Season 24 (Doctor Who 1963)

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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.

Television Stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Time and the Rani	Pip and Jane Baker	4	Final appearance of the Sixth Doctor and first appearance of the Seventh Doctor. Final appearance of the Rani
2	Paradise Towers	Stephen Wyatt	4
3	Delta and the Bannermen	Malcolm Kohll	3
4	Dragonfire	Ian Briggs	3	Final appearance of Melanie Bush and Sabalom Glitz; first appearance of Ace

Cast

Primary Cast

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Mel - Bonnie Langford (departs in Dragonfire )
• Ace - Sophie Aldred (introduced in Dragonfire)

Guest Cast

• The Rani - Kate O'Mara
• Ray - Sara Griffiths
• Sabalom Glitz - Tony Selby

Adaptations and Merchandising

Home Media

VHS

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

DVD

• Time and the Rani (2010)
• Delta and the Bannermen (2009)

Unannounced DVDs

• Paradise Towers
• Dragonfire

Novels

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

External links

• BBC website guide to Season 24