Doctor Who (season 5)

The fifth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 2 September 1967 with the first story of season 5 The Tomb of the Cybermen and ended on 1 June 1968 with The Wheel in Space. Only 22 out of 40 episodes are held in the BBC archives; 18 remain missing. As a result, only 2 serials exist entirely.

Doctor Who
Season 5
Cover art of the Region 2 DVD release for first serial of the season
Starring	Patrick Troughton Frazer Hines Deborah Watling Wendy Padbury
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of stories	7
No. of episodes	40 (18 missing)
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	2 September 1967 – 1 June 1968
Season chronology

Casting

Main cast

• Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor
• Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon
• Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield
• Wendy Padbury as Zoe Heriot

Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling appear as The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield respectively. Deborah Watling departs in the penultimate story Fury from the Deep. Wendy Padbury makes her debut as Zoe Heriot in the season finale, The Wheel in Space.

Guest stars

Jack Watling makes his first and last appearances in the series as Professor Edward Travers in the serials The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear. Watling would go on to reprise his role of Travers thirty years on in the spin-off direct-to-video film Downtime.

Michael Kilgarriff makes his first appearance as the Cyber-Controller in Tomb of the Cybermen. Kilgarriff would reprise the role eighteen years later in Attack of the Cybermen (1985).

The Web of Fear introduced Nicholas Courtney as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart. He appeared next in the next season's The Invasion, and became a regular supporting character in season 7 – season 13. He made subsequent appearances in season 20 and season 26.

Serials

Victor Pemberton was script editor for The Tomb of the Cybermen, with Peter Bryant as producer. After this Bryant resumed his role as script editor with Innes Lloyd as producer until The Web of Fear where Bryant took over as producer and Derrick Sherwin replaced Bryant as script editor. The Enemy of the World was the last serial seen under Head of Drama and creator Sydney Newman, who left the BBC after his contract expired in 1967.

Two serials, The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Enemy of the World, are complete in the BBC's archives; these are also the only complete serials from the first two seasons of Patrick Troughton's tenure as the Doctor. The two missing episodes from The Ice Warriors have been recreated in animated form for the DVD release of that story, in a similar fashion to Season 6's The Invasion, while The Web of Fear was released on DVD in 2014 with a Telesnap reconstruction of its single missing episode. Fury from the Deep is the most recent serial that is completely missing, with no episodes in the archives, while the other two have three existing episodes between them. It has also, however, received an animated recreation of all six episodes for a Blu-ray and DVD release.

The Enemy of the World saw Patrick Troughton playing both the Doctor and the villainous Salamander; this was the first time that the lead actor had played both his regular part and the part of the villain since Season 3's The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve.

Story	Serial	Serial title	Episode titles	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [1]	AI [1]
37	1	The Tomb of the Cybermen	"Episode 1"	Morris Barry	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	2 September 1967	MM	6.0	53
			"Episode 2"	Morris Barry	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	9 September 1967	MM	6.4	52
			"Episode 3"	Morris Barry	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	16 September 1967	MM	7.2	49
			"Episode 4"	Morris Barry	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	23 September 1967	MM	7.4	50
On taking Victoria on her first trip away, the TARDIS crew arrives on Telos where they find an expedition excavating the tomb of the Cybermen. Inside the tomb, they find small metal creatures, traps and dozens of frozen Cybermen who are soon to awake.
38	2	The Abominable Snowmen	"Episode One"^†	Gerald Blake	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	30 September 1967	NN	6.3	50
			"Episode Two"	Gerald Blake	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	7 October 1967	NN	6.0	52
			"Episode Three"^†	Gerald Blake	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	14 October 1967	NN	7.1	51
			"Episode Four"^†	Gerald Blake	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	21 October 1967	NN	7.1	50
			"Episode Five"^†	Gerald Blake	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	28 October 1967	NN	7.2	51
			"Episode Six"^†	Gerald Blake	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	4 November 1967	NN	7.4	52
The TARDIS crew arrive on a cold and windy hillside within the Himalayas. After exploring, the Doctor—wearing an extremely furry coat—is mistaken for what they think could be a Yeti. It turns out that the Yeti already roaming the mountains are robots created in hope for The Great Intelligence to reach material form.
39	3	The Ice Warriors	"One"	Derek Martinus	Brian Hayles	11 November 1967	OO	6.7	52
			"Two"^†	Derek Martinus	Brian Hayles	18 November 1967	OO	7.1	52
			"Three"^†	Derek Martinus	Brian Hayles	25 November 1967	OO	7.4	51
			"Four"	Derek Martinus	Brian Hayles	2 December 1967	OO	7.3	51
			"Five"	Derek Martinus	Brian Hayles	9 December 1967	OO	8.0	50
			"Six"	Derek Martinus	Brian Hayles	16 December 1967	OO	7.5	51
In the distant future, the crew at Brittanicus Base struggle to control an ioniser, which they are using to slow the progress of glaciers rolling over Britain. A creature found in the Ice is taken back to the base, kidnapping Victoria once thawed and taking her to awaken his race from the glacier, which identify as Ice Warriors from the planet Mars.
40	4	The Enemy of the World	"Episode 1"	Barry Letts	David Whitaker	23 December 1967	PP	6.8	50
			"Episode 2"	Barry Letts	David Whitaker	30 December 1967	PP	7.6	49
			"Episode 3"	Barry Letts	David Whitaker	6 January 1968	PP	7.1	48
			"Episode 4"	Barry Letts	David Whitaker	13 January 1968	PP	7.8	49
			"Episode 5"	Barry Letts	David Whitaker	20 January 1968	PP	6.9	49
			"Episode 6"	Barry Letts	David Whitaker	27 January 1968	PP	8.3	52
Arriving in Australia in 2018, The Doctor finds out he has an evil doppelgänger named Salamander, a Scientist and Politician, who plans to rule the world with volcanoes. Despite those who follow his ultimate reign, the Doctor impersonates him to gain full access to his research station and reveal him for who he really is.
41	5	The Web of Fear	"Episode 1"	Douglas Camfield	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	3 February 1968	QQ	7.2	54
			"Episode 2"	Douglas Camfield	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	10 February 1968	QQ	6.8	53
			"Episode 3"^†	Douglas Camfield	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	17 February 1968	QQ	7.0	51
			"Episode 4"	Douglas Camfield	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	24 February 1968	QQ	8.4	53
			"Episode 5"	Douglas Camfield	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	2 March 1968	QQ	8.0	55
			"Episode 6"	Douglas Camfield	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	9 March 1968	QQ	8.3	55
Avoiding a web-like substance from space, the Tardis lands in the London Underground. But when they find that the Yeti are suddenly running the system, chaos occurs for everyone, even the military. The Doctor, with the help of the military, tries to stop them invading the London Underground.
42	6	Fury from the Deep	"Episode 1"^†	Hugh David	Victor Pemberton	16 March 1968	RR	8.2	55
			"Episode 2"^†	Hugh David	Victor Pemberton	23 March 1968	RR	7.9	55
			"Episode 3"^†	Hugh David	Victor Pemberton	30 March 1968	RR	7.7	56
			"Episode 4"^†	Hugh David	Victor Pemberton	6 April 1968	RR	6.6	56
			"Episode 5"^†	Hugh David	Victor Pemberton	13 April 1968	RR	5.9	56
			"Episode 6"^†	Hugh David	Victor Pemberton	20 April 1968	RR	6.9	57
The TARDIS lands in the North Sea off the eastern coast of England. The Second Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria investigate a nearby beach where there's something nasty in the pipes. A refinery base takes them prisoner and it's soon to reveal that a parasite had been sucked up from seaweed and is taking mind control of those who come in contact.
43	7	The Wheel in Space	"Episode 1"^†	Tristan DeVere Cole	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler (story)	27 April 1968	SS	7.2	57
			"Episode 2"^†	Tristan DeVere Cole	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler (story)	4 May 1968	SS	6.9	60
			"Episode 3"	Tristan DeVere Cole	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler (story)	11 May 1968	SS	7.5	55
			"Episode 4"^†	Tristan DeVere Cole	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler (story)	18 May 1968	SS	8.6	56
			"Episode 5"^†	Tristan DeVere Cole	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler (story)	25 May 1968	SS	6.8	57
			"Episode 6"	Tristan DeVere Cole	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler (story)	1 June 1968	SS	6.5	62
The Doctor and Jamie find themselves on a deserted spaceship carrying Cybermen heading for a nearby space station, The Wheel.

^† : Episode is missing

Missing episodes

• The Abominable Snowmen – Episodes 1, 3 – 6 (of 6 total)
• The Ice Warriors – Episodes 2 & 3 (of 6 total) (Animated recreations are available)
• The Web of Fear – Episode 3 (of 6 total) (Animated recreation is set to be released in 2021)[2]
• Fury from the Deep – All 6 Episodes (Animated recreations are available)
• The Wheel in Space – Episodes 1, 2, 4 & 5 (of 6 total)

Home media

VHS releases

Season	Story no.	Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
5	037	The Tomb of the Cybermen	4 × 25 min.	May 1992[3][4]	May 1992[4]	October 1992[4]
	039	The Ice Warriors Includes The Missing Years	4 x 25 mins 1 x 10 min reconstruction of missing episodes 2 & 3	November 1998[5]	December 1998[5]	September 1999[5]
	041	The Web of Fear Episode 1 plus censor clips from episodes 2,4,5	1 x 25 min.	November 2003	December 2003	October 2003

DVD and Blu-ray releases

Season	Story no.	Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
5	037	The Tomb of the Cybermen	4 × 25 min.	14 January 2002[6]	28 March 2002[7]	6 August 2002[8]
		The Tomb of the Cybermen (Special Edition)[lower-alpha 1]	4 × 25 min.	13 February 2012[9][10]	1 March 2012[11][12]	13 March 2012[13]
	039	The Ice Warriors[lower-alpha 2]	6 × 25 min.	26 August 2013[14][15]	28 August 2013[16]	17 September 2013[17]
	040	The Enemy of the World	6 x 25 min.	25 November 2013[18]	27 November 2013[19]	10 December 2013[lower-alpha 3][20] 20 May 2014[lower-alpha 4][21]
		The Enemy of the World (Special Edition)	6 × 25 min.	26 March 2018[22]	8 August 2018[23]	N/A
	041	The Web of Fear[lower-alpha 5]	6 x 25 min.	24 February 2014[24]	26 February 2014[25]	22 April 2014[26]
		The Web of Fear (Special Edition)[lower-alpha 6]	6 x 25 min.	2021 ^(D,B) [27]	TBA	TBA
	042	Fury From the Deep[lower-alpha 7]	6 × 25 min.	14 September 2020 ^(D,B) [28]	11 November 2020 ^(D,B) [29]	TBA
Lost in Time, Volume 2
4–6	032	The Underwater Menace[lower-alpha 8]	12 × 25 min. (+ 2 × 25 min. audio)[lower-alpha 9]	1 November 2004[30][31]	2 December 2004[lower-alpha 10][32] 1 July 2010[lower-alpha 11][33]	2 November 2004[34]
	033	The Moonbase[lower-alpha 12]
	035	The Faceless Ones[lower-alpha 13]
	036	The Evil of the Daleks[lower-alpha 14]
	038	The Abominable Snowmen[lower-alpha 15]
	040	The Enemy of the World[lower-alpha 16]
	041	The Web of Fear[lower-alpha 17]
	043	The Wheel in Space[lower-alpha 18]
	049	The Space Pirates[lower-alpha 19]

1. Only available as part of the Revisitations 3 box set in Regions 2 and 4. Only available individually in Region 1.
2. Episodes 1 and 4–6 of 6, with both animated full and "tele-snap" partial reconstructions of episodes 2 and 3.
3. Canada.
4. U.S.
5. Episodes 1–2 and 4–6 of 6, with a "tele-snap" reconstruction of episode 3.
6. Episodes 1–2 and 4–6 of 6, with an animated reconstruction of episode 3.
7. All six episodes animated.
8. Episode 3 of 4.
9. Also includes surviving clips from The Power of the Daleks, The Highlanders,
   The Macra Terror and Fury from the Deep.
10. Original release.
11. Re-release.
12. Episodes 2 and 4 of 4; soundtracks of 1 and 3.
13. Episodes 1 and 3 of 6.
14. Episode 2 of 7.
15. Episode 2 of 6.
16. Episode 3 of 6.
17. Episode 1 of 6.
18. Episodes 3 and 6 of 6.
19. Episode 2 of 6.

In print

Serial name	Novelisation title	Author	First published
The Tomb of the Cybermen	Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen	Gerry Davis	18 May 1978
The Abominable Snowmen	Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen	Terrance Dicks	21 November 1974
The Ice Warriors	Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors	Brian Hayles	18 March 1976
The Enemy of the World	Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World	Ian Marter	17 April 1981
The Web of Fear	Doctor Who and the Web of Fear	Terrance Dicks	19 August 1976
Fury from the Deep	Fury from the Deep	Victor Pemberton	22 May 1986
The Wheel in Space	The Wheel in Space	Terrance Dicks	17 March 1988

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