Season 17 (Doctor Who 1963)

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The seventeenth season of Doctor Who ran between 1 September 1979 and 12 January 1980. It consisted of five stories and twenty episodes, plus the incomplete Shada, unfinished as a result of an industrial strike. Lalla Ward joined as Romana II, and the season is notable for the involvement of Douglas Adams in the writing department. This was the last season to use the traditional Delia Derbyshire "Doctor Who theme" arrangement.

Television stories

# Title Writer Episodes Notes
1 Destiny of the Daleks Terry Nation 4 First appearance of the second Romana; final Terry Nation Dalek script
2 City of Death David Agnew, aka David Fisher
Douglas Adams
Graham Williams
4 First story to include filming outside the UK
3 The Creature from the Pit David Fisher 4
4 Nightmare of Eden Bob Baker 4
5 The Horns of Nimon Anthony Read 4
6 Shada Douglas Adams 6
(planned)
Never completed due to industrial action and never broadcast

Regular cast

Notes

Stories set during this season

Adaptations and merchandising

Home media

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

All serials of season 17 are still being released individually.

Serial name Number and duration
of episodes
R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
Destiny of the Daleks
Available individually or in The Complete Davros Collection box set in Regions 2 and 4.
Only available individually in Region 1.
4 × 25 min. 26 November 2007 6 February 2008 4 March 2008
City of Death 4 × 25 min. 7 November 2005 1 December 2005 8 November 2005
The Creature from the Pit 4 × 25 min. 3 May 2010 1 July 2010 7 September 2010
Nightmare of Eden 4 × 25 min. 2 April 2012 TBA TBA
The Horns of Nimon
Only available as part of the Myths and Legends box set in Regions 2 and 4.
Only available individually in Region 1.
4 × 25 min. 29 March 2010 3 June 2010 6 July 2010
Shada
Will be part of The Legacy Box set
TBA 2012 TBA TBA

Novels

External links