Doctor Who (season 14)

The fourteenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 4 September 1976 with The Masque of Mandragora, and ended with The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

Doctor Who
Season 14
Cover art of the Blu-ray release for the complete season
Starring	Tom Baker Elisabeth Sladen Louise Jameson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of stories	6
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	4 September 1976 (1976-09-04) – 2 April 1977 (1977-04-02)
Season chronology

Casting

See also: List of Doctor Who cast members

Main cast

• Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor
• Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith
• Louise Jameson as Leela

Tom Baker continues his role as the Fourth Doctor. Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) departs in The Hand of Fear, before the Doctor is joined by Leela (Louise Jameson) in The Face of Evil. Uniquely in the 'classic' era of Doctor Who, no companion appears in The Deadly Assassin.

Guest stars

The Master reappears in The Deadly Assassin as the main antagonist, his first appearance since Frontier in Space (1973), this time played by Peter Pratt. The character would not make a further appearance until five years later in 1981.

Serials

See also: List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)

The Masque of Mandragora saw the debut of the new wood-panelled "Secondary Console Room" set, which was to be used as the main TARDIS console room throughout the season. The season took a five-week transmission break between the broadcasts of The Deadly Assassin and The Face of Evil in order to extend the season further into 1977, allowing Robert Holmes time to work on the final serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

Story	Serial	Serial title	Episode titles	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [1]	AI [1]
86	1	The Masque of Mandragora	"Part One"	Rodney Bennett	Louis Marks	4 September 1976 (1976-09-04)	4M	8.3	58
			"Part Two"	Rodney Bennett	Louis Marks	11 September 1976 (1976-09-11)	4M	9.8	56
			"Part Three"	Rodney Bennett	Louis Marks	18 September 1976 (1976-09-18)	4M	9.2	—
			"Part Four"	Rodney Bennett	Louis Marks	25 September 1976 (1976-09-25)	4M	10.6	56
An encounter with the living energy structure known as the Mandragora Helix leads the TARDIS to 15th century Italy.
87	2	The Hand of Fear	"Part One"	Lennie Mayne	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	2 October 1976 (1976-10-02)	4N	10.5	—
			"Part Two"	Lennie Mayne	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	9 October 1976 (1976-10-09)	4N	10.2	—
			"Part Three"	Lennie Mayne	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	16 October 1976 (1976-10-16)	4N	11.1	62
			"Part Four"	Lennie Mayne	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	23 October 1976 (1976-10-23)	4N	12.0	—
The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane are caught in a mining explosion. Sarah Jane is found clutching what appears to be a fossilised hand, buried in a 150-million-year-old stratum.
88	3	The Deadly Assassin	"Part One"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	30 October 1976 (1976-10-30)	4P	11.8	—
			"Part Two"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	6 November 1976 (1976-11-06)	4P	12.1	59
			"Part Three"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	13 November 1976 (1976-11-13)	4P	13.0	—
			"Part Four"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	20 November 1976 (1976-11-20)	4P	11.8	61
The Doctor returns to his homeworld, Gallifrey. When the President of the High Council is assassinated, however, he becomes the prime suspect.
89	4	The Face of Evil	"Part One"	Pennant Roberts	Chris Boucher	1 January 1977 (1977-01-01)	4Q	10.7	61
			"Part Two"	Pennant Roberts	Chris Boucher	8 January 1977 (1977-01-08)	4Q	11.1	—
			"Part Three"	Pennant Roberts	Chris Boucher	15 January 1977 (1977-01-15)	4Q	11.3	59
			"Part Four"	Pennant Roberts	Chris Boucher	22 January 1977 (1977-01-22)	4Q	11.7	60
The Doctor arrives on a planet where two tribes are at war and discovers that their god of evil is himself.
90	5	The Robots of Death	"Part One"	Michael E. Briant	Chris Boucher	29 January 1977 (1977-01-29)	4R	12.8	62
			"Part Two"	Michael E. Briant	Chris Boucher	5 February 1977 (1977-02-05)	4R	12.4	—
			"Part Three"	Michael E. Briant	Chris Boucher	12 February 1977 (1977-02-12)	4R	13.1	—
			"Part Four"	Michael E. Briant	Chris Boucher	19 February 1977 (1977-02-19)	4R	12.6	57
A vessel is commanded by a crew of indolent or avaricious human staff. It is a happy partnership until the human crew start being murdered one by one.
91	6	The Talons of Weng-Chiang	"Part One"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	26 February 1977 (1977-02-26)	4S	11.3	—
			"Part Two"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	5 March 1977 (1977-03-05)	4S	9.8	—
			"Part Three"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	12 March 1977 (1977-03-12)	4S	10.2	—
			"Part Four"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	19 March 1977 (1977-03-19)	4S	11.4	60
			"Part Five"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	26 March 1977 (1977-03-26)	4S	10.1	—
			"Part Six"	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	2 April 1977 (1977-04-02)	4S	9.3	58
The Doctor and Leela travel to Victorian London where they encounter a sinister Chinese stage magician and his master, a fugitive from the 51st century.

Broadcast

The entire season was broadcast from 4 September 1976 to 2 April 1977.

Home media

See also: List of Doctor Who VHS releases and List of Doctor Who home video releases

VHS releases

Season	Story no.	Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
14	086	The Masque of Mandragora	4 x 25 min.	August 1991	October 1992	February 1994
	087	The Hand of Fear	4 x 25 min.	February 1996	May 1997	February 1997
	088	The Deadly Assassin	4 25 min	October 1991	March 1992	March 1989 (edited)
	089	The Face of Evil	4 x 25 min	May 1999	June 1999	March 2000
	090	The Robots of Death	1 x 100 min 4 x 25 min	February 1988 (edited) February 1995 (unedited)	March 1988 (edited)	July 1987 (edited)
	091	The Talons of Weng-Chiang	1 x 150 min. (edited)	November 1988	April 1987	February 1988

DVD and Blu-ray releases

Season	Story no.	Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
14	086	The Masque of Mandragora	4 × 25 min.	8 February 2010[2]	5 May 2010[3]	4 May 2010[4]
	087	The Hand of Fear	4 × 25 min.	24 July 2006[5]	7 September 2006[6]	7 November 2006[7]
	088	The Deadly Assassin	4 × 25 min.	11 May 2009[8]	2 July 2009[9]	1 September 2009[10]
	089	The Face of Evil	4 × 25 min.	5 March 2012[11]	5 April 2012[12]	13 March 2012[13]
	090	The Robots of Death	4 × 25 min.	13 November 2000[14]	2 July 2001[15]	6 September 2001[16]
		The Robots of Death (Special Edition)[lower-alpha 1]	4 × 25 min.	13 February 2012[17][18][19]	1 March 2012[20][21]	13 March 2012[22]
	091	The Talons of Weng-Chiang	6 × 25 min.	28 April 2003[23]	30 June 2003[24]	7 October 2003[25]
		The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Special Edition)[lower-alpha 2]	6 × 25 min.	4 October 2010[23]	2 December 2010[26]	11 October 2011[27]
	086–091	Complete Season 14[lower-alpha 3]	26 × 25 min.	4 May 2020^(B)[28]	TBA	TBA

1. Only available as part of the Revisitations 3 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
2. Only available as part of the Revisitations 1 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
3. Released as Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 14 in Region B. Released as Doctor Who – Tom Baker: Complete Season Three in Region A.

In print

Main article: List of Doctor Who novelisations

Serial name	Novelisation title	Author	First published
The Masque of Mandragora	Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora	Philip Hinchcliffe	8 December 1977
The Hand of Fear	Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear	Terrance Dicks	18 January 1979
The Deadly Assassin	Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin	Terrance Dicks	20 October 1977
The Face of Evil	Doctor Who and the Face of Evil	Terrance Dicks	19 January 1978
The Robots of Death	Doctor Who and the Robots of Death	Terrance Dicks	24 May 1979
The Talons of Weng-Chiang	Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang	Terrance Dicks	15 November 1977

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