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The '''fifth season''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[2 September]] [[1967]] and [[1 June]] [[1968]]. It consisted of seven serials and forty episodes, many of which are lost. No complete stories from the season were known to have survived, until in the mid-1990s the archivists recovered a complete version of ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''. Individual episodes have survived for a few of the other stories, and audio recordings exist for all.
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|broadcast year  = 1967
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|ep count        = 40
|story count      = 7
|first ep        = The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)
|doctor          = Second Doctor
|companion        = Jamie McCrimmon
|companion2      = Victoria Waterfield
|companion3      = Zoe Heriot
|producer        = Innes Lloyd
|script ed        = Peter Bryant
|script ed2      = Derrick Sherwin
|start date      = [[2 September (releases)|2 September]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]
|end date        = [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[1968 (releases)|1968]]
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|ref book3        = The Sixties
|ref book4        = Wiped!
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'''Season 5''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran from [[2 September (releases)|2 September]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]] to [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[1968 (releases)|1968]]. It starred [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]], [[Frazer Hines]] as [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Deborah Watling]] as [[Victoria Waterfield]]. The season opened with ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and concluded with ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''.
 
== Overview ==
It consisted of seven serials comprised of forty episodes, many of which are lost. No complete stories from the season were known to have survived until the early-1990s when archivists recovered a complete version of ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.
 
A second complete story, ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'', was recovered in [[2013]], along with a nearly complete recovery of the story that followed it, ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''.
 
It is also the only season, as of 2020, where a missing episode (''The Web of Fear ''episode 3) is known to exist but has not yet been returned to the BBC. The episode in question went missing from its known location just prior to recovery of the other episodes.<ref>https://bleedingcool.com/movies/philip-morris-confirms-he-had-missing-third-episode-of-doctor-who-web-of-fear-and-teases-more-to-come/</ref>
 
Individual episodes have survived for a few of the other stories, and audio recordings exist for all. This was the first season not to have any episodes featuring Daleks. This is the first season where each story had a unique director. This is also the first season to feature no historical stories.
 
The season is also notable for having [[Patrick Troughton]] play a double-role as both the Doctor and Salamander in ''The Enemy of the World''.


== Television stories ==
== Television stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''#''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Episodes''' || '''Notes'''
! # || Title || Writer || Episodes || Notes
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|1 ||''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''||[[Kit Pedler]]<br />[[Gerry Davis]]||4||Introduction of [[Telos]], the [[Cyber-Controller]] and the [[Cybermat]]s
|1 ||''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''||[[Kit Pedler]]<br />[[Gerry Davis]]||4||Introduction of [[Telos]], the [[Cyber-Controller]] and the [[Cybermat]]s. Earliest completely preserved Second Doctor story.
|-
|-
|2 ||''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]''||[[Mervyn Haisman]]<br />[[Henry Lincoln]]||6||First appearance of the [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]]
|2 ||''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''||[[Mervyn Haisman]]<br />[[Henry Lincoln]]||6||First appearance of [[Edward Travers]], the [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]] and the [[Great Intelligence]].
|-
|-
|3 ||''[[The Ice Warriors]]''||[[Brian Hayles]]||6||First appearance of the [[Ice Warrior]]s
|3 ||''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]''||[[Brian Hayles]]||6||First appearance of the [[Ice Warrior]]s.
|-
|-
|4 ||''[[The Enemy of the World]]''||[[David Whitaker]]||6||[[Patrick Troughton]] in dual roles
|4 ||''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]''||[[David Whitaker]]||6||First story to be directed by [[Barry Letts]].
|-
|-
|5 ||''[[The Web of Fear]]''||Mervyn Haisman<br />Henry Lincoln||6||First appearance of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]]
|5 ||''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''||Mervyn Haisman<br />Henry Lincoln||6||First appearance of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], and only televised appearance of [[Anne Travers]].
|-
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|6 ||''[[Fury from the Deep]]''||[[Victor Pemberton]]||6||Final appearance of [[Victoria Waterfield]], first appearance of the [[sonic screwdriver]]
|6 ||''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]''||[[Victor Pemberton]]||6||Final regular appearance of [[Victoria Waterfield]], and the first appearance of [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver]].
|-
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|7 ||''[[The Wheel in Space]]''||David Whitaker||6||First appearance of [[Zoe Heriot]]
|7 ||''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]''||David Whitaker||6||First appearance of [[Zoe Heriot]].
|}
|}


== Main cast ==
== Cast ==
* The [[Second Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Second Doctor|Dr. Who]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
* [[Victoria Waterfield]] - [[Deborah Watling]] (Departed in ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'')
* [[Victoria Waterfield]] - [[Deborah Watling]]
* [[Zoe Heriot]] - [[Wendy Padbury]] (Introduced in ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'')
 
=== Recurring ===
* [[Zoe Heriot]] - [[Wendy Padbury]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]
* Professor [[Edward Travers]] - [[Jack Watling]]
* [[Tanya Lernov]] - [[Clare Jenkins]]
* [[Cyber-Controller|Cyberman Controller]] - [[Michael Kilgarriff]]
* [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] Voices - [[Peter Hawkins]], [[Roy Skelton]]
 
=== Guest ===
=== Guest ===
* [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]
* [[Eric Klieg]] - [[George Pastell]]
* [[Kaftan]] - [[Shirley Cooklin]]
* [[Toberman]] - [[Roy Stewart]]
* [[Parry]] - [[Aubrey Richards]]
* [[Hopper (The Tomb of the Cybermen)|Captain Hopper]] - [[George Roubicek]]
* [[Khrisong]] - [[Norman Jones]]
* [[Thonmi]] - [[David Spenser]]
* [[Songsten]] - [[Charles Morgan]]
* [[Padmasambhava]] - [[Wolfe Morris]]
* [[Clent]] - [[Peter Barkworth]]
* [[Jan Garrett|Miss Garrett]] - [[Wendy Gifford]]
* [[Elric Penley|Penley]] - [[Peter Sallis]]
* [[Storr]] - [[Angus Lennie]]
* [[Varga]] - [[Bernard Bresslaw]]
* [[Arden]] - [[George Waring]]
* [[Salamander]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Giles Kent]] - [[Bill Kerr]]
* [[Astrid Ferrier]] - [[Mary Peach]]
* [[Donald Bruce]] - [[Colin Douglas]]
* [[Theodore Benik|Benik]] - [[Milton Johns]]
* [[Fariah Neguib|Fariah]] - [[Carmen Munroe]]
* [[Swann]] - [[Christopher Burgess]]
* [[Anne Travers]] - [[Tina Packer]]
* [[Ben Knight|Captain Knight]] - [[Ralph Watson]]
* [[Harold Chorley]] - [[Jon Rollason]]
* [[Albert Arnold|Staff Sgt. Arnold]] - [[Jack Woolgar]]
* [[Gwynfor Evans|Driver Evans]] - [[Derek Pollitt]]
* [[John Robson|Robson]] - [[Victor Maddern]]
* [[Frank Harris|Harris]] - [[Roy Spencer]]
* [[Maggie Harris]] - [[June Murphy]]
* [[Van Lutyens]] - [[John Abineri]]
* [[Oak (Fury from the Deep)|Mr. Oak]] - [[John Gill]]
* [[Quill (Fury from the Deep)|Mr. Quill]] - [[Bill Burridge]]
* [[Megan Jones]] - [[Margaret John]]
* [[Jarvis Bennett]] - [[Michael Turner]]
* [[Gemma Corwyn|Dr. Gemma Crowyn]] - [[Anne Ridler]]
* [[Leo Ryan]] - [[Eric Flynn]]
* [[Enrico Casali]] - [[Donald Sumpter]]
 
== Stories set during this season ==
== Stories set during this season ==
* [[Second Doctor]] sequences of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]'' (between ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'')
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dreams of Empire]]'' (between ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' and ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'')
=== Novels ===
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Combat Rock]]'' (between ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' and ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'')
 
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (MA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' (between ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'')
* Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria's involvement in ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'' (between ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'')
* ''[[Dreams of Empire (novel)|Dreams of Empire]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great Space Elevator]]'' (between ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'')
* ''[[Combat Rock (novel)|Combat Rock]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emperor of Eternity]]'' (between ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' and ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'')
* ''[[Twilight of the Gods (MA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]''
* ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]''
 
=== Short stories ===
 
* ''[[The Age of Ambition (short story)|The Age of Ambition]]''
* ''[[The Nameless City (short story)|The Nameless City]]''
 
=== Audios ===
 
* ''[[The Death of the Daleks (audio story)|The Death of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Great Space Elevator (audio story)|The Great Space Elevator]]''
* ''[[The Story of Extinction (audio story)|The Story of Extinction]]''
* ''[[Dumb Waiter (audio story)|Dumb Waiter]]''
* ''[[The Black Hole (audio story)|The Black Hole]]''
* ''[[The Emperor of Eternity (audio story)|The Emperor of Eternity]]''
* ''[[The Elysian Blade (audio story)|The Elysian Blade]]''
* ''[[The Last Day at Work (audio story)|The Last Day at Work]]''
* ''[[Deleted Scenes (audio story)|Deleted Scenes]]''
 
=== Comics ===
''to be added''


== Adaptations and merchandising ==
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
=== Home media ===
=== Home media ===
==== VHS ====
==== VHS releases ====
* ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1992)
* ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1992)
* ''[[The Troughton Years]]'' (1991) (''The Abominable Snowmen'' 2 and ''Enemy of the World'' 3)
* ''[[The Troughton Years]]'' (1991) (''The Abominable Snowmen'' episode 2 and ''The Enemy of the World'' episode 3)
* ''[[Cybermen: The Early Years]]'' (1992) (''Wheel in Space'' 3+6)
* ''[[Cybermen: The Early Years]]'' (1992) (''The Wheel in Space'' episodes 3 and 6)
* ''The Ice Warriors Collection'' (1998) (''Ice Warriors'' 1, 4, 5+6 with short reconstructions of episodes 2+3)
* ''The Ice Warriors Collection'' (1998) (''The Ice Warriors'' 1, 4, 5 and 6 with short reconstructions of episodes 2 and 3)
* ''The Reign of Terror'' (2003) (''Web of Fear'' 1)
* ''The Reign of Terror'' (2003) (''The Web of Fear'' episode 1)


==== Loose Cannon VHSes ====
==== Loose Cannon VHS releases ====
* ''The Abominable Snowman'' (2006) (Episodes 1, 3-6 only)
* ''The Abominable Snowman'' (2006) (Episodes 1, 3-6 only)
* ''The Ice Warriors'' (2004) (Episodes 2+3 only)
* ''The Ice Warriors'' (2004) (Episodes 2 and 3 only)
* ''The Enemy of the World'' (2001) (Episodes 1-2, 4-6 only)
* ''The Enemy of the World'' (2001) (Episodes 1-2, 4-6 only)
* ''Fury from the Deep'' (2005)
* ''Fury from the Deep'' (2005)


==== DVD ====
==== DVD & Blu-ray releases ====
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
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|-
! style="width:30%;"| '''Serial name'''
! style="width:30%;" | '''Serial name'''
! style="width:10%;"| '''Number and duration<br />of episodes'''
! style="width:10%;" | '''Number and duration<br />of episodes'''
! style="width:10%;"| '''R2 release date'''  
! style="width:10%;" | '''R2 release date'''  
! style="width:10%;"| '''R4 release date'''
! style="width:10%;" | '''R4 release date'''
! style="width:10%;"| '''R1 release date'''
! style="width:10%;" | '''R1 release date'''
|-
| ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' || 4 × 25 min. || 14 January 2002 || 28 March 2002 || 6 August 2002
|-
|-
| ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' || 4 × 25 min. || 14 January 2002 || 4 April 2002 || 6 August 2002
|| ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' – Special Edition<br /><small>Only available as part of the ''[[Revisitations|Revisitations 3]]'' box set in Regions 2 and 4. <br />Only available individually in Region 1.</small>|| 4 × 25 min. || 13 February 2012 || 1 March 2012|| 13 March 2012
|-
|-
|| ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' – Special Edition<br /><small>Part of the ''Revisitations 3'' box set || 4 × 25 min. || 13 February 2012 || 1 March 2012|| 13 March 2012
|''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' (animated reconstructions of all 6 episodes and surviving episode 2)
|6 x 25 min.
|5 September 2022
|2 November 2022
|6 December 2022
|-
|''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'' (with animated reconstructions of episodes 2 & 3)
|6 x 25 min.
|26 August 2013
|28 August 2013
|17 September 2013
|-
|''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]''
|6 x 25 min.
|25 November 2013
|27 November 2013
|10 December 2013<br /><small> (Original release)</small><br /> 20 May 2014 <br /><small> (Re-release)</small>
|-
|''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'' - Special Edition
|6 x 25 min.
|26 March 2018
|8 August 2018
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' (with telesnap reconstruction of episode 3)
|6 x 25 min.
|24 February 2014
|26 February 2014
|22 April 2014
|-
|''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' - Special Edition (with animated reconstruction of episode 3)
|6 x 25 min.
|16 August 2021
|22 September 2021
|TBA
|-
|''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' (with animated reconstructions of all 6 episodes)
|6 x 25 min.
|14 September 2020
|11 November 2020
|16 March 2021
|-
|-
| ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]: [[Patrick Troughton]]''
| ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]: [[Patrick Troughton]]''
''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]''  (episode 2 of 6) <br /> ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' (episode 3 of 6)<br />''[[The Web of Fear]]'' (episode 1 of 6)<br />''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' (episodes 3 & 6 of 6)<br />(Also includes surviving clips from ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'')
''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''  (episode 2 of 6) <br /> ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'' (episode 3 of 6)<br />''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' (episode 1 of 6)<br />''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' (episodes 3 & 6 of 6)
 
(also includes surviving clips from ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' and ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'')
| 5 × 25 min.<br />
| 5 × 25 min.<br />
| 1 November 2004
| 1 November 2004
| 2 December 2004<br /><small> (Original release)<br /> 1 July 2010 <br /><small> (Re-release)</small>
| 2 December 2004<br /><small> (Original release)</small><br /> 1 July 2010 <br /><small> (Re-release)</small>
| 2 November 2004
| 2 November 2004
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|}
==== Download/streaming availability ====
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! style="width:15%;" | Google Play
! style="width:15%;" | iTunes
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| ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''<br /><small>(4&nbsp;episodes)</small>
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|| ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
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| ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]''<br /><small>(6&nbsp;episodes<br /> with animated reconstructions of episodes 2 & 3)</small>
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| ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]''<br /><small>(6&nbsp;episodes)</small>
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| ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''<br /><small>(6&nbsp;episodes<br /> with a telesnap reconstruction of episode&nbsp;3)</small>
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| ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]''
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[[BritBox]] is available only in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[US]] and [[Canada]]. [[iTunes]] stores carry ''Doctor Who ''serials in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[France]], [[Germany]], the UK and US.


=== Novelisations ===
=== Novelisations ===
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Season 5 of Doctor Who ran from 2 September 1967 to 1 June 1968. It starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon and Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield. The season opened with The Tomb of the Cybermen and concluded with The Wheel in Space.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

It consisted of seven serials comprised of forty episodes, many of which are lost. No complete stories from the season were known to have survived until the early-1990s when archivists recovered a complete version of The Tomb of the Cybermen.

A second complete story, The Enemy of the World, was recovered in 2013, along with a nearly complete recovery of the story that followed it, The Web of Fear.

It is also the only season, as of 2020, where a missing episode (The Web of Fear episode 3) is known to exist but has not yet been returned to the BBC. The episode in question went missing from its known location just prior to recovery of the other episodes.[1]

Individual episodes have survived for a few of the other stories, and audio recordings exist for all. This was the first season not to have any episodes featuring Daleks. This is the first season where each story had a unique director. This is also the first season to feature no historical stories.

The season is also notable for having Patrick Troughton play a double-role as both the Doctor and Salamander in The Enemy of the World.

Television stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Writer Episodes Notes
1 The Tomb of the Cybermen Kit Pedler
Gerry Davis
4 Introduction of Telos, the Cyber-Controller and the Cybermats. Earliest completely preserved Second Doctor story.
2 The Abominable Snowmen Mervyn Haisman
Henry Lincoln
6 First appearance of Edward Travers, the Yeti and the Great Intelligence.
3 The Ice Warriors Brian Hayles 6 First appearance of the Ice Warriors.
4 The Enemy of the World David Whitaker 6 First story to be directed by Barry Letts.
5 The Web of Fear Mervyn Haisman
Henry Lincoln
6 First appearance of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, and only televised appearance of Anne Travers.
6 Fury from the Deep Victor Pemberton 6 Final regular appearance of Victoria Waterfield, and the first appearance of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver.
7 The Wheel in Space David Whitaker 6 First appearance of Zoe Heriot.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stories set during this season[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audios[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Adaptations and merchandising[[edit] | [edit source]]

Home media[[edit] | [edit source]]

VHS releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Tomb of the Cybermen (1992)
  • The Troughton Years (1991) (The Abominable Snowmen episode 2 and The Enemy of the World episode 3)
  • Cybermen: The Early Years (1992) (The Wheel in Space episodes 3 and 6)
  • The Ice Warriors Collection (1998) (The Ice Warriors 1, 4, 5 and 6 with short reconstructions of episodes 2 and 3)
  • The Reign of Terror (2003) (The Web of Fear episode 1)

Loose Cannon VHS releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Abominable Snowman (2006) (Episodes 1, 3-6 only)
  • The Ice Warriors (2004) (Episodes 2 and 3 only)
  • The Enemy of the World (2001) (Episodes 1-2, 4-6 only)
  • Fury from the Deep (2005)

DVD & Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Serial name Number and duration
of episodes
R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
The Tomb of the Cybermen 4 × 25 min. 14 January 2002 28 March 2002 6 August 2002
The Tomb of the Cybermen – Special Edition
Only available as part of the Revisitations 3 box set in Regions 2 and 4.
Only available individually in Region 1.
4 × 25 min. 13 February 2012 1 March 2012 13 March 2012
The Abominable Snowmen (animated reconstructions of all 6 episodes and surviving episode 2) 6 x 25 min. 5 September 2022 2 November 2022 6 December 2022
The Ice Warriors (with animated reconstructions of episodes 2 & 3) 6 x 25 min. 26 August 2013 28 August 2013 17 September 2013
The Enemy of the World 6 x 25 min. 25 November 2013 27 November 2013 10 December 2013
(Original release)
20 May 2014
(Re-release)
The Enemy of the World - Special Edition 6 x 25 min. 26 March 2018 8 August 2018 N/A
The Web of Fear (with telesnap reconstruction of episode 3) 6 x 25 min. 24 February 2014 26 February 2014 22 April 2014
The Web of Fear - Special Edition (with animated reconstruction of episode 3) 6 x 25 min. 16 August 2021 22 September 2021 TBA
Fury from the Deep (with animated reconstructions of all 6 episodes) 6 x 25 min. 14 September 2020 11 November 2020 16 March 2021
Lost in Time: Patrick Troughton

The Abominable Snowmen (episode 2 of 6)
The Enemy of the World (episode 3 of 6)
The Web of Fear (episode 1 of 6)
The Wheel in Space (episodes 3 & 6 of 6)

(also includes surviving clips from The Abominable Snowmen, The Web of Fear, Fury from the Deep and The Wheel in Space)

5 × 25 min.
1 November 2004 2 December 2004
(Original release)
1 July 2010
(Re-release)
2 November 2004

Download/streaming availability[[edit] | [edit source]]

Serial name Amazon Video BritBox (US) Britbox (Canada) Google Play iTunes
The Tomb of the Cybermen
(4 episodes)
UK
The Abominable Snowmen
The Ice Warriors
(6 episodes
with animated reconstructions of episodes 2 & 3)
UK
The Enemy of the World
(6 episodes)
UK
The Web of Fear
(6 episodes
with a telesnap reconstruction of episode 3)
UK
Fury from the Deep
The Wheel in Space
(6 episodes
with telesnap reconstructions of episodes 1, 2, 4 & 5)

BritBox is available only in the UK, US and Canada. iTunes stores carry Doctor Who serials in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and US.

Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Website Guide to Season 5