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Season 38 (2001)

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**Season 38** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** aired during summer of 2001. It is the fourth and final season for Paul McGann as the **Tenth Doctor**, and the first season for new companion **Destrii**. This season is the only season to be helm by only two main writers, series regulars Alan Barnes and Scott Gray (who wrote the majority of episodes). As with Season 36, the final episode is over an hour long in comparison to the rest of the season. Many new companions were introduced during this single season including **Izzy**, **Fey** and **Frobisher** who is the only one of the three to return afterwards. The previous companion, Charley Pollard, makes a small cameo at the end of the final story - ***The Flood*** - in a hallucination whilst the Doctor regenerates into **his eleventh incarnation**.
Katie Tollinger

**Katie Tollinger** was a former safe cracker and companion to the Seventh and Eighth Doctors. She was portrayed on screen by actress Julia Sawalha from 1990 to 1992.

## Biography

Her father was in league with multiple criminal organizations, leading to her being raised as a thief herself (TV: *Crime of the Century*). After meeting the Doctor, she was able to grow out of being a criminal and began to reform into a better person thanks to his mentorship, and would stay with him after he regenerated into his eighth body (TV: *Alixion*). Katie was often curious but cautious, often questioning the Doctor on some his more morally ambiguous actions such as letting Davros die at the hands of the Daleks (TV: *War of the Daleks*).

When travelling to the cemetery world of Heaven in the year 2570, Katie would meet archeologist Bernice Summerfield and the two would form a friendship as they travelled with the Doctor. After her attempted relationship with one of the travelers occupying Benny was cut off by the Doctor, Katie told the Doctor that he was going too far and that she wanted to go home. The Doctor brought her back to Earth where he left, bringing Bernice as his new travelling companion.

## Appearances

###### Season 27 (1990)

* *Crime of the Century*
* *School for Glory*
* *Alixion*

###### Season 28 (1991)

* *War of the Daleks*
* *The Clockwise Cuckoos*
* *Avatar*
* *Blood and Iron*
* *Illegal Alien*

###### Season 29 (1992)

* *Hostage*
* *Love and War*
Ninth Doctor

**The Ninth Doctor** was the ninth incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor, and is the eighth regeneration in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle. He was played by Peter Capaldi from the years of 1995 to 1997.

## List of appearances

###### Season 32 (1995)

* *Set Piece*
* *The Genocide Machine*
* *One Fateful Knight*
* *Original Sin*
* *The Also People*
* *Shakedown*
* *Warchild*

###### Season 33 (1996)

* *Death and Diplomacy*
* *Happy Endings*
* *God Engine*
* *The Nightmare Fair*
* *The Apocalypse Element*
* *The Death of Art*
* *Damaged Goods*

###### Season 34 (1997)

* *Return of the Autons*
* *So Vile A Sin*
* *Bad Therapy*
* *Eternity Weeps*
* *The Mutant Phase*
* *The Room with No Doors*
* *Lungbarrow*
Season 27 (1990)

**Season 27** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** aired from the summer to fall of 1990. It was Sylvester McCoy's fourth and final season as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred's final season as Ace.

## Production

### Evading Cancellation

Doctor Who was threatened with being pulled off the air during the late 1980's. Upon the negative reception of the Colin Baker era and the ratings declining since 1986, the series' twenty-sixth year was to be its last. But after negotiations between John Nathan-Turner and executives at BBC1, it was decided that Turner would stay for 1990 but that the show would have to be moved to BBC2. Turner accepted, and Doctor Who was saved from cancellation.

### The New Companion

Sophie Aldred's contract was to end in Season 27, as she had only seven episodes left. Many actresses were considered for the new companion "Katie Tollinger". Ultimately, Julia Sawalha was approached for the role. Although hesitant at first, she decided to accept the offer and got the part.

## Cast

* Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor
* Sophie Aldred as Ace
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Tollinger
* David Troughton as the Eighth Doctor (cameo)

## Merchandise

### Home Media

#### **VHS**

* *Night Thoughts*
* *Ice Time*
* *Crime of the Century*
* *School for Glory*
* *Alixion*

#### **DVD**

* All serials of Season 27 were released on DVD individually during the 2000's

#### **Blu-Ray**

* The complete season was upscaled to high definition and released on Blu-ray as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 27* in 2019
* It was later released in Australia and the US in 2020 as *Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy - Complete Season Four*

#### **Novelizations**

Target Books published novelizations of each television story in 1991.

* *Night Thoughts*
* *Ice Time*
* *Crime of the Century*
* *School for Glory*
* *Alixion*
Crime of the Century (TV story)

***Crime of the Century*** is the third serial of Season 27 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts from October to November of 1990.

## Synopsis

Katie Tollinger is a cat burglar who attempts to break into a house for some fancy jewels and trinkets, only to get more than what she'd bargained for. It's all part of another master plan by the Doctor, but even master plans can go awry. This story also reveals that Katie's father was the mysterious individual from *Ice Time* and was a notorious criminal, giving an explanation for how Katie ended up the way she is. The Doctor at the end decides to take her on as his new companion, and the two set off in the TARDIS.

## Cast

* Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger
Alixion (TV story)

***Alixion*** is the fifth and final serial of the Season 27 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts throughout November to December of 1990. It is the final story for Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

## Synopsis

The planet Alixion is a monastic world, inhabited by humans and large alien beetles. The humans are monks who work to create a special elixir that can enhance one's very intellect. This elixir is created via the beetle creatures feeding on other intelligent beings and then being harvested by the humans. The Doctor and Katie arrive and the leader of the Monks wants to feed the Doctor to the beetles so that he can gain an elixir so potent that he could become the wisest being in the universe. After a mental battle that takes everything the Doctor has to defeat the monks and their leader, he faints and begins to lose his mind as he dies. Katie drags him back to the TARDIS where the Doctor regenerates into his eighth incarnation.

## Cast

* Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger

## Production

Multiple actors were considered for the role of the Eighth Doctor. The most popular choice initially was Richard Griffiths, but he declined. David McCallum and Ian Richardson were also considered, before Andrew Cartmel decided upon David Troughton - the eldest son of Patrick Troughton - who ended up getting the role.
Season 34 (1997)

### Writers

Nicholas Briggs, Ben Aaronovitch, Kate Orman, Matthew Jones, Jim Mortimore ,  Marc Platt, Philip David Segal

## Release details

### Next

 Season 35

**Season 34** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** aired during mid 1997. It was the third and last season for Peter Capaldi's Ninth Doctor. This season also completed the Cartmel Master Plan. The story arc had been ongoing since Season 25 in 1988 and finally culminated with the final story - ***Lungbarrow***.

## Cast

* Peter Capaldi as the Ninth Doctor
* Michael French as **Chris**
* Lalla Ward as **Romana**
* Sophie Aldred as Ace
* Alan Rickman as **Irving Braxiatel**
* Louise Jameson as **Leela**
* Geoffrey Baldon as the First Doctor
* Paul McGann as the Tenth Doctor

## Merchandise

### Home Media

#### VHS

* *Return of the Autons*
* *So Vile a Sin*
* *Bad Therapy*
* *Eternity Weeps*
* *The Mutant Phase*
* *The Room with No Doors*
* *Lungbarrow*

#### DVD

* All serials of Season 34 were released individually during the 2000's

#### Blu-Ray

* The complete season was upscaled to high definition and released on Blu-ray as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 34* in 2023
* It was later released in Australia and the US in 2023 as *Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi - Complete Season Three*

#### Novelizations

Virgin Books published novelizations of each television story from 1997 to 1998.

* *Return of the Autons*
* *So Vile a Sin*
* *Bad Therapy*
* *Eternity Weeps*
* *The Mutant Phase*
* *The Room with No Doors*
* *Lungbarrow*
The Highest Science (TV story)

***The Highest Science*** is the fourth serial of the 30th season of BBC'S ***Doctor Who***, and was broadcast from August to September of 1993.

## Synopsis

There are many legends that speak of the homeworld of an ancient empire that was destroyed by its greatest achievement, known only as the "Highest Science", the supposed pinnacle of technological advancement. The TARDIS alerts the Doctor to the presence of a temporal anomaly on a green, rather unremarkable looking planet. He and Benny are unaware of its significance, but they soon run into conflict with the Chelonians and their hatred for humans. Through a group of youngsters and their music, the Doctor must face down the notorious galactic criminal Sheldukher and discover the truth behind the Highest Science before it's too late.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
Seventh Doctor

**The Seventh Doctor** was the seventh incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor, and is the sixth regeneration in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle. He was played by Scottish stage actor Sylvester McCoy from the years of 1987 to 1990.

## Personality

This incarnation starts as a whimsical, comedic character during his earlier adventures with Mel. But once with Ace he progressively revealed a more secretive and manipulative side, planning things several steps ahead and being able to twist any situation in his favor.

## Biography

After a intense mind battle with the Valeyard, the Sixth Doctor re-entered his TARDIS with Mel before being attacked by the Rani. The radiation being leaked in by the Rani's ship's attacks caused Mel to faint while the Doctor suffered more fatal conditions and regenerated.

The Seventh Doctor was able to stop the Rani's plans to trick him into helping her experiments and left with Mel for further adventures. On the planet Svartos, the Doctor and Mel met a troubled teenager named Ace who had been sent to the world via a time displacement phenomena. After Mel decided to stay behind, the Doctor took Ace as his new companion as they combatted the Daleks, Cybermen, the Gods of Ragnarok, the entity known as Fenric, the Master and the Ice Warriors among other threats. After mentoring her for long enough, the Doctor was able to send Ace to Gallifrey to attend the academy.

The Doctor met his next companion Katie Tollinger as she was trying to rob a mansion. Together they were able to discover the secrets of her father and defeat the Monks of the planet Alixion. However the head monk's physic abilities proved to be too much for the Doctor to handle, resulting in a regeneration being triggered. After Katie dragged the Doctor into the TARDIS, he set the console to take off and passed out, regenerating into the Eighth Doctor.

## List of appearances

###### Season 24 (1987)

* *Time and the Rani*
* *Paradise Towers*
* *Delta and the Bannermen*
* *Dragonfire*

###### Season 25 (1988-1989)

* *Remembrance of the Daleks*
* *The Happiness Patrol*
* *Silver Nemesis*
* *The Greatest Show in the Galaxy*

###### Season 26 (1989)

* *Battlefield*
* *Ghost Light*
* *The Curse of Fenric*
* *Survival*

###### Season 27 (1990)

* *Night Thoughts*
* *Ice Time*
* *Crime of the Century*
* *School for Glory*
* *Alixion*

Also See: *Doctor Who: The Dark Dimension (1993)*
Keff McCulloch

McCulloch (to the right), next to Doctor Who stars Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.

## Work on Doctor Who

### Main time period active

1987-1990

**Keff McCulloch** is a British music composer best known for his work on Doctor Who in the late 1980's and early 1990's. He was employed by John Nathan-Turner to arrange the variation of the *Doctor Who* theme used during the Seventh Doctor's era from 1987 to 1990.

He composed incidental music for several TV stories and even made an on-screen appearance as a bandmember of the Lorells in *Delta and the Bannermen*. McCulloch also composed a Latin-inspired arrangement of the theme music for the 1989 album Doctor Who - Variations on a Theme, which was used by **BBC Video** as the theme music for the ... *Years* documentaries.

## Doctor Who filmography

* *Time and the Rani*
* *Paradise Towers*
* *Delta and the Bannermen*
* *Remembrance of the Daleks*
* *Silver Nemesis*
* *Battlefield*
* *Bad Destination*
* *Crime of the Century*
* *Alixion*
Eighth Doctor

**The Eighth Doctor** was the eighth incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor, and is the seventh regeneration in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle. He was played by David Troughton - the son of Patrick Troughton who played the Second Doctor - from the years of 1991 to 1994.

## Personality

This incarnation was similar to his immediate predecessor and his second incarnation. A caring individual that was a uncle-like mentor figure for the troubled Katie Tollinger and a close friend for Bernice Summerfield. Although he couldn't manipulate others anymore like his seventh self could, he can still manipulate and create complex plans if needed. And if needed, he is willing to go as far as possible for the greater good, even if his companions aren't on the same page.

## List of appearances

###### Season 28 (1991)

* *War of the Daleks*
* *The Clockwise Cuckoos*
* Avatar
* *Blood and Iron*
* *Illegal Alien*

###### Season 29 (1992)

* *Hostage*
* *Love and War*
* *Lucifer Rising*
* *The Mind of the Hodiac*
* *Network*

###### Season 30 (1993)

* *Transit*
* *Nightshade*
* *Legacy of the Daleks*
* *The Highest Science*
* *Blood Heat*
* *First Frontier*
* *The Dark Dimension*

###### Season 31 (1994)

* *Birthright*
* *Iceberg*
* *Theatre of War*
* *All-Consuming Fire*
* *Warlock*
* *Millennial Rites*
Ace

Kathleen Dudman (grandmother)

**Dorothy "Ace" Gale** was a companion to the Seventh Doctor. Originating from the 20th century, Ace was a regular on the show from 1987 to 1990. She was portrayed by actress Sophie Aldred.

## List of appearances

###### Season 25 (1988-1989)

* *Remembrance of the Daleks*
* *The Happiness Patrol*
* *Silver Nemesis*
* *The Greatest Show in the Galaxy*

###### Season 26 (1989)

* *Battlefield*
* *Ghost Light*
* *The Curse of Fenric*
* *Survival*

###### Season 27 (1990)

* *Night Thoughts*
* *Ice Time*
The Doctor's TARDIS

**The TARDIS** (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) was a time-traveling spacecraft created by the Time Lords for time travel and space exploration. The Doctor's ship is a Mark Two Type 40, the chameleon circuit of which had broken while the Doctor and Susan had traveled to London, England 1963. Since then, the TARDIS had remained in the shape of a blue British Police Box.

## Exterior shape

The Doctor's TARDIS takes the shape of a blue British Police Box via the chameleon circuit broking in 1963. The actual shape of the Police Box exterior has changed through the years.

* 1963-1966 exterior
* 1967-1977 exterior
* 1977-1980 exterior
* 1980-1993 exterior
* 1994-2001 exterior
* 2002-2004 exterior
* 2005-Present exterior
Ghost

A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul.
The Clockwise Cuckoos (TV story)

***The Clockwise Cuckoos*** is the second serial of Season 28 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts from September to October of 1991.

## Synopsis

The Autons have returned once more as UNIT moves in to locate the Nestene Consciousness attaining the help of former Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart due to his prior experience with the Autons. This invasion force attracts the attention of the TARDIS and the Doctor and Katie help UNIT fight back the Nestene's invasion of London.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger
* Nicholas Courtney as **Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart**
First Doctor

Geoffrey Baldon (Lungbarrow)

Ian Chesterton

Vicki

Steven Taylor

Katarina

Sara Kingdom

Dodo Chaplet

Polly

Ben Jackson

Season 3 (1965-1966)

Season 4 (1966-1967)

**The First Doctor** was the original incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor. He was played by English actor William Hartnell from the years of 1963 to 1966.

## Personality

* The First Doctor was very much a gentleman, and spoke and acted in a very sophisticated manner. Although he started off rather grumpy and quite mean towards his human companions, he soon softened and became a kinder man and more grandfatherly while still having a rather youthful charm.

## Biography

* The Doctor was born and grew up on the planet Gallifrey and attended the Time Lord academy alongside **the Master**, **the Rani** and **the Monk**. He and the Master had a shared desire to break the Time Lord's Non-Intervention policy so they could travel the stars. The Doctor wasn't a particularly good student, barely passing and becoming a official Time Lord when graduating. The Doctor later married and had a child, who would have a child of their own - **Susan**.
* Once he had reached the age of around 400, the Doctor decided to leave Gallifrey and explore the universe and he took his granddaughter Susan with him. The Doctor landed on Earth in the city of London, 1963. He would encounter two school teachers; Ian Chesterson and Barbara Wright, and they would end up in prehistoric times (TV: *An Unearthly Child*).
* This Doctor was the first to meet the **Daleks** and the **Cybermen**. After leaving Susan in 2169 in the aftermath of ***the Dalek Invasion of Earth***, the Doctor would meet other companions such as Vicki, Steven Taylor, Katarina - who was killed during the events of ***the Dalek's Master Plan*** - Dodo, who left with Steven, and Ben and Polly who travelled with him until his final adventure on Mondas and his first encounter with Cybermen where he regenerated for the first time in the TARDIS into his second incarnation (TV: *The Tenth Planet*).

## List of appearances

###### Season 1 (1963-1964)

* *An Unearthly Child*
* *The Daleks*
* *The Edge of Destruction*
* *Marco Polo*
* *The Keys of Marinus*
* *The Aztecs*
* *The Sensorites*
* *The Reign of Terror*

###### Season 2 (1964-1965)

* *The Planet of Giants*
* *The Dalek Invasion of Earth*
* *The Rescue*
* *The Romans*
* *The Web Planet*
* *The Crusade*
* *The Space Museum*
* *The Chase*
* *The Time Meddler*

###### Season 3 (1965-1966)

* *Galaxy 4*
* *Mission to the Unknown*
* *The Myth Makers*
* *The Dalek's Master Plan*
* *The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve*
* *The Ark*
* *The Celestial Toymaker*
* *The Gunfighters*
* *The Savages*
* *The War Machines*

###### Season 4 (1966-1967)

* *The Smugglers*
* *The Tenth Planet*
Fourth Doctor

Leela

K9

Romana

Adric

Nyssa

Tegan Jovanka

Season 14 (1976-1977)

Season 15 (1977-1978)

Season 16 (1978-1979)

Season 17 (1979-1980)

Season 18 (1980-1981)

**The Fourth Doctor** was the fourth incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor, and is the third regeneration in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle. He was played by English actor Tom Baker with the longest tenure of any actor in the role from the years of 1974 to 1981.

## Personality

* The Fourth Doctor was a eccentric, whimsical and brooding incarnation whose had an immensely warm and caring side only tempered by his occasional righteous anger. He fashioned himself a frock coat, cravat, fedora and an immediately recognizable long multi-colored scarf.

## List of appearances

###### Season 12 (1974-1975)

* *Robot*
* *The Ark in Space*
* *The Sontaran Experiment*
* *Genesis of the Daleks*
* *Revenge of the Cybermen*

###### Season 13 (1975-1976)

* *Terror of the Zygons*
* *Planet of Evil*
* *Pyramids of Mars*
* *The Android Invasion*
* *The Brain of Morbius*
* *The Seeds of Doom*

###### Season 14 (1976-1977)

* *The Masque of Mandragora*
* *The Hand of Fear*
* *The Deadly Assassin*
* *The Face of Evil*
* *The Robots of Death*
* *The Talons of Weng-Chiang*

###### Season 15 (1977-1978)

* *Horror of Fang Rock*
* *The Invisible Enemy*
* *Image of the Fendahl*
* *The Sun Makers*
* *Underworld*
* *The Invasion of Time*

###### Season 16 (1978-1979)

* *The Ribos Operation*
* *The Pirate Planet*
* *The Stones of Blood*
* *The Androids of Tara*
* *The Power of Kroll*
* *The Armageddon Factor*

###### Season 17 (1979-1980)

* *Destiny of the Daleks*
* *City of Death*
* *The Creature from the Pit*
* *Nightmare of Eden*
* *The Horns of Nimon*
* *Shada (Unaired)*

###### Season 18 (1980-1981)

* *The Leisure Hive*
* *Meglos*
* *Full Circle*
* *State of Decay*
* *Warrior's Gate*
* *The Keeper of Traken*
* *Logopolis*

Also see: *The Five Doctors (1983), Doctor Who: The Dark Dimension (1993)*
War of the Daleks (TV story)

***War of the Daleks*** is the first serial of the 28th season of BBC'S *Doctor Who*, and was broadcast in 3 parts throughout September of 1991.

## Synopsis

After a brief post-regeneration phase, the Doctor and Katie are swept by a garbage ship before being attacked by another space capsule. This second ship's captain, Delani has the eerily familiar survival pod in the ship hold opened, revealing the now reawakened **Davros**, creator of **the Daleks**. The Doctor finds out that Delani and his crew are actually Thals, the Daleks' sworn eneimes, and that they plan on using Davros as a means of finally destroying the Daleks. Even with this plan the Doctor is still weary of Davros, as well as the signal beacon in his pod which has alerted nearby Dalek ships. The **Renegade** and **Imperial Daleks** arrive and have their final battle in space. The Doctor and Katie are able to save the remaining Thals and retreat into the TARDIS after a longwind battle. The Imperial Daleks, the ones loyal to Davros, are defeated and the Renegades have their creater put in an atom displacement chamber to be executed. The **Dalek Civil War** has finally concluded.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger
* Terry Molloy as **Davros**
First Frontier (TV story)

***First Frontier*** is the sixth serial of the 30th season of BBC'S ***Doctor Who***, and was broadcast in 6 parts from October to November of 1993. It is the final story for Anthony Ainley as **the Master.**

## Synopsis

Benny asks the Doctor to take them to the dawn of the space age, and so the TARDIS travels to the USA in 1957. An age of paranoia and distrust as the Cold War looms over the globe with the threat of nuclear armageddon. But there is a threat to the world present greater than the Soviet Union, as the Tzun Confederacy have made Earth their target for conquest, and they have already assumed human form to tread among us. Two nuclear missiles are stolen as there are traitors in the highest ranks, but above all of them is the army's mysterious scientific advisor, revealed to be none other than the Master.

The Master has allied himself with the Tzun in order to repair his body and remove the Trakenite DNA (TV: Survival) to try to convert his stolen body into a full Time Lord body. He attempts to trap the Doctor within a nuclear missile before being shot by Benny. The Master's body that he had stolen all the way back in Season 18's *The Keeper of Traken* finally dies, and the Master is reverted back to his decaying true form, escaping in his TARDIS after his plan had failed. With the defeat of the Master, the Tzun decided to abandon their plan to invade Earth, and the Doctor and Benny leave.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* Anthony Ainley as **the Master**
Season 35 (1998)

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**Season 35** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** aired from mid 1998 It is the first season for Paul McGann's **Tenth Doctor** and the first season for new companion **Charlotte "Charley" Pollard**, played by India Fisher. Season 35 was the first season to use the now standard 45 minute 13 episode format instead of the original serialized format that the show had been using since it's inception in 1963.

The show also began to lighten its tone after the very dark and Cartmel/Aaronovitch era, seen through the new title sequence and title card being an updated version of the 1970-1973 title card. The Second Mark Ayres theme used since 1994 was replaced by a new arrangement from David Arnold.
The Mind of the Hodiac (TV story)

***The Mind of the Hodiac*** is the fourth serial of Season 29 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts from October to November of 1992.

## Synopsis

In the depths of space, the mysterious Hodiac is manipulating the Galactic Stock Exchange to raise money. His aim? To hire mercenaries for a deadly quest across the stars. Meanwhile, on Earth, an ordinary British family is plagued by a series of psychic events. The one thing connecting these events is an black, white-striped suit – which just so happens to belong to a very curious Time Lord...

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield

## Production

The Mind of the Hodiac is the first script pinned by Russel T. Davies for Doctor Who. The story was originally pitched during Colin Baker's tenure as the Sixth Doctor but it was never picked up.

In 1989, Davies pitched the story again and Cartmel was impressed with the script, and had it greenlit after becoming a producer for the show in 1991. The story was originally going to air in Season 28 but due to scheduling issues it was pushed to 1992 where it aired as the fifth story of Season 29. The second version of the story was originally written for McCoy's Doctor and Ace but was rewritten to suit David Troughton and Lisa Bowerman.
The Doctor

**The Doctor** is the main alias used by the main character of the BBC science fiction series ***Doctor Who***, a renegade Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels around time and space in their Type 40 TARDIS with numerous companions, solving problems and battling evil across the universe.

The character has been played by a multitude of actors, because as a Time Lord the Doctor has the ability to regenerate their entire body when severely injured, causing their appearance and personality to change while still keeping their memories, intelligence and general moral stance.

## Chronology

List of all incarnations of **the Doctor**
Sixth Doctor

Season 23 (1986)

**The Sixth Doctor** was the sixth incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor, and is the fifth regeneration in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle. He was played by Colin Baker from the years of 1984 to 1986, and briefly returned for a TV special in 1994.

## Personality

The Sixth Doctor was highly arrogant, brash and flamboyant who wore brightly colored, mismatched clothes. He would almost always think of himself as superior to everyone he encountered, including his companions for a time. However, this Doctor could still be compassionate and kind towards his friends.

## List of appearances

###### Season 22 (1985)

* *Attack of the Cybermen*
* *Vengeance on Varos*
* *The Mark of the Rani*
* *The Two Doctors*
* *Timelash*
* *Revelation of the Daleks*

###### Season 23 (1986)

* *The Mysterious Planet*
* *Mindwarp*
* *Terror of the Vervoids*
* *The Ultimate Foe*

Also see: *Doctor Who: The Dark Dimension*, *The Brink of Death*
Season 36 (1999)

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**Season 36** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** was broadcasted during the summer of 1999. It is the second season for both Paul McGann's **Tenth Doctor** and India Fisher as **Charley**. This season marked the first appearance of **Faction Paradox**, an anti-Time Lord cult that would take a neutral part in the further developing ***War In Heaven*** arch in future seasons. This was the season to have the finale be longer than the typical running time, meaning ***Zagreus*** would be over an hour long.
Illegal Alien (TV story)

***Illegal Alien*** is the fifth and final serial of Season 28 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts through November to December of 1991.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Katie meet up with a detective in the Second World War named Cody McBride, inquiring about an article about a floating silver sphere in the sky. They discover that the sphere is a Cyberman ship that has crash landed during the London blitz and is attempting to repair itself through blood plasma. There's a cyber-operation led by a former military intelligence man, working with the Cybermen to give cybertechnology to the British and Nazis to start a new technology race. The Doctor must stop the newly planted cocoons of Cybermen built underneath London, or else the invasion of Earth will become unstoppable.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger
Season 31 (1994)

### Writers

Nicholas Briggs, Nigel Robinson, Justin Richards, Andy Lane, Andrew Cartmel, Craig Hinton

## Release details

### Next

 Season 32

**Season 31** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** was broadcasted throughout mid 1994. It was the final season for David Troughton's Eighth Doctor and and the third for Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield.

## Production

This season introduced a new title sequence and a second, far darker theme arrangement from Mark Ayres. A brand new title sequence was developed, being the first opening to include the names of the main cast, as well as a new logo originally designed for the 30th anniversary.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Eighth Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor
* Michael Jayston as the Valeyard
* Alan Rickman as Irving Braxiatel
* Peter Capaldi as the Ninth Doctor (cameo)

## Merchandise

### Home Media

#### **VHS**

* *The Brink of Death*
* *Birthright*
* *Iceberg*
* *Theatre of War*
* *All-Consuming Fire*
* *Warlock*
* *Millennial Rites*

#### **DVD**

* All serials of Season 31 were released individually during the 2000's

#### **Blu-Ray**

* The complete season was upscaled to high definition and released on Blu-ray as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 31* in 2019
* It was later released in Australia and the US in 2021 as *Doctor Who: David Troughton - Complete Season Four*

#### **Novelizations**

Target Books published novelizations of each television story in 1995.

* *The Brink of Death*
* *Birthright*
* *Iceberg*
* *Theatre of War*
* *All-Consuming Fire*
* *Warlock*
* *Millennial Rites*
Season 30 (1993)

### Writers

Ben Aaronovitch, Mark Gatiss, John Peel, Gareth Roberts, Jim Mortimore, David A. McIntee, Adrian Rigelsford

## Release details

### Next

 Season 31

**Season 30** of BBC's *Doctor Who* aired during the mid to late of 1993. It is the third season for David Troughton's Eighth Doctor and the first full season for Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield**,** as well as featuring the return of Anthony Ainley as **the Master**, last seen in *Survival* from Season 26, and Carol Anne Ford as **Susan**, last seen in Season 2's *Dalek Invasion of Earth*, from 1964. As this was an anniversary year, the season ended with the 30th Anniversary television movie *Doctor Who: The Dark Dimension*.

## Merchandise

### Home Media

#### **VHS**

* *Transit*
* *Nightshade*
* *Legacy of the Daleks*
* *The Highest Science*
* *Blood Heat*
* *First Frontier*
* *The Dark Dimension*

#### **DVD**

* All serials of Season 30 were released individually during the 2000's

#### **Blu-Ray**

* The complete season was upscaled to high definition and released on Blu-ray as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 30* in 2019
* It was later released in Australia and the US in 2021 as *Doctor Who: David Troughton - Complete Season Three*

#### **Novelizations**

Target Books published novelizations of each television story in 1994.

* *Transit*
* *Nightshade*
* *Legacy of the Daleks*
* *The Highest Science*
* *Blood Heat*
* *First Frontier*
* *The Dark Dimension*
Network (TV story)

***Network*** is the fifth and final serial of Season 29 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 4 parts in November to December of 1992.

## Synopsis

The Rani is back. The Doctor and Kate must stop a biological computer virus created by the Rani to take over Earth's computer systems and threaten a nuclear war unless the planet's nations submit to her, so that she can advance Earth's technology by centuries for her own gain. The Doctor and UNIT must team up to stop the Rani or else the world will be in serious danger.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* Angela Bruce as **Brigadier Winifred Bambera**
* Kate O'Mara as **the Rani**
Cyberman

Cyberman designs from 1966 to present

**The Cybermen**, next to the Daleks and the Master, are among the most popular and persistent antagonists in the BBC science fiction series ***Doctor Who***. The Cybermen are a species of emotionless cyborgs who aim to surgically convert all humankind into Cybermen, as they believe that it is the only way for humanity to survive, as their recurring phrase "You will become like us" would suggest.

The Cybermen have multiple different points of origin, being explained as parallel evolution. The Cybermen tend to stem from when a human-like species become desperate to find a way of survival in a treacherous environment, and so they would experiment on themselves and have their emotions removed as to prevent them from feeling pain. This idea eventually causes the Cybermen to invade planets and attempt to convert others into their race, commonly against their will. Whilst the human brain was kept, every other part of the body was replaced with advanced cybernetics. The Cybermen have also established multiple Cyber-Empires and have fought multiple "Cyber-Wars" against humanity.

## List of appearances

##### Season 4 (1966-1967)

* *The Tenth Planet*
* *The Moonbase*

##### Season 5 (1967-1968)

* *The Tomb of the Cybermen*
* *The Wheel in Space*

##### Season 6 (1968-1969)

* *The Invasion*
* *The War Games*
Third Doctor

Sarah Jane Smith

Season 9 (1972)

Season 10 (1972-1973)

Season 11 (1973-1974)

**The Third Doctor** was the third incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor, and is the second regeneration in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle. He was played by English actor Jon Pertwee from the years of 1970 to 1974.

## Personality

* The Third Doctor was a dapper, suave, technologically orientated man of action who had a knowledge of martial arts, most prominently Venusian Aikido. He had a laboratory at UNIT HQ when he was the organization's scientific advisor where he would mess about in his TARDIS, and in his spare time he had a fondness of automobiles, owning two; Bessie and the Whomobile.

## List of appearances

###### Season 7 (1970)

* *Spearhead from Space*
* *Doctor Who and the Silurians*
* *The Ambassadors of Death*
* *Inferno*

###### Season 8 (1971)

* *Terror of the Autons*
* *The Mind of Evil*
* *The Claws of Axos*
* *Colony in Space*
* *The Dæmons*

###### Season 9 (1972)

* *Day of the Daleks*
* *The Curse of Peladon*
* *The Sea Devils*
* *The Mutants*
* *The Time Monster*

###### Season 10 (1972-1973)

* *The Three Doctors*
* *Carnival of Monsters*
* *Frontier in Space*
* *Planet of the Daleks*
* *The Green Death*

###### Season 11 (1973-1974)

* *The Time Warrior*
* *Invasion of the Dinosaurs*
* *Death to the Daleks*
* *The Monster of Peladon*
* *Planet of the Spiders*

Also see: *The Five Doctors (1983), Doctor Who: The Dark Dimension (1993)*
Love and War (TV story)

***Love and War*** is the second serial of Season 29 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts from September to October of 1992.

## Synopsis

The Doctor takes Katie to the planet Heaven in the year 2570 for a simple task - to find a book. The planet is a cemetery world for the human and Draconian empires, a neutral world in their war so that their dead may rest together. The particular item that the Doctor is looking for is a lost manuscript for a book called "The Papers of Felsecar". Katie gets involved with a group of travelers and their guest, archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. Katie becomes romantically involved with one of the travelers, Jan. The Doctor is opposed to this relationship but isn't clear on why. What is he trying to stop? Bernice thinks it might have something to do with the mysterious falling objects that the planet's military are so concerned about. Katie’s frustrations with the Doctor end with her asking to go home. The Doctor decides to oblige and takes her back to Earth, 1990. By the end of the story, Bernice decides to join the Doctor on his travels.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
Transit (TV story)

***Transit*** is the first serial of the 30th season of BBC'S ***Doctor Who***, and was broadcast in 3 in June of 1993.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Bernice arrive in the year 2109 where the entire solar system is connected by a mass interdimensional transit system. The three decide to take the first ride beyond the Sol System, to the human colony on Arcturus 26 light years away. One of the passengers they meet happens to be a descendent of the Doctor's old friend Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart. However, there's something in the tunnels that's incinerating the passenger vessels that go through. The entity in the tunnels arrived through one of the rifts opened by the transit system itself, originating from another dimension. As this entity has no name, the Doctor decides to call it "Fred".

Fred is unable to exist in this current dimension with the power he already has as the laws of physics from the universe he came from are different. He needs to assimilate a physical form to survive, and saw potential in the Doctor due to his high intellect and Time Lord biology. Bernice had already planted explosives in the part of the tunnel they were in to kill Fred, and the Doctor is able to escape and retreat with Bernice into the TARDIS, right before the section of tunnel exploded, killing Fred.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
Blood and Iron (TV story)

***Blood and Iron*** is the fourth serial of Season 28 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts from October to November of 1991.

## Synopsis

The year is 2001. The Doctor and Katie have to investigate an English University with the assistance of UNIT ten years after the Auton invasion of London. What are the aliens imprisoned in the science lab? What are the true motives of the students? The Doctor teams up with his old ally Brigadier Bambera in a battle for the fate of Earth.

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger
* Angela Bruce as **Brigadier Winifred Bambera**
Season 29 (1992)

### Writers

Neil Penswick, Paul Cornell, Jim Mortimore, Russel T. Davies, Ben Aaronovitch and  Marc Platt

## Release details

### Next

 Season 30

**Season 29** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** aired in late 1992. It is the second season for David Troughton's Eighth Doctor and the last for Julia Sawalha as Katie Tollinger. This season marks the first appearance of series regular Bernice Summerfield, portrayed on screen by Lisa Bowerman. It also featured Kate O'Mara returning as the Rani, last seen in Season 24's *Time and the Rani*.

## Production

After the success of Season 28, This season continues the darker angle that began two years earlier and begins to fully cement itself into the 1990's, reediting the title sequence that had been in use since 1987 and changing it with more at the time up-to-date CGI. Along with this came a new title card, which was more reminiscent of the Season 18-21 title card.

*TBA*

## Cast

* David Troughton as the Eighth Doctor
* Julia Sawalha as Katie Trollinger
* Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield
* Kate O'Mara as **the Rani**
* Angela Bruce as **Brigadier Winifred Bambera**

## Merchandise

### Home Media

#### **VHS**

* *Hostage*
* *Love and War*
* *Lucifer Rising*
* *The Mind of the Hodiac*
* *Network*

#### **DVD**

* All serials of Season 29 were released individually during the 2000's

#### **Blu-Ray**

* The complete season was upscaled to high definition and released on Blu-ray as *Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 29* in 2020
* It was later released in Australia and the US in 2020 as *Doctor Who: David Troughton - Complete Season Two*

#### **Novelizations**

Target Books published novelizations of each television story in 1993.

* *Hostage*
* *Love and War*
* *Lucifer Rising*
* *The Mind of the Hodiac*
* *Network*
Night Thoughts (TV story)

***Night Thoughts*** is the first serial of Season 27 of Doctor Who, and was broadcast in 3 parts throughout September, 1990.

## Synopsis

The Doctor and Ace land in a Scottish mansion inhabited by five opposing academics that are being haunted by ghosts in the mansion. Ace befriends the young housemaid Sue, who knows secrets about why the academics are here, but her lips are sealed. She prefers to communicate through her stuffed toy - Happy the Rabbit. When the murders start, the Doctor begins to realize why Sue believes that everyone in the mansion should be very, very afraid...

## Cast

* Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor
* Sophie Aldred as Ace
Season 37 (2000)

Title card

**Season 37** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** was broadcasted in 2000. It is the third season for both Paul McGann's **Tenth Doctor** and the last for India Fisher as **Charley**. This season focuses on the Doctor and Charley's travels in the "Divergent Universe" and them getting back to their home universe.
Mark Ayres

**Mark Ayres** is a electronic music composer who did the incidental music for certain ***Doctor Who*** episodes through Seasons 25 to 27 before becoming the series' first main composer throughout the 1990's.

## *Doctor Who* and other television work

* *The Greatest Show in the Galaxy*
* *Ghost Light*
* *The Curse of Fenric*
* *Ice Time*
* *War of the Daleks*
* *Night Thoughts*
* *Illegal Alien*
* *Avatar*
* *School for Glory*
* *Hostage*
* *Love and War*
* *The Mind of the Hodiac*
* *Network*
* *Transit*
* *Nightshade*
* *Legacy of the Daleks*
* *The Highest Science*
* *Blood Heat*
* *First Frontier*
* *The Dark Dimension*
Season 40 (2003)

Title card

**Season 40** of BBC's ***Doctor Who*** aired from mid to late 2003, ending with the series' 40th anniversary TV Special ***The Ancestor Cell***. It is the second season for Richard E. Grant as the **Eleventh Doctor** and the third and last for **Destrii**, and the last appearance of Alex McQueen as the Master. This season reintroduced Faction Paradox who first appeared back in Season 36, and they are instrumental in the season's over-arching storyline - the War in Heaven, which follows the Doctor trying to avoid the war with his new companion Compassion as Faction Paradox is trying to turn him into their new agent. The 40th anniversary special sees the Doctor having to destroy Gallifrey and the majority of the Time Lords in order to prevent the conflict from escalating any further.
Fifth Doctor

Tegan Jovanka

Vislor Turlough

Kamelion

Peri Brown

Season 21 (1984)

**The Fifth Doctor** was the fifth incarnation of the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor, and is the fourth regeneration in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle. He was played by English actor Peter Davison from the years of 1982 to 1984.

## Personality

* The Fifth Doctor was more vulnerable than his previous incarnations, being rather indecisive at times. He dressed as an Edwardian cricketer and had a fondness for the sport.

## List of appearances

###### Season 19 (1982)

* *Castrovalva*
* *Four to Doomsday*
* *Kinda*
* *The Visitation*
* *Black Orchid*
* *Earthshock*
* *Time-Flight*

###### Season 20 (1983)

* *Arc of Infinity*
* *Snakedance*
* *Mawdryn Undead*
* *Terminus*
* *Enlightenment*
* *The King's Demons*

###### The Five Doctors (1983)

* 20th anniversary TV special

###### Season 21 (1984)

* *Warriors of the Deep*
* *The Awakening*
* *Frontios*
* *Resurrection of the Daleks*
* *Planet of Fire*
* *The Caves of Androzani*

Also see: *Doctor Who: The Dark Dimension (1993)*

## Chronology

List of all incarnations of the Doctor
Loughton Fields

**Loughton Fields** is a station released in Version 0.3.1. This station is operated by Overtrains and is served by Overtrains. It has 4 platforms, with two platform layers. It is just before the Loughton Fields Junction.

## Platform Layout

 2
 3
 4

## History

Loughton Fields was created in Version 0.3.1 with the Class 755. A model of the train can be found at the station. A depot for this station can be found just north of the station and was created in Version 0.3.2.

### June 2022 Event

During June of 2022, an event was held on the discord server with stations along the South Bourne to Collester Town Line, with this station being on the line.

## Trivia

* There is a golden track piece in the concourse.
East Rottingham Bypass Line

*This is an article about the bypass line on the east of Rottingham. If you are looking for the bypass on the west side of Rottingham, it is the West Rottingham Bypass Line (SBCT).*

The **East Rottingham Bypass Line** (or ERBL for short) is a train line east of Rottingham Central station. This train line bypasses Rottingham Central and is only used by Overtrains, however trains on Crossbourne and Bourne County Metro do stop at Rottingham Pass. It has two stations, and runs between Rottingham South Junction and Rottingham Road Junction.

## Stations

Stations in **bold** are interchanges.

* **Rottingham Pass**
* Rottingham Road

### Interchanges

#### Rottingham Pass

At Rottingham Pass, you can change for Crossbourne services to Sawbridgeworth or Fromaning Low Level. You can also change for Bourne County Metro services to Sawbridgeworth, Rottingham Central and Fromaning Bus Station. You can also change for other Overtrains services to Sawbridgeworth and Fromaning Low Level.
Stritways Branch Line (operator)

The **Stritways Branch Line** is an operator in Bourne Rail. It is the smallest operator in the game with only two stations, Loughton and Stritways End. The full line is 0.53 km (0.33 miles) long.

## Features

### Loughton to Loughton Fields TMD

The SBL starts in Loughton, an interchange on the mainline. It can be on any of the four platforms at Loughton. After about 100 metres, the track splits, with trains turning to the right. After about another hundred metres, the track splits again, turning right again into the depot (turning left would be towards the SBCT Line). Trains towards Stritways End use Lane 8, however trains towards Loughton use Lane 9. This whole section is only 216 metres long.

### Loughton Fields TMD to Stritways End

After the depot, trains do a 135 degrees turn to the left, for about twenty metres. After the turn, it goes above the mainline tracks for about another two hundred metres. For the final hundred metres, the line goes completely straight into Stritways End station, where it can use either platform.