Season 16 (Doctor Who 1963)

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The sixteenth season of Doctor Who ran between 2nd September 1978 and 24th February 1979. This season saw the introduction of the Black and White Guardians as well as the companion Romana. This season is sometimes colloquially known as The Key to Time season after the story arc involving the Key to Time. It consisted of 6 serials and 26 epsiodes. In 2002 (Region 1) it became the first Doctor Who season to be released to DVD in its entirety in a single box set; it remained the only "classic series" season to be available as a single set until the release of Season 23, The Trial of a Time Lord to DVD in 2008.

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Stories

Main Cast

Notes

John Leeson, more well known as the voice of K-9 appeared in the flesh as Dugeen during The Power of Kroll.

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

  • The Ribos Operation
  • The Pirate Planet
  • The Stones of Blood
  • The Androids of Tara
  • The Power of Kroll
  • The Armageddon Factor
  • The Tom Baker years (excerpts from all stories)

DVD

NTSC -
PAL -
PAL -

Novelisations

Audiobooks

Contemporaries

Other selected TV series launched during the 1978-79 season:

  • Return of the Saint
  • Taxi
  • Mork & Mindy
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • WKRP in Cincinatti
  • Diff'rent Strokes
  • 3-2-1
  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Tales of the Unexpected
  • Mobile Suit Gundam
  • Real People

External Links

BBC website guide to Season 16

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