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| ''[[Battlefield]]'' || 4 × 25 min. <br><small> (Broadcast Version)</small><br> 1 × 96 min. <br><small> (Special Edition)</small> || 26 December 2008 || 5 February 2009 || 5 May 2009 | | ''[[Battlefield]]'' || 4 × 25 min. <br /><small> (Broadcast Version)</small><br /> 1 × 96 min. <br /><small> (Special Edition)</small> || 26 December 2008 || 5 February 2009 || 5 May 2009 | ||
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| ''[[Ghost Light]]'' || 3 × 25 min. || 20 September 2004 || 3 February 2005 || 7 June 2005 | | ''[[Ghost Light]]'' || 3 × 25 min. || 20 September 2004 || 3 February 2005 || 7 June 2005 | ||
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| ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' || 4 × 25 min. <br><small> (Broadcast Version)</small><br> 1 × 104 min. <br><small> (Special Edition)</small> || 6 October 2003 || 11 February 2004 || 1 June 2004 | | ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' || 4 × 25 min. <br /><small> (Broadcast Version)</small><br /> 1 × 104 min. <br /><small> (Special Edition)</small> || 6 October 2003 || 11 February 2004 || 1 June 2004 | ||
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| ''[[Survival]]'' || 3 × 25 min. || 16 April 2007 || 6 June 2007 || 14 August 2007 | | ''[[Survival]]'' || 3 × 25 min. || 16 April 2007 || 6 June 2007 || 14 August 2007 | ||
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Revision as of 22:47, 28 April 2012
Season 26 of Doctor Who starred Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. It aired between 6 September 1989 and 6 December 1989. This was the last season of the original BBC series. BBC Wales revived the show in 2005.
Overview
The season consisted of four stories and fourteen twenty-five-minute episodes. It was the final season of the "classic" series; the BBC announced in 1990 that it would not be producing a 27th season. A one-off Children in Need special, Dimensions in Time, appeared in 1993, after which a television film, co-produced by an American network, followed in 1996. The series finally returned in 2005. However the BBC chose to restart the season numbering with Series 1. Season 26 featured the return of Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier and the last televised appearance of Anthony Ainley as the Master. Unusually for a Doctor Who season, aside from some scenes in Survival, all the stories took place on Earth. Apart from Battlefield, the stories followed a loose character arc, as Ace came to terms with her past. As for the Doctor, he had become darker in personality, treating others as pawns in the battle between good and evil while dressing in dark clothes to match his personality change.
Television stories
| # | Title | Writer | Episodes | Notes |
| 1 | Battlefield | Ben Aaronovitch | 4 | Reintroduction of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; first UNIT story since 1976 |
| 2 | Ghost Light | Marc Platt | 3 | |
| 3 | The Curse of Fenric | Ian Briggs | 4 | |
| 4 | Survival | Rona Munro | 3 | Final appearance of Ace; last serial in the original series |
Cast
Primary cast
Guests
Adaptations and merchandising
Home media
VHS
- Battlefield
- Extended'
- Ghost Light
- The Curse of Fenric
- Extended
- Survival
DVD
All serials of season 26 were released individually in between 2003 and 2009.
| Serial name | Number and duration of episodes |
R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield | 4 × 25 min. (Broadcast Version) 1 × 96 min. (Special Edition) |
26 December 2008 | 5 February 2009 | 5 May 2009 |
| Ghost Light | 3 × 25 min. | 20 September 2004 | 3 February 2005 | 7 June 2005 |
| The Curse of Fenric | 4 × 25 min. (Broadcast Version) 1 × 104 min. (Special Edition) |
6 October 2003 | 11 February 2004 | 1 June 2004 |
| Survival | 3 × 25 min. | 16 April 2007 | 6 June 2007 | 14 August 2007 |
Novels
Behind the scenes
- The producers had already outlined basic plots for the next season of Doctor Who when the programme's cancellation hit. In that season, it was proposed that Ace should leave, and a new companion, Raine Creevy, should join. Also planned was that the entire season should do more to explore the darker side of the Doctor. While the scripts never saw a TV screen, they were eventually completed and produced as full-cast audio plays in Big Finish Productions' collection The Lost Stories.
- This is the last series not to feature the Daleks
External links
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