Doctor Who (season 6)

Doctor Who season 6

Title card as used in this season
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 44: 7 serials
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 10 August 1968 (1968-08-10) – 21 June 1969 (1969-06-21)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1 6 August 2002 -
present
Region 2 14 January 2002 -
present
Region 4 4 April 2002 -
present
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The 6th season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 10 August 1968 with the first story of season 6 The Dominators and ended with Patrick Troughton's final reign as the Doctor with The War Games.

Contents

Casting

Main characters

Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury make their final appearances as The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot respectively. Troughton and his fellow actors collectively decided that the workload of Doctor Who was exhausting them, and that they would soon depart from the show. The three actors remained with the show until the conclusion of the final season six serial The War Games.

Guest stars

Nicholas Courtney reappears as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in The Invasion, last seen (as a Colonel) in The Web of Fear, and would soon make regular appearances in the program beginning with season 7's Spearhead from Space.

John Levene makes his first appearance as Sergeant Benton in The Invasion and would continue to make regular appearances from season 7 until season 13.

Serials

Terrance Dicks took over from Derrick Sherwin as script editor from The Invasion, with Sherwin resuming the role for The Space Pirates. Derrick Sherwin took over as producer from Peter Bryant for The War Games.

Story No. Episodes Title Directed by Written by UK viewers
(million)		 Original air date Production
code
044 5 The Dominators Morris Barry Mervyn Haisman
& Henry Lincoln		 6.2[1] 10 August - 7 September 1968 TT
An alien craft bearing the imperious and ruthless Dominators arrives on the peaceful planet of Dulkis. 
045 5 The Mind Robber David Maloney Peter Ling and
Derrick Sherwin		 6.9 [2] 14 September - 12 October 1968 UU
Blowing a fluid link, forces the Doctor to use the emergency unit to take the TARDIS away from danger and indeed out of reality itself. Taken them to the Land of Fiction. 
046 8 The Invasion Douglas Camfield Derrick Sherwin
and Kit Pedler		 6.9[3] 2 November - 21 December 1968 VV
The Doctor, arrives in late twentieth-century London. They soon find out that a Cyberman army are invading Earth, and that they are hidden somewhere on Earth and planning an invasion. 
047 4 The Krotons David Maloney Robert
Holmes		 8[4] 28 December 1968 - 18 January 1969 WW
On an unnamed planet, a race called the Gonds are subject to the mysterious Krotons, unseen beings to whom they provide their brightest intelligences as “companions ”. 
048 6 The Seeds of Death Michael Ferguson Brian Hayles (episodes 1-2)
Terrance Dicks (episodes 3-6)		 7.2[5] 25 January - 1 March 1969 XX
The Ice Warriors are back, and planning to destory every living thing on Earth. 
049 6 The Space Pirates Michael Hart Robert
Holmes		 5.9[6] 8 March - 12 April 1969 YY
Space beacons on the space lanes are being blown up and plundered for precious argonite by a gang of space pirates led by Caven and his associate Dervish. 
050 10 The War Games David Maloney Malcolm Hulke &
Terrance Dicks		 4.9[7] 19 April – 21 June 1969 ZZ
On an alien planet the Doctor uncovers a diabolic plot to conquer the universe, with brainwashed soldiers abducted from Earth forced to fight in simulated environments, reflecting the periods in history whence they were taken. The aliens' aim is to produce a super army from the survivors. 

Missing Episodes

DVD releases

See also: List of Doctor Who DVD and Blu-ray releases
Serial name Number and duration
of episodes		 R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
The Dominators 5 × 25 min. 12 July 2010 2 September 2010 11 January 2011
The Mind Robber 5 × 20 min. 7 March 2005 5 May 2005 6 September 2005
The Invasion (episodes 2-3 & 5-8 of 8, animation of 1 & 4) 8 × 25 min. 6 November 2006 3 January 2007 6 March 2007
The Krotons 4 × 25 min. 2012[8][9] TBA TBA
The Seeds of Death 6 × 25 min. 17 February 2003 5 May 2003 2 March 2004
The Seeds of Death – Special Edition
Only available as part of the Revisitations 2 box set in Regions 2 and 4.
Not yet available in Region 1		 6 × 25 min. 28 March 2011 5 May 2011 TBA[10]
The War Games 10 × 25 min. 6 July 2009 3 September 2009 3 November 2009

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