Season 22
(1985)
Overview
With this season the BBC experimented with the format of the series, reducing the number of episodes to thirteen, but making each episode forty-five minutes long. The experiment did not result in improved ratings and at the end of the season the BBC announced it was cancelling the series; uproar from fans resulted in the BBC changing its mind and putting the series on an eighteen-month hiatus instead. This season is notable for featuring the final appearance of Patrick Troughton as the beloved …
Cast
as The Doctor
as Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown
Episodes
Attack of the Cybermen (1) 6.2
January 5, 1985
London, 1985. The alien mercenary Lytton has been stranded here for nearly a year, but now he has a plan to escape. But…
Attack of the Cybermen (2) 5.8
January 12, 1985
On Telos, the Doctor is reintroduced to the Cyber Leader and meets the Cryons, the planet's original inhabitants who wi…
Vengeance on Varos (1) 3.8
January 19, 1985
The former prison planet Varos, the future. The downtrodden population of miners are kept happy by real-life violence a…
Vengeance on Varos (2) 3.0
January 26, 1985
The Governor forces the Doctor to tell him the true value of zeiton-7 but Sil attempts to derail his plans by subjectin…
The Mark of the Rani (1) 5.0
February 2, 1985
England, the 1820s. As the Industrial Revolution gathers pace, the village of Killingworth is disturbed by crazed Luddi…
The Mark of the Rani (2) 4.7
February 9, 1985
The Master uses The Rani's mind-controlling parasites to keep a meeting of Earth's leading scientists from being cancel…
The Two Doctors (1) 5.2
February 16, 1985
The alien space station J7, the mid-1980s Earth time. The Time Lords have sent the second Doctor and Jamie here to try …
The Two Doctors (2) 5.0
February 23, 1985
The Doctor and Peri meet Jamie and learn the Second Doctor is with the Sontarans on Earth.
The Two Doctors (3) 4.7
March 2, 1985
The Sontarans prepare the Second Doctor to trigger their Kartz-Reimer capsule.
Timelash (1) 3.2
March 9, 1985
The planet Karfel, in the distant future. The tyrannical Borad rules with an iron fist, and any who oppose him are cast…
Timelash (2) 3.0
March 16, 1985
The Borad accepts no opposition and enables Maylin Tekker to expose the rebels and trap Peri with the Morlox. The Docto…
Revelation of the Daleks (1) 5.2
March 23, 1985
The planet Necros, the future. The Doctor arrives for the cryogenic interment of an old friend at Tranquil Repose, a va…
Revelation of the Daleks (2) 5.0
March 30, 1985
Davros plans to create an army of Daleks loyal only to him but on Skaro, the Daleks have other plans and head to Necros…