Season of television series
The nineteenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 4 January 1982 with Castrovalva, and ended with Time-Flight. John Nathan-Turner produced the series, with two script editors: Anthony Root and Eric Saward.
Casting
Main cast
Season 19 saw the introduction of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding), Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Adric (Matthew Waterhouse) were his companions. Adric is killed off in the climax of Earthshock; a rare instance in the series of a companion dying.
Recurring stars
Anthony Ainley returns in Castrovalva and Time-Flight as the Master.
Guest stars
David Banks makes the first of four appearances in the show as a Cyber-leader beginning in Earthshock.
Serials
Antony Root served as script editor for Four to Doomsday and The Visitation, after which he was replaced by Eric Saward. Saward's work as script editor included the opening serial, Castrovalva, which was filmed later in the production run, and Earthshock, for which Root is credited due to Saward being the scriptwriter. The show moved from its traditional once-weekly Saturday broadcast to twice-weekly, primarily on Monday and Tuesday,[1] although there were regional variations to the schedule.
Black Orchid was the first purely historical story, with no science-fiction elements save for the TARDIS and its crew, since The Highlanders from Season 4; it was also the first two-part serial since The Sontaran Experiment in Season 12, and the first of a regular run of a two-parter every season until the change of format to 45 minute episodes in Season 22.
Broadcast
The entire season was broadcast from 4 January to 30 March 1982. For the first time in the series' history, episodes were not broadcast on Saturdays, but in a twice weekly format on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Home media
VHS releases
DVD and Blu-ray releases
All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:
- ^ Only available as part of the New Beginnings box set in Regions 2 and 4. Available individually or in the box set in Region 1.
- ^ Only available as part of the Mara Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4.
Only available individually in Region 1. - ^ Only available as part of the Time-Flight/Arc of Infinity box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
- ^ Released as Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 19 in Region B. Released as Doctor Who – Peter Davison: Complete Season One 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
- ^ "BBC - Archive - The Changing Face of Doctor Who - Audience Research Report on 'Doctor Who' for 1982". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Ratings Guide". Doctor Who News. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Doctor Who New Beginnings by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Castrovalva". 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who Four to Doomsday by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday". 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who Mara Tales by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Kinda". 12 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who The Visitation by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Visitation". 1 March 2005. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who Visitation [Region 4] [by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Visitation". 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who Black Orchid by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Black Orchid". 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who Earthshock by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Earthshock". 7 September 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2017 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". Fishpond. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Time-Flight". 6 November 2007. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via Blu-ray.com.
- ^ "Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 19 Blu-ray boxset release date changed on Amazon". Retrieved 12 November 2018 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Doctor Who (1963): The Collection - Season 19". Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018 – via EzyDVD.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Peter Davison Complete First Season". Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Amazon.
- ^ Dicks, Terrance (6 June 2024). Doctor Who: Kinda – via www.penguin.co.uk.
Bibliography
- Smith, Paul (2014). The Classic Doctor Who DVD Compendium. United Kingdom: Wonderful Books. ISBN 978-0-9576062-2-7.