Season 9 (Doctor Who 1963)

Season 9 — 1972
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companions:	Jo, the Brig, Benton, Yates
Key crew
Producer(s):	Barry Letts
Script editors:	Terrance Dicks
Series details
Start date:	1 January 1972
End date:	24 June 1972
Premiere network:	BBC1
Typical episode length:	25'
More info
Main DWMSE coverage in issues:	2, 15
Key reference books about the season:	The Discontinuity Guide, The Third Doctor Handbook, The Seventies, About Time 3
Key documentaries about the season:	Jon and Katy, PanoptiCon 93
Relevant Myth Makers interviews:	Nicholas Courtney, Jon Pertwee, Richard Franklin, Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (part 1), Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (part 2), Roger Delgado, Katy Manning, Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Robert Sloman, John Levene
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The ninth season of Doctor Who ran between 1 January 1972 and 24 June 1972. It starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.

Overview

Season 9 consisted of five serials and twenty-six episodes. Day of the Daleks re-introduced the Daleks to the series after a half-decade absence.

Television stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Day of the Daleks	Louis Marks	4	First full appearance of the Daleks since 1967. First appearance of the Ogrons.
2	The Curse of Peladon	Brian Hayles	4	First non-appearance of Earth since 1969. First full appearance of the Ice Warriors since The Seeds of Death.
3	The Sea Devils	Malcolm Hulke	6	First appearance of the Sea Devils.
4	The Mutants	Bob Baker Dave Martin	6	Episode 6 marks the first time a copyright date appears in the closing credits.
5	The Time Monster	Robert Sloman Barry Letts (uncredited)	6	Featured the only use of a unique TARDIS interior redesign for the Doctor's and the Master's TARDISes. Third explanation for the destruction of Atlantis.

Cast

Recurring

• The Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
• The Master - Roger Delgado
• Sergeant Benton - John Levene
• Mike Yates - Richard Franklin

Stories set during this season

• PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy (during Day of the Daleks and before The Sea Devils)
• PROSE: The Face of the Enemy (during The Curse of Peladon)
• PROSE: The Man in the Ion Mask (before The Sea Devils)
• AUDIO: Tales from the Vault (after The Sea Devils)
• Involvement in PROSE: The Eight Doctors (after episode 6 of The Sea Devils)

Adaptations and merchandising

Home media

VHS

• The Day of the Daleks (1986) (edited movie format)
• The Day of the Daleks (1994)
• The Curse of Peladon (1993)
• The Sea Devils (1995)
• The Mutants (2003)
• The Time Monster (2001)

DVD

All serials of season 9 have been released on DVD individually and some in multi-serial box sets.

Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
Day of the Daleks Includes remastered version with new special effects.	4 × 25 min.	12 September 2011	6 October 2011	13 September 2011
The Curse of Peladon Only available as part of the Peladon Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	4 × 25 min.	18 January 2010	4 March 2010	4 May 2010
The Sea Devils Only available as part of the Beneath the Surface box set in Regions 2 and 4. Available individually or in the box set in Region 1.	6 × 25 min.	14 January 2008	5 March 2008	3 June 2008
The Mutants	6 × 25 min.	31 January 2011	3 February 2011	8 February 2011
The Time Monster Only available as part of the Myths and Legends box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	6 × 25 min.	29 March 2010	3 June 2010	6 July 2010

Novels

• Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
• Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
• Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
• Doctor Who and the Mutants
• The Time Monster

External link

• BBC website guide to Season 9