Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 26 | No. of stories 7 Original network BBC One | |
Starring Peter Davison
Matthew Waterhouse
Sarah Sutton
Janet Fielding Original release 4 January (1982-01-04) – 30 March 1982 (1982-03-30) | ||
The nineteenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 4 January 1982 with Castrovalva, and ended with Time-Flight.
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Main cast
Season 19 saw the introduction of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding), Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) were his companions. Adric is killed-off in the climax of Earthshock; a rare instance in the series of a companion dying.
Recurring stars
Anthony Ainley returns again in Castrovalva and Time-Flight as the Master.
Guest stars
David Banks makes the first of four appearances in the show as a Cyber-leader beginning in Earthshock.
Serials
Antony Root took over from Bidmead as script editor for Four to Doomsday and The Visitation, after which he was replaced by Eric Saward. The show moved from its traditional once-weekly Saturday broadcast to being broadcast twice-weekly primarily on Monday and Tuesday, although there were regional variations to the schedule.
Black Orchid was the first purely historical story, with no science-fiction elements save for the TARDIS and its crew, since The Highlanders from Season 4; it was also the first two-part serial since The Sontaran Experiment in Season 12, and the first of a regular run of a two-parter every season until the change of format to 45 minute episodes in Season 22.
Broadcast
The entire season was broadcast from 4 January to 30 March 1982.
DVD Release
All serials of season 19 were released individually in between 2003 and 2011.