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'''''The Five Faces of Doctor Who''''' was a season of [[rerun|repeat]]s organised by [[John Nathan-Turner]], broadcast on [[BBC Two]] on Monday to Thursday evenings and which began in [[November (releases)|November]] [[1981 (releases)|1981]].


The Five Faces of Doctor Who was a series of repeats organised by John Nathan Turner, broadcast beginning in November 1981. He chose five of the adventures from the first four doctors.
He chose five four-part stories from the first four [[The Doctor|Doctors]], including ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' as it featured the first on-screen appearance of [[Peter Davison]]'s [[Fifth Doctor]], and doing so justified the title of the season itself.


The stories he chose were:
== Schedule ==
*[[An Unearthly Child]]
The stories chosen and the repeat transmission dates were:
*[[The Krotons]]
* 5:40pm ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]: An Unearthly Child'', TX: [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] [[1981 (releases)|1981]]
*[[Carnival of Monsters]]
* 5:40pm ''An Unearthly Child: The Cave of Skulls'', TX: [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] 1981
*[[The Three Doctors]]
* 5:40pm ''An Unearthly Child: The Forest of Fear'', TX: [[4 November (releases)|4 November]] 1981
*[[Logopolis (TV story)]]
* 5:40pm ''An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker'', TX: [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] 1981
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* 5:40pm ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]: Episode One'', TX: [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] 1981
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* 5:40pm ''The Krotons: Episode Two'', TX: [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''The Krotons: Episode Three'', TX: [[11 November (releases)|11 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''The Krotons: Episode Four'', TX: [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]: Episode One'', TX: [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] 1981
* 5:35pm ''Carnival of Monsters: Episode Two'', TX: [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''Carnival of Monsters: Episode Three'', TX: [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''Carnival of Monsters: Episode Four'', TX: [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]: Episode One'', TX: [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] 1981
* 5:35pm ''The Three Doctors: Episode Two'', TX: [[24 November (releases)|24 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''The Three Doctors: Episode Three'', TX: [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''The Three Doctors: Episode Four'', TX: [[26 November (releases)|26 November]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]: Part One'', TX: [[30 November (releases)|30 November]] 1981
* 5:35pm ''Logopolis: Part Two'', TX: [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''Logopolis: Part Three'', TX: [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 1981
* 5:40pm ''Logopolis: Part Four'', TX: [[3 December (releases)|3 December]] 1981
 
== Notes ==
* A total of 20 episodes were repeated as part of this season.
* [[John Nathan-Turner]] organised the repeats to make up for the delay of [[Season 19 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 19]], which had been pushed back from [[August (releases)|August]] [[1981 (releases)|1981]] to [[January (releases)|January]] [[1982 (releases)|1982]].
* Originally, [[Season 14 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 14]]'s opening four-parter ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' would also have been included to represent the Tom Baker era. However, the season was curtailed from six stories to five at short notice so as not to disrupt the BBC's scheduled [[Christmas]] programming.
* A second season of repeats, titled ''[[Doctor Who and the Monsters]]'', was broadcast on [[BBC One]] the following year.
 
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The Five Faces of Doctor Who was a season of repeats organised by John Nathan-Turner, broadcast on BBC Two on Monday to Thursday evenings and which began in November 1981.

He chose five four-part stories from the first four Doctors, including Logopolis as it featured the first on-screen appearance of Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor, and doing so justified the title of the season itself.

Schedule[[edit] | [edit source]]

The stories chosen and the repeat transmission dates were:

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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