Season 9 (Doctor Who 1963)

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Season 9 — 1972
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companions:	Jo, the Brigadier, Benton, Yates
Key crew
Producer(s):	Barry Letts
Script editors:	Terrance Dicks
Series details
Start date:	1 January 1972
End date:	24 June 1972
Premiere network:	BBC1
Typical episode length:	25'
More info
Main DWMSE coverage in issues:	2, 15
Key reference books about the season:	The Discontinuity Guide, The Third Doctor Handbook, The Seventies, About Time 3, The Complete History 17, TCH 18
Key documentaries about the season:	Jon and Katy, PanoptiCon 93
Relevant Myth Makers interviews:	Nicholas Courtney, Jon Pertwee, Richard Franklin, Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (part 1), Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks (part 2), Roger Delgado, Katy Manning, Bob Baker and Dave Martin, Robert Sloman, John Levene
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Season 9 of Doctor Who ran from 1 January 1972 to 24 June 1972. It starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Katy Manning as Jo Grant. The season opened with Day of the Daleks and concluded with The Time Monster.

Overview

It consisted of five serials comprised of twenty-six episodes. Day of the Daleks re-introduced the Daleks to the series after a half-decade absence.

This was the first series of Doctor Who to launch on New Year's Day. This wouldn't happen again until the launch of Series 12 in 2020.

It was noted for being the beginning of the end of the Doctor's exile on Earth, with the Doctor's TARDIS still under the control of the Time Lords (The Mutants) and restricted freedom (The Curse of Peladon and The Time Monster), as well as UNIT and the Master appearing less frequently in compared to the previous two series.

As well as the return of the Daleks and the Ice Warriors, this series also introduced Alpha Centauri, Aggedor and the Silurians' aquatic cousins the Sea Devils.

The Time Monster introduced a new interior for the TARDIS. It was never used again and was redesigned the following series.

Notably, this was the only season of the Third Doctor era to not have a story written by Robert Holmes.

Television stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Day of the Daleks	Louis Marks	4	Return of the Daleks as regular antagonists. First appearance of the Ogrons.
2	The Curse of Peladon	Brian Hayles	4	First non-appearance of Earth since 1969. First appearance of Alpha Centauri and the planet Peladon.
3	The Sea Devils	Malcolm Hulke	6	First appearance of the Sea Devils.
4	The Mutants	Bob Baker Dave Martin	6	Episode 6 marks the first time a copyright date appears in the closing credits.
5	The Time Monster	Robert Sloman Barry Letts (uncredited)	6	Features the only use of a unique TARDIS interior redesign for the Doctor's and the Master's TARDISes.

Cast

• Dr. Who - Jon Pertwee
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning

Recurring

• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
• Sergeant Benton - John Levene
• Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
• The Master - Roger Delgado
• Alpha Centauri Voice - Ysanne Churchman
• Alpha Centauri - Stuart Fell
• Aggedor - Nick Hobbs
• Dalek Voices - Oliver Gilbert, Peter Messaline

Guest

• Controller - Aubrey Woods
• Anat - Anna Barry
• Boaz - Scott Fredericks
• Shura - Jimmy Winston
• King Peladon - David Troughton
• Hepesh - Geoffrey Toone
• Izlyr - Alan Bennion
• Ssorg - Sonny Caldinez
• Grun - Gordon Stothard
• Captain Hart - Edwin Richfield
• Trenchard - Clive Morton
• 3rd Officer Jane Blythe - June Murphy
• Commander Ridgeway - Donald Sumpter
• Walker - Martin Boddey
• Chief Sea Devil - Peter Forbes-Robertson
• Sea Devil - Pat Gorman
• Marshal - Paul Whitsun-Jones
• Ky - Garrick Hagon
• Varan - James Mellor
• Stubbs - Christopher Coll
• Cotton - Rick James
• Jaeger - George Pravda
• Sondergaard - John Hollis
• Dr. Ruth Ingram - Wanda Moore
• Stuart Hyde - Ian Collier
• Dr. Percival - John Wyse
• Krasis - Donald Eccles
• Kronos - Marc Boyle
• Dalios - George Cormack
• Galleia - Ingrid Pitt

Stories set before this season

The following stories are the known stories set between Season 8 finale The Dæmons and Season 9 opener Day of the Daleks:

• AUDIO: The Doll of Death
• AUDIO: The Magician's Oath

to be completed

Stories set during this season

• PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy (during Day of the Daleks and before The Sea Devils)
• PROSE: The Face of the Enemy (during The Curse of Peladon)
• COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask (before The Sea Devils)
• AUDIO: Tales from the Vault (after The Sea Devils)
• Involvement in PROSE: The Eight Doctors (after episode 6 of The Sea Devils)
• AUDIO: The Other Woman (somewhere between The Mutants and The Three Doctors)

Adaptations and merchandising

Home media

VHS releases

• The Day of the Daleks (1986) (edited movie format)
• The Day of the Daleks (1994)
• The Curse of Peladon (1993)
• The Sea Devils (1995)
• The Mutants (2003)
• The Time Monster (2001)

DVD & Blu-ray releases

All serials of season 9 have been released on DVD individually and some in multi-serial box sets.

Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
Day of the Daleks Includes remastered version with new special effects.	4 × 25 min.	12 September 2011	6 October 2011	13 September 2011
The Curse of Peladon Only available as part of the Peladon Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	4 × 25 min.	18 January 2010	4 March 2010	4 May 2010
The Sea Devils Only available as part of the Beneath the Surface box set in Regions 2 and 4. Available individually or in the box set in Region 1.	6 × 25 min.	14 January 2008	5 March 2008	3 June 2008
The Mutants	6 × 25 min.	31 January 2011	3 February 2011	8 February 2011
The Time Monster Only available as part of the Myths and Legends box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	6 × 25 min.	29 March 2010	3 June 2010	6 July 2010
The Collection - Season 9	26 x 25 min.	20 March 2023	TBA	11 July 2023

Download/streaming availability

Serial name	Amazon Video	BritBox	iTunes
Day of the Daleks
The Curse of Peladon (4 episodes)		✓
The Sea Devils (6 episodes)		✓
The Mutants (6 episodes)	UK	✓	Except France, Germany
The Time Monster (6 episodes)	UK	✓	Except France, Germany

BritBox is available only in the US. iTunes stores carry Doctor Who serials in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and US, unless stated otherwise.

Novels

• Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks
• Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon
• Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
• Doctor Who and the Mutants
• The Time Monster

External links

• BBC website guide to Season 9