Season 10 (Doctor Who 1963)

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The tenth season of Doctor Who ran between 30th December 1972 and 23rd June 1973. It starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. The tenth anniversary story The Three Doctors aired during this season.

Overview

It consisted of 5 serials, and 26 episodes. William Hartnell returned in a cameo as the First Doctor and Patrick Troughton in a more substantial role as the Second Doctor in The Three Doctors. This story marked the end of the Doctor's exile on Earth, opening the series up to increased off-world adventures and beginning a gradual chasing out of UNIT-related storylines. Jo Grant left this season. Roger Delgado made his final appearance as the original incarnation of the Master in Frontier in Space. Owing to the actor's accidental death, the Master never had a proper send-off and would not return as a semi-regular character until 1981.

Stories

• The Three Doctors - First appearance of the Second Doctor since 1969 and the First Doctor since 1966; final performance of William Hartnell as the Doctor
• Carnival of Monsters
• Frontier in Space - Final performance of Roger Delgado as the Master
• Planet of the Daleks
• The Green Death - Final appearance of Jo Grant

Main Cast

Regular

• The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning

Recurring

• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
• Sergeant Benton - John Levene
• Mike Yates - Richard Franklin

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

• The Three Doctors
• Carnival of Monsters
• Frontier in Space
• Planet of the Daleks (episode 3 is in B+W)
• The Green Death
• The Pertwee Years (Frontier in Space 6)

DVD

• The Three Doctors
• Carnival of Monsters
• Frontier in Space
• Planet of the Daleks
• The Green Death

Novelisations

• Doctor Who - The Three Doctors
• Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters
• Doctor Who and the Space War
• Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks
• Doctor Who and the Green Death

External Links

• BBC website guide to Season 10