The ninth season of
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science fiction television
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series ''
Doctor Who'' began on 1 January 1972 with ''
Day of the Daleks
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'', and ended with ''
The Time Monster
''The Time Monster'' is the fifth and final serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 20 May to 24 June 1972.
The serial is set in a vi ...
''. This is the third series of the
Third Doctor
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, played by
Jon Pertwee, as well as the third to be produced by
Barry Letts
Barry Leopold Letts (26 March 1925 – 9 October 2009) was an English actor, television director, writer and producer, best known for being the producer of ''Doctor Who'' from 1969 to 1974.
Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre, ...
and script edited by
Terrance Dicks
Terrance William Dicks (14 April 1935 – 29 August 2019) was an English author and television screenwriter, script editor and producer. In television, he had a long association with the BBC science-fiction series ''Doctor Who'', working a ...
.
Casting
Main cast
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Jon Pertwee as the
Third Doctor
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*
Katy Manning
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as
Jo Grant
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Jon Pertwee continues his role as the
Third Doctor
The Third Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord fr ...
, as does
Katy Manning
Catherine Ann "Katy" Manning (born 14 October 1946) is an English- Australian actress, television presenter, voice artist and former model. Although she has made many appearances on both screen and stage, Manning is best known for her part as t ...
playing
Jo Grant
Josephine "Jo" Grant, later Jo Jones, is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Jo was introduced by Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks in the first episode of ''D ...
.
Recurring cast
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Nicholas Courtney
William Nicholas Stone Courtney (16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011) was an Egyptian-born British actor. He was known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''.
Ea ...
as
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
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*
John Levene
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as
Sergeant Benton
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*
Richard Franklin as
Mike Yates
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*
Roger Delgado
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973) was a British actor. He played many roles on television, radio and in films, and had "a long history of playing minor villains" before becoming ...
as
The Master
Nicholas Courtney
William Nicholas Stone Courtney (16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011) was an Egyptian-born British actor. He was known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''.
Ea ...
,
John Levene
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and
Richard Franklin continue their roles of
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, generally referred to simply as the Brigadier, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', created by writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln and ...
,
Sergeant Benton
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and Captain
Mike Yates
Captain Mike Yates is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', played by Richard Franklin. He was adjutant of the British contingent of UNIT, an international organization that defends Earth from al ...
respectively.
Roger Delgado
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973) was a British actor. He played many roles on television, radio and in films, and had "a long history of playing minor villains" before becoming ...
returns to play
The Master in ''
The Sea Devils
''The Sea Devils'' is the third serial of the ninth season of the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 February to 1 April 1972. It was written by M ...
'' and ''
The Time Monster
''The Time Monster'' is the fifth and final serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 20 May to 24 June 1972.
The serial is set in a vi ...
''.
Guest stars
Alan Bennion
Alan Bennion (18 April 1930 – 27 July 2018) was a British actor. He was best known for his work on the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and the police drama ''Z-Cars''. He made a total of five appearances on ''Z-Cars'', and a ...
makes his second of three appearances in the series playing an
Ice Warrior
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, portraying Lord Izlyr in ''
The Curse of Peladon
''The Curse of Peladon'' is the second serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 29 January to 19 February 1972.
The serial is set on ...
'' and
Valentine Palmer plays Monia in episodes 3 and 4.
Serials
The first serial, ''Day of the Daleks'', saw the return of the
Dalek
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s for the first time since
Season 4's ''
The Evil of the Daleks
''The Evil of the Daleks'' is the mostly-missing ninth and final serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which originally aired in seven weekly parts from 20 May to 1 July 1967.
In this seri ...
'' in 1967. This was also the first time that the Daleks had been seen in colour in the television series (they had been in colour in the two films starring
Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage, and radio roles. He achieved recognition ...
produced in the mid-1960s).
Broadcast
The entire season was broadcast from 1 January to 24 June 1972.
Home media
VHS releases
Betamax releases
Laserdisc releases
DVD and Blu-ray releases
In print
References
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