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'''Season 6''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran | '''Season 6''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran from [[10 August (releases)|10 August]] [[1968 (releases)|1968]] to [[21 June (releases)|21 June]] [[1969 (releases)|1969]]. It starred [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]], [[Frazer Hines]] as [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Wendy Padbury]] as [[Zoe Heriot]]. The season opened with ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'' and concluded with ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
It consisted of seven serials | It consisted of seven serials comprised of forty-four episodes. This season featured the first ever [[UNIT]] story, ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', which showcased the return of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | ||
It also featured the first official appearance of [[Time Lord]]s and [[Gallifrey|the as yet unnamed Doctor's home planet]] (another member of Susan and the Doctor's race, [[First Monk|the Monk]], had appeared previously, but without much elaboration and without using the term "Time Lord"). | |||
It also marked the tenure of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]]. It consisted of seven serials and forty-four episodes, including two epic-length storylines: the eight episodes of ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and the ten-episode ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''. | |||
This season was the last to be filmed in black and white. Season 6 is also the last season of ''Doctor Who'' to contain missing episodes, with all subsequent seasons affected by the then-in-effect junking policy restored through various means. | |||
This season is, fortunately, more complete than the previous three seasons, of which only five serials exist. Seven episodes from this season are lost, although audio recordings remain for all; as a result, the DVD release of ''The Invasion'' used animation to recreate the two missing episodes from that story. To date, it is the most complete season of the Patrick Troughton-era. | |||
== Television stories == | == Television stories == | ||
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! # || Title || Writer || Episodes || Notes | ! # || Title || Writer || Episodes || Notes | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1 ||''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''||[[Norman Ashby]], aka<br />[[Mervyn Haisman]]<br />[[Henry Lincoln]]<br /> (episode 5: with [[Derrick Sherwin]], uncredited)||5||First story to be written under a pseudonym. | |1 ||''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''||[[Norman Ashby]], aka<br />[[Mervyn Haisman]]<br />[[Henry Lincoln]]<br /> (episode 5: with [[Derrick Sherwin]], uncredited)||5||First story to be written under a pseudonym. First, and only, televised appearance by the [[Quark]]s. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2 ||''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''||[[Peter Ling]]<br />(episode 1: with [[Derrick Sherwin]], uncredited)||5|| | |2 ||''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''||[[Peter Ling]]<br />(episode 1: with [[Derrick Sherwin]], uncredited)||5||Introduction of the [[Land of Fiction]]. First story to be directed by [[David Maloney]]. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|3 ||''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''||[[Derrick Sherwin]]<br />Concept by [[Kit Pedler]]||8||First appearances of [[UNIT]] and [[John Benton | |3 ||''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]''||[[Derrick Sherwin]]<br />Concept by [[Kit Pedler]]||8||First appearances of [[UNIT]] and [[John Benton]]. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|4 ||''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]''||[[Robert Holmes]]||4||Robert | |4 ||''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]''||[[Robert Holmes]]||4||[[Robert Holmes]]' debut script for ''Doctor Who''. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|5 ||''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]''||[[Brian Hayles]]<br /> (with [[Terrance Dicks]], uncredited)||6||First Terrance Dicks script for ''Doctor Who'' | |5 ||''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]''||[[Brian Hayles]]<br /> (with [[Terrance Dicks]], uncredited)||6||First [[Terrance Dicks]] script for ''Doctor Who''. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|6 ||''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]''||Robert Holmes||6||First story of ''Doctor Who'' to be filmed using a "[[double banking]]" strategy. | |6 ||''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]''||Robert Holmes||6||First story of ''Doctor Who'' to be filmed using a "[[double banking]]" strategy. Currently the last story to have missing episodes. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|7 ||''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''||Terrance Dicks<br />[[Malcolm Hulke]]||10||Final regular appearances of the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] | |7 ||''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''||Terrance Dicks<br />[[Malcolm Hulke]]||10||Final regular appearances of the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]]. First identified appearances by the [[Time Lord]]s, and first look at [[Gallifrey]]. Final episode to be filmed in black and white and the final story broadcast during the 1960s. | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
Season 6 was the first season since [[Season 1]] in which the core cast remained unchanged for the entire series: | Season 6 was the first season since [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 1]] in which the core cast remained unchanged for the entire series: | ||
* [[Second Doctor|Dr Who]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] | * [[Second Doctor|Dr Who]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] | ||
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]], [[Hamish Wilson]] | * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]], [[Hamish Wilson]] | ||
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* [[Scientist (The War Games)|Scientist]] - [[Vernon Dobtcheff]] | * [[Scientist (The War Games)|Scientist]] - [[Vernon Dobtcheff]] | ||
* Sergeant [[Russell (The War Games)|Russell]] - [[David Weston]] | * Sergeant [[Russell (The War Games)|Russell]] - [[David Weston]] | ||
* [[Security Chief]] - [[James Bree]] | * [[Security Chief (The War Games)|Security Chief]] - [[James Bree]] | ||
* [[The War Lord|War Lord]] - [[Philip Madoc]] | * [[The War Lord|War Lord]] - [[Philip Madoc]] | ||
* [[Goth|First Time Lord]] - [[Bernard Horsfall]] | * [[Goth|First Time Lord]] - [[Bernard Horsfall]] | ||
== Stories set before this season == | |||
The following stories are the known stories to be set between the [[Season 5 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 5]] finale ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' and Season 6 opener ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''. | |||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks (audio story)|Fear of the Daleks]]'' | |||
''to be completed'' | |||
== Stories set during this season == | == Stories set during this season == | ||
* [[ | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Future Imperfect (short story)|Future Imperfect]]'' (during Episode 5 ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Aliens and Predators (short story)|Aliens and Predators]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | |||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Aliens and Predators]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | * Involvement in [[PROSE]]: ''[[UPVC (short story)|UPVC]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | ||
* Involvement in [[PROSE]] ''[[UPVC]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | * Involvement in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colony of Lies (novel)|The Colony of Lies]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | ||
* Involvement in [[PROSE]] ''[[The Colony of Lies]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Foreign Devils (novel)|Foreign Devils]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Foreign Devils]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | |||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Isos Network (audio story)|The Isos Network]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Isos Network (audio story)|The Isos Network]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vortex of Fear]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vortex of Fear (short story)|Vortex of Fear]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction (novel)|The Final Sanction]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | ||
* [[ | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Please Shut the Gate (short story)|Please Shut the Gate]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Constant Companion (short story)|Constant Companion]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | |||
* [[ | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man (novel)|The Indestructible Man]] ''(between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | ||
* [[ | * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glorious Revolution (audio story)|The Glorious Revolution]]'' (after ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') | ||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The | * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lords of the Red Planet (audio story)|Lords of the Red Planet]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel of Ice (novel)|The Wheel of Ice]]'' (between ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Menagerie]]'' (between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Echoes of Grey (audio story)|Echoes of Grey]]'' (before ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | ||
* Zoe's involvement in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'' (before ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | |||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Memory Cheats (audio story)|The Memory Cheats]]'' (before ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | |||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jigsaw War (audio story)|The Jigsaw War]]'' (before ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | |||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Uncertainty Principle (audio story)|The Uncertainty Principle]]'' (before ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | |||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Integral (audio story)|The Integral]]'' (before ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | |||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Menagerie (novel)|The Menagerie]]'' (between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | |||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Angel (short story)|Fallen Angel]]'' (between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Angel (short story)|Fallen Angel]]'' (between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | ||
* Involvement in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'' (during episode 9 of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dying Light (audio story)|The Dying Light]]'' (between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[War Crimes]]'' (during episode 10 of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Edge (CC audio story)|The Edge]]'' (between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | ||
* Jamie and Zoe's involvement in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Last of the Cybermen (audio story)|Last of the Cybermen]]'' (between ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' and ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | |||
* Involvement in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'' (during episode 9 of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | |||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[War Crimes (short story)|War Crimes]]'' (during episode 10 of ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | |||
== Adaptations and merchandising == | == Adaptations and merchandising == | ||
=== Home media === | === Home media === | ||
==== VHS ==== | ==== VHS releases ==== | ||
* ''The Dominators'' (1990) | * ''The Dominators'' (1990) | ||
* ''The Mind Robber'' (1990) | * ''The Mind Robber'' (1990) | ||
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* ''The Space Pirates'' (1998/2007) (Episodes 1, 3-6 only) | * ''The Space Pirates'' (1998/2007) (Episodes 1, 3-6 only) | ||
==== DVD ==== | ==== DVD & Blu-ray releases ==== | ||
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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 Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'' || 5 × 25 min. || 12 July 2010 || 2 September 2010 || 11 January 2011 | | ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'' || 5 × 25 min. || 12 July 2010 || 2 September 2010 || 11 January 2011 | ||
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| ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'' || 5 × 20 min. || 7 March 2005 || 5 May 2005 || 6 September 2005 | | ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'' || 5 × 20 min. || 7 March 2005 || 5 May 2005 || 6 September 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' | | ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' (with animated reconstructions of episodes 1 & 4) || 8 × 25 min. || 6 November 2006 || 3 January 2007 || 6 March 2007 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'' || 4 × 25 min. || 2 July 2012 || 2 August 2012 || 10 July 2012 | | ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'' || 4 × 25 min. || 2 July 2012 || 2 August 2012 || 10 July 2012 | ||
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| ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' || 6 × 25 min. || 17 February 2003 || 5 May 2003 || 2 March 2004 | | ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' || 6 × 25 min. || 17 February 2003 || 5 May 2003 || 2 March 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' – Special Edition<br /><small>Only available as part of the ''Revisitations 2'' box set in Regions 2 and 4. <br />Only available individually in Region 1.</small> || 6 × 25 min. || 28 March 2011 || 5 May 2011 || 12 June 2012 | | ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' – Special Edition<br /><small>Only available as part of the ''[[Revisitations|Revisitations 2]]'' box set in Regions 2 and 4. <br />Only available individually in Region 1.</small> || 6 × 25 min. || 28 March 2011 || 5 May 2011 || 12 June 2012 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' || 10 × 25 min. || 6 July 2009 || 3 September 2009 || 3 November 2009 | | ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'' || 10 × 25 min. || 6 July 2009 || 3 September 2009 || 3 November 2009 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' | | ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]: [[Patrick Troughton]]'' | ||
''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' (episode 2 of 6) | |||
(also includes surviving clips from ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') | |||
| 1 × 25 min.<br /> | | 1 × 25 min.<br /> | ||
| 1 November 2004 | | 1 November 2004 | ||
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| ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''<br /><small>(5 episodes)</small> | | ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]''<br /><small>(5 episodes)</small> | ||
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== Other information == | == Other information == | ||
Novels and other media contend that further adventures of the [[Second Doctor]] occurred during [[Season 6B]] prior to his [[regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]] as seen in [[Season 7]] of the television series. | Novels and other media contend that further adventures of the [[Second Doctor]] occurred during [[Season 6B]] prior to his [[regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]] as seen in [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 7]] of the television series. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Series 6for other, similarly-named pages.
Season 6 of Doctor Who ran from 10 August 1968 to 21 June 1969. It starred Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon and Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot. The season opened with The Dominators and concluded with The War Games.
Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]
It consisted of seven serials comprised of forty-four episodes. This season featured the first ever UNIT story, The Invasion, which showcased the return of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
It also featured the first official appearance of Time Lords and the as yet unnamed Doctor's home planet (another member of Susan and the Doctor's race, the Monk, had appeared previously, but without much elaboration and without using the term "Time Lord").
It also marked the tenure of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. It consisted of seven serials and forty-four episodes, including two epic-length storylines: the eight episodes of The Invasion and the ten-episode The War Games.
This season was the last to be filmed in black and white. Season 6 is also the last season of Doctor Who to contain missing episodes, with all subsequent seasons affected by the then-in-effect junking policy restored through various means.
This season is, fortunately, more complete than the previous three seasons, of which only five serials exist. Seven episodes from this season are lost, although audio recordings remain for all; as a result, the DVD release of The Invasion used animation to recreate the two missing episodes from that story. To date, it is the most complete season of the Patrick Troughton-era.
Television stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
| # | Title | Writer | Episodes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dominators | Norman Ashby, aka Mervyn Haisman Henry Lincoln (episode 5: with Derrick Sherwin, uncredited) |
5 | First story to be written under a pseudonym. First, and only, televised appearance by the Quarks. |
| 2 | The Mind Robber | Peter Ling (episode 1: with Derrick Sherwin, uncredited) |
5 | Introduction of the Land of Fiction. First story to be directed by David Maloney. |
| 3 | The Invasion | Derrick Sherwin Concept by Kit Pedler |
8 | First appearances of UNIT and John Benton. |
| 4 | The Krotons | Robert Holmes | 4 | Robert Holmes' debut script for Doctor Who. |
| 5 | The Seeds of Death | Brian Hayles (with Terrance Dicks, uncredited) |
6 | First Terrance Dicks script for Doctor Who. |
| 6 | The Space Pirates | Robert Holmes | 6 | First story of Doctor Who to be filmed using a "double banking" strategy. Currently the last story to have missing episodes. |
| 7 | The War Games | Terrance Dicks Malcolm Hulke |
10 | Final regular appearances of the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot. First identified appearances by the Time Lords, and first look at Gallifrey. Final episode to be filmed in black and white and the final story broadcast during the 1960s. |
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Season 6 was the first season since Season 1 in which the core cast remained unchanged for the entire series:
Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Corporal Benton - John Levene
- Tanya - Clare Jenkins
Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Rago - Ronald Allen
- Toba - Kenneth Ives
- Cully - Arthur Cox
- Kando - Felicity Gibson
- Teel - Giles Block
- Balan - Johnson Bayly
- Senex - Walter Fitzgerald
- Quark Voices - Sheila Grant
- Master of the Land - Emrys Jones
- Gulliver - Bernard Horsfall
- Princess Rapunzel - Christine Pirie
- Karkus - Christopher Robbie
- Isobel Watkins - Sally Faulkner
- Tobias Vaughn - Kevin Stoney
- Packer - Peter Halliday
- Captain Turner - Robert Sidaway
- Sergeant Walters - James Thornhill
- Professor Watkins - Edward Burnham
- Selris - James Copeland
- Vana - Madeleine Mills
- Thara - Gilbert Wynne
- Eelek - Philip Madoc
- Beta - James Cairncross
- Kroton Voices - Roy Skelton, Patrick Tull
- Radnor - Ronald Leigh-Hunt
- Eldred - Philip Ray
- Gia Kelly - Louise Pajo
- Fewsham - Terry Scully
- Phipps - Christopher Coll
- Slaar - Alan Bennion
- Grand Marshall - Graham Leaman
- Caven - Dudley Foster
- Dervish - Brian Peck
- General Hermack - Jack May
- Major Ian Warne - Donald Gee
- Milo Clancey - Gordon Gostelow
- Madeleine Issigri - Lisa Daniely
- Dom Issigri - Esmond Knight
- Technician Penn - George Layton
- Lieutenant Carstairs - David Savile
- Lady Jennifer Buckingham - Jane Sherwin
- General Smythe - Noel Coleman
- Von Weich - David Garfield
- War Chief - Edward Brayshaw
- Scientist - Vernon Dobtcheff
- Sergeant Russell - David Weston
- Security Chief - James Bree
- War Lord - Philip Madoc
- First Time Lord - Bernard Horsfall
Stories set before this season[[edit] | [edit source]]
The following stories are the known stories to be set between the Season 5 finale The Wheel in Space and Season 6 opener The Dominators.
to be completed
Stories set during this season[[edit] | [edit source]]
- PROSE: Future Imperfect (during Episode 5 The Mind Robber)
- PROSE: Aliens and Predators (between The Invasion and The Krotons)
- Involvement in PROSE: UPVC (between The Invasion and The Krotons)
- Involvement in PROSE: The Colony of Lies (between The Invasion and The Krotons)
- PROSE: Foreign Devils (between The Invasion and The Krotons)
- AUDIO: The Isos Network (between The Invasion and The Krotons)
- PROSE: Vortex of Fear (between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates)
- PROSE: The Final Sanction (between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates)
- PROSE: Please Shut the Gate (between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates)
- PROSE: Constant Companion (between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates)
- PROSE: The Indestructible Man (between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates)
- AUDIO: The Glorious Revolution (after The Seeds of Death)
- AUDIO: Lords of the Red Planet (between The Seeds of Death and The War Games)
- PROSE: The Wheel of Ice (between The Seeds of Death and The Space Pirates)
- AUDIO: Echoes of Grey (before The Space Pirates)
- Zoe's involvement in AUDIO: Tales from the Vault (before The Space Pirates)
- AUDIO: The Memory Cheats (before The Space Pirates)
- AUDIO: The Jigsaw War (before The Space Pirates)
- AUDIO: The Uncertainty Principle (before The Space Pirates)
- AUDIO: The Integral (before The Space Pirates)
- PROSE: The Menagerie (between The Space Pirates and The War Games)
- PROSE: Fallen Angel (between The Space Pirates and The War Games)
- AUDIO: The Dying Light (between The Space Pirates and The War Games)
- AUDIO: The Edge (between The Space Pirates and The War Games)
- Jamie and Zoe's involvement in AUDIO: Last of the Cybermen (between The Space Pirates and The War Games)
- Involvement in PROSE: The Eight Doctors (during episode 9 of The War Games)
- PROSE: War Crimes (during episode 10 of The War Games)
Adaptations and merchandising[[edit] | [edit source]]
Home media[[edit] | [edit source]]
VHS releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Dominators (1990)
- The Mind Robber (1990)
- The Invasion (with narration of episodes 1 and 4) (1993)
- The Krotons (1991)
- The Seeds of Death (1985/1987) (Edited Movie Format)
- The War Games (1990/2002) (on 2 tapes)
- The Troughton Years (1991) (The Space Pirates episode 2)
Loose Cannon VHS releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Invasion (2003) (Episodes 1 and 4 only)
- The Space Pirates (1998/2007) (Episodes 1, 3-6 only)
DVD & Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Serial name | Number and duration of episodes |
R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dominators | 5 × 25 min. | 12 July 2010 | 2 September 2010 | 11 January 2011 |
| The Mind Robber | 5 × 20 min. | 7 March 2005 | 5 May 2005 | 6 September 2005 |
| The Invasion (with animated reconstructions of episodes 1 & 4) | 8 × 25 min. | 6 November 2006 | 3 January 2007 | 6 March 2007 |
| The Krotons | 4 × 25 min. | 2 July 2012 | 2 August 2012 | 10 July 2012 |
| The Seeds of Death | 6 × 25 min. | 17 February 2003 | 5 May 2003 | 2 March 2004 |
| The Seeds of Death – Special Edition Only available as part of the Revisitations 2 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1. |
6 × 25 min. | 28 March 2011 | 5 May 2011 | 12 June 2012 |
| The War Games | 10 × 25 min. | 6 July 2009 | 3 September 2009 | 3 November 2009 |
| Lost in Time: Patrick Troughton
The Space Pirates (episode 2 of 6) (also includes surviving clips from The Space Pirates) |
1 × 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 | Google Play | iTunes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dominators (5 episodes) |
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| The Mind Robber (5 episodes) |
✓ | ✓ | Except UK | |
| The Invasion (8 episodes with animated reconstructions of episodes 1 & 4) |
✓ | |||
| The Krotons (4 episodes) |
UK | ✓ | ✓ | |
| The Seeds of Death (6 episodes) |
UK | ✓ | ✓ | |
| The Space Pirates | ||||
| The War Games (10 episodes) |
✓ |
BritBox is available only in the US. iTunes stores carry Doctor Who serials in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and US, unless stated otherwise.
Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Dominators
- The Mind Robber
- The Invasion
- The Krotons
- The Seeds of Death
- The Space Pirates
- Doctor Who and the War Games
Other information[[edit] | [edit source]]
Novels and other media contend that further adventures of the Second Doctor occurred during Season 6B prior to his regeneration into the Third Doctor as seen in Season 7 of the television series.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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