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'''Season 22''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]] and [[30 March (releases)|30 March]] 1985. It starred [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]]. The season opened with ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'' and concluded with ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''.

The season consisted of six serials and thirteen episodes. With this season the BBC experimented with the format of the series, reducing the number of episodes to thirteen, but making each episode forty-five minutes long. The experiment did not result in improved ratings and at the end of the season the BBC announced it was cancelling the series; uproar from fans resulted in the BBC changing its mind and putting the series on an eighteen-month hiatus instead. This season is notable for featuring the final appearance of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the beloved [[Second Doctor]], in a storyline that gave rise to a popular fan theory known as [[Season 6B]].

|1 ||''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]''||[[Paula Moore]], aka<br />[[Eric Saward]]<br />[[Ian Levine]] (extent of contribution is currently debated)<br />[[Paula Woolsey]]||2||Reappearance of [[Totters Lane]] junkyard, [[Lytton]], and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. First story to be produced in 45-minute episodes. The only televised instance where the [[chameleon circuit]] on [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] is shown functioning.

|2 ||''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]''||[[Philip Martin]]||2||First appearance of [[Sil]].

|3 ||''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]''||[[Pip and Jane Baker]]||2||First appearance of {{O'Mara}}; reappearance of [[the Master]].

|4 ||''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''||[[Robert Holmes]]||3||Reappearance of the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], and the [[Sontaran]]s. Last classic-era appearance for all of them. Last classic era multi-Doctor serial.

|6 ||''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''||[[Eric Saward]]||2||Final classic serial with 45-minute episodes; reappearance of [[Davros]]. Cliffhanger ending leads into [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (audio story)|The Nightmare Fair]]''. Last serial produced before the series went on an eighteen-month hiatus.

* [[Bates (Attack of the Cybermen)|Bates]] - [[Michael Attwell]]

* [[Stratton]] - [[Jonathan David]]

* [[Chessene of the Franzine Grig|Chessene]] - [[Jacqueline Pearce]]

* [[Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig|Shockeye]] - [[John Stratton]]

| ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]''<br /><small>Available individually or in the ''Bred for War'' box set in Regions 2 and 4. <br />Only available individually in Region 1.|| 3 × 45 min. || 8 September 2003 || 7 January 2004 || 1 June 2004

| ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]''<br /><small>Available individually or in ''The Complete Davros Collection'' box set in Regions 2 and 4. <br />Only available individually in Region 1. || 2 × 45 min. || 11 July 2005 || 1 September 2005 || 6 June 2006

===  Download/streaming availability ===

[[Target Books]] was originally unable to come to an agreement that would have allowed ''Revelation of the Daleks'' to be adapted as a novel. However, [[Eric Saward]] eventually novelised the story in collaboration with [[BBC Books]] in [[2019 (releases)|2019]], 34 years after the story first premiered on television.