Season 8 (Doctor Who 1963)

The eighth season of Doctor Who ran between 2nd January 1971 and 19th June 1971. 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 The Master. It consisted of 5 serials, and 25 episodes. Jo Grant joins as companion.

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Stories

• Terror of the Autons
• The Mind of Evil
• The Claws of Axos
• Colony in Space
• The Dæmons

Main Cast

• The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning
• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
• Sergeant Benton - John Levene (absent from Colony in Space)
• Mike Yates - Richard Franklin (absent from Colony in Space)
• The Master - Roger Delgado

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

• Terror of the Autons
• The Mind of Evil (in B+W)
• The Claws of Axos
• Colony in Space
• The Daemons
• The Pertwee Years (The Daemons episode 5 - in B+W)

DVD

• The Claws of Axos

Novelisations

• 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

Contemporaries

Other selected TV series launched during the 1970-71 season that included the run of Season 8:

• UFO
• Doomwatch
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Monday Night Football
• The Odd Couple
• The Partridge Family
• All in the Family
• Masterpiece Theatre
• The Two Ronnies

External Links

BBC website guide to Season 8

Previous season: Season 7

Next season: Season 9