Season 24
(1987)
Overview
Unlike season 23, there was no overall story arc, and the episode allotment - two four-episode stories, two three-episode stories - would be retained for the remainder of the original series. Notably, the season featured the introduction of new companion Ace, who would be a prominent figure in the spinoff fiction that kept the Doctor Who name alive following its cancellation in 1989 and was the final official onscreen companion until Rose Tyler in the revived series.
Cast
as The Doctor
as Melanie Bush
Episodes
Time and the Rani (1) 5.7
September 7, 1987
The alien world of Lakertya. With the aid of the savage Tetraps, the Rani has conquered this planet to allow her to con…
Time and the Rani (2) 6.4
September 14, 1987
The Rani's impersonation of Mel backfires badly because Urak can't tell the difference, while the Doctor attempts to le…
Time and the Rani (3) 6.5
September 21, 1987
The solstice nears, making it time for the Rani to bring her plans into fruition. The Doctor's sympathies for Beyus, ru…
Time and the Rani (4) 6.5
September 28, 1987
The Rani, at last, links the Doctor into her great brain machine, the crowning jewel in her component packet of geniuse…
Paradise Towers (1) 5.4
October 5, 1987
The legendary Paradise Towers is supposed to be the height of luxury but when the Doctor and Mel arrive, they find it i…
Paradise Towers (2) 6.8
October 12, 1987
With the Doctor condemned to death by the caretakers and their bizarre rulebook, Mel faces cannibalistic OAPS. Is Pex g…
Paradise Towers (3) 6.8
October 19, 1987
Mel and Pex play cat and mouse with the lethal cleaner robots while the Doctor and the surviving Kangs learn all about …
Paradise Towers (4) 6.8
October 26, 1987
Meeting up at the pool, the Doctor leads the surviving Rezzies, Kangs and Caretakers as they draw the line together on …
Delta and the Bannermen (1) 6.3
November 2, 1987
Wales, 1959. A top-secret US satellite has mysteriously gone missing. This could have something to do with the arrival …
Delta and the Bannermen (2) 6.3
November 9, 1987
Mel's just discovered something very interesting about the life cycle of her new friend and the Doctor has been cornere…
Delta and the Bannermen (3) 6.3
November 16, 1987
As Billy and Ray do what they can to help save Delta and the baby, the Doctor and Goronwy the beekeeper face Gavrok and…
Dragonfire (1) 6.3
November 23, 1987
The deep-space trading post of Iceworld, the far future. The Doctor, Mel, their old friend Glitz and time-lost waitress…
Dragonfire (2) 6.3
November 30, 1987
While Mel and Ace run from Glitz's former crewmen (whom he sold to Kane), officers Belazs and Kracauer conspire to over…
Dragonfire (3) 6.7
December 7, 1987
At last learning the location of the missing key to his spaceship, Kane has the dragon hunted down and Iceworld brutall…