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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Originally, [[Season 14]]'s opening four-parter ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' would also have been included to represent the Tom Baker era. However, the season was curtailed from six stories to five at short notice to avoid interfering with the BBC's scheduled [[Christmas]] programming.
* Originally, [[Season 14]]'s opening four-parter ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' would also have been included to represent the Tom Baker era. However, the season was curtailed from six stories to five at short notice to avoid interfering with BBC Two's scheduled [[Christmas]] programming.
* A second season of repeats, titled ''[[Doctor Who and the Monsters]]'', was broadcast on [[BBC One]] the following year.
* A second season of repeats, titled ''[[Doctor Who and the Monsters]]'', was broadcast on [[BBC One]] the following year.



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The Five Faces of Doctor Who was a season of repeats organised by John Nathan-Turner, broadcast on BBC Two on Monday to Thursday evenings and which began in November 1981.

He chose five four-part stories from the first four Doctors, including Logopolis as it featured the first on-screen appearance of Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor, and doing so justified the title of the season itself.

Schedule

The stories chosen and the repeat transmission dates were:

Notes

  • Originally, Season 14's opening four-parter The Masque of Mandragora would also have been included to represent the Tom Baker era. However, the season was curtailed from six stories to five at short notice to avoid interfering with BBC Two's scheduled Christmas programming.
  • A second season of repeats, titled Doctor Who and the Monsters, was broadcast on BBC One the following year.