The nineteenth season of

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series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' began on 4 January 1982 with '' Castrovalva'', and ended with '' Time-Flight''. John Nathan-Turner produced the series, with two script editors: Anthony Root and Eric Saward.

Casting

Main cast

Peter Davison Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of Jame ...

as the

Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He is portrayed by Peter Davison. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord ...

Matthew Waterhouse Matthew Waterhouse (born 19 December 1961) is an English actor and writer, best known for his role as Adric in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1980 to 1982. Early life Waterhouse was born in Hertford, but brough ...

as Adric *

Sarah Sutton Sarah Sutton (born 12 December 1961) is a British actress. She played the role of Nyssa in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Early life Sutton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Sutton studied ballet as ...

as Nyssa * Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka Season 19 saw the introduction of

as the

. Tegan Jovanka ( Janet Fielding), Nyssa (

) and Adric (

) were his companions. Adric is killed off in the climax of '' Earthshock''; a rare instance in the series of a companion dying.

Recurring stars

* Anthony Ainley as The Master Anthony Ainley returns in '' Castrovalva'' and '' Time-Flight'' as the Master.

Guest stars

David Banks makes the first of four appearances in the show as a Cyber-leader beginning in ''Earthshock''.

Serials

Antony Root served as script editor for ''Four to Doomsday'' and ''The Visitation'', after which he was replaced by Eric Saward. Saward's work as script editor included the opening serial, ''Castrovalva'', which was filmed later in the production run, and ''Earthshock'', for which Root is credited due to Saward being the scriptwriter. The show moved from its traditional once-weekly Saturday broadcast to twice-weekly, primarily on Monday and Tuesday, although there were regional variations to the schedule. ''Black Orchid'' was the first purely historical story, with no science-fiction elements save for the TARDIS and its crew, since '' The Highlanders'' from Season 4; it was also the first two-part serial since '' The Sontaran Experiment'' in Season 12, and the first of a regular run of a two-parter every season until the change of format to 45 minute episodes in Season 22.

Broadcast

The entire season was broadcast from 4 January to 30 March 1982. For the first time in the series' history, episodes were not broadcast on Saturdays, but in a twice weekly format on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Home media

VHS releases

DVD and Blu-ray releases

In print

References

Bibliography

External links

* {{Doctor Who episodes, C19 1982 British television seasons Season 19 Season 19 19