Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 25 | No. of stories 5 Original network BBC One | |
Starring Jon Pertwee
Katy Manning
Nicholas Courtney
John Levene
Richard Franklin Original release 2 January (1971-01-02) – 19 June 1971 (1971-06-19) | ||
The eighth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 2 January 1971 with Terror of the Autons and ended with The Dæmons featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.
Contents
Main cast
Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor. Katy Manning makes her first appearance as companion Jo Grant in Terror of the Autons.
Recurring cast
Nicholas Courtney and John Levene continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton, while Richard Franklin makes his first appearance as Captain Mike Yates.
Roger Delgado makes his first appearance as The Master in Terror of the Autons and continues to make appearances in each of the five serials.
Guest stars
Fernanda Marlowe makes appearances in The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos as Corporal Bell.
Serials
The season marks the first appearance of the Master who goes on to make further appearances through the season in every serial as the main antagonist who is finally captured at the end of the season. Colony in Space was the first serial set away from Earth since The War Games at the end of Season 6, and came about as a result of producer Barry Letts' feeling that the Earthbound stories of the Doctor's exile were too limiting in terms of potential plotting.
Broadcast
The entire season was broadcast from 2 January to 19 June 1971.