28th February – 21st March 1981 “It’s the end … but the moment has been prepared for.” The Doctor to his companions, episode 4 Tom as the Doctor with Anthony Ainley as the regenerated Master. Picture © BBC When air stewardess Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) and her aunt (Dolore Whiteman) break down on the Barnet by-pass, they…
31st January 1981 – 21st February 1981 “Magnificent. It’s a pity about that poor chap having to sit for thousands of years in a chair, but it is magnificent.” The Doctor to Adric and Tremas, episode 3 Tom as the Doctor and Anthony Ainley as Tremas examine the Melkur statue. Picture © BBC The planets…
3rd January 1981 – 24th January 1981 “You were the noblest Romana of them all.” The Doctor to Romana, episode 4 Tom as the Doctor guarded by Rorvik and his troops at the banquet. Picture © BBC Still trapped in E-Space, the TARDIS is boarded and hijacked by Biroc (David Weston), a lion-faced time-sensitive Tharil,…
22nd November 1980 – 13th December 1980 “There are vampire legends on almost every inhabited planet: creatures that stalk in the night and feast on the blood of the living.” The Doctor to Romana, episode 3 Tom as the Doctor outside the TARDIS Picture © BBC Imprisoned in the isolated universe of E-space the Doctor…
25th October 1980 – 15th November 1980 “Too much patience goes absolutely nowhere.” The Doctor to Login, episode 3 Tom as the Doctor with K-9 in the marshes in Full Circle. Picture © BBC The Time Lords want Romana back, but even as the TARDIS speeds towards Gallifrey, it passes through a ‘hole in space’…
27th September 1980 – 18th October 1980 “He sees the threads that join the Universe together, and mends them when they break.” Zastor on the Doctor, episode 1 A spiny Meglos impersonates the Doctor. Picture © BBC The two governing houses on Tigella are squabbling again. The science-based Savants and the religion-centred Deons cannot agree…
30th August 1980 – 20th September 1980 “Evidence? You couldn’t hang a hat on that!” The Doctor to the Argolin council, episode 2 Tom as the Doctor on Brighton beach during the filming of The Leisure Hive. Picture © BBC With K-9 waterlogged after an unexpected dip in the English Channel, the Doctor takes Romana…
