Doctor Who: Season 25

1988 · 14 episodes · ★ 7.0

What Season 25 of Doctor Who

Season 25 of Doctor Who opens with the Seventh Doctor and his new companion, Ace. For the series' 25th anniversary, several stories look back at the past. Remembrance of the Daleks takes the Doctor to London in 1963, to the locations of the first episode, where two rival factions of Daleks chase the Hand of Omega, a Gallifreyan artifact. Then the Doctor and Ace arrive at Terra Alpha, a future colony where Helen A forces the population to be happy. In Silver Nemesis, the Cybermen and Lady Peinforte fight over a statue of enormous power. The Psychic Circus of Segonax closes the block, and in it the Doctor shows a darker side of his character.

14episodes

Oct 5, 1988aired

Jan 4, 1989Latest episode

5.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 25 Episodes

25x01 Remembrance of the Daleks (1)
Oct 5, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 8.9
London, 1963. Returning to the scenes of his first televised adventure, the Doctor and new companion Ace play a tricky game of bluff and deceit involving two rival Dalek factions, local soldiers, and the awesomely powerful Gallifreyan artefact, the Hand of Omega...
Directing: Andrew Morgan · Writer: Ben Aaronovitch · Starring: Harry Fowler, Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, George Sewell
25x02 Remembrance of the Daleks (2)
Oct 12, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 8.6
With two factions of Daleks involved in a race war on Earth, the Doctor takes care of old business by having the Hand of Omega ceremoniously but quietly buried in a churchyard. His actions do not go unobserved, and leaving behind a bored Ace without a purposeful outlet could spell trouble as well.
Directing: Andrew Morgan · Writer: Ben Aaronovitch · Starring: Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, Joseph Marcell, George Sewell
25x03 Remembrance of the Daleks (3)
Oct 19, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 8.4
The Doctor plans to let one of the Dalek factions have the Hand of Omega (but not too easily, of course) while keeping Gilmore and his military men preoccupied in a safe territory, but that plan could be threatened by a mole in their midst and a miscalculation on the Doctor's part.
Directing: Andrew Morgan · Writer: Ben Aaronovitch · Starring: Harry Fowler, Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, George Sewell
25x04 Remembrance of the Daleks (4)
Oct 26, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 8.7
The Omega device is in jeopardy. A giant Dalek warship hangs above the Earth. London has become a battleground for ruthless alien intelligences.
Directing: Andrew Morgan · Writer: Ben Aaronovitch · Starring: Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, Terry Molloy, George Sewell
25x05 The Happiness Patrol (1)
Nov 2, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 5.9
The Earth colony Terra Alpha, the future. With the aid of her sweet-natured executioner, Helen A, ruler of the planet, has ensured the population is happy - on pain of death! The Doctor and Ace decide to fight for the right to be miserable.
Directing: Chris Clough · Writer: Graeme Curry · Starring: Sheila Hancock, Georgina Hale, Ronald Fraser, Rachel Bell
25x06 The Happiness Patrol (2)
Nov 9, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
The Doctor and Earl manage to escape from the Kandy Man and join up with the planet's natives, the Pipe People, enlisting their help to rescue Ace.
Directing: Chris Clough · Writer: Graeme Curry · Starring: Sheila Hancock, Georgina Hale, Ronald Fraser, Rachel Bell
25x07 The Happiness Patrol (3)
Nov 16, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
As the Doctor leads the Pipe People towards reclaiming their world, Helen A faces betrayal from those closest to her.
Directing: Chris Clough · Writer: Graeme Curry · Starring: Sheila Hancock, Georgina Hale, Ronald Fraser, Rachel Bell
25x08 Silver Nemesis (1)
Nov 23, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 5.5
The Doctor and Ace battle the time traveller Lady Peinforte and the Cybermen for possession of the incredibly powerful Nemesis statue, which is on its way back to the planet Earth to rendezvous with a destiny set in stone by the Doctor himself.
Directing: Chris Clough · Writer: Kevin Clarke · Starring: Fiona Walker, Anton Diffring, Gerard Murphy, Metin Yenal
25x09 Silver Nemesis (2)
Nov 30, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 5.3
As hostilities break out between factions vying for ownership of the comet, the Doctor goes after the worst of the lot - Cybermen, using Ace's upgraded boom box to flood Cyber Communications with jazz music while trying to locate the whereabouts of the fleet beyond this mere scouting party.
Directing: Chris Clough · Writer: Kevin Clarke · Starring: Fiona Walker, Anton Diffring, Gerard Murphy, Metin Yenal
25x10 Silver Nemesis (3)
Dec 7, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 5.0
With the Cyber Fleet poised nearby, the Doctor may have no choice but to let them have Nemesis. Meanwhile, Lady Peinforte and Richard navigate modern society, De Flores encounters an open betrayal, and Ace combats Cybermen with a slingshot.
Directing: Chris Clough · Writer: Kevin Clarke · Starring: Dolores Gray, Fiona Walker, Anton Diffring, Gerard Murphy
25x11 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1)
Dec 14, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 7.1
The Doctor and Ace visit the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where they find the standard of judging at the talent contest distressingly astringent.
Directing: Alan Wareing · Writer: Stephen Wyatt · Starring: Christopher Guard, Ricco Ross, Peggy Mount, T. P. McKenna
25x12 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (2)
Dec 21, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 7.1
The Doctor and Ace reach the Psychic Circus, where the Doctor is imprisoned with the other contestants while Ace draws the attention of the Chief Clown.
Directing: Alan Wareing · Writer: Stephen Wyatt · Starring: Christopher Guard, Chris Jury, Ricco Ross, T. P. McKenna
25x13 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (3)
Dec 28, 1988 · 25 min · ★ 7.4
Mags helps the Doctor escape and Deadbeat leads him to Ace, where Bellboy tells them what happened to the Psychic Circus.
Directing: Alan Wareing · Writer: Stephen Wyatt · Starring: Christopher Guard, Chris Jury, Ricco Ross, T. P. McKenna
25x14 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (4) Season Finale
Jan 4, 1989 · 25 min · ★ 7.3
Mags goes to find Ace and Kingpin, pursued by the Chief Clown, while the Doctor confronts the power behind the Psychic Circus.
Directing: Alan Wareing · Writer: Stephen Wyatt · Starring: Chris Jury, Ricco Ross, Peggy Mount, T. P. McKenna