Season 8 (Doctor Who 1963)

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The eighth season of Doctor Who ran between 2nd January 1971 and 19th June 1971. It starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.

Overview

It marked the appearance of the first on-screen version of The Master and the season was the show's first attempt at a season-long story arc as each serial featured him. It consisted of 5 serials, and 25 episodes. Jo Grant joins as companion.

Television Stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Terror of the Autons	Robert Holmes	4	First appearances of Jo Grant, Mike Yates and The Master; beginning of the season-long Master arc
2	The Mind of Evil	Don Houghton	6
3	The Claws of Axos	Bob Baker Dave Martin	4
4	Colony in Space	Malcolm Hulke	6
5	The Dæmons	Guy Leopold, aka Robert Sloman Barry Letts	5	Conclusion of the Master arc

Main Cast

The cast of Season 8.

Regular

• The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
• The Master - Roger Delgado

Semi-Regular

• Sergeant Benton - John Levene
• Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
• Corporal Bell - Fernanda Marlowe

Adaptations and merchandising

Home Media

VHS

• Terror of the Autons (1993) (Colour Restoration)
• The Mind of Evil (1998) (in B+W)
• The Claws of Axos (1992)
• Colony in Space (2001)
• The Dæmons (1993) (Colour Restoration)
• The Pertwee Years (1992) (The Daemons 5 - in B+W)

DVD

• The Claws of Axos (2005)

Unannounced DVDs

• Terror of the Autons
• The Mind of Evil (with re-colourised Episodes 1-6)
• Colony in Space
• The Daemons

Novels

• Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
• The Mind of Evil
• Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
• Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
• Doctor Who and the Dæmons

External links

BBC website guide to Season 8

Previous season: Season 7

Next season: Season 9