Season 19

Season 19 of Doctor Who ran from 4 January 1982 to 30 March 1982. It starred Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka. The season opened with Castrovalva and concluded with Time-Flight. It was released as a Blu-Ray box set in December 2018.
== Overview ==
It consisted of seven serials comprised of twenty-six episodes airing on a bi-weekly schedule, for the first time in the show's history. Two milestones occurred in Earthshock. Firstly, the Cybermen returned, unannounced, for the first time since Revenge of the Cybermen in 1975 with a completely different design, with David Banks' first appearance as Cyber-Leader, a role he would return to in subsequent stories involving the Cybermen until Silver Nemesis. Secondly, for the first time since The Daleks' Master Plan which had aired in 1965 and 1966, a companion died. Other milestones included Black Orchid, the first non-science fictional historical serial since 1966's The Highlanders, and the destruction of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver in The Visitation. A cliffhanger ending to the series appeared to have left Tegan stranded at Heathrow Airport with the Doctor abandoning her by mistake (the Doctor had spent most of the series trying to get Tegan back to Heathrow, which almost became a running theme).
Originally, this series was going to have twenty-eight episodes- two more than normal. However, John Nathan-Turner used two of the allocated episodes for A Girl's Best Friend, the failed pilot to K9 and Company.
With this season, the BBC returned the series to a mid-winter season start, which had last been done for Season 12 and had been the format throughout the Jon Pertwee era.
== Television stories ==
#	Title 	Writer 	Episodes	Notes
1	Castrovalva 	Christopher H. Bidmead	4 	First story to be directed by Fiona Cumming.
2	Four to Doomsday	Terence Dudley 	4 	First story written by Terence Dudley.
3	Kinda 	Christopher Bailey 	4 	First appearance of the Mara.
4	The Visitation 	Eric Saward 	4 	First Doctor Who script for Eric Saward, and the last onscreen use of the sonic screwdriver until the 1996 TV movie.
5	Black Orchid 	Terence Dudley 	2 	First "pure historical" story since 1966, and Ron Jones' directorial debut on the programme.
6	Earthshock 	Eric Saward 	4 	Final appearance of Adric, and the first companion death since 1966.
7	Time-Flight 	Peter Grimwade 	4 	Temporary departure of Tegan Jovanka. First episode written by Peter Grimwade.
== Cast ==
* The Doctor - Peter Davison
* Adric - Matthew Waterhouse
* Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
* Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
=== Recurring ===
* The Master - Anthony Ainley
=== Guest ===
* Ruther - Frank Wylie
* Shardovan - Derek Waring
* Mergrave - Michael Sheard
* Monarch - Stratford Johns
* Persuasion - Paul Shelley
* Enlightenment - Annie Lambert
* Bigon - Philip Locke
* Lin Futu - Burt Kwouk
* Sanders - Richard Todd
* Todd - Nerys Hughes
* Hindle - Simon Rouse
* Aris - Adrian Mills
* Panna - Mary Morris
* Karuna - Sarah Prince
* Richard Mace - Michael Robbins
* Android - Peter Van Dissel
* Villager - Richard Hampton
* Terileptil - Michael Melia
* Miller - James Charlton
* Lady Cranleigh - Barbara Murray
* Sir Robert Muir - Moray Watson
* Lord Charles Cranleigh - Michael Cochrane
* Ann - Sarah Sutton
* Latoni - Ahmed Khalil
* The Unknown/George Cranleigh - Gareth Milne
* Scott - James Warwick
* Kyle - Clare Clifford
* Cyber Leader - David Banks
* Cyber Lieutenant - Mark Hardy
* Briggs - Beryl Reid
* Berger - June Bland
* Ringway - Alec Sabin
* Captain Stapley - Richard Easton
* First Officer Bilton - Michael Cashman
* Flight Engineer Scobie - Keith Drinkel
* Angela Clifford - Judith Byfield
* Professor Hayter - Nigel Stock
== Stories set during this season ==
=== Novels ===
* Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa and Adric's involvement in Cold Fusion
* Divided Loyalties
=== Short stories ===
* The Comet's Tail
* The Immortals
* First Born
* In the TARDIS: Christmas Day
* Hearts of Stone
=== Audio ===
* Psychodrome
* Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa and Adric's involvement in Cold Fusion
* The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius
* 'Season 19' Fifth Doctor's involvement in Secrets of Telos, God of War and The Auton Infinity
* Smoke and Mirrors
* The Darkening Eye
* Iterations of I
=== Comics ===
to be added
== Ratings ==
* Average: 9.3 million
* Highest: 10.5 million (Castrovalva Part 4)
* Lowest: 8.3 million (Time-Flight Part 4)
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
=== Home media ===
==== VHS releases ====
* Castrovalva (1992)
* Four to Doomsday (2001)
* Kinda (1994)
* The Visitation / Black Orchid (1994)
* Earthshock (1992)
* Time-Flight (2000)
==== DVD & Blu-ray releases ====
All serials of season 19 were released individually on DVD between 2003 and 2011. The complete season was upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and released on Blu-ray as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 19 in the UK on 10 December 2018.
It was later released in Australia on 23 January 2019 and was released in the US under the title Doctor Who: Peter Davison - Complete Season One on 4 December 2018.
A standard edition of the box set was released in the UK on 31 May 2021.
Serial name 	Number and durationof episodes	R2 release date 	R4 release date 	R1 release date
CastrovalvaOnly available as part of the New Beginnings box set in Regions 2 and 4. Available individually or in the box set in Region 1.	4 × 25 min. 	29 January 2007 	7 March 2007 	5 June 2007
Four to Doomsday 	4 × 25 min. 	15 September 2008	4 December 2008 	6 January 2009
KindaOnly available as part of the Mara Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1. 	4 × 25 min. 	7 March 2011 	7 April 2011 	12 April 2011
The Visitation 	4 × 25 min. 	19 January 2004 	8 April 2004 	1 March 2005
The Visitation - Special Edition 	4 x 25 min. 	6 May 2013 	15 May 2013 	14 May 2013
Black Orchid 	2 × 25 min. 	14 April 2008 	5 June 2008 	5 August 2008
Earthshock 	4 × 25 min. 	18 August 2003 	1 October 2003 	7 September 2004
Time-FlightOnly available as part of the Time-Flight/Arc of Infinity box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	4 × 25 min. 	6 August 2007 	5 September 2007	6 November 2007
The Collection - Season 19 	26 x 25 min. 	10 December 2018 	23 January 2019 	4 December 2018
=== Download/streaming availability ===
Serial name 	Amazon Video	Google Play	iTunes	Tubi.tv
Castrovalva (4 episodes) 	✓ 	 	✓ 	✓
Four to Doomsday (4 episodes)	 	 	 	✓
Kinda (4 episodes) 	✓ 	 	✓ 	✓
The Visitation (4 episodes) 	✓ 	 	✓ 	✓
Black Orchid (2 episodes) 	 	 	 	✓
Earthshock (4 episodes 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓
Time-Flight (4 episodes) 	✓ 	 	✓ 	✓
=== Novels ===
* Castrovalva
* Four to Doomsday
* Kinda
* The Visitation
* Black Orchid
* Earthshock
* Time-Flight
=== Audiobooks ===
* Kinda
== External links ==
* BBC website guide to Season 19
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