.9
Gallifrey, home planet of the Time Lords is under siege, by an unknown force. The only person who can help them is the Doctor, but even he will need assistance from his previous incarnations.
66 2 Carnival of Monsters Barry Letts Robert Holmes 27 January 1973
3 February 1973
10 February 1973
17 February 1973
PPP 9.5
9.0
9.0
9.2
The TARDIS materialises on the SS Bernice, a ship that suddenly disappeared while travelling the Indian Ocean.
67 3 Frontier in Space Paul Bernard Malcolm Hulke 24 February 1973
3 March 1973
10 March 1973
17 March 1973
24 March 1973
31 March 1973
QQQ 9.1
7.8
7.5
7.1
7.7
8.9
Materialising on an Earth cargo spaceship, the Doctor is caught up in the tensions between the Earth and Draconian Empires.
68 4 Planet of the Daleks David Maloney Terry Nation 7 April 1973
14 April 1973
21 April 1973
28 April 1973
5 May 1973
12 May 1973
SSS 11.0
10.7
10.1
8.3
9.7
8.5
The Time Lords have landed the TARDIS on the planet Spiridon, where the Daleks are awakening the biggest Dalek army the galaxy has ever seen.
69 5 The Green Death Michael E. Briant Robert Sloman and Barry Letts 19 May 1973
26 May 1973
2 June 1973
9 June 1973
16 June 1973
23 June 1973
TTT 9.2
7.2
7.8
6.8
8.3
7.0
Mutated giant maggots are appearing all over the Welsh countryside, could Global Chemicals be behind it?

Broadcast

The entire season was broadcast from 30 December 1972 to 23 June 1973.

DVD releases

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All serials of season 10 were released individually on DVD in between 2002 and 2009.

Serial name Number and duration
of episodes
R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
The Three Doctors 4 × 25 min. 24 November 2003 12 November 2003 2 March 2004
The Three Doctors – Special Edition

Part of the Revisitations 3 box set.

4 × 25 min. 13 February 2012[2] 1 March 2012[3] 13 March 2012[4]
Carnival of Monsters 4 × 25 min. 15 July 2002 2 September 2002 1 July 2003
Carnival of Monsters – Special Edition
Only available as part of the Revisitations 2 box set in Regions 2 and 4.
Only available individually in Region 1.
4 × 25 min. 28 March 2011 5 May 2011 10 April 2012
Dalek War:
Frontier in Space (6 episodes)
Planet of the Daleks (6 episodes)
12 × 25 min. 5 October 2009 4 February 2010 2 March 2010
The Green Death 6 × 25 min. 10 May 2004 5 August 2004 1 March 2005
The Green Death - Special Edition 6 x 25 min. 5 August 2013 7 August 2013 13 August 2013

In print

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Serial name Novelisation title Author First published
The Three Doctors The Three Doctors Terrance Dicks 1975
Carnival of Monsters Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters Terrance Dicks 1977
Frontier in Space Doctor Who and the Space War Malcolm Hulke 1976
Planet of the Daleks Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks Terrance Dicks 1976
The Green Death Doctor Who and the Green Death Malcolm Hulke 1975

References

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  2. Amazon.co.uk Revisitations 3
  3. Filmink listings
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