The Fifth Doctor: Peter Davison

Season Nineteen

Castrovalva   (4 episodes) The Doctor is extremely weak after his regeneration and seeks refuge in the TARDIS' Zero Room, leaving his companions to operate the TARDIS. Adric is kidnapped by The Master, who is using him to get to The Doctor. Tegan consults the ship's index file and pilots the TARDIS to Castrovalva, a planet said to be so peaceful that it can heal the regeneration process. As The Doctor recuperates, he learns that Castrovalva is not as it appears on the surface, but is actually a paradoxical trap set by The Master. First aired January 4 to January 12, 1982

Four to Doomsday - Not yet released

Kinda   (4 episodes) The TARDIS materializes on Deva Loka, home to a peaceful, magical culture known as the Kinda. An expedition from Earth is surveying the planet for further colonization, and the humans fear the strange powers of the Kinda. Tegan is separated from the others and becomes incredibly tired. While sleeping, she is taken over by the Mara, an evil force that infects people's dreams. Through Tegan, the Mara begins to increase its power and threatens to take over the entire population. First aired February 1 to February 9, 1982

The Visitation / Black Orchid   (4 episodes / 2 episodes) In The Visitation, The Doctor tries to bring Tegan back to her own time, but lands 300 years too early. The Doctor and his companions take cover in the home of a local rogue. The Doctor's suspicions are aroused when he finds an alien power source and uncovers the plot of the Terileptils to take over the world. In Black Orchid, they arrive in London 1926, where The Doctor is mistaken for someone else and joins a cricket match. The Doctor plays brilliantly and is invited to the Lord Cranleigh's estate. Nyssa is a double for the Lord's niece, and everyone is getting ready for a masked ball. When several bodies turn up, The Doctor becomes the prime suspect in this murder mystery. First aired February 15 to March 2, 1982

Earthshock   (4 episodes) The TARDIS lands in a huge cavern beneath the surface of the Earth in the 26th century manned by an excavation team and two androids. The Doctor discovers that they are protecting a powerful bomb, which is activating and threatens to blow up the Earth. After disarming it, they trace the detonation signal to a space freighter that is hiding an invading band of Cybermen. The Doctor acts to foil the Cybermen's plans to disrupt a Galactic peace conference. First aired March 8 to March 16, 1982

Time-Flight - Not yet released

Season Twenty

Arc of Infinity   (4 episodes) The Doctor's bio-data extract has been stolen from the Matrix on Gallifrey and transmitted to the world of anti-matter. The Time Lords learn that some being is using the extract to bond with The Doctor and enter into our universe. They bring The Doctor to Gallifrey and plan his execution in order to stop the treat, but it is revealed that the being is none other than Omega, the criminal Time Lord who was first seen in The Three Doctors. Omega uses Tegan to blackmail The Doctor into helping him escape his anti-matter prison. First aired January 3 to January 11, 1983

Snakedance   (4 episodes) Tegan is still haunted by the Mara, which causes her to redirect the TARDIS to Manussa, its home planet. The Mara was banished 500 years earlier by the people of Manussa, but prophecy tells of its eventual return to claim the planet. The Doctor, sensing the time is near, tries to warn the people of the impending peril as the Mara prepares to again take physical form and planetary domination. First aired January 18 to January 26, 1983

Mawdryn Undead   (4 episodes) The Black Guardian returns to finally defeat The Doctor. He employs an alien boy, Turlough, who is trapped on Earth and wants to return to his home planet. The TARDIS is brought to a deserted satellite circling Earth, and The Doctor, checking out malfunctions, gets separated from Tegan and Nyssa. They discover a badly burned man, who at first they think is The Doctor, but is actually Mawdryn, a scientist from the satellite whose body needs perpetual regenerations from a stolen Time Lord machine. The Doctor runs into the Brigadier, who teaches at Turlough's school, and they try to get back to the TARDIS while Turlough plots to murder The Doctor. First aired February 1 to February 9, 1983

Terminus   (4 episodes) Turlough, who has joined The Doctor as his new companion, is still working for the Black Guardian and sabotages the TARDIS. Forced to make an emergency dematerialization, they land on a spaceship transporting victims of a space plague to Terminus, where they are promised a cure. The TARDIS begins to disintegrate and Nyssa escapes into the plague ship. Tegan and Turlough get trapped within the ship, and The Doctor works to find his companions and cure Nyssa, who has contracted the disease. First aired February 15 to February 23, 1983

Enlightenment   (4 episodes) The Doctor receives a warning from the White Guardian that the Black Guardian is after him. They land on what appears to be an Edwardian sailing ship, but is actually a spaceship in a star race for Enlightenment. The crew of humans were brought from their time by their captains, the Eternals, a race that has evolved beyond time. The Doctor and his companions become involved in a power struggle between the captains of the competing vessels. The White and Black Guardian stand at the finish line, waiting to give the power to control the universe to the winner. First aired March 1 to March 9, 1983

The King's Demons / The Five Doctors   (2 episodes / 4 episodes) In The King's Demons, the TARDIS lands in England in 1216 during a jousting tournament at the court of King John, who sees the travelers as his "demons". It is later revealed that the King is actually an imposter, a shape-shifting android, the Kamelion, brought to this time zone by The Master. The Doctor works to foil the Master's plot to prevent the signing of the Magna Carta. [Included in a two-tape set with a special edition of The Five Doctors] First aired March 15 to March 23 and November 25, 1983

The Five Doctors   (4 episodes in one 90-minute special) This special episode was broadcast to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Doctor Who, bringing together all five doctors, many of his companions, and his most diabolical enemies. The different incarnations of The Doctor are being abducted from their various time-streams and transported to the Death Zone, a forbidden area on Gallifrey. The Doctors converge on the Tomb of Rassilon to escape the Zone, while being chased by Cybermen and Daleks. In a last ditch attempt to save The Doctors, the Time Lords persuade The Master to transmat into the Zone and help. First aired November 25, 1983

Season Twenty-One

Warriors of the Deep   (4 episodes) The TARDIS lands in an underwater missile base on 21st century Earth, where two superpowers are on the verge of global war. The Doctor and his companions are immediately arrested as spies, while three Silurians attempt to revive a lost army of Sea Devils. Their plan is to attack the base and begin the nuclear exchange, thus wiping out humanity, leaving Earth to the reptiles. The Doctor must convince the humans of the impending attack before the Sea Devils are able to destroy the surface of the planet. First aired January 5 to January 13, 1984

The Awakening / Frontios   (2 episodes / 4 episodes) In The Awakening, The Doctor takes Tegan to visit her grandfather in England, and they land during a village re-enactment of a 17th century battle. An alien force controls the townspeople and they believe the acted events are actually taking place. In Frontios, the TARDIS is forced by a gravitational force to a planet on the edge of the universe. A group of human colonists struggle for survival against the harsh landscape and continual meteor showers. Mysterious deaths occur and The Doctor traces them to a threat from underground, while attempting to repair his wrecked TARDIS. First aired January 19 to February 3, 1984

Resurrection of the Daleks   (2 50-minute episodes) The Doctor and Tegan discover a time tunnel in a London warehouse - at the other end are Daleks! The Daleks have freed Davros from a prison ship to create an antidote for a deadly Movellan virus. Davros, skeptical of the Daleks intentions, decides to create his own strain of Daleks that are completely loyal. The Doctor battles against the Daleks, getting caught between warring Dalek factions. First aired February 8 to February 16, 1984

Planet of Fire   (4 episodes) The Doctor and Turlough track a mysterious beacon to present day Earth, where an archeological team has discovered an alien artifact near Lanzarote. Turlough comes to the rescue of Perpugillium "Peri" Brown, the daughter of the expedition team leader who nearly drowns nearby. Peri is taken to recover aboard the TARDIS, which is suddenly hijacked to the prison planet Sarn by The Master, who is seeking a revitalizing volcanic gas. Turlough learns that the prisoners of Sarn are resistance fighters from his home planet of Trion, imprisoned during a bloody civil war. The Doctor, joined by Peri, work to stop The Master before he is able to fully recover and seize control. First aired February 22 to March 1, 1984

The Caves of Androzani   (4 episodes) The Doctor and his new companion Peri land on Androzani Minor, the source of a powerful life-sustaining drug. Several factions maneuver to control the drug supply and the arrival of the TARDIS disrupts the fragile tensions. The drug is controlled by the bizarre masked Sharaz Jek, who becomes obsessed with Peri. The Doctor and Peri contract a deadly disease with a very rare cure. Weakened by the infection, The Doctor strength starts to fade and his body begins to regenerate. First aired March 8 to March 16, 1984

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