Season 17

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The seventeenth season of Doctor Who ran between 1st September 1979 and 12th January 1980. It consisted of 5 stories and 20 episodes, plus the incomplete Shada, unfinished as a result of an industrial strike. Lalla Ward joined as Romana II, and the season is notable for the involvement of Douglas Adams in the writing department. This was the last season to use the traditional Delia Derbyshire "Doctor Who theme" arrangement.

Contents 1 Stories 2 Regular cast 2.1 Notes 3 Adaptations and merchandising 3.1 Video 3.1.1 VHS 3.1.2 DVD 3.2 Novelisations 3.3 Audiobooks 4 External Links

[edit] Stories

• Destiny of the Daleks (4 episodes)
• City of Death (4 episodes)
• The Creature from the Pit (4 episodes)
• Nightmare of Eden (4 episodes)
• The Horns of Nimon (4 episodes)
• Shada (6 episodes; not completed and un-aired)

[edit] Regular cast

• The Doctor - Tom Baker
• Romana - Lalla Ward (introduction)
• K-9 (voice) - David Brierley (appears in The Creature from the Pit, Nightmare of Eden, The Horns of Nimon)

[edit] Notes

• Romana regenerates off screen, appearing in her new form at the start of Destiny of the Daleks.
• Season 17 had David Brierley replacing John Leeson as the voice of K-9. Leeson would return in Season 18 and all subsequent guest appearances and in the reconstructed video version of Shada.

[edit] Adaptations and merchandising

[edit] Video

[edit] VHS

• Destiny of the Daleks
• City of Death
• The Creature from the Pit
• Nightmare of Eden
• The Horns of Nimon
• Shada (with extra post-production work and linking narration of unfilmed sequences)
• The Tom Baker Years (extracts from all stories)

[edit] DVD

• Destiny of the Daleks
• City of Death
• The Horns of Nimon

[edit] Novelisations

• Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks
• Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit
• Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden
• Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon

[edit] Audiobooks

[edit] External Links

• BBC website guide to Season 17

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Season 17
Destiny of the Daleks  • City of Death  • The Creature from the Pit  • Nightmare of Eden  • The Horns of Nimon • Shada

Aliens and Enemies of Season 17
Destiny of the Daleks: Daleks  • Davros  • Movellans  • Kaled mutants City of Death: Scaroth The Creature from the Pit: Lady Adrasta  • Tythonians  • Huntsman  • Wolfweed Nightmare of Eden: Mandrels  • Tryst  • Dymond The Horns of Nimon: Skonnans  • Nimons  • Soldeed  • Anethans  • Crinothian Shada: Skagra  • Krargs