Doctor Who (season 22)

Doctor Who (season 22)
Starring	Colin Baker Nicola Bryant Patrick Troughton Frazer Hines
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of stories	6
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	5 January – 30 March 1985

The twenty-second season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 5 January 1985 with the serial Attack of the Cybermen, and ended with Revelation of the Daleks.

Casting

Main cast

• Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor
• Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown
• Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor
• Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon

Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant continue their roles as the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown.

Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines return to play the Second Doctor and his companion Jamie McCrimmon in The Two Doctors. Their last on-screen appearance was (briefly) The Five Doctors in 1983.

Recurring stars

• Anthony Ainley as The Master
• Kate O'Mara as the Rani
• Terry Molloy as Davros

Anthony Ainley returns in The Mark of the Rani as The Master.

Kate O'Mara makes her first appearance as the Rani in The Mark of the Rani.

Terry Molloy returns to play Davros in Revelation of the Daleks and also played Russell in Attack of the Cybermen.

Guest stars

Maurice Colbourne returned as Lytton from the story Resurrection of the Daleks in Attack of the Cybermen.

David Banks makes his third of four appearances as a Cyber-leader in Attack of the Cybermen.

Michael Kilgarriff reprises his role of the Cyber-Controller from The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967).

Synopsis

The season mostly focused on Peri trying to adjust to the Sixth Doctor, who is still having trouble "getting his head on straight" while they're on adventures.

Serials

The series moved back to once-weekly Saturday broadcasts. All episodes were 45 minutes long, though they also exist in 25-minute versions. Although there were now only 13 episodes in the season, the total running time remained approximately the same as in previous seasons since the episodes were almost twice as long.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [1]	AI [1]
137	1	Attack of the Cybermen	Matthew Robinson	Paula Moore	5 January 1985 12 January 1985	6T	8.9 7.2	61 65
The Cybermen plot to hijack Halley's comet.
138	2	Vengeance on Varos	Ron Jones	Philip Martin	19 January 1985 26 January 1985	6V	7.2 7.0	63 65
The Doctor and Peri arrive on Varos, when they are pulled into a live torture show.
139	3	The Mark of the Rani	Sarah Hellings	Pip and Jane Baker	2 February 1985 9 February 1985	6X	6.3 7.3	64 64
The Master works with the Rani, who plans to take away a chemical that causes people to sleep.[2]
140	4	The Two Doctors	Peter Moffatt	Robert Holmes	16 February 1985 23 February 1985 2 March 1985	6W	6.6 6.0 6.9	65 62 65
A Sontaran plot for mastery of time leads the Sixth Doctor to team up with the Second, in order to stop them and a duo of Androgums.
141	5	Timelash	Pennant Roberts	Glen McCoy	9 March 1985 16 March 1985	6Y	6.7 7.4	66 64
The people of Karfel are terrorised by the sinister Borad.
142	6	Revelation of the Daleks	Graeme Harper	Eric Saward	23 March 1985 30 March 1985	6Z	7.4 7.7	67 65
The Great Healer (Davros) has come up with a solution for famine. It involves dead bodies and Daleks.

Supplemental episodes

A specially written segment produced for the BBC children's programme Jim'll Fix It featuring Colin Baker in character as the Sixth Doctor. It was broadcast on 23 February 1985. It is not generally considered to be canonical by Doctor Who fans.^[3]

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
"A Fix with Sontarans"	Marcus Mortimer	Eric Saward	23 February 1985
The Doctor accidentally beams on board Tegan Jovanka and an Earthling called Gareth Jenkins, who happens to be dressed in an outfit similar to his own. They then have a short battle with two Sontarans.

Broadcast

The entire season was broadcast from 5 January to 30 March 1985.

DVD Release

All serials of season 22 were released individually in between 2001 and 2009.

Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
Attack of the Cybermen	2 × 45 min.	16 March 2009	7 May 2009	7 July 2009
Vengeance on Varos	2 × 45 min.	15 October 2001	8 January 2002	4 March 2003
Vengeance on Varos – Special Edition	2 × 45 min.	10 September 2012[4]	5 September 2012	11 September 2012
The Mark of the Rani	2 × 45 min.	4 September 2006	2 November 2006	7 November 2006
The Two Doctors Available individually or in the Bred for War box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	3 × 45 min.	8 September 2003	7 January 2004	1 June 2004
Timelash	2 × 45 min.	9 July 2007	31 July 2007	1 April 2008
Revelation of the Daleks Available individually or in The Complete Davros Collection box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	2 × 45 min.	11 July 2005	1 September 2005	6 June 2006

In print

Serial name	Novelisation title	Author	First published
Attack of the Cybermen	Attack of the Cybermen	Eric Saward	1989
Vengeance on Varos	Vengeance on Varos	Philip Martin	1988
The Mark of the Rani	The Mark of the Rani	Pip and Jane Baker	1986
The Two Doctors	The Two Doctors	Robert Holmes	1985
Timelash	Timelash	Glen McCoy	1986
Revelation of the Daleks	Never novelised^^1

:^1 As of May 2015, Revelation of the Daleks is one of two serials by Eric Saward never to have been novelised.

References

1. "Ratings Guide". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The Mark of the Rani - Index
3. Mento, Charles. "A Fix with Sontarans". Doctor Who Reference Guide. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
4. "Doctor Who Online – Vengeance on Varos DVD for 2012". News.drwho-online.co.uk. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.