Season 17 of Doctor Who first aired on BBC1 between 1 September 1979 and 12 January 1980. It opened with Destiny of the Daleks, concluded with The Horns of Nimon and featured Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor & Lalla Ward as Romana II.
Overview[]
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Cast[]
Main[]
- Doctor Who - Tom Baker
- Romana - Lalla Ward
- Voice of K9 - David Brierley
Supporting[]
- Tyssan - Tim Barlow
- Commander Sharrel - Peter Straker
- Agella - Suzanne Danielle
- Lan - Tony Osoba
- Davros - David Gooderson
- The Daleks (voices) - Roy Skelton
- Count - Julian Glover
- Countess - Catherine Schell
- Duggan - Tom Chadbon
- Kerensky - David Graham
- Hermann - Kevin Flood
- Soldier - Peter Halliday
- Art Gallery Visitors - John Cleese, Eleanor Bron
- Adrasta - Myra Frances
- Karela - Eileen Way
- Torvin - John Bryans
- Edu - Edward Kelsey
- Ainu - Tim Munro
- Organon - Geoffrey Bayldon
- Rigg - David Daker
- Tryst - Lewis Fiander
- Dymond - Geoffrey Bateman
- Della - Jennifer Lonsdale
- Stott - Barry Andrews
- Fisk - Geoffrey Hinsliff
- Costa - Peter Craze
- Soldeed - Graham Crowden
- Sorak - Michael Osborne
- Seth - Simon Gipps-Kent
- Teka - Janet Ellis
- The Nimons (voice)- Clifford Norgate
- Professor Chronotis - Denis Carey
- Skagra - Christopher Neame
- Chris Parsons - Daniel Hill
- Clare Keightley - Victoria Burgoyne
- Wilkin - Gerald Campion
- Ship (voice) - Shirley Dixon
Televised Serials[]
No. in Season | Title | Writer(s) | Director(s) | Date of Broadcast |
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#1 | Destiny of the Daleks | Terry Nation | Ken Grieve | 1 September - 22 September 1979 |
The TARDIS lands on Skaro in the distant past, where the Doctor and the newly-regenerated Romana meet a group of strangers looking to uncover the remains of Davros. | ||||
#2 | City of Death | David Agnew | Michael Hayes | 29 September - 20 October 1979 |
While on a holiday in Paris, the Doctor and Romana find evidence of someone tampering with time, including multiple counterparts of a mysterious Count and the various Mona Lisas. | ||||
#3 | The Creature from the Pit | David Fisher | Christopher Barry | 27 October - 17 November 1979 |
Responding to a distress signal, the Doctor voyages into a pit wherein lies a long forgotten creature while Romana is made prisoner of the planet's leader. | ||||
#4 | Nightmare of Eden | Bob Baker | Alan Bromly | 24 November - 15 December 1979 |
The Doctor and Romana land on a starliner harbouring a dangerous drug when two large monsters escape from a machine built to take whole planetary areas and lock them in crystals. | ||||
#5 | The Horns of Nimon | Anthony Read | Kenny McBain | 22 December 1979 - 12 January 1980 |
While repairing the TARDIS, the Doctor and Romana voyage over to a passing ship containing a group of youths designated as sacrifices to appease a God-like, parasitic alien menace. | ||||
N/A | Shada | Douglas Adams | Pennant Roberts | N/A |
A visit to an old Time Lord acquaintance brings the Doctor and Romana into a race to prevent a would-be conquerer from escaping from a prison built by his people specifically to contain him. |
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Filming[]
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Myths[]
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Stories set before this season[]
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Stories set during this season[]
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Ratings[]
- Average: 11.2 million
- Highest: 16.1 million (City of Death episode 4)
- Lowest: 6.0 million (The Horns of Nimon episode 1)
External Links[]
- Official Destiny of the Daleks page on Doctor Who Website
- Official City of Death page on Doctor Who Website
- Official The Creature from the Pit page on Doctor Who Website
- Official Nightmare of Eden page on Doctor Who Website
- Official The Horns of Nimon page on Doctor Who Website