Season 22 (Doctor Who 1963)

Season 22 of Doctor Who ran between 5 January 1985 and 30 March 1985. It starred Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor.

Overview

The season consisted of six serials and thirteen episodes. With this season the BBC experimented with the format of the series, reducing the number of episodes to thirteen, but making each episode forty-five minutes long. The experiment did not result in improved ratings and at the end of the season the BBC announced it was cancelling the series; uproar from fans resulted in the BBC changing its mind and putting the series on an eighteen month hiatus instead. This season is notable for featuring the final appearance of Patrick Troughton as the beloved Second Doctor, in a storyline that gave rise to a popular fan theory known as Season 6b.

Television stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Attack of the Cybermen	Paula Moore, aka Eric Saward Ian Levine Paula Woolsey	2	The Doctor lands by the junkyard the First Doctor stayed at.
2	Vengeance on Varos	Philip Martin	2
3	The Mark of the Rani	Pip and Jane Baker	2	First appearance of the Rani; reappearance of the Master
4	The Two Doctors	Robert Holmes	3	Final appearance of the Second Doctor; reintroduction and final appearance of Jamie McCrimmon
5	Timelash	Glen McCoy	2
6	Revelation of the Daleks	Eric Saward	2	Final classic serial with 45-minute parts

Cast

Regulars

• The Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
• Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant

Guests

• The Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton (final appearance)
• Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines (final appearance)
• The Master - Anthony Ainley
• The Rani - Kate O'Mara (first appearance)

Adaptations and merchandising

Home media

VHS

• Attack of the Cybermen (part of Cybermen Tin)
• Vengeance on Varos
• The Mark of the Rani
• The Two Doctors
• Timelash
• Revelation of the Daleks (part of Dalek Box Set)

DVD

All serials of season 22 were released individually between 2001 and 2009.

Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
Attack of the Cybermen	2 × 45 min.	16 March 2009	7 May 2009	7 July 2009
Vengeance on Varos	2 × 45 min.	15 October 2001	8 January 2002	4 March 2003
Vengeance on Varos – Special Edition	2 × 45 min.	2012	TBA	TBA
The Mark of the Rani	2 × 45 min.	4 September 2006	2 November 2006	7 November 2006
The Two Doctors Available individually or in the Bred for War box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	3 × 45 min.	8 September 2003	7 January 2004	1 June 2004
Timelash	2 × 45 min.	9 July 2007	31 July 2007	1 April 2008
Revelation of the Daleks Available individually or in The Complete Davros Collection box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	2 × 45 min.	11 July 2005	1 September 2005	6 June 2006

Novels

• Attack of the Cybermen
• Vengeance on Varos
• The Mark of the Rani
• The Two Doctors
• Timelash

External links

• BBC website guide to Season 22