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Overview Edit

Season 12 consisted of five serials and twenty episodes and was the shortest season to date. The season was shortened by a decision by the BBC to move Terror of the Zygons, originally intended as the finale, to the start of Season 13 to allow the next season to begin earlier and let Doctor Who better compete against the soon-to-debut Space: 1999.

All the stories in this season were interconnected. Several forming a loose story arc relating to Space Station Nerva. The Cybermen returned to the series for the first time since The Invasion. Genesis of the Daleks, a story which introduced Davros and showed the creation of the Daleks, is one of the most famous of all Doctor Who serials.

Television stories Edit

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Robot	Terrance Dicks	4	First appearance of Harry Sullivan; final regular appearance of Bessie. First story to feature videotaped exteriors; first appearance of the Fourth Doctor.
2	The Ark in Space	Robert Holmes	4	First appearance of Nerva Beacon.
3	The Sontaran Experiment	Bob Baker Dave Martin	2	Shortest 1970s story; first two-part story since The Rescue in 1965
4	Genesis of the Daleks	Terry Nation	6	First appearance of Davros
5	Revenge of the Cybermen	Gerry Davis	4	First full appearance of the Cybermen since 1968

Main cast Edit

Primary cast Edit

Guest cast Edit

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
Warrant Officer Benton - John Levene
Hilda Winters - Patricia Maynard
K1 Robot - Michael Kilgarriff
Professor Kettlewell - Edward Burnham
Vira - Wendy Williams
Noah - Kenton Moore
Rogin - Richardson Morgan
Vural - Donald Douglas
Krans - Glyn Jones
Erak - Peter Walshe
Styre - Kevin Lindsay
Davros – Michael Wisher
Nyder – Peter Miles
Gharman – Dennis Chinnery
Stevenson - Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Lester - William Marlowe
Tyrum - Kevin Stoney
Vorus - David Collings

Notes Edit

Though they only appeared in one story during Season 12, the Brigadier and Benton had appeared more prominently in previous stories.
Kaled is a anagram for Dalek.

Stories set during this season Edit

PROSE: A Device of Death (immediately after Genesis of the Daleks)

Adaptations and merchandising Edit

Home media Edit

VHS Edit

Robot (1992)
The Ark in Space (1989) (edited movie format)
The Ark in Space (1994)
The Sontaran Experiment/Genesis of the Daleks (1991)
Genesis of the Daleks (2001)
Revenge of the Cybermen (1983/1984) (edited movie format)
Revenge of the Cybermen (1999)
The Tom Baker Years (1992) (extracts from each of the stories)

DVD Edit

The stories were released on DVD individually in between 2002 and 2010.

Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
Robot	4 × 25 min.	4 June 2007	4 July 2007	14 August 2007
The Ark in Space	4 × 25 min.	8 April 2002	3 June 2002	6 August 2002
The Ark in Space - Special Edition	4 × 25 min.	18 February 2013	20 February 2013	12 March 2013
The Sontaran Experiment Available individually or in the Bred for War box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	2 × 25 min.	9 October 2006	7 December 2006	6 March 2007
Genesis of the Daleks Available individually or in The Complete Davros Collection box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	6 × 25 min.	10 April 2006	4 May 2006	6 June 2006
Revenge of the Cybermen Only available as part of the Cybermen box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.	4 × 25 min.	9 August 2010	7 October 2010	2 November 2010

Novels Edit

Scriptbooks Edit

In 2004, BBC Books published a hardcover, annotated collection of all the scripts from Season 12.

External links Edit

BBC website guide to Season 12

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