Season of television series
Doctor Who Cover art of the Blu-ray release for the complete season
Starring No. of stories5 No. of episodes26 Original network BBC1 Original release 1 January (1972-01-01 ) – 24 June 1972 (1972-06-24 ) List of episodes
The ninth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 1 January 1972 with Day of the Daleks , and ended with The Time Monster . This is the third series of the Third Doctor , played by Jon Pertwee , as well as the third to be produced by Barry Letts and script edited by Terrance Dicks .
Casting
Main cast
Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor , as does Katy Manning playing Jo Grant .
Recurring cast
Nicholas Courtney , John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart , Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively.
Roger Delgado returns to play The Master in The Sea Devils and The Time Monster .
Guest stars
Alan Bennion makes his second of three appearances in the series playing an Ice Warrior , portraying Lord Izlyr in The Curse of Peladon and Valentine Palmer plays Monia in episodes 3 and 4. Geoffrey Palmer makes an appearance as the Administrator in The Mutants , and Hammer actress Ingrid Pitt played Queen Galleia in The Time Monster .
Serials
The first serial, Day of the Daleks , saw the return of the Daleks for the first time since Season 4's The Evil of the Daleks in 1967. This was also the first time that the Daleks had been seen in colour in the television series (they had been in colour in the two films starring Peter Cushing produced in the mid-1960s).
Broadcast
The entire season was broadcast from 1 January to 24 June 1972.
VHS releases
Season
Story no.
Serial name
Number and duration of episodes
UK release date
Australia release date
USA/Canada release date
9
60
Day of the Daleks
1 × 100 min.4 25min.
February 1988[ 2] [ 3] (Edited) April 1994[ 3] [ 4] (Unedited)
January 1987[ 3]
March 1989[ 3]
61
The Curse of Peladon
4 × 25 min.
August 1993[ 5] [ 6]
November 1993[ 6]
September 1995[ 6]
62
The Sea Devils
6 × 25 min.
September 1995[ 7] [ 8] (2 x VHS)
July 1996[ 8]
May 1997[ 8] (2 x VHS)
63
The Mutants
6 × 25 min.
February 2003[ 9] [ 10]
May 2003[ 10]
October 2003[ 10]
64
The Time Monster
6 × 25 min.
November 2001[ 11] [ 12] (released only in UK as part of a boxset "Colony in Space / The Time Monster") (2 x VHS)
December 2001[ 11] (released only in AU as part of a boxset "Colony in Space / The Time Monster") (2 x VHS)
January 2003[ 13]
Betamax releases
Season
Story no.
Serial name
Number and duration of episodes
UK release date
Australia release date
USA/Canada release date
9
60
Day of the Daleks
1 × 100 min.
July 1986 (edited) [ 14]
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Laserdisc releases
Season
Story no.
Serial name
Number and duration of episodes
UK release date
Australia release date
USA/Canada release date
9
60
Day of the Daleks
4 × 25 min. (UK)
December 1996[ 15] [ 16]
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1 × 89 min. (US movie compilation)
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January 1992[ 15] [ 17]
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DVD and Blu-ray releases
All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:
^ Only available as part of the Peladon Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
^ Only available as part of the Beneath the Surface box set in Regions 2 and 4. Available individually or in the box set in Region 1.
^ Only available as part of the Myths and Legends box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
^ Released as Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 9 in Region B. Released as Doctor Who – Jon Pertwee: Complete Season Three in Region A.
In print
^ Number in Target 's Doctor Who Library , if applicable
^ Published by Target 's parent companies (Allen Wingate, W. H. Allen , BBC Books ) unless otherwise indicated
^ Published by Target Books (or by BBC Books under the Target Collection umbrella) unless otherwise indicated
^ Unabridged from BBC Audio/AudioGo unless otherwise indicated
References
Bibliography
Smith, Paul (2014). The Classic Doctor Who DVD Compendium . United Kingdom: Wonderful Books. ISBN 978-0-9576062-2-7 .
Smith, Paul MC (July 2021). Based on the Popular BBC Television Serial . Wonderful Books.