Fifth Doctor/Appearances

The Fifth Doctor. (TV: The Awakening)

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The following is a list of the Fifth Doctor's appearances.

Title	Medium	Series	Author	Release date
Logopolis (part 4)	TV	Doctor Who season 18	Christopher H. Bidmead	21 March 1981
Castrovalva		Doctor Who season 19		4 - 12 January 1982
Four to Doomsday			Terence Dudley	18 - 26 January 1982
Kinda			Christopher Bailey	1 - 9 February 1982
The Visitation			Eric Saward	15 - 23 February 1982
Black Orchid			Terence Dudley	1 - 2 March 1982
Earthshock			Eric Saward	8 - 16 March 1982
Time-Flight			Peter Grimwade	22 - 30 March 1982
Arc of Infinity		Doctor Who season 20	Johnny Byrne	3 - 12 January 1983
Snakedance			Christopher Bailey	18 - 26 January 1983
Mawdryn Undead			Peter Grimwade	1 - 9 February 1983
Terminus			Steve Gallagher	15 - 23 February 1983
Enlightenment			Barbara Clegg	1 - 9 March 1983
The King's Demons			Terence Dudley	15 - 16 March 1983
The Five Doctors		Doctor Who 20th anniversary special	Terrance Dicks	23 November 1983
Warriors of the Deep		Doctor Who season 21	Johnny Byrne	5 - 13 January 1984
The Awakening			Eric Pringle	19 - 20 January 1984
Frontios			Christopher H. Bidmead	26 January - 3 February 1984
Resurrection of the Daleks			Eric Saward	8 - 15 February 1984
Planet of Fire			Peter Grimwade	23 February - 2 March 1984
The Caves of Androzani			Robert Holmes	8 - 16 March 1984
Dimensions in Time		Doctor Who 30th anniversary special	John Nathan-Turner, David Roden	26 - 27 November 1993
Time Crash		mini-episode	Steven Moffat	16 November 2007
The Name of the Doctor		Doctor Who Series 7		18 May 2013
The Day of the Doctor		Doctor Who 2013 specials		23 November 2013
Earthshock (TotT TV story)		Tales of the TARDIS	Russell T Davies	1 November 2023
The Five Doctors: Special Edition	Home video	Doctor Who	Terrance Dicks	1 November 1999
Planet of Fire The Movie			Peter Grimwade	14 June 2010
Destiny of the Doctors			Terrance Dicks	5 December 1997
Doctors Assemble!	Webcast	Doctor Who: Lockdown!	James Goss	23 May 2020
The First Adventure	Video game	Doctor Who	Jeremy Ruston	1983
Destiny of the Doctors			Various	5 December 1997
The Sirens of Time	Audio	Main Range	Nicholas Briggs	19 July 1999
Phantasmagoria			Mark Gatiss	4 October 1999
The Land of the Dead			Stephen Cole	January 2000
Red Dawn			Justin Richards	4 May 2000
Winter for the Adept			Andrew Cartmel	July 2000
The Mutant Phase			Nicholas Briggs	18 December 2000
Loups-Garoux			Marc Platt	21 May 2001
The Eye of the Scorpion			Iain McLaughlin	17 September 2001
Primeval			Lance Parkin	23 November 2001
Spare Parts			Marc Platt	31 July 2002
The Church and the Crown			Cavan Scott, Mark Wright	28 November 2002
Nekromanteia			Austen Atkinson	February 2003
Creatures of Beauty			Nicholas Briggs	24 May 2003
Omega			Nev Fountain	27 August 2003
Zagreus			Gary Russell, Alan Barnes	21 November 2003
The Axis of Insanity			Simon Furman	April 2004
The Roof of the World			Adrian Rigelsford	July 2004
The Game			Darin Henry	February 2005
Three's a Crowd			Colin Brake	May 2005
The Council of Nicaea			Caroline Symcox	July 2005
Singularity			James Swallow	November 2005
The Kingmaker			Nev Fountain	April 2006
The Gathering			Joseph Lidster	18 September 2006
Spring			Mike Maddox, Paul Cornell	20 January 2007
Summer
Autumn			Paul Cornell
Winter
Renaissance of the Daleks			Christopher H. Bidmead	March 2007
Exotron			Paul Sutton	May 2007
Urban Myths
Son of the Dragon			Steve Lyons	6 September 2007
The 100 Days of the Doctor			Paul Cornell	26 September 2007
The Mind's Eye			Colin Brake	9 November 2007
Mission of the Viyrans			Nicholas Briggs
The Bride of Peladon			Barnaby Edwards	January 2008
The Haunting of Thomas Brewster			Jonathan Morris	April 2008
The Boy That Time Forgot			Paul Magrs	30 July 2008
Time Reef			Marc Platt	September 2008
A Perfect World			Jonathan Morris
The Judgement of Isskar			Simon Guerrier	22 January 2009
The Destroyer of Delights			Jonathan Clements	14 February 2009
The Chaos Pool			Peter Anghelides	March 2009
Castle of Fear			Alan Barnes	16 October 2009
The Eternal Summer			Jonathan Morris	11 November 2009
Plague of the Daleks			Mark Morris	8 December 2009
Cobwebs			Jonathan Morris	15 July 2010
The Whispering Forest			Stephen Cole	13 August 2010
The Cradle of the Snake			Marc Platt	13 September 2010
The Demons of Red Lodge			Jason Arnopp	15 December 2010
The Entropy Composition			Rick Briggs
Doing Time			William Gallagher
Special Features			John Dorney
Heroes of Sontar			Alan Barnes	14 April 2011
Kiss of Death			Stephen Cole	19 May 2011
Rat Trap			Tony Lee	June 2011
The Emerald Tiger			Barnaby Edwards	17 April 2012
The Jupiter Conjunction			Eddie Robson	May 2012
The Butcher of Brisbane			Marc Platt	June 2012
The Burning Prince			John Dorney	19 September 2012
1001 Nights			Emma Beeby, Gordon Rennie	12 December 2012
My Brother's Keeper
The Interplanetarian			Jonathan Barnes
Smuggling Tales			Catherine Harvey
Eldrad Must Die!			Marc Platt	10 April 2013
The Lady of Mercia	Paul Magrs	8 May 2013
Prisoners of Fate	Jonathan Morris	11 June 2013
1963: Fanfare for the Common Men	Eddie Robson	11 September 2013
Moonflesh	Mark Morris	11 April 2014
Tomb Ship	Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby	14 May 2014
Masquerade	Stephen Cole	18 June 2014
Mistfall	Andrew Smith	14 January 2015
Equilibrium	Matt Fitton	12 February 2015
The Entropy Plague	Jonathan Morris	12 March 2015
The Secret History	Eddie Robson	17 June 2015
The Waters of Amsterdam	Jonathan Morris	11 January 2016
Aquitaine	Simon Barnard, Paul Morris	17 February 2016
The Peterloo Massacre	Paul Magrs	15 March 2016
And You Will Obey Me	Alan Barnes	12 April 2016
The Memory Bank	Chris Chapman	12 October 2016
The Last Fairy Tale	Paul Magrs
Repeat Offender	Eddie Robson
The Becoming	Ian Potter
The Star Men	Andrew Smith	10 January 2017
The Contingency Club	Phil Mulryne	14 February 2017
Zaltys	Matthew Elliott	21 March 2017
Alien Heart	Stephen Cole	19 April 2017
Dalek Soul	Guy Adams
Time in Office	Eddie Robson	12 September 2017
Kingdom of Lies	Robert Khan, Tom Salinsky	17 January 2018
Ghost Walk	James Goss	13 February 2018
Serpent in the Silver Mask	David Llewellyn	20 March 2018
The Helliax Rift	Scott Handcock	17 April 2018
Devil in the Mist	Cavan Scott	15 January 2019
Black Thursday	Jamie Anderson	12 February 2019
Power Game	Eddie Robson
The Kamelion Empire	Jonathan Morris	12 March 2019
Tartarus	David Llewellyn	17 September 2019
Interstitial	Carl Rowens	15 October 2019
Feast of Fear	Martyn Waites
Warzone	Chris Chapman	12 November 2019
Conversion	Guy Adams
Ghost Station	Steve Lyons	31 July 2020
The Bridge Master	Jacqueline Rayner
What Lurks Down Under	Tommy Donbavand
The Dancing Plague	Kate Thorman
Thin Time	Dan Abnett	12 August 2020
Madquake	Guy Adams
Aimed at the Body	James Kettle	13 October 2020
Lightspeed	Jonathan Morris
The Bookshop at the End of the World	Simon Guerrier
Interlude	Dan Starkey
Echo Chamber	Jonathan Barnes	10 November 2020
Towards Zero	Roland Moore
Castle Hydra	Lizzie Hopley
Effect and Cause	John Dorney
The Blazing Hour	James Kettle	9 February 2021
The End of the Beginning	Robert Valentine	16 March 2021
Excelis Dawns	Special Releases	Paul Magrs	11 February 2002
No Place Like Home		Iain McLaughlin	9 January 2003
Cuddlesome		Nigel Fairs	6 March 2008
Return to the Web Planet		Daniel O'Mahony	11 December 2007
The Four Doctors		Peter Anghelides	15 December 2010
The Five Companions		Eddie Robson	11 December 2011
The Light at the End		Nicholas Briggs	23 October 2013
Relative Time	The Legacy of Time	Matt Fitton	17 July 2019
Collision Course		Guy Adams
The Elite	The Lost Stories series 3	Barbara Clegg	October 2011
Hexagora		Peter Ling, Hazel Adair	November 2011
The Children of Seth		Christopher Bailey	9 December 2011
Nightmare Country	The Lost Stories series 5	Steve Gallagher	14 November 2019
Psychodrome	The Fifth Doctor Adventures: The Fifth Doctor Box Set	Jonathan Morris	12 August 2014
Iterations of I		John Dorney
The Garden of Storms	The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Wicked Sisters	Simon Guerrier	12 November 2020
The Moonrakers
The People Made of Smoke
The Lost Resort	The Fifth Doctor Adventures: The Lost Resort and Other Stories	AK Benedict	8 September 2021
The Perils of Nellie Bly		Sarah Ward
Nightmare of the Daleks		Martyn Waites
Secrets of Telos	The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Forty Volume 1	Matt Fitton	4 January 2022
God of War		Sarah Grochala
The Auton Infinity	The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Forty Volume 2	Tim Foley	7 September 2022
Friendly Fire	The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Conflicts of Interest	John Dorney	5 April 2023
The Edge of the War		Jonathan Barnes
Pursuit of the Nightjar	The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In the Night	Tim Foley	5 September 2023
Resistor		Sarah Grochala
Fallen Angels	Classic Doctors, New Monsters	Phil Mulryne	28 July 2016
Empire of the Racnoss		Scott Handcock	27 July 2017
Cold Fusion	Novel Adaptations	Lance Parkin	15 December 2016
Smoke and Mirrors	Destiny of the Doctor	Steve Lyons	1 May 2013
The Darkening Eye	The Companion Chronicles series 3	Stewart Sheargold	December 2008
Ringpullworld	The Companion Chronicles series 4	Paul Magrs	12 November 2009
Peri and the Piscon Paradox	The Companion Chronicles series 5	Nev Fountain	January 2011
Freakshow	The Companion Chronicles special releases	Mark Morris	4 March 2010
The Deep	Short Trips - Volume I	Ally Kennen	5 November 2010
Sock Pig	Short Trips - Volume II	Sharon Cobb, Iain Keiller	28 February 2011
Seven to One	Short Trips - Volume III	Simon Miller	11 May 2011
Wet Walls		Mathilde Madden
The Lions of Trafalgar	Short Trips - Volume IV	Jason Arnopp	10 August 2011
The King of the Dead	Short Trips series 5	Ian Atkins	5 May 2015
Gardens of the Dead	Short Trips series 6	Jenny T Colgan	28 January 2016
Rulebook		Tony Jones	19 October 2016
The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius	Short Trips series 7	Julian Richards	7 November 2017
Trap For Fools	Short Trips series 8	Stephen Fewell	30 May 2018
The Mistpuddle Murders		Simon A. Forward	29 November 2018
The Second Oldest Question	Short Trips series 9	Carrie Thompson	2 October 2019
Downward Spiral	Short Trips series 10	Alan Flanagan	28 July 2020
The Meaning of Red		Rod Brown	6 October 2020
The Toy	Short Trips Rarities	Nigel Fairs	21 October 2015
A Room With No View	Subscriber Short Trips	David Bartlett	19 December 2014
The Monkey House		John Pritchard	13 June 2016
I, Kamelion	Interludes	Dominic G. Martin	4 January 2022
The Lady in the Lake	The Diary of River Song: Series Three	Nev Fountain	23 January 2018
A Requiem for the Doctor		Jacqueline Rayner
My Dinner with Andrew		John Dorney
The Furies		Matt Fitton
Expiry Dating	The Tenth Doctor and River Song	James Goss	25 November 2020
The Gates of Hell	Out of Time	David Llewellyn	2 June 2021
Past Lives	Once and Future	Robert Valentine	3 May 2023
The Artist at the End of Time		James Goss	14 June 2023
The Union		Matt Fitton	25 October 2023
The Lost Magic	BBC New Series Adventures	Cavan Scott	3 May 2017
Doctor Who and the Visitation	Novel	Target novelisation	Eric Saward	19 August 1982
Time-Flight			Peter Grimwade	15 April 1983
Castrovalva			Christopher H. Bidmead	16 June 1983
Four to Doomsday			Terrance Dicks	21 July 1983
Earthshock			Ian Marter	18 August 1983
Terminus			John Lydecker	15 September 1983
Arc of Infinity			Terrance Dicks	20 October 1983
Terrance Dicks				24 November 1983
Mawdryn Undead			Peter Grimwade	12 January 1984
Kinda			Terrance Dicks	15 March 1984
Snakedance				3 May 1984
Enlightenment			Barbara Clegg	24 May 1984
Warriors of the Deep			Terrance Dicks	16 August 1984
Frontios			Christopher H. Bidmead	10 December 1984
Planet of Fire			Peter Grimwade	14 February 1985
The Caves of Androzani			Terrance Dicks	14 March 1985
The Awakening			Eric Pringle	13 June 1985
The King's Demons			Terence Dudley	10 July 1986
Black Orchid				19 February 1987
Resurrection of the Daleks		BBC Books novelisation	Eric Saward	18 July 2019
The Cyber Files		FASA	Ray Winninger	September 1986
Timewyrm: Revelation		Virgin New Adventures	Paul Cornell	5 December 1991
Head Games			Steve Lyons	19 October 1995
Goth Opera		Virgin Missing Adventures	Paul Cornell	21 July 1994
The Crystal Bucephalus			Craig Hinton	17 November 1994
Lords of the Storm			David A. McIntee	7 December 1995
The Sands of Time			Justin Richards	16 May 1996
Cold Fusion			Lance Parkin	5 December 1996
The Eight Doctors		BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures	Terrance Dicks	2 June 1997
The Ultimate Treasure		BBC Past Doctor Adventures	Christopher Bulis	18 August 1997
Zeta Major			Simon Messingham	6 July 1998
Deep Blue			Mark Morris	1 March 1999
Divided Loyalties			Gary Russell	4 October 1999
Imperial Moon			Christopher Bulis	7 August 2000
The King of Terror			Keith Topping	6 November 2000
Superior Beings			Nick Walters	4 June 2001
Warmonger			Terrance Dicks	6 May 2002
Fear of the Dark			Trevor Baxendale	6 January 2003
Empire of Death			David Bishop	1 March 2004
Blood and Hope		Telos Doctor Who novella	Iain McLaughlin	19 February 2004
The Coming of the Queen		New Worlds	Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett	13 October 2005
Tip of the Tongue		Puffin eshort	Patrick Ness	23 May 2013
Dr. Fifth		Dr. Men	Adam Hargreaves	6 February 2018
The Time Lord Letters		The Time Lord Letters	Justin Richards	29 September 2015
The Key of Vaga	Short story	Doctor Who Annual 1982	N/A	August 1981
Planet of Fear
Danger Down Below		Doctor Who Annual 1983		August 1982
The God Machine
The Armageddon Chrysalis
The Haven
The Penalty
Night Flight to Nowhere
The Oxaqua Incident		Doctor Who Annual 1984		August 1983
Winter on Mesique
The Creation of Camelot
Class 4 Renegade
The Volcanis Deal
The Nemertines
Fungus
Catalogue of Events		DWM prose stories	Alan McKenzie	1983
Birth of a Renegade		Radio Times	Eric Saward	November 1983
A Victorian Interlude		Brief Encounter	Andy Lane	21 March 1991
Time on a Vine			John Lydecker	1 October 1991
Encounter on Burnt Snake Flat			Marc Platt	September 1992
Perfect Day		Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	Mark Gatiss	September 1993
One Last Try		Doctor Who Yearbook 1995	Steve Lyons	September 1994
Fascination		Decalog	David J. Howe	17 March 1994
Lackaday Express			Paul Cornell
Lonely Days		Decalog 2: Lost Property	Daniel Blythe	20 July 1995
Past Reckoning		Decalog 3: Consequences	Jackie Marshall	18 July 1996
Zeitgeist			Craig Hinton
Full Stop		Now We Are Six Hundred	James Goss	26 September 2017
The Five Doctors
The Parliament of Rats		Short Trips	Daniel O'Mahony	2 March 1998
The Eternity Contract		More Short Trips	Steve Lyons	1 March 1999
Hot Ice			Christopher Bulis
A Town Called Eternity		Short Trips and Side Steps	Lance Parkin, Mark Clapham	6 March 2000
Five Card Draw		Short Trips: Zodiac	Todd Green	6 March 2002
Hearts of Stone		Short Trips: Companions	Steve Lyons	2 April 2003
Qualia			Stephen Fewell
The Canvey Angels			David Bailey
The Comet's Tail		Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors	John Binns	16 June 2003
Long Term			Andrew Campbell
Soul Mate			David Bailey
Confabula		Short Trips: The Muses	Ian Potter	September 2003
The Glass Princess			Justin Richards
Light at the End of the Tunnel		Short Trips: Steel Skies	Mark Wright	December 2003
No Exit			Kate Orman
Greenaway			Peter Anghelides
The Immortals		Short Trips: Past Tense	Simon Guerrier	9 April 2004
Graham Dilley Saves the World			Iain McLaughlin, Claire Bartlett
White Man's Burden			John Binns
Observation		Short Trips: Life Science	Ian Farrington	26 June 2004
Lant Land			Jonathan Morris
The Gangster's Story		Short Trips: Repercussions	Jon de Burgh Miller	26 August 2004
The Assassin's Story			Andrew Collins
The Juror's Story			Eddie Robson
Flashpoint		Short Trips: Monsters	Matt Grady	30 September 2004
Categorical Imperative			Simon Guerrier
Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life			Anthony Keetch
Artificial Intelligence		Short Trips: 2040	Andy Campbell	26 November 2004
In the TARDIS: Christmas Day		Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury	Val Douglas	30 December 2004
Never Seen Cairo			Darren Sellars
Last Minute Shopping			Neil Perryman
Lily			Jackie Marshall
The 57th		Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins	John Binns	9 April 2005
A Life in the Day		Short Trips: A Day in the Life	Xanna Eve Chown	7 July 2005
One Wednesday Afternoon			Alison Jacobs
Saturn	Short Trips: The Solar System	Alison Lawson	22 October 2005
Rome	Short Trips: The History of Christmas	Marcus Flavin	26 November 2005
The Church of Saint Sebastian		Stacey Smith?
Comforts of Home		Pete Kempshall
Wake	Short Trips: Farewells	Jake Elliot	4 May 2006
The Velvet Dark		Stewart Sheargold
Life After Queth		Matt Kimpton
Black and White		John Binns
Falling from Xi'an	Short Trips: The Centenarian	Steven Savile	18 September 2006
The Church of Football		Benjamin Adams
First Born		Lizzie Hopley
Resonance	Short Trips: Time Signature	Ben Woodhams	October 2006
Suspension and Disbelief	Short Trips: Destination Prague	Mary Robinette	30 June 2007
Leap Second		Bev Vincent
Men of the Earth		Kevin Killiany
The Misadventure of Mark Thorne	Short Trips: Snapshots	Andy Frankham
There's Something About Mary		Simon Guerrier
Piecemeal		James Swallow
Do You Believe in the Krampus?	Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas	Xanna Eve Chown	5 December 2007
Far Away in a Manger		Iain McLaughlin
Keeping It Real		Joseph Lidster
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back	Short Trips: Defining Patterns	Chris Thomas	March 2008
Goths and Robbers	Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership	Diane Duane	10 May 2008
God Send Me Well to Keep		Linnea Dodson
Gudok	Short Trips: Transmissions	Mags L. Halliday	1 July 2008
Tweaker		Dan Abnett
Methuselah		George Mann
Curiosity	Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life	Mike Amberry	30 September 2008
The Man on the Phone		Mark Smith
Do You Smell Carrots?	Short Trips: Christmas Around the World	Simon Guerrier	15 December 2008
The Power Supply	Short Trips: Indefinable Magic	Eddie Robson	March 2009
The Fall of the Druids		David N Smith
The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill	The Brilliant Book 2011	Mark Gatiss	20 September 2010
Diary Extract	The Shakespeare Notebooks	N/A	12 June 2014
Sontar's Little Helpers	Twelve Doctors of Christmas	Mike Tucker	6 October 2016
The Constant Doctor	The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who	Andrew Smith	4 June 2015
Mark of the Medusa	Tales of Terror	Mike Tucker	7 September 2017
A Girl Called Doubt	The Wintertime Paradox	Dave Rudden	15 October 2020
On the Planet Isopterus	Comic	Doctor Who Annual 1983	N/A	August 1982
Where's the Doctor?		Doctor Who The Official Annual 2019		1 November 2018
The Tides of Time		DWM comic stories	Steve Parkhouse	14 January - 8 July 1982
Stars Fell on Stockbridge				12 August - 9 September 1982
The Stockbridge Horror				14 October 1982 - 10 March 1983
Lunar Lagoon				14 April - 12 May 1983
4-Dimensional Vistas				9 June - 10 November 1983
The Moderator				8 December 1983 - 8 March 1984
Time & Time Again			Paul Cornell	25 November 1993
The Lunar Strangers			Gareth Roberts	7 July - 1 September 1994
The Curse of the Scarab			Alan Barnes	6 July - 31 August 1995
The Doctor Who History Tour Number Nine		The History Tour	Tim Quinn	12 November 1987
Comic Relief Comic		Comic Relief Comic	Richard Curtis, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison	16 February 1991
The Test of Time		The Doctor Who Fun Book	Tim Quinn, Dicky Howett	21 May 1987
Blood Invocation		Doctor Who Yearbook 1994	Paul Cornell	September 1993
Untitled			Tim Quinn
The Forgotten		IDW Publishing mini-series	Tony Lee	20 August 2008 - 21 January 2009
In Their Nature		Prisoners of Time	Scott & David Tipton	29 May 2013
Endgame				20 November 2013
Dead Man's Hand		Doctor Who (2012)	Tony Lee	18 September - 4 December 2013
Pull to Open		Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor	Si Spurrier	9 December 2015
Running to Stay Still				18 May 2016
Prologue: The Fifth Doctor		Titan Comics miniseries	George Mann, Cavan Scott	21 July 2016
Supremacy of the Cybermen				6 July - 16 November 2016
The Lost Dimension			George Mann, Cavan Scott, Katy Rex, Emma Beeby, Gordon Rennie, Nick Abadzis	30 August - 1 November 2017
The Last Action Figure		2017 Convention Special	Richard Dinnick	22 July 2017
Ophiuchus		The Many Lives of Doctor Who	Richard Dinnick	26 September 2018
A Stitch in Time		Comic Creator original	Phil Hoskins	18 March 2016
Doctor Who Evergreen		Illustration	Jeremy Enecio	2019