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Overview Edit

It consisted of five serials and twenty-six episodes. It was Jon Pertwee's final season as the Doctor and included, very briefly, the first appearance of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. The Time Warrior, the season opener, introduced Sarah Jane Smith, who would become arguably the most popular of all the Doctor's companions and a frequently featured character in the Doctor Who universe. The same story also, for the first time, named the Doctor's homeworld as Gallifrey. UNIT had also entirely been phased out of the series by this time. Roger Delgado, the first actor who had played the Master, had died, and so the production team did not give the character the dramatic send-off that they had planned in the season finale. The diamond shaped Doctor Who logo and tunnel effects with Jon Pertwee were introduced, paving the way for the Tom Baker era.

Season 11 was the latest season to be subject to the BBC's then-current policy of junking old episodes. For reasons unknown, only the first episodes of Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Death to the Daleks were erased; copies of both episodes were later reacquired.

Television stories Edit

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	The Time Warrior	Robert Holmes	4	First appearance of Sarah Jane Smith and the Sontarans; first use of the name Gallifrey
2	Invasion of the Dinosaurs	Malcolm Hulke	6	The first episode is titled Invasion
3	Death to the Daleks	Terry Nation	4
4	The Monster of Peladon	Brian Hayles	6	Sequel to The Curse of Peladon
5	Planet of the Spiders	Robert Sloman Barry Letts (uncredited)	6	Final regular appearance of the Third Doctor and Mike Yates. First appearance of the Fourth Doctor.

Main cast Edit

Primary cast Edit

The Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee
Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen

Secondary cast Edit

Introducing Edit

The Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker

Stories set during this season Edit

AUDIO: The Paradise of Death (between The Time Warrior and Invasion of the Dinosaurs)
PROSE: The Ghosts of N-Space / AUDIO: The Ghosts of N-Space (between Death to the Daleks and The Monster of Peladon)
PROSE: Island of Death (after The Ghosts of N-Space)
PROSE: Amorality Tale (between The Monster of Peladon and Planet of the Spiders)

Adaptations and merchandising Edit

Home media Edit

VHS Edit

The Time Warrior (1989) (edited movie format)
Invasion of the Dinosaurs (2003) (episode 1 is in B+W)
Death to the Daleks (1987/1995)
The Monster of Peladon (1995)
Planet of the Spiders (1991)

DVDs Edit

All serials of season 11 were released on DVD between 2007 and 2012.

Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
The Time Warrior Available individually or in the Bred for War box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	4 × 25 min.	3 September 2007	3 October 2007	1 April 2008
Invasion of the Dinosaurs Only available as part of the U.N.I.T. Files box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	6 × 25 min.	9 January 2012	5 January 2012	10 January 2012
Death to the Daleks	4 × 25 min.	18 June 2012	5 July 2012	10 July 2012
The Monster of Peladon Only available as part of the Peladon Tales box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	6 × 25 min.	18 January 2010	4 March 2010	4 May 2010
Planet of the Spiders	6 × 25 min.	18 April 2011	2 June 2011	10 May 2011

Novels Edit

External links Edit

BBC website guide to Season 11

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