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== Main cast ==
== Main cast ==
* [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] (Departed in ''[[The War Games]]'')
* The [[Second Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] (Departed in ''[[The War Games]]'')
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]] (Departed in ''[[The War Games]]'')
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]] (Departed in ''[[The War Games]]'')
* [[Zoe Heriot]] - [[Wendy Padbury]] (Departed in ''[[The War Games]]'')
* [[Zoe Heriot]] - [[Wendy Padbury]] (Departed in ''[[The War Games]]'')
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== Stories set during this season ==
== Stories set during this season ==
* [[CC]]: [[Fear of the Daleks]] (After [[The Wheel in Space]])
* ''[[Future Imperfect]]'' (during Episode 5 ''[[The Mind Robber]]'')
* ''[[Future Imperfect]]'' (during Episode 5 ''[[The Mind Robber]]'')
* [[VD]]: ''[[Aliens and Predators]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons]]'')
* [[VD]]: ''[[Aliens and Predators]]'' (between ''[[The Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Krotons]]'')
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* [[The Space Pirates (novelisation)|The Space Pirates]]
* [[The Space Pirates (novelisation)|The Space Pirates]]
* [[Doctor Who and the War Games|The War Games]]
* [[Doctor Who and the War Games|The War Games]]
== Other Information ==
== Other information ==
Novels and other media contend that further adventures of the [[Second Doctor]] occurred during [[Season 6B]] prior to his [[regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]] as seen in [[Season 7]] of the television series.
Novels and other media contend that further adventures of the [[Second Doctor]] occurred during [[Season 6B]] prior to his [[regeneration]] into the [[Third Doctor]] as seen in [[Season 7]] of the television series.



Revision as of 14:52, 14 March 2012

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The sixth season of Doctor Who ran between 10 August 1968 and 21 June 1969. It featured Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

Overview

Season 6 featured the first UNIT story, The Invasion, which showcased the return of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. It also featured the first official appearance of Time Lords and the Doctor's home planet (as yet unnamed). (Previously, another Time Lord, the Monk, had appeared, without much elaboration, though the name "Time Lord" first appeared in that season.) It also marked the end of the black-and-white era and the tenure of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. It consisted of seven serials and forty-four episodes, including two epic-length storylines: the eight episode of The Invasion and the ten-episode The War Games. This season is fortunately more complete than the previous three seasons, of which only four serials exist. Seven episodes from this season are lost, although audio recordings remain for all; as a result, the DVD release of The Invasion uses animation to recreate the two missing episodes from that story.

Television stories

# Title Writer Episodes Notes
1 The Dominators Norman Ashby, aka
Mervyn Haisman
Henry Lincoln
5
2 The Mind Robber Peter Ling 5
3 The Invasion Derrick Sherwin
Concept by Kit Pedler
8 First appearances of UNIT and John Benton, reintroduction of the Cybermen.
4 The Krotons Robert Holmes 4 First Robert Holmes script for Doctor Who
5 The Seeds of Death Brian Hayles
Terrance Dicks (uncredited)
6 First Terrance Dicks script for Doctor Who (uncredited)
6 The Space Pirates Robert Holmes 6
7 The War Games Malcolm Hulke
Terrance Dicks
10 Final regular appearances of the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot; first identified appearances by the Time Lords and first look at Gallifrey (not identified by name). Final black and white episode

Main cast

Guest

Season 6 was the first season since Season 1 in which the core cast remained unchanged for the entire series.

Stories set during this season

Adaptations and merchandising

Home media

VHS

  • The Dominators (1990)
  • The Mind Robber (1990)
  • The Invasion (with narration of episodes 1+4) (1993)
  • The Krotons (1991)
  • The Seeds of Death (1985/1987) (Edited Movie Format)
  • The War Games (1990/2002) (on 2 tapes)
  • The Troughton Years (1991) (The Space Pirates 2)

Loose Cannon VHSes

  • The Invasion (2003) (Episodes 1 & 4 Only)
  • The Space Pirates (1998/2007) (Episodes 1, 3-6 Only)

DVD

  • The Dominators (2010)
  • The Mind Robber (2005)
  • The Invasion (2006) (with animation of episodes 1 and 4)
  • The Seeds of Death (2003)
  • The Seeds of Death - Special Edition (2011)
  • Lost in Time (2004) (The Space Pirates 2)
  • The War Games (2009)

Unspecified DVD

The Krotons

Novels

Other information

Novels and other media contend that further adventures of the Second Doctor occurred during Season 6B prior to his regeneration into the Third Doctor as seen in Season 7 of the television series.

External links