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The seventeenth season of Doctor Who ran between 1st September 1979 and 12th January 1980. It consisted of 5 stories and 20 episodes, plus the incomplete Shada, unfinished as a result of an industrial strike.
Stories
- Destiny of the Daleks (4 episodes)
- City of Death (4 episodes)
- The Creature from the Pit (4 episodes)
- Nightmare of Eden (4 episodes)
- The Horns of Nimon (4 episodes)
- Shada (6 episodes; not completed and un-aired)
Regular cast
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Romana - Lalla Ward (introduction)
- K-9 (voice) - David Brierley (appears in The Creature from the Pit, Nightmare of Eden, The Horns of Nimon)
- K-9 (voice) - John Leeson (appears in reconstructed version of Shada)
Notes
- Romana regenerates at the start of Destiny of the Daleks.
- Season 17 had David Brierley replacing John Leeson as the voice of K-9. Leeson would return in Season 18 and all subsequent guest appearances.
Adaptations and merchandising
Video
VHS
- Destiny of the Daleks
- City of Death
- The Creature from the Pit
- Nightmare of Eden
- The Horns of Nimon
- Shada (with extra post-production work and linking narration of unfilmed sequences)
- The Tom Baker Years (extracts from all stories)
DVD
- Destiny of the Daleks
- City of Death
Novelisations
- Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks
- Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit
- Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden
- Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon
Audiobooks
External Links
BBC website guide to Season 17
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