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The Tardis arrives in London, 1966, where the Doctor and Dodo visit the recently opened Post Office Tower. At its top they discover a brilliant new problem-solving super computer - the Will Operating Thought ANalogue. But when Wotan decides that it should rule the world, the Doctor is the only person who can stop its rampaging War Machines from destroying London. Luckily, he has the help of a young secretary called Polly and a sailor called Ben... - Director:
- Michael Ferguson
- Cast:
- Ric Felgate, Michael Craze, John Rolfe
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The once-feared Cybermen have disappeared from the universe without trace. An expedition from Earth arrives on Telos - homeworld of the Cybermen - to try and discover exactly what has become of the silver giants. Soon after the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria join the archaeological party, the first mysterious death occurs. With the group now stranded on Telos, it becomes clear that the Cybermen may not be as 'dead' as it was first thought... Beneath the planet's surface, giant ice-tombs hold the last remains of the Cybermen in a frozen sleep. And someone is working to re-activate them from their slumber... - Director:
- Morris Barry
- Cast:
- Patrick Troughton, Peter Hawkins, Debbie Watling
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Whilst investigating unauthorised experiments into time travel aboard Space Station Camera, the Second Doctor and Jamie (Frazer Hines) come under attack from the war-like Sontarans...Elsewhere, the Sixth Doctor and Peri (Nicola Bryant) also decide to pay a visit to Camera. They find the station abandoned, but discover Jamie, half-crazed, hiding in the ducting. And he tells them that the Doctor has been murdered... - Director:
- Peter Moffat
- Cast:
- Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant
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The Tardis lands in the lost city of Atlantis, where the crazed Professor Zaroff has convinced the Atlanteans that he can raise their city from beneath the sea. But the Doctor discovers the terrible truth behind Zaroff's plan - he intends to destroy the entire planet. With the doomsday clock ticking, the Doctor and his companions must battle to prevent the apocalypse... - Director:
- Julia Smith
- Cast:
- Patrick Troughton, Joseph Fürst, Tom Watson
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England, 1666 - the darkest days of the Great Plague. When the Doctor and his companions step from the 'Tardis' into a land gripped by fear and mistrust, they soon discover that they are not the only new arrivals. Strange lights have been seen in the sky, the Grim Reaper stalks the local woods, and evidence of advanced technology is all around... - Director:
- Peter Moffatt
- Cast:
- Janet Fielding, Eric Dodson, Peter Davison
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The "Tardis" has materialised in a world of trench warfare, barbed wire and poison gas: the Western Front, 1917. In the chaos and paranoia of the First World War, the Doctor and his companions are separated from their ship, captured and court-martialled. The death sentence is swiftly pronounced. But all is not as it seems. As the Doctor finds himself increasingly out of his depth and facing impossible odds, the only solution is the truly unthinkable. He must seek help from those he most fears - his own people, the Time Lords... - Director:
- David Maloney
- Cast:
- Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Noel Coleman
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Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them - the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe. - Director:
- Jamie Payne
- Cast:
- Matt Smith, Nicholas Briggs, Jenna Coleman
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Unit HQ comes under attack by an alien force, and the Doctor has no other option but to call on his own people, the Time Lords, for help. Breaking the first Law of Time, the first two Doctors are lifted out of their time-streams and sent to help the third. But in a universe of anti-matter, an all-powerful figure from Time Lord history is waiting, and even three Doctors may not be enough to stop him. - Director:
- Lennie Mayne
- Cast:
- Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee. Nicholas Courtney, Graham Leaman
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The 'Tardis' lands at the South Pole in 1986. The arrival coincides with the appearance of Earth's forgotten twin planet Mondas along with visitors from that world - the emotionless Cybermen. It's up to the Doctor and his friends to stop the creatures before they convert Earth's population into similar cyber creations - but the encounter will have a devastating effect on the Doctor... - Director:
- Derek Martinus
- Cast:
- Peter Hawkins, William Hartnell, Michael Craze
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Women of Victorian London fall prey to an unknown menace, while monstrous terrors lurk in the sewers under the city. Chinese gangs scurry in the dank fog, and a sinister stage magician seeks to serve his mysterious master. The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Leela (Louise Jameson) arrive, only to find themselves plunged into a series of macabre horrors… - Director:
- David Maloney
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Michael Spice
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The Tardis, along with the Doctor (Tom Baker), Leela (Louise Jameson) and K-9, arrives on Pluto in the distant future. The time travellers discover the planet has a breathable atmosphere and enjoys heat from six small suns, but the humans who live there are taxed and exploited heavily for the privilege. When Leela is captured and sentenced to death, the Doctor must save his companion, as well as stopping the ruthless Company, before it is too late... - Director:
- Pennant Roberts
- Cast:
- John Leeson, Tom Baker, Louise Jameson
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The Doctor and his companions land on a spaceship orbiting a distant and mysterious world, where a human crew lie frozen somewhere between life and death. The planet is the Sense-Sphere, home of the Sensorites, beings of immense intelligence and power. Unable to leave, the Doctor and his companions must deduce the Sensorites' intentions: are they friendly, hostile, or frightened? And what is the deadly secret at the heart of the Sense-Sphere? - Director:
- Melvyn Pinfield
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Carol Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill
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Exiled to Earth and now working for UNIT as their scientific advisor, the Doctor is summoned to an underground research centre at Wenley Moor to investigate a series of inexplicable power losses. Initially suspecting sabotage, he soon discovers that the nearby cave system conceals a colony of ancient reptilian race called the Silurians. Awaking from a hibernation which has lasted millions of years, they are now intent on reclaiming the Earth from Mankind... - Director:
- Timothy Combe
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Peter Halliday, Caroline John
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Transmitting down from Nerva Beacon, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry find themselves on Earth in the far future, long-since abandoned by the human race. But it soon becomes clear that they are not alone: a shipwrecked crew of Galsec colonists are being hunted own, one by one. What is the creature that lives in the rocks, and what is the purpose of the lethal tests it is conducting? Can the Doctor ensure the safety of the Earth for the future generations of Mankind? - Director:
- Rodney Bennett
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter
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The TARDIS lands on the planet Xeros, where a vast museum houses a collection of relics from the galactic conquests of the mighty Morok Empire. Whilst they are exploring, the Doctor (William Hartnell) and his companions make a disturbing discovery: their future selves are preserved in the museum as exhibits in a display case! Now the time travellers face a terrible dilemma: how can they escape their fate, when every decision they make could be taking them a step closer to their doom? - Director:
- Mervyn Pinfield
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
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