Season 19 (Doctor Who 1963)

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Season 19 of Doctor Who ran between 4th January 1982 and 31st March 1982. It starred Peter Davison in his first season as the Fifth Doctor. With this season, the BBC returned the series to a mid-winter season start, which had last been done for Season 12 and had been the format throughout the Jon Pertwee era.

Overview

The season consisted of seven serials and 26 episodes airing on a bi-weekly schedule. Two milestones occurred in Earthshock. Firstly, the Cybermen returned, unannounced for the first time since Revenge of the Cybermen. Secondly, for the first time since The Daleks' Master Plan which had aired in 1965 and 1966, a companion died. Other milestones included Black Orchid, the first non-science fictional historical serial since 1966's The Gunfighters, and the destruction of the sonic screwdriver in The Visitation. A cliffhanger ending to the series appeared to have left Tegan stranded at Heathrow Airport with the Doctor abandoning her by mistake.

Originally, this series was going to have 28 episodes-2 more than normal. However, John Nathan-Turner used 2 of the allocated episodes for the failed pilot to K9 and Company.

Television Stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Castrovalva	Christopher H. Bidmead	4
2	Four to Doomsday	Terence Dudley	4
3	Kinda	Christopher Bailey	4
4	The Visitation	Eric Saward	4	First Doctor Who script for Eric Saward
5	Black Orchid	Terence Dudley	2	First pure historical story since 1966
6	Earthshock	Eric Saward	4	Final appearance of Adric; first companion death since 1965
7	Time-Flight	Peter Grimwade	4

Cast

Main Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Davison
• Adric - Matthew Waterhouse (Castrovalva through Earthshock)
• Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
• Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding

Recurring

• The Master - Anthony Ainley

Stories set during this season

• MA: Cold Fusion (between Castrovalva and Four to Doomsday)
• PDA: Divided Loyalties (after to The Visitation)
• CC: The Darkening Eye (Between Earthshock and Black Orchid)
• PDA: Empire of Death (affer to Time-Flight)
• Spare Parts (affer to Time-Flight)

Adaptations and Merchandising

Home Media

VHS

• Castrovalva
• Four to Doomsday
• Kinda
• The Visitation / Black Orchid
• Earthshock
• Time-Flight

DVD

• Castrovalva (2007)
• Four to Doomsday (2008)
• Kinda (2011)
• The Visitation (2004)
• Black Orchid (2008)
• Earthshock (2004)
• Time-Flight (2007)

Novels

• Castrovalva
• Four to Doomsday
• Kinda
• The Visitation
• Black Orchid
• Earthshock
• Time-Flight

Audiobooks

• Kinda

External links

• BBC website guide to Season 19