Season 14 (Doctor Who 1963)

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The fourteenth season of Doctor Who ran between 4th September 1976 and 2nd April 1977. It starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

Overview

Season 14 consisted of 6 serials and 26 episodes. The season is notable for the departure of Sarah Jane Smith in The Hand of Fear and for The Deadly Assassin, a story set entirely on Gallifrey which featured a "revisionist" portrayal of the Time Lords, as well as revealing much more about them. The Deadly Assassin also featured the return of the Master in a degenerated new form, and had the Doctor without a companion for an entire story for the first time in the entire history of Doctor Who.

The season also introduced new companion Leela. The overall Gothic ambience of the season which was helped by the introduction of the TARDIS' secondary console room, which would be used in lieu of the traditional console room into the next season.

Stories

The Masque of Mandragora (4 episodes)
The Hand of Fear (4 episodes) - Final regular appearance of Sarah Jane Smith
The Deadly Assassin (4 episodes) - Reintroduction of the Master; only story of the 1963-89 series in which the Doctor does not have a companion
The Face of Evil (4 episodes) - First appearance of Leela
The Robots of Death (4 episodes)
The Talons of Weng-Chiang (6 episodes)

Main Cast

The Doctor - Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen (The Masque of Mandragora-The Hand of Fear)
Leela - Louise Jameson (introduced The Face of Evil)

Notes

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

The Masque of Mandragora
The Hand of Fear
The Deadly Assassin
The Face of Evil
The Robots of Death
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
The Tom Baker Years (extracts from all of the stories)

DVD

The Masque of Mandragora
The Hand of Fear
The Deadly Assassin
The Robots of Death
The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Novelisations

Audiobooks

External Links

BBC website guide to Season 14

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