# Doctor Who season 10

The tenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 30 December 1972 with the tenth anniversary special The Three Doctors, and ended with Katy Manning's final serial The Green Death. This is the Third Doctor's (played by Jon Pertwee) fourth series, as well as fourth for producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks.

## Casting
### Main cast

* Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor
* Katy Manning as Jo Grant
Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, and Jo Grant played by Katy Manning makes her final regular appearance in The Green Death.

### Recurring and guest cast

* Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
* John Levene as Sergeant Benton
* Richard Franklin as Mike Yates
* Roger Delgado as The Master
* Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor
* William Hartnell as the First Doctor
Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their recurring roles of UNIT personnel Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively.
Previous lead actors William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton return to guest as the First and Second Doctors in the programme's tenth anniversary serial, The Three Doctors, although illness limited Hartnell's involvement. This was the first time that previous incarnations of the Doctor had returned to the programme, in what would become a regular feature of anniversary episodes.
Roger Delgado makes his final appearance as The Master in Frontier in Space. He died in a car crash in Turkey shortly after the story's transmission.

## Serials

At the conclusion of The Three Doctors, the Doctor is finally released from his sentence of exile by the Time Lords, enabling him to travel through time and space once again. This ends the cycle of mostly Earth-bound stories where the Doctor was stranded that began at the conclusion of The War Games in 1969.
The serials Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks both feature the Daleks and lead directly from the first into the second, forming a rough twelve-part epic.
| No. story | No. in season | Serial title | Episode titles | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | UK viewers (millions) | AI |
| 65 | 1 | The Three Doctors | "Episode One" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 30 December 1972 (1972-12-30) | RRR | 9.6 | — |
| 65 | 1 | The Three Doctors | "Episode Two" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 6 January 1973 (1973-1-6) | RRR | 10.8 | — |
| 65 | 1 | The Three Doctors | "Episode Three" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 13 January 1973 (1973-1-13) | RRR | 8.8 | — |
| 65 | 1 | The Three Doctors | "Episode Four" | Lennie Mayne | Bob Baker and Dave Martin | 20 January 1973 (1973-1-20) | RRR | 11.9 | — |
| When Omega, a pioneer of Time Lord civilisation trapped in another universe, starts ripping our universe apart, the Time Lords enlist the help of the Doctor - all 3 incarnations of him. ||||||||||
| 66 | 2 | Carnival of Monsters | "Episode One" | Barry Letts | Robert Holmes | 27 January 1973 (1973-1-27) | PPP | 9.5 | — |
| 66 | 2 | Carnival of Monsters | "Episode Two" | Barry Letts | Robert Holmes | 3 February 1973 (1973-2-3) | PPP | 9.0 | — |
| 66 | 2 | Carnival of Monsters | "Episode Three" | Barry Letts | Robert Holmes | 10 February 1973 (1973-2-10) | PPP | 9.0 | — |
| 66 | 2 | Carnival of Monsters | "Episode Four" | Barry Letts | Robert Holmes | 17 February 1973 (1973-2-17) | PPP | 9.2 | — |
| The Doctor and Jo are trapped in a miniscope, a peepshow device for displaying humans and other life-forms for entertainment. ||||||||||
| 67 | 3 | Frontier in Space | "Episode One" | Paul Bernard | Malcolm Hulke | 24 February 1973 (1973-2-24) | QQQ | 9.1 | — |
| 67 | 3 | Frontier in Space | "Episode Two" | Paul Bernard | Malcolm Hulke | 3 March 1973 (1973-3-3) | QQQ | 7.8 | — |
| 67 | 3 | Frontier in Space | "Episode Three" | Paul Bernard | Malcolm Hulke | 10 March 1973 (1973-3-10) | QQQ | 7.5 | — |
| 67 | 3 | Frontier in Space | "Episode Four" | Paul Bernard | Malcolm Hulke | 17 March 1973 (1973-3-17) | QQQ | 7.1 | — |
| 67 | 3 | Frontier in Space | "Episode Five" | Paul Bernard | Malcolm Hulke | 24 March 1973 (1973-3-24) | QQQ | 7.7 | — |
| 67 | 3 | Frontier in Space | "Episode Six" | Paul Bernard | Malcolm Hulke | 31 March 1973 (1973-3-31) | QQQ | 8.9 | — |
| Materialising on an Earth cargo spaceship, the Doctor is caught up in the tensions between the Earth and Draconian Empires. ||||||||||
| 68 | 4 | Planet of the Daleks | "Episode One" | David Maloney | Terry Nation | 7 April 1973 (1973-4-7) | SSS | 11.0 | — |
| 68 | 4 | Planet of the Daleks | "Episode Two" | David Maloney | Terry Nation | 14 April 1973 (1973-4-14) | SSS | 10.7 | — |
| 68 | 4 | Planet of the Daleks | "Episode Three" | David Maloney | Terry Nation | 21 April 1973 (1973-4-21) | SSS | 10.1 | — |
| 68 | 4 | Planet of the Daleks | "Episode Four" | David Maloney | Terry Nation | 28 April 1973 (1973-4-28) | SSS | 8.3 | — |
| 68 | 4 | Planet of the Daleks | "Episode Five" | David Maloney | Terry Nation | 5 May 1973 (1973-5-5) | SSS | 9.7 | — |
| 68 | 4 | Planet of the Daleks | "Episode Six" | David Maloney | Terry Nation | 12 May 1973 (1973-5-12) | SSS | 8.5 | — |
| The Time Lords have landed the TARDIS on the planet Spiridon, where the Daleks are awakening the biggest Dalek army the galaxy has ever seen. ||||||||||
| 69 | 5 | The Green Death | "Episode One" | Michael E. Briant | Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited) | 19 May 1973 (1973-5-19) | TTT | 9.2 | — |
| 69 | 5 | The Green Death | "Episode Two" | Michael E. Briant | Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited) | 26 May 1973 (1973-5-26) | TTT | 7.2 | — |
| 69 | 5 | The Green Death | "Episode Three" | Michael E. Briant | Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited) | 2 June 1973 (1973-6-2) | TTT | 7.8 | — |
| 69 | 5 | The Green Death | "Episode Four" | Michael E. Briant | Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited) | 9 June 1973 (1973-6-9) | TTT | 6.8 | — |
| 69 | 5 | The Green Death | "Episode Five" | Michael E. Briant | Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited) | 16 June 1973 (1973-6-16) | TTT | 8.3 | — |
| 69 | 5 | The Green Death | "Episode Six" | Michael E. Briant | Robert Sloman and Barry Letts (uncredited) | 23 June 1973 (1973-6-23) | TTT | 7.0 | — |
| Waste produced by an oil company causes mutated giant maggots to appear in South Wales. ||||||||||

## Broadcast

The entire season was broadcast from 30 December 1972 to 23 June 1973.

## Home media
### VHS releases

| Season | Story no. | Serial name | Number and duration of episodes | UK release date | Australia release date | USA/Canada release date |
| 10 | 65 | The Three Doctors | 4 × 25 min. | August 1991 (Original) September 2002 (Re-release as part of The Time Lord Collection X4 VHS) | September 1992 Original) April 2003 (Re-release as part of The Time Lord Collection X3 VHS) | January 1992 |
| 10 | 66 | Carnival of Monsters | 4 × 25 min. | March 1995 | May 1995 | March 1996 |
| 10 | 67 | Frontier in Space | 6 × 25 min. | August 1995 (2 x VHS) | November 1995 | March 1996 (2 x VHS) |
| 10 | 68 | Planet of the Daleks | 6 × 25 min. | November 1999 (2 x VHS) | December 1999 | November 2000 (2 x VHS) |
| 10 | 69 | The Green Death | 6 × 25 min. | October 1996 (2 x VHS) | April 1997 | February 1997 (2 x VHS) |

### DVD and Blu-ray releases

All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:
* $^{(B)}$ indicates a Blu-ray release
| Season | Story no. | Serial name | Number and duration of episodes | R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
| 10 | 65 | The Three Doctors | 4 × 25 min. | 24 November 2003 | 12 November 2003 | 2 March 2004 |
| 10 | 65 | The Three Doctors (Special Edition) | 4 × 25 min. | 13 February 2012 | 1 March 2012 | 13 March 2012 |
| 10 | 66 | Carnival of Monsters | 4 × 25 min. | 15 July 2002 | 29 August 2002 | 1 July 2003 |
| 10 | 66 | Carnival of Monsters (Special Edition) | 4 × 25 min. | 28 March 2011 | 5 May 2011 | 10 April 2012 |
| 10 | 67–68 | Frontier in Space Planet of the Daleks | 12 × 25 min. | 5 October 2009 | 4 February 2010 | 2 March 2010 |
| 10 | 69 | The Green Death | 6 × 25 min. | 10 May 2004 | 5 August 2004 | 1 March 2005 |
| 10 | 69 | The Green Death (Special Edition) | 6 × 25 min. | 5 August 2013 | 7 August 2013 | 13 August 2013 |
| 10 | 65–69 | Complete Season 10 | 26 × 25 min. 1 × 150 min. | 8 July 2019 $^{(B)}$ | 13 November 2019 $^{(B)}$ | 15 October 2019 $^{(B)}$ |
* ↑ Only available as part of the Revisitations 3 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
* ↑ Only available as part of the Revisitations 2 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
* ↑ Double release known collectively as the Dalek War box set. Each serial has six episodes each.
* ↑ Also includes The Sarah Jane Adventures serial Death of the Doctor
* ↑ Released as Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 10 in Region B. Released as Doctor Who – Jon Pertwee: Complete Season Four in Region A.

## In print

| Season | Story no. | Library no. | Novelisation title | Author | Hardcover release date | Paperback release date | Audiobook release date |
| 10 | 065 | 64 | The Three Doctors | Terrance Dicks | 20 November 1975 | 20 November 1975 | 1978 7 April 2010 |
| 10 | 066 | 8 | Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters | Terrance Dicks | 20 January 1977 | 20 January 1977 | 1978 13 November 2014 |
| 10 | 067 | 57 | Doctor Who and the Space War | Malcolm Hulke | 23 September 1976 | 23 September 1976 | 4 February 2008 |
| 10 | 068 | 46 | Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks | Terrance Dicks | 21 October 1976 | 21 October 1976 | 5 June 1995 (abridged) 6 June 2013 (unabridged) |
| 10 | 069 | 29 | Doctor Who and the Green Death | Malcolm Hulke | 16 April 1981 | 21 August 1975 | 4 September 2008 |
* ↑ 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
* ↑ The 1976 edition (and subsequent reprintings until 1991) is titled Doctor Who and the Three Doctors on the front cover.
* 1 2 Published by the Royal National Institute of the Blind
* ↑ An abridged version was first published in Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus in September 1976