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Doctor WhoSeason 17

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It consisted of five stories, plus the incomplete Shada, unfinished as a result of an industrial strike. Lalla Ward joined as Romana II, and the season is notable for the involvement of Douglas Adams in the writing department. This was the last season to use the traditional Delia Derbyshire "Doctor Who theme" arrangement.

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20 Episodes

  • Destiny of the Daleks (1)
    E1
    Destiny of the Daleks (1)Skaro, the Dalek homeworld, some time in the future. The TARDIS lands in the irradiated ruins of the old Kaled city and something is moving underneath the wasted surface of the planet…
  • Destiny of the Daleks (2)
    E2
    Destiny of the Daleks (2)Romana has been captured by the Daleks, the Doctor is the guest of the Movellans. The Daleks are drilling deep into Skaro for something and the Doctor has an awful suspicion about their objective…
  • Destiny of the Daleks (3)
    E3
    Destiny of the Daleks (3)The Daleks have awoken Davros in the heart of Skaro. Only the Doctor and the Movellans stand between them and their objective. But are the Movellans really on the Doctor's side?
  • Destiny of the Daleks (4)
    E4
    Destiny of the Daleks (4)To break the centuries-old stalemate in their war, the Movellans need the Doctor, as do the Daleks Davros. The solution is simple, but neither side can see it, nor would the Doctor upset this perfect and unplanned peace they've achieved. Davros, though, is another matter.
  • City of Death (1)
    E5
    City of Death (1)While sightseeing in Paris, the Doctor and Romana find themselves repeatedly reliving the same moments in time. A visit to the Louvre Museum leads the Doctor to suspect an alien plot to steal the Mona Lisa.
  • City of Death (2)
    E6
    City of Death (2)Count Scarlioni has the Doctor, Romana and Duggan locked in his basement but the trio manage to escape and learn of the Count's experiments with time travel. Even more surprising are his multiple genuine copies of the Mona Lisa.
  • City of Death (3)
    E7
    City of Death (3)Travelling back in time to 1505 Florence in search of Leonardo da Vinci, the Doctor is surprised to instead find Count Scarlioni under a different name. Back in 1979, Romana and Duggan attempt to stop the Count's heist but arrive too late.
  • City of Death (4)
    E8
    City of Death (4)Count Scarlioni reveals his true form as Scaroth, the last of the Jagaroth and uses his time machine to go back in time and rewrite history. The Doctor, Romana and Duggan take to the Tardis in a race against time to stop him.
  • The Creature from the Pit (1)
    E9
    The Creature from the Pit (1)The Tardis lands on the overgrown jungle planet of Chloris where the Doctor examines an unusual giant eggshell but soon he and Romana are taken prisoner by the guards of Lady Adrasta, the planet's cruel ruler.
  • The Creature from the Pit (2)
    E10
    The Creature from the Pit (2)Descending into the pit, the Doctor meets the banished astrologer Organon who tells him of Lady Adrasta's monopoly over the planet's supply of metal. Back on the surface, Romana tries to prevent Adrasta from destroying K9.
  • The Creature from the Pit (3)
    E11
    The Creature from the Pit (3)Trapped face to featureless face with the alien creature, the Doctor tries his best to communicate with it. Meanwhile, as Adrasta's group tries to break through metallic bio-blockage created by the creature, bandits raid her palace for every scrap of metal they can find, including an alien shield that harbors powers no one suspects.
  • The Creature from the Pit (4)
    E12
    The Creature from the Pit (4)Full revelation of Adrasta's wicked acts in maintaining her planetary monopoly on metal brings her reign to an end, but the victimized alien creature holds a secret: massive interstellar retribution for her crimes is headed their way, with doom for all, including those whose current short-sighted actions undermine the Doctor's efforts to save the planet in order to become new leaders of the old metal monopoly.
  • Nightmare of Eden (1)
    E13
    Nightmare of Eden (1)The orbit of the holiday planet, Azure, the year 2116. The starships Empress and Hecate are fused together after an accident in hyperspace. Naturally the Doctor thinks he can find a solution, but has the accident unleashed a far more deadly menace?
  • Nightmare of Eden (2)
    E14
    Nightmare of Eden (2)The unstable interphase of the two ships opens up unexpected passageways for dangerous monsters caged in an electronic zoo aboard the cruise ship to escape. Meanwhile, as an attempt is made to hook Romana on vraxoin, the Doctor discovers a mystery man aboard ship to whom he gives chase.
  • Nightmare of Eden (3)
    E15
    Nightmare of Eden (3)The Doctor and Romana begin to uncover the truth about the strange events aboard the luxury liner Empress. They first have to separate the two ships from each other, but they've got Mandrells, drug smugglers and police chasing after them.
  • Nightmare of Eden (4)
    E16
    Nightmare of Eden (4)After succeeding in separating the two merged ships, the Doctor discovers the identities of the drug runners. He, Romana and K-9 endeavor to catch them cleverly while also avoiding both the excise men wanting to shoot them and the marauding mandrels just wanting to kill anyone in sight.
  • The Horns of Nimon (1)
    E17
    The Horns of Nimon (1)Deep space, an unknown time. The TARDIS encounters a disabled Skonnon battlecruiser transporting Anethan 'tribute'. The co-pilot is determined to reach Skonnos at any cost.
  • The Horns of Nimon (2)
    E18
    The Horns of Nimon (2)Having reached Skonnos, Romana is sent with the Anethians to face the deadly Nimon.
  • The Horns of Nimon (3)
    E19
    The Horns of Nimon (3)The Doctor and Romana are trapped in the Nimon's lair. Is he really the last of his race? What are his real intentions toward Skonnos?
  • The Horns of Nimon (4)
    E20
    The Horns of Nimon (4)While the Doctor endeavors to amend putting Romana in great peril, she experiences a foretaste of Skonnos's fate on the ravaged planet Crinoth, and a shocked but undeterred Soldeed gets a glimmer of how he's been used by the Nimon.

Cast of Season 17

  • Tom BakerThe Doctor
  • Lalla WardRomana
  • David BrierlyK9 (voice)
  • Graham WilliamsProducer
  • Delia DerbyshireTheme Song Performance
  • Ron GrainerMain Title Theme Composer
  • Douglas AdamsScript Editor

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