Serials
John Wiles replaced Verity Lambert as producer after "Mission to the Unknown". Innes Lloyd, in turn, replaced Wiles after The Ark. Donald Tosh continued as script editor until The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve: "Priest of Death", and was replaced by Gerry Davis beginning with The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve: "Bell of Doom".
The practice of giving each individual episode a different title was abandoned after The Gunfighters, near the end of the season. This season was notable for the longest serial to date, The Daleks' Master Plan, which contained 12 episodes. The single-episode prequel to this story, "Mission to the Unknown", was not only the shortest serial, but was notable for the absence of the regular cast.
| Story No. | Episodes | Serial title | Episode titles | Directed by | Written by | UK viewers (million) |
AI (%) |
Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 018 | 4 | Galaxy 4 | "Four Hundred Dawns" "Trap of Steel" "Air Lock" "The Exploding Planet" |
Derek Martinus & Mervyn Pinfield |
William Emms | Ep. 1: 9.0 Ep. 2: 9.5 Ep. 3: 11.3 Ep. 4: 9.9 |
Ep. 1: 56 Ep. 2: 55 Ep. 3: 54 Ep. 4: 53 |
11 September – 2 October 1965 | T |
| Two ships have crashed after a space battle, but the planet they have landed on is about to be destroyed. The beautiful female Drahvins seem friendly, but in fact it is the ugly Rills that are more tolerant and forgiving. | |||||||||
| 019 | 1 | "Mission to the Unknown" | "Mission to the Unknown" | Derek Martinus | Terry Nation | 8.3 | 54 | 9 October 1965 | T/A |
| Space agent Marc Cory is investigating the sighting of a Dalek ship and discovers they have a base on Kembel. But his crew are infected by Varga plants, imported from Skaro, and start to mutate into Vargas. | |||||||||
| 020 | 4 | The Myth Makers | "Temple of Secrets" "Small Prophet, Quick Return" "Death of a Spy" "Horse of Destruction" |
Michael Leeston-Smith | Donald Cotton | Ep. 1: 8.3 Ep. 2: 8.1 Ep. 3: 8.7 Ep. 4: 8.3 |
Ep. 1: 48 Ep. 2: 51 Ep. 3: 49 Ep. 4: 52 |
16 October - 6 November 1965 | U |
| The TARDIS lands outside Troy during the siege. The Doctor is captured by the Greeks and given two days to devise a plan for taking the city. Steven and Vicki are captured by the Trojans, and given two days to devise a means of banishing the Greeks. | |||||||||
| 021 | 12 | The Daleks' Master Plan | "The Nightmare Begins" "Day of Armageddon" "Devil's Planet" "The Traitors" "Counter Plot" "Coronas of the Sun" "The Feast of Steven" "Volcano" "Golden Death" "Escape Switch" "The Abandoned Planet" "Destruction of Time" |
Douglas Camfield | Terry Nation & Dennis Spooner |
Ep. 1: 9.1 Ep. 2: 9.8 Ep. 3: 10.3 Ep. 4: 9.5 Ep. 5: 9.9 Ep. 6: 9.1 Ep. 7: 7.9 Ep. 8: 9.6 Ep. 9: 9.2 Ep. 10: 9.5 Ep. 11: 9.8 Ep. 12: 8.6 |
Ep. 1: 54 Ep. 2: 52 Ep. 3: 52 Ep. 4: 51 Ep. 5: 53 Ep. 6: 56 Ep. 7: 39 Ep. 8: 49 Ep. 9: 52 Ep. 10: 50 Ep. 11: 49 Ep. 12: 57 |
13 November 1965 - 29 January 1966 | V |
| Some six months after the events of "Mission to the Unknown", the TARDIS arrives on the planet Kemel, and the Doctor leaves the TARDIS to try to find medical aid for the wounded Steven Taylor leaving him with the Trojan girl Katarina. | |||||||||
| 022 | 4 | The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve | "War of God" "The Sea Beggar" "Priest of Death" "Bell of Doom" |
Paddy Russell | John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh |
Ep. 1: 8.0 Ep. 2: 6.0 Ep. 3: 5.9 Ep. 4: 5.8 |
Ep. 1: 52 Ep. 2: 52 Ep. 3: 49 Ep. 4: 53 |
5–26 February 1966 | W |
| The arrival of the TARDIS in Paris in 1572 places its occupants, the Doctor and Steven in a dangerous siuation. Tensions between Protestants and Catholics are at fever pitch in the city. | |||||||||
| 023 | 4 | The Ark | "The Steel Sky" "The Plague" "The Return" "The Bomb" |
Michael Imison | Paul Erickson & Lesley Scott |
Ep. 1: 5.5 Ep. 2: 6.9 Ep. 3: 6.2 Ep. 4: 7.3 |
Ep. 1: 55 Ep. 2: 56 Ep. 3: 51 Ep. 4: 50 |
5–26 March 1966 | X |
| Ten million years into the future, the TARDIS materialises on a vast spacecraft called the Ark where the whole human race is bound for a new world | |||||||||
| 024 | 4 | The Celestial Toymaker | "The Celestial Toyroom" "The Hall of Dolls" "The Dancing Floor" "The Final Test" |
Bill Sellars | Brian Hayles (& Donald Tosh) |
Ep. 1: 8.0 Ep. 2: 8.0 Ep. 3: 9.4 Ep. 4: 7.8 |
Ep. 1: 48 Ep. 2: 49 Ep. 3: 44 Ep. 4: 43 |
2–23 April 1966 | Y |
| The Doctor becomes invisible in the domain of the Toymaker, leaving Dodo and Steven incredulous. They step outside into a strange realem where the Doctor reappears, saying he recognises the place they are in. | |||||||||
| 025 | 4 | The Gunfighters | "A Holiday for the Doctor" "Don't Shoot the Pianist" "Johnny Ringo" "The OK Corral" |
Rex Tucker | Donald Cotton | Ep. 1: 6.5 Ep. 2: 6.6 Ep. 3: 6.2 Ep. 4: 5.7 |
Ep. 1: 45 Ep. 2: 39 Ep. 3: 36 Ep. 4: 30 |
30 April – 21 May 1966 | Z |
| The Doctor gets his tooth pulled by Doc Holliday in Tombstone while Dodo and Steven literally sing for their lives. The travellers are caught up in the events leading up to the famous "Gunfight at the OK Corral". | |||||||||
| 026 | 4 | The Savages | "Episode 1" "Episode 2" "Episode 3" "Episode 4" |
Christopher Barry | Ian Stuart Black | Ep. 1: 4.8 Ep. 2: 5.6 Ep. 3: 5.0 Ep. 4: 4.5 |
Ep. 1: 48 Ep. 2: 49 Ep. 3: 48 Ep. 4: 48 |
28 May – 18 June 1966 | AA |
| The TARDIS materialises on a distant planet in the far future. The TARDIS crew find the planet inhabited by both the Elders and bands of roaming savages. | |||||||||
| 027 | 4 | The War Machines | "Episode 1" "Episode 2" "Episode 3" "Episode 4" |
Michael Ferguson | Ian Stuart Black (and Kit Pedler) |
Ep. 1: 5.4 Ep. 2: 4.7 Ep. 3: 5.3 Ep. 4: 5.5 |
Ep. 1: 49 Ep. 2: 45 Ep. 3: 44 Ep. 4: 39 |
25 June - 16 July 1966 | BB |
| The TARDIS lands in London, in Fitzroy Square near the Post Office Tower. The Doctor is unsettled by a sensation of a strange energy nearby. |
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