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The '''seventeenth season''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[1st September]] [[1979]] and [[12th January]] [[1980]]. It consisted of 5 stories and 20 episodes, plus the un-aired ''Shada''
The '''seventeenth season''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran between [[1st September]] [[1979]] and [[12th January]] [[1980]]. It consisted of 5 stories and 20 episodes, plus the incomplete ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'', unfinished as a result of an industrial strike.


==Stories==
==Stories==
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==Regular cast==
==Regular cast==
*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
*[[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]]
*[[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]]
*[[Romana II|Romana]] - [[Lalla Ward]] (introduction)
*[[K-9 Mark II|K-9]] (voice) - [[David Brierly]]
*[[K-9 Mark II|K-9]] (voice) - [[David Brierley]] (appears in ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'', ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'', ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'')
*[[K-9 Mark II|K-9]] (voice) - [[John Leeson]] (appears in reconstructed version of ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'')


==Notes==
===Notes===
The [[production team]] did not complete, or air, ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' - Season 17's planned finale story.
*[[Romana]] [[regenerate]]s at the start of ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]''.
*Season 17 had [[David Brierley]] replacing [[John Leeon]] as the voice of [[K-9 Mark II|K-9]]. Leeson would return in [[Season 18]] and all subsequent guest appearances.


==Adaptations and merchandising==
==Adaptations and merchandising==
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*Nightmare of Eden
*Nightmare of Eden
*The Horns of Nimon
*The Horns of Nimon
*Shada (with linking narration of unfilmed parts)
*Shada (with extra post-production work and linking narration of unfilmed sequences)
*[[The Tom Baker Years]] (extracts from all stories)  


====DVD====
====DVD====
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