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'''Season 24''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[7th September]] [[1987]] and [[7th December]] [[1987]]. It introduced [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]].  
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'''Season 24''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran from [[7 September (releases)|7 September]] [[1987 (releases)|1987]] to [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] 1987. It starred [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Bonnie Langford]] as [[Melanie Bush]] and introduced [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]]. The season opened with ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' and concluded with ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''.


==Overview==
== Overview ==
The season consisted of four serials and 14 episodes of twenty-five minutes each. Unlike [[Season 23]] there was no overall story arc, and the episode allotment - two four-episode stories, two three-episode stories - would be retained for the remainder of the original series. Notably, the season featured the introduction of new companion [[Ace]], who would go on to be a prominent figure in the spinoff fiction that kept the ''Doctor Who'' name alive following its cancellation in [[1989]].
The season consisted of four serials comprised of fourteen episodes. Unlike [[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 23]], there was no overall story arc, and the episode allotment - two four-episode stories, two three-episode stories - would be retained for the remainder of the original series. Notably, the season featured the introduction of new companion [[Ace]], who would be a prominent figure in the spinoff fiction that kept the ''Doctor Who'' name alive following its cancellation in [[1989 (production)|1989]] and was the final official onscreen companion until [[Rose Tyler]] in the revived series.


==Stories==
Unlike the previous regenerations of the Doctor, the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s happened at the beginning of the season's episode. [[Colin Baker]], who played the Sixth Doctor, would not come back to shoot a few episodes leading up to the regeneration as he felt insulted at being replaced after a short time as the Doctor and was displeased to make fans think he was still the Doctor for another year when he was only offered one story before his dismissal. His Doctor's life was instead wrapped up through an audio series entitled ''[[The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure]]'' in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. As such, Sylvester McCoy briefly portrayed the Sixth Doctor when regenerating into the Seventh Doctor, the first actor to play two incarnations of the Doctor.
*[[Time and the Rani]]
*[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]  
*[[Delta and the Bannermen]]  
*[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]


==Main Cast==
This was the last season of the original series where someone either left or joined the main cast.
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
*[[Melanie Bush|Mel]] - [[Bonnie Langford]] (Departs in ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)]]'' )
*[[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] (Introduced in ''[[Dragonfire]]'')


==Adaptations and merchandising==
This was the first season since [[Season 17 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 17]] to not feature [[the Master]].
===Video===
====VHS====
*Time and the Rani
*Paradise Towers
*Delta and the Bannermen
*Dragonfire


====DVD====
== Television stories ==
Delta and the Bannermen(coming soon)
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Writer || Episodes || Notes
|-
|1 ||''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''||[[Pip and Jane Baker]]||4||First appearance of the [[Seventh Doctor]]. Final televised appearance of {{O'Mara}}. Last story to be written by Pip and Jane Baker.
|-
|2 ||''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]''||[[Stephen Wyatt]]||4||
|-
|3 ||''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]''||[[Malcolm Kohll]]||3||First appearance of the Seventh Doctor's question-mark umbrella.
|-
|4 ||''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''||[[Ian Briggs]]||3||Final regular appearance of [[Melanie Bush]], and first appearance of [[Ace]].
|}


===Novelisations===
=== Notes ===
*[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]
*''Delta and the Bannermen'' is notable in that it is one of few Classic Who stories to not have had a making-of documentary produced as part of the DVD range for its release on that medium. However, it was announced in January 2021 that the story will finally receive one when released on Blu-ray.
*[[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|Paradise Towers]]
*[[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Delta and the Bannermen]]
*[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Dragonfire]]


==External Links==
== Cast ==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season24.shtml BBC website guide to Season 24]
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] - [[Bonnie Langford]]


{{seasons}}
=== Recurring ===
{{season 24}}
* {{O'Mara|c}} - [[Kate O'Mara]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Sabalom Glitz]] - [[Tony Selby]]
 
=== Guest ===
* [[Ikona]] - [[Mark Greenstreet]]
* [[Faroon]] - [[Wanda Ventham]]
* [[Beyus]] - [[Donald Pickering]]
* [[Sarn (Time and the Rani)|Sarn]] - [[Karen Clegg]]
* [[Urak]] - [[Richard Gauntlett]]
* [[Lanisha]] - [[John Segal]]
* [[Chief Caretaker]]/The [[Great Architect]] - [[Richard Briers]]
* [[Deputy Chief Caretaker]] - [[Clive Merrison]]
* [[Tabby (Paradise Towers)|Tabby]] - [[Elizabeth Spriggs]]
* [[Tilda]] - [[Brenda Bruce]]
* [[Maddy]] - [[Judy Cornwell]]
* [[Pex]] - [[Howard Cooke]]
* [[Fire Escape]] - [[Julie Brennon]]
* [[Bin Liner]] - [[Annabel Yuresha]]
* [[Drinking Fountain|Blue Kang Leader]] - [[Catherine Cusack]]
* Yellow [[Last Yellow Kang|Kang]] - [[Astra Sheridan]]
* [[Caretaker 345/12, subsection 3|Young Caretaker]] - [[Joseph Young]]
* Video Commentary - [[Simon Coady]]
* [[Gavrok]] - [[Don Henderson]]
* [[Delta]] - [[Belinda Mayne]]
* [[Jerome Weismuller|Weismuller]] - [[Stubby Kaye]]
* [[Hawk (Delta and the Bannermen)|Hawk]] - [[Morgan Deare]]
* [[Tollmaster]] - [[Ken Dodd]]
* [[Burton]] - [[Richard Davies]]
* [[Billy (Delta and the Bannermen)|Billy]] - [[David Kinder]]
* [[Ray (Delta and the Bannermen)|Ray]] - [[Sara Griffiths]]
* [[Murray (Delta and the Bannermen)|Murray]] - [[Johnny Dennis]]
* [[Keillor]] - [[Brian Hibbard]]
* [[Chima]] - [[Tim Scott]]
* [[Bollitt]] - [[Anita Graham]]
* [[Adlon]] - [[Leslie Meadows]]
* [[The Lorells]] - [[Robin Aspland]], [[Keff McCulloch]], [[Justin Myers]], [[Ralph Salmins]]
* Vocalists - [[Tracey Wilson]], [[Jodie Wilson]]
* [[Goronwy]] - [[Hugh Lloyd]]
* [[Vinny]] - [[Martyn Geraint]]
* [[Callon]] - [[Clive Condon]]
* [[Arrex]] - [[Richard Mitchley]]
* [[Chimeron princess|Young Chimeron]] - [[Jessica McGough]], [[Amy Osborn]]
* [[Chimeron princess|Chimeron Princess]] - [[Laura Collins]], [[Carley Joseph]]
* [[Kane (Dragonfire)|Kane]] - [[Edward Peel]]
* [[Belazs]] - [[Patricia Quinn]]
* [[Kracauer]] - [[Tony Osoba]]
* [[Stellar's mother|Customer]] - [[Shirin Taylor]]
* [[Anderson (Dragonfire)|Anderson]] - [[Ian Mackenzie]]
* [[McLuhan]] - [[Stephanie Fayerman]]
* [[Bazin]] - [[Stuart Organ]]
* [[Zed (Dragonfire)|Zed]] - [[Sean Blowers]]
* [[Pudovkin]] - [[Nigel Miles-Thomas]]
* [[Dragon (biomechanoid)|The Creature]] - [[Leslie Meadows]]
* [[Announcer]] - [[Lynn Gardner]]
* [[Stellar]] - [[Miranda Borman]]
* Archivist - [[Daphne Oxenford]]
* [[Arnheim]] - [[Chris MacDonnell]]
 
== Stories set before this season ==
{{main|Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)}} (see 'Stories set during this season' section)
 
== Stories set during this season ==
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Useful Pile]]'' (Between ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' and ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'' (Between ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]] and [[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Red (audio story)|Red]]'' (Between ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' and ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[We Are The Daleks (audio story)|We Are the Daleks]]'' (Between ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Warehouse (audio story)|The Warehouse]]'' (Between ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror of the Sontarans (audio story)|Terror of the Sontarans]]'' (Between ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)|Bang-Bang-a-Boom!]]'' (Between ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flip-Flop (audio story)|Flip-Flop]]'' (Between ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]] and [[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]])''
*[[COMIC]]: ''[[Plastic Millenium (comic story)|Plastic Millenium]]'' (Between ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)|The Fires of Vulcan]]'' (Between ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' and ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[Bad Day in Tinseltown (audio story)|Bad Day in Tinseltown]]'' (Between ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' and ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
*[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ribos Inheritance (audio story)|The Ribos Inheritance]]'' (Between ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' and ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
 
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
=== Home media ===
==== VHS releases ====
* ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]] ''(1995)
* ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]] ''(1995)
* ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]] ''(2001)
* ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]] ''(1993)
 
==== DVD & Blu-ray releases ====
All serials of season 24 were released individually on DVD between 2009 and 2012.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="width:30%;"| '''Serial name'''
! style="width:10%;"| '''Number and duration<br />of episodes'''
! style="width:10%;"| '''R2 release date'''
! style="width:10%;"| '''R4 release date'''
! style="width:10%;"| '''R1 release date'''
|-
| ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''<br /><small>Available individually or in the ''[[Regeneration (DVD box set)|Regeneration]]'' box set in Region 2. <br />Only available individually in Regions 1 and 4.
|| 4 × 25 min. || [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] || [[4 November (releases)|4 November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] || [[14 June (releases)|14 June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|-
| ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' || 4 × 25 min. || [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] || [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] || [[9 August (releases)|9 August]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|-
| ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' || 3 × 25 min. || [[22 June (releases)|22 June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] || [[6 August (releases)|6 August]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] || [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
| ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''<br /><small>Only available as part of the ''[[Ace Adventures]]'' box set in Regions 2 and 4. <br />Only available individually in Region 1.
|| 3 × 25 min. || [[7 May (releases)|7 May]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] || [[7 June (releases)|7 June]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] || [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|-
| ''[[The Collection]]'' - ''[[Season 24 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 24]]'' || 14 x 25 min. || 28 June 2021 || TBA || 21 September 2021
|}
 
===  Download/streaming availability ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="width:25%;" | '''Serial name'''
!Amazon Video
!iTunes
|-
| ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' (4 episodes)
|✓
|✓
|-
| ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' (4 episodes)
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|-
| ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' (3 episodes)
|
|
|-
| ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' (3 episodes)
|
|
|}
All four stories were released in a Blu-ray box set in the UK on [[28 June (releases)|28 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]].
 
=== Novelisations ===
* ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Time and the Rani]]''
* ''[[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|Paradise Towers]]''
* ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Delta and the Bannermen]]''
* ''[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Dragonfire]]''
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season24.shtml BBC website guide to Season 24]
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Season 24 of Doctor Who ran from 7 September 1987 to 7 December 1987. It starred Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush and introduced Sophie Aldred as Ace. The season opened with Time and the Rani and concluded with Dragonfire.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

The season consisted of four serials comprised of fourteen episodes. Unlike season 23, there was no overall story arc, and the episode allotment - two four-episode stories, two three-episode stories - would be retained for the remainder of the original series. Notably, the season featured the introduction of new companion Ace, who would be a prominent figure in the spinoff fiction that kept the Doctor Who name alive following its cancellation in 1989 and was the final official onscreen companion until Rose Tyler in the revived series.

Unlike the previous regenerations of the Doctor, the Sixth Doctor's happened at the beginning of the season's episode. Colin Baker, who played the Sixth Doctor, would not come back to shoot a few episodes leading up to the regeneration as he felt insulted at being replaced after a short time as the Doctor and was displeased to make fans think he was still the Doctor for another year when he was only offered one story before his dismissal. His Doctor's life was instead wrapped up through an audio series entitled The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure in 2015. As such, Sylvester McCoy briefly portrayed the Sixth Doctor when regenerating into the Seventh Doctor, the first actor to play two incarnations of the Doctor.

This was the last season of the original series where someone either left or joined the main cast.

This was the first season since Season 17 to not feature the Master.

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

# Title Writer Episodes Notes
1 Time and the Rani Pip and Jane Baker 4 First appearance of the Seventh Doctor. Final televised appearance of the First Rani. Last story to be written by Pip and Jane Baker.
2 Paradise Towers Stephen Wyatt 4
3 Delta and the Bannermen Malcolm Kohll 3 First appearance of the Seventh Doctor's question-mark umbrella.
4 Dragonfire Ian Briggs 3 Final regular appearance of Melanie Bush, and first appearance of Ace.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Delta and the Bannermen is notable in that it is one of few Classic Who stories to not have had a making-of documentary produced as part of the DVD range for its release on that medium. However, it was announced in January 2021 that the story will finally receive one when released on Blu-ray.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Main article: Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963) (see 'Stories set during this season' section)

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

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

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

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

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

All serials of season 24 were released individually on DVD between 2009 and 2012.

Serial name Number and duration
of episodes
R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
Time and the Rani
Available individually or in the Regeneration box set in Region 2.
Only available individually in Regions 1 and 4.
4 × 25 min. 13 September 2010 4 November 2010 14 June 2011
Paradise Towers 4 × 25 min. 18 July 2011 1 September 2011 9 August 2011
Delta and the Bannermen 3 × 25 min. 22 June 2009 6 August 2009 1 September 2009
Dragonfire
Only available as part of the Ace Adventures box set in Regions 2 and 4.
Only available individually in Region 1.
3 × 25 min. 7 May 2012 7 June 2012 8 May 2012
The Collection - Season 24 14 x 25 min. 28 June 2021 TBA 21 September 2021

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

Serial name Amazon Video iTunes
Time and the Rani (4 episodes)
Paradise Towers (4 episodes)
Delta and the Bannermen (3 episodes)
Dragonfire (3 episodes)

All four stories were released in a Blu-ray box set in the UK on 28 June 2021.

Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

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