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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]].


The '''twenty-fourth season''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[7th September]] [[1987]] and [[7th December]] [[1987]].  [[Sylvester McCoy]] was introduced as the [[Seventh Doctor]].  It consisted of 4 serials and 14 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 go on to be a prominent figure in the spinoff fiction that kept the ''Doctor Who'' name alive following its cancellation in 1989.
==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]].
==Stories==
*[[Time and the Rani]] (4 episodes)
*[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]] (4 episodes)
*[[Delta and the Bannermen]] (3 episodes)
*[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]] (3 episodes)


==Main Cast==
==Main Cast==
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]  
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]  
*[[Melanie Bush|Mel]] - [[Bonnie Langford]]
*[[Melanie Bush|Mel]] - [[Bonnie Langford]]
*[[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] (from ''Dragonfire'')
*[[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]] (introduced in ''Dragonfire'')


==Adaptations and merchandising==
==Adaptations and merchandising==
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====DVD====
====DVD====
*None Yet
:''None released so far''


===Novelisations===
===Novelisations===
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==External Links==
==External Links==
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season24.shtml BBC website guide to Season 24]
*[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 between 7th September 1987 and 7th December 1987. It introduced Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

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.

Main Cast

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

  • Time and the Rani
  • Paradise Towers
  • Delta and the Bannermen
  • Dragonfire

DVD

None released so far

Novelisations

Contemporaries

Other selected TV series launched during the 1987-88 season which included Season 24:

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • thirtysomething
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Unsolved Mysteries
  • Full House
  • Home and Away
  • The Wonder Years
  • America's Most Wanted
  • Red Dwarf
  • China Beach

External Links

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