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It is the year 2450, and a fragile peace exists between the great empires of Earth and Draconia. The Tardis materialises aboard an Earth cargo ship which comes under attack. Arrested and accused of espionage, the Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment on the Moon, but salvation arrives in an unexpected form...Can the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Jo (Katy Manning) stop the Master's plans to provoke a galactic war and reveal the deadly enemy waiting for the chance to destroy both empires? - Director:
- Paul Bernard
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Michael Wisher, Katy Manning
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The doctor has returned Tegan to 1981 - the right time, but the wrong place. The Tardis has landed on a massive spaceship four days away from Earth. It is the domain of Monarch, a scientific genius of almost god-like power. Monarch rules over three billion of his species, as well as a group of apparently immortal humans from Earth's history. What part has he played in Earth's past, and what are his plans for its future? Will he save humanity from itself, or be its destroyer? It's four to doomsday, and the Doctor has no time to lose finding out. - Director:
- John Black
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, Stratford Johns, Matthew Waterhouse
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The mysterious disappearance of an archaeological team is merely the prelude to a deadlier threat for the Doctor and his companions - the Cybermen want to destroy Earth, and will use any means at their disposal. The Doctor's ingenuity is stretched to its very limits as he battles to defeat the Cyber army at any costs. But even he does not realise just how high that cost will be... - Director:
- Peter Grimwade
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, James Warwick, Clare Clifford
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The Doctor's own people - the Time Lords - have foreseen a time in which the Daleks dominate all other lifeforms in the universe. So disturbing is this possibility, that they break their own Laws of Time in an attempt to change the future. And who better to send on this quest than their own renegade number - the Doctor. Unwillingly transported into the fields and trenches of a battle-exhausted Skaro, the Doctor must face his most dangerous mission ever - to prevent the Daleks from ever being created. - Director:
- David Maloney
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter
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London, 1983: an old house mysteriously burns to the ground. One hundred years earlier, the Doctor and Ace arrive at a sinister mansion in the rural hamlet of Perivale. Horrors old and new await the Doctor amongst the peculiar residents of Gabriel Chase... but it is Ace who must confront her own worst nightmares when she discovers that her past and the house's future are inextricably linked... - Director:
- Alan Wareing
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, John Hallam, Ian Hogg
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A mysterious light in the sky, an unnatural glow in the ocean and a thick fog bring terror to the lighthouse keepers of Fang Rock. When the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) arrive, the first death has already cast doubt on the safety of the lighthouse. But the Doctor discovers something more terrifying and evil than even he could have imagined. - Director:
- Paddy Russell
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Sean Caffrey, Louise Jameson
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A sonic time scan draws the Tardis to the Fetch Priory on Earth. There, the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) discover an impossibly old human skull that is the key to a nightmare from the Time Lords' past. A murderous monster stalks the priory grounds; and within, someone is intent on unleashing a malevolent creature that feeds on death itself... - Director:
- George Spenton-Foster
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Wanda Ventham
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Inferno is a top-secret project that involves drilling down into the crust of the Earth to unleash a new energy source. However, the Doctor, along with his assistant Liz Shaw, is concerned that this drilling will have disastrous consequences for the whole world. His concerns are soon confirmed when the TARDIS throws him into a dangerous parallel universe, where Project Inferno is almost complete and the end of the world is near... - Director:
- Douglas Camfield
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney
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The Doctor arrives on the paradise planet of Deva Loka to find a colonial mission on the verge of collapse. Several of its members have vanished into the jungle without a trace, leaving the survivors suspicious and paranoid. The mystery deepens as it becomes clear that the planet's native inhabitants, the Kinda, possess hitherto unsuspected powers that challenge human understanding. Meanwhile the Doctor's companion, Tegan, becomes possessed by the Mara, a force of pure evil that lives in dreams and preys on fear... - Director:
- Peter Grimwade
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, Richard Todd, Nerys Hughes
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On a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population - the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian has scattered the machine's operating keys across the planet. The TARDIS crew arrive to find the island under attack by the evil Voord. Marinus' last line of defence - and its only hope - is the Conscience machine. The Doctor and his companions must undertake a deadly quest to recover the Keys of Marinus... - Director:
- John Gorrie
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
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For many years, investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) travelled through space and time with her best friend, a carefree and somewhat irresponsible Time Lord known as the Doctor. But all good things must come to an end, and they were forced to part. Sarah returned to Earth and her career, but before they went their separate ways, she made the Doctor promise not to forget her...Sarah Jane is looking forward to spending a quiet Christmas with her Aunt Lavinia (Mary Wimbush) in the sleepy village of Morton Harewood. But when she arrives, she finds her aunt is missing, and a surprise present from an old friend is waiting to be opened. Sarah and her aunt's ward, Brendan (Ian Sears), are soon caught up in the affairs of a mysterious cult who practice the black arts, and are preparing for a human sacrifice. But they have the Doctor's gift to aid them - a robot dog who answers to the name of K-9... - Director:
- John Black
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Bill Fraser
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The Doctor (Tom Baker) is behaving very oddly. After signing a treaty with enemy aliens, he returns to his home planet, Gallifrey, and demands the Presidency of the High Council of Time Lords. His first act of rule is to banish Leela (Louise Jameson) to the wastelands on pain of death. His second is to sabotage the planet's defence barriers, enabling full scale invasion. Why has the Doctor joined forces with the militaristic Vardens? Is he out for revenge against the Time Lords? Or does he have a hidden agenda? But his allies are also hiding a dark secret, for behind them is a familiar enemy waiting for the right moment to attack... - Director:
- Gerald Blake
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Stan McGowan, Louise Jameson
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Returning to London, the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith find a city almost completely devoid of life. The civilian population has been evacuated in the wake of an unimaginable event: somehow, dinosaurs have returned to terrorise the Earth... As the Brigadier and "Unit" fend off increasingly vicious attacks from gigantic prehistoric reptiles, the Doctor investigates just how these monsters are appearing without warning. But when Sarah Jane is kidnapped, the Doctor realises that perhaps even his oldest friends can't be trusted... - Director:
- Paddy Russell
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney
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The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an arctic base and under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
- Director:
- Paul Wilmshurst
- Cast:
- Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Nick Frost
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The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) head to Earth to fix the Tardis' chameleon circuit - hoping to restore the time machine's ability to blend into its surroundings. But once there they face danger involving a newly-regenerated Master (voice of Anthony Ainley) and a feisty young air hostess called Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding). How can the people of the distant and mysterious planet Logopolis help? And just who is the strange, ghostly figure watching the Doctor's every move...? - Director:
- Peter Grimwade
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Anthony Ainley, Matthew Waterhouse
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