Doctor Who: Season 9

1972 · 26 episodes · ★ 6.5

What Season 9 of Doctor Who

Season 9 of Doctor Who marks the beginning of the end of the Doctor's exile on Earth, although his TARDIS remains under the control of the Time Lords and his freedom is limited. Alongside Jo, the Doctor faces the Daleks, who return, and travels to Peladon, where the Ice Warriors try to sabotage a conference. Then the Sea Devils arrive, aquatic cousins of the Silurians. On Solos, the natives begin to transform into ant-like creatures, and the Master plots with Kronos, the last of the Chronovores. UNIT and the Master have less screen time than in the previous two seasons.

26episodes

Jan 1, 1972premiered

Jun 24, 1972latest episode

10.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 9 Episodes

9x01 Day of the Daleks (1)
Jan 1, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
When someone tries to assassinate diplomat Sir Reginald Styles, UNIT investigate the possibility his attacker came from the future.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Louis Marks · Starring: Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene, Aubrey Woods
9x02 Day of the Daleks (2)
Jan 8, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Jo uses the guerrillas' time machine to travel to the 22nd century where the Controller tricks her into telling the Daleks where she's come from.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Louis Marks · Starring: Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene, Aubrey Woods
9x03 Day of the Daleks (3)
Jan 15, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.1
The Doctor forces the guerrillas to take him to the 22nd century where he is soon captured by the Controller.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Louis Marks · Starring: Aubrey Woods, Anna Barry, Scott Fredericks, Deborah Brayshaw
9x04 Day of the Daleks (4)
Jan 22, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.5
The guerrillas infiltrate the Daleks' base to rescue the Doctor and Jo and ask them to return to their own time and alter history before the 20th century is plunged into a Third World War.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Louis Marks · Starring: Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene, Aubrey Woods
9x05 The Curse of Peladon (1)
Jan 29, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
The Doctor and Jo arrive on the medieval planet Peladon, where the Doctor is mistaken for the Earth Delegate of the Galactic Federation and Jo is mistaken for a princess.
Directing: Lennie Mayne · Writing: Brian Hayles · Starring: Henry Gilbert, David Troughton, Geoffrey Toone, Ysanne Churchman
9x06 The Curse of Peladon (2)
Feb 5, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.3
The Doctor is convinced the Ice Warriors are trying to sabotage the conference but his attempts to prove it see him accused of sacrilege.
Directed by Lennie Mayne · Written by Brian Hayles · Starring: David Troughton, Geoffrey Toone, Ysanne Churchman, Stuart Fell
9x07 The Curse of Peladon (3)
Feb 12, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.3
The Doctor is sentenced to fight Grun to the death and his attempt to escape leads to an encounter with Aggedor.
Directed by Lennie Mayne · Written by Brian Hayles · Starring: David Troughton, Geoffrey Toone, Ysanne Churchman, Stuart Fell
9x08 The Curse of Peladon (4)
Feb 19, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.8
Hepesh's plan has been exposed but he is still determined to prevent Peladon joining the Galactic Federation by leading a rebellion against the King.
Directed by Lennie Mayne · Written by Brian Hayles · Starring: David Troughton, Geoffrey Toone, Ysanne Churchman, Stuart Fell
9x09 The Sea Devils (1)
Feb 26, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 7.3
The Doctor and Jo visit the Master at his island prison where the Doctor becomes curious about a number of ships sinking in the area.
Directing: Michael E. Briant · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield, Clive Morton, Royston Tickner
9x10 The Sea Devils (2)
Mar 4, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 7.5
The Doctor and Jo are trapped on the fort by a Sea Devil while the Master convinces Trenchard to help him steal some electronic components.
Directing: Michael E. Briant · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield, Clive Morton, Declan Mulholland
9x11 The Sea Devils (3)
Mar 11, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 7.4
The Doctor is held prisoner by Trenchard while the Master attempts to contact the Sea Devils.
Directing: Michael E. Briant · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield, Clive Morton, June Murphy
9x12 The Sea Devils (4)
Mar 18, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.9
The Sea Devils attack the island prison and rescue the Master, prompting the Doctor to venture underwater to try and contact them.
Directing: Michael E. Briant · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield, Clive Morton, June Murphy
9x13 The Sea Devils (5)
Mar 25, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 7.0
The Doctor is taken to the Sea Devils' underwater colony where he tries to make peace with the creatures, only for the navy to attack the base.
Directing: Michael E. Briant · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield, June Murphy, Alec Wallis
9x14 The Sea Devils (6)
Apr 1, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 7.1
The Sea Devils take over the naval base and the Doctor is forced to help the Master find a way to revive their colony.
Directing: Michael E. Briant · Writing: Malcolm Hulke · Starring: Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield, June Murphy, Alec Wallis
9x15 The Mutants (1)
Apr 8, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
The Doctor and Jo arrive on the planet Solos, on a assignment by the Time Lords, where they learn that the native Solonians are mutating into ant-like mutant creatures...
Directing: Christopher Barry · Writing: Dave Martin, Bob Baker · Starring: Paul Whitsun-Jones, James Mellor, Garrick Hagon, Geoffrey Palmer
9x16 The Mutants (2)
Apr 15, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.1
Ky transports himself and Jo down to Solos and the Marshal only agrees to help her if the Doctor assists Professor Jaeger in altering Solos' atmosphere.
Directing: Christopher Barry · Writing: Dave Martin, Bob Baker · Starring: Paul Whitsun-Jones, James Mellor, Garrick Hagon, Christopher Coll
9x17 The Mutants (3)
Apr 22, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.0
The Doctor and Varan travel down to Solos to search for Jo and Ky but the Marshal orders his men to pursue them.
Directing: Christopher Barry · Writing: Bob Baker, Dave Martin · Starring: Paul Whitsun-Jones, James Mellor, Garrick Hagon, Christopher Coll
9x18 The Mutants (4)
Apr 29, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.0
The Doctor and his friends are led to safety by Professor Sondergaard, who tries to help the Doctor translate the tablets.
Directing: Christopher Barry · Writing: Dave Martin, Bob Baker · Starring: Paul Whitsun-Jones, James Mellor, Garrick Hagon, Christopher Coll
9x19 The Mutants (5)
May 6, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 5.7
The Marshal's premature use of Jaeger's experiment is threatening to destroy Solos' atmosphere and the Doctor returns to Skybase to try and correct the damage.
Directing: Christopher Barry · Writing: Dave Martin, Bob Baker · Starring: Paul Whitsun-Jones, Garrick Hagon, Christopher Coll, Rick James
9x20 The Mutants (6)
May 13, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.1
The Doctor is forced to help the Marshal cover up his actions with the Investigator but Jo and the others attempt to escape to expose him.
Directed by Christopher Barry · Written by Bob Baker, Dave Martin · Starring: Paul Whitsun-Jones, Garrick Hagon, Rick James, George Pravda
9x21 The Time Monster (1)
May 20, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.1
UNIT are invited to observe a demonstration of the new TOMTIT machine, unaware its creator, Professor Thascales, is actually the Master.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Barry Letts, Robert Sloman · Starring: Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene
9x22 The Time Monster (2)
May 27, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.3
The Doctor realises the Master is trying to harness the power of Kronos, last of the Chronovores, but is unaware Percival is harbouring him at the institute.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Barry Letts, Robert Sloman · Starring: Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene
9x23 The Time Monster (3)
Jun 3, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.3
The Master enlists the help of Krasis to control Kronos while Yates tries to bring the TARDIS to the institute only to come under attack from dangers from the past.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Barry Letts, Robert Sloman · Starring: Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene
9x24 The Time Monster (4)
Jun 10, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.9
The Master prepares to travel back to Atlantis but the Doctor links his TARDIS to the Master's to try and stop him.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Barry Letts, Robert Sloman · Starring: Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Levene
9x25 The Time Monster (5)
Jun 17, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
Both TARDISes reach Atlantis, where the Doctor befriends King Dalios while the Master enlists the help of Queen Galleia to try and obtain the crystal of Kronos.
Directing: Paul Bernard · Writing: Barry Letts, Robert Sloman · Starring: Roger Delgado, Donald Eccles, Aidan Murphy, George Cormack
9x26 The Time Monster (6) Season Finale
Jun 24, 1972 · 25 min · ★ 5.4
The Doctor enters the labyrinth to try and protect Jo from the minotaur but the Master has seized control of Atlantis and prepares to summon Kronos again.
Directed by Paul Bernard · Written by Barry Letts, Robert Sloman · Starring: Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Wanda Moore