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The '''eighth season''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[2nd January]] [[1971]] and [[19th June]] [[1971]]. It marked the appearance of the [[The Master (UNIT years)|first on-screen version]] of [[The Master]] and the season was the show's first attempt at a season-long story arc as each serial featured The Master. It consisted of 5 serials, and 25 episodes. [[Jo Grant]] joins as companion.
The '''eighth season''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[2nd January]] [[1971]] and [[19th June]] [[1971]]. It starred [[Jon Pertwee]] as the [[Third Doctor]].
 
==Overview==
It marked the appearance of the [[The Master (UNIT years)|first on-screen version]] of [[The Master]] and the season was the show's first attempt at a season-long story arc as each serial featured him. It consisted of 5 serials, and 25 episodes. [[Jo Grant]] joins as companion.


==Stories==
==Stories==
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*[[Jo Grant]] - [[Katy Manning]]
*[[Jo Grant]] - [[Katy Manning]]
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]
*[[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] - [[John Levene]] (absent from Colony in Space)
*[[Mike Yates]] - [[Richard Franklin]] (absent from Colony in Space)
*[[The Master (UNIT years)|The Master]] - [[Roger Delgado]]
*[[The Master (UNIT years)|The Master]] - [[Roger Delgado]]
===Semi-regular===
*[[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] - [[John Levene]]
*[[Mike Yates]] - [[Richard Franklin]]


==Adaptations and merchandising==
==Adaptations and merchandising==

Revision as of 19:43, 27 March 2009

The eighth season of Doctor Who ran between 2nd January 1971 and 19th June 1971. It starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.

Overview

It marked the appearance of the first on-screen version of The Master and the season was the show's first attempt at a season-long story arc as each serial featured him. It consisted of 5 serials, and 25 episodes. Jo Grant joins as companion.

Stories

Main Cast

Semi-regular

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

  • Terror of the Autons
  • The Mind of Evil (in B+W)
  • The Claws of Axos
  • Colony in Space
  • The Daemons
  • The Pertwee Years (The Daemons episode 5 - in B+W)

DVD

  • The Claws of Axos

Novelisations

External Links

BBC website guide to Season 8

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