Season 15 (Doctor Who 1963)

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The fifteenth season of Doctor Who ran between 3rd September 1977 and 11th March 1978. This season introduced K9 to the series and saw the departure of Leela. It consisted of 6 serials and 26 episodes. It was originally intended to include Terrance Dicks story The Vampire Mutations but due to a major BBC production of Dracula it was postponed, it later became Season 18's State of Decay. To replace it Dicks quickly scripted Horror of Fang Rock.

Television Stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Horror of Fang Rock	Terrance Dicks	4
2	The Invisible Enemy	Bob Baker Dave Martin	4	First appearance of K9 Mk. I
3	Image of the Fendahl	Chris Boucher	4
4	The Sun Makers	Robert Holmes	4
5	Underworld	Bob Baker Dave Martin	4
6	The Invasion of Time	David Agnew, aka Anthony Read Graham Williams	6	Final appearance of Leela and K9 Mk. I; introduction of K9 Mk. II

Main Cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Leela - Louise Jameson (leaves the The Invasion of Time)
• K9 - John Leeson (voice; introduced The Invisible Enemy, leaves The Invasion of Time)

Notes

K9 Mark II, also voiced by John Leeson, replaced K9 Mark I in Season 16.

Adaptations and Merchandising

Home Media

VHS

• Horror of Fang Rock
• The Invisible Enemy
• Image of the Fendahl
• The Sun Makers
• Underworld
• The Invasion of Time
• The Tom Baker Years (excerpts of all the stories)

DVD

• Horror of Fang Rock (2005)
• The Invisible Enemy (2008)
• Image of the Fendahl (2009)
• The Sun Makers (2011)
• Underworld (2010)
• The Invasion of Time (2008)

Novels

• Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock
• Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy
• Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl
• Doctor Who and the Sunmakers
• Doctor Who and the Underworld
• Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time

External links

• BBC website guide to Season 15

Previous season: Season 14

Next season: Season 16