Serials
The season marks the first appearance of the Master who goes on to make further appearances through the season in every serial as the main antagonist who is finally captured at the end of the season.
| Story No. | Serial | Title | Directed by | Written by | UK viewers (million) |
AI (%) |
Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 055 | 1 | Terror of the Autons | Barry Letts | Robert Holmes | Ep. 1: 7.3 Ep. 2: 8.0 Ep. 3: 8.1 Ep. 4: 8.4 |
— | 2–23 January 1971 | EEE |
| The Master arrives on Earth and makes an alliance with the Autons to conquer the planet. | ||||||||
| 056 | 2 | The Mind of Evil | Timothy Combe | Don Houghton | Ep. 1: 6.1 Ep. 2: 8.8 Ep. 3: 7.5 Ep. 4: 7.4 Ep. 5: 7.6 Ep. 6: 7.3 |
— | 30 January - 6 March 1971 | FFF |
| The Master creates the Keller Machine, a device that appears to rehabilitate prisoners, but instead kills them. | ||||||||
| 057 | 3 | The Claws of Axos | Michael Ferguson | Bob Baker and Dave Martin |
Ep. 1: 7.3 Ep. 2: 8.0 Ep. 3: 6.4 Ep. 4: 7.8 |
— | 13 March - 3 April 1971 | GGG |
| The Axons land on Earth supposedly peacefully, even offering a new energy source. However, that is not their real purpose. | ||||||||
| 058 | 4 | Colony in Space | Michael E. Briant | Malcolm Hulke | Ep. 1: 7.6 Ep. 2: 8.5 Ep. 3: 9.5 Ep. 4: 8.1 Ep. 5: 8.8 Ep. 6: 8.7 |
— | 10 April - 15 May 1971 | HHH |
| On his first trip to another planet since his regeneration, the Doctor and Jo travel to Uxaerius, where they find that its colonists are struggling to survive. | ||||||||
| 059 | 5 | The Dæmons | Christopher Barry | Guy Leopold (Robert Sloman and Barry Letts) |
Ep. 1: 9.2 Ep. 2: 8.0 Ep. 3: 8.1 Ep. 4: 8.1 Ep. 5: 8.3 |
— | 22 May – 19 June 1971 | JJJ |
| The Master summons Azal to assist him in an incident that happened at an archaeological dig at Devil's End. |
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