Season 16 (Doctor Who 1963)

The sixteenth season of Doctor Who ran between 2nd September 1978 and 24th February 1979. This season saw the introduction of the Black and White Guardians as well as the companion Romana. This season is sometimes colloquially known as The Key to Time season after the story arc involving the Key to Time. It consisted of 6 serials and 26 epsiodes. In 2002 (Region 1) it became the first Doctor Who season to be released to DVD in its entirety in a single box set; it remained the only "classic series" season to be available as a single set until the release of Season 23, The Trial of a Time Lord to DVD in 2008.

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Stories

• The Ribos Operation (4 episodes)
• The Pirate Planet (4 episodes)
• The Stones of Blood (4 episodes)
• The Androids of Tara (4 episodes)
• The Power of Kroll (4 episodes)
• The Armageddon Factor (6 episodes)

Main Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Romana - Mary Tamm (introduced The Armageddon Factor)
• K-9 - John Leeson (voice) (absent during The Power of Kroll)

Notes

John Leeson, more well known as the voice of K-9 appeared in the flesh as Dugeen during The Power of Kroll.

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

• The Ribos Operation
• The Pirate Planet
• The Stones of Blood
• The Androids of Tara
• The Power of Kroll
• The Armageddon Factor
• The Tom Baker years (excerpts from all stories)

DVD

• The Key to Time (box set containing all stories)

• Region 1 1st October 2002

NTSC -

• Region 2 24th September 2007

PAL -

• Region 4 7th November 2007

PAL -

Novelisations

• Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation
• Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood
• Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara
• Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll
• Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor

Contemporaries

Other selected TV series launched during the 1978-79 season:

• Return of the Saint
• Taxi
• Mork & Mindy
• Battlestar Galactica
• WKRP in Cincinatti
• Diff'rent Strokes
• 3-2-1
• The Dukes of Hazzard
• Tales of the Unexpected
• Mobile Suit Gundam
• Real People

External Links

BBC website guide to Season 16

Previous season: Season 15

Next season: Season 17