Season 21

Doctor Who

Season 21

  • 1984

The Twin Dilemma, the first story with Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor, aired last in the season. This season saw the departure of companions Tegan, Turlough and Kamelion and introduced Peri. Most episodes were the traditional twenty-five minute length. However, due to coverage of the 1984 Winter Olympics, Resurrection of the Daleks was re-edited before airing and shown as two forty-five minute episodes.

  1. Warriors of the Deep (1) Episode 1 Warriors of the Deep (1) January 5, 1984, 25 min Earth's ocean floor, 2084. With two superpowers poised on the brink of a devastating photonic war, a missile base comes under attack from the reptilian Sea Devils and Silurians, intent…
  2. Warriors of the Deep (2) Episode 2 Warriors of the Deep (2) January 6, 1984, 25 min Just as the Doctor gains a tentative trust from the humans, a Silurian battle cruiser approaches. The Doctor warns Commander Vorsha to hold his fire and find out what they…
  3. Warriors of the Deep (3) Episode 3 Warriors of the Deep (3) January 12, 1984, 25 min As Vorshak's crew are cut down by Sauvix's Sea Devil Warriors, the Doctor is running out of ways to broker a peace between the opposing species.
  4. Warriors of the Deep (4) Episode 4 Warriors of the Deep (4) January 13, 1984, 25 min With Silurians in control of the base, Icthar reveals his plan for a final solution to Earth's human problem, which presents the Doctor a great moral dilemma.
  5. The Awakening (1) Episode 5 The Awakening (1) January 19, 1984, 26 min The sleepy English village of Little Hodcombe, 1984. The village re-enactment of the English Civil War is in full swing, but a malign alien presence intends the mock-battles to be…
  6. The Awakening (2) Episode 6 The Awakening (2) January 20, 1984, 25 min The Malus, an alien that's purely evil, needs the civil war re-enactments to become authentic so it can feed off the psychic energy of dying and embattled men and fully…
  7. Frontios (1) Episode 7 Frontios (1) January 26, 1984, 25 min The planet Frontios, in the distant future. Following Earth's destruction, a tiny colony struggles to eke out a life on this desolate world. But where do the bombardments that threaten…
  8. Frontios (2) Episode 8 Frontios (2) January 27, 1984, 25 min Following the destruction of the TARDIS, the only part of it left is the hat stand. So Turlough uses it as a weapon! Plantagenet gets swallowed by the earth, and…
  9. Frontios (3) Episode 9 Frontios (3) February 2, 1984, 25 min Trying to rescue the Doctor from the Tractator's trap, Tegan lands them both in even more trouble. Turlough goes a bit mad, and reckons he knows the evil of the…
  10. Frontios (4) Episode 10 Frontios (4) February 3, 1984, 25 min The Doctor tries to deal with the Tractator's cunning plan, despite Turlough's best intervention. They discover the splintered TARDIS in the tunnels beneath the planet's surface, but how will they…
  11. Resurrection of the Daleks (1) Episode 11 Resurrection of the Daleks (1) February 8, 1984, 46 min London's Docklands, 1984. Why are uniformed policemen gunning down strangely-dressed vagrants in broad daylight? A prison ship in the far future - who is the sole prisoner aboard the craft?…
  12. Resurrection of the Daleks (2) Episode 12 Resurrection of the Daleks (2) February 15, 1984, 46 min As the surviving station crew work to destroy the space station, Davros consolidates his power and the Daleks launch a fiendish scheme to use the Doctor against the Time Lords.
  13. Planet of Fire (1) Episode 13 Planet of Fire (1) February 23, 1984, 25 min Lanzarote, 1985. Archaeologist Howard Foster raises a strange metal artefact from the sea floor. But how is it linked to the signal the TARDIS received? Why is Turlough suddenly so…
  14. Planet of Fire (2) Episode 14 Planet of Fire (2) February 24, 1984, 25 min While the Master, victim of his own attempt to improve his TCE weapon, seeks restoration through Sarn's numismaton gas, the truth of Turlough's past comes out at last, though to…
  15. Planet of Fire (3) Episode 15 Planet of Fire (3) March 1, 1984, 24 min Sarn prophesy foretells of an outsider who will come to aid the people. It's a role the Master is more than delighted to fill, which finally presents Timanov, the Sarn…
  16. Planet of Fire (4) Episode 16 Planet of Fire (4) March 2, 1984, 25 min While the Master, victim of his own attempt to improve his TCE weapon, seeks restoration through Sarn's numismaton gas, the truth of Turlough's past comes out at last, though to…
  17. The Caves of Androzani (1) Episode 17 The Caves of Androzani (1) March 8, 1984, 25 min The planet Androzani Minor, the distant future. In the planet's caves war rages between government troops and the android warriors of the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But what makes spectrox, the…
  18. The Caves of Androzani (2) Episode 18 The Caves of Androzani (2) March 9, 1984, 26 min The Doctor and Peri have been rescued from the firing squad by the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But he has his own plans for them. And why are they suddenly feeling…
  19. The Caves of Androzani (3) Episode 19 The Caves of Androzani (3) March 15, 1984, 25 min The situation on Androzani Minor is building toward a violent confrontation, and the Doctor and Peri are slowly succumbing to spectrox toxemia.
  20. The Caves of Androzani (4) Episode 20 The Caves of Androzani (4) March 16, 1984, 26 min Events on Androzani reach a bloody climax. Will the Doctor and Peri survive the carnage? And at what cost?
  21. The Twin Dilemma (1) Episode 21 The Twin Dilemma (1) March 22, 1984, 25 min Earth, the future. The genius Sylvest twins, child prodigies, are kidnapped by the mysterious Professor Edgeworth and taken to the planet Jaconda. But who is Edgeworth? Why does he serve…
  22. The Twin Dilemma (2) Episode 22 The Twin Dilemma (2) March 23, 1984, 26 min The Doctor takes Peri to Titan 3, a desolate hunk of rock in space where he hopes to find some solitude for a while. Instead he finds the lone but…
  23. The Twin Dilemma (3) Episode 23 The Twin Dilemma (3) March 29, 1984, 25 min The Doctor arrives on Jaconda, once lush and green, to find it completely devastated by giant gastropods. Old legends about the planet's half-human/half-slugs weren't just myths after all. With or…
  24. The Twin Dilemma (4) Episode 24 The Twin Dilemma (4) March 30, 1984, 26 min The Doctor and Edgeworth deduce that the real plan of Mestor, the gastropod ruler of Jaconda, will not only destroy Jaconda but lead to the devastation of other planets. Together…