Season 25 (Doctor Who 1963)

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Season 25 of Doctor Who ran between 5 October 1988 and 4 January 1989.

Overview

The season consisted of four serials and fourteen twenty-five-minute episodes. As the silver anniversary season, it included several stories noting the milestone: Remembrance of the Daleks, which featured the final "classic series" appearance of the Daleks and Davros and which was set near Coal Hill School, the location of the first episode, An Unearthly Child; and Silver Nemesis, the final classic series appearance of the Cybermen, which had its first episode broadcast on the actual 25th anniversary of the series. It also showed the lighter side of the Seventh Doctor's personality fade and be replaced by darker qualities. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy was also the last episode to have the Doctor dressed in bright colors.

Television Stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Remembrance of the Daleks	Ben Aaronovitch	4	Final classic Davros appearance
2	The Happiness Patrol	Graeme Curry	3
3	Silver Nemesis	Kevin Clarke	3	25th anniversary story. Final appearance of the original Cybermen on present day Earth until Closing Time (TV story)
4	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Stephen Wyatt	4

Cast

Primary Cast

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Ace - Sophie Aldred

Adaptations and Merchandising

Home Media

VHS

• Remembrance of the Daleks

Part of the Dalek limited edition tin, later released as part of the Davros Collection

• The Happiness Patrol
• Silver Nemesis

Available in extended version

• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

DVD

• Remembrance of the Daleks (2001)
• Remembrance of the Daleks - Special Edition (2007*/2009)

  *Exclusive to the Complete Davros Colection

• The Happiness Patrol (2012)
• Silver Nemesis (2010)
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2012)

Novels

• Remembrance of the Daleks
• The Happiness Patrol
• Silver Nemesis
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Aliens and Enemies

• Imperial Daleks
• Renegade Daleks
• Davros
• Ratcliffe
• Kandy Man
• Helen A
• Fifi
• Lady Peinforte
• De Flores
• Cybermen
• Gods of Ragnarok
• Robot Clowns
• Chief Clown

External links

• BBC website guide to Season 25