
Doctor Who
As the silver anniversary season, it included several stories noting the milestone: Remembrance of the Daleks, which featured the final "classic series" appearance of the Daleks and Davros and which would feature scenes set at Coal Hill School and 76 Totter’s Lane, both significant locations in the first episode, An Unearthly Child; and Silver Nemesis, the final classic series appearance of the Cybermen, which had its first episode broadcast on the actual 25th anniversary of the series. It also showed the lighter side of the Seventh Doctor's personality fade and be replaced by darker qualities. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy was also the last episode to have the Doctor dressed in bright colours. This would also be the first season that would be recorded with the intention of, and be broadcast in, a stereo mix.
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...
Guest Stars:
Harry Fowler, Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, George Sewell, Pamela Salem
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.
Guest Stars:
Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, Michael Sheard, Joseph Marcell, George Sewell
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.
Guest Stars:
Harry Fowler, Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, George Sewell, Pamela Salem
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.
Guest Stars:
Sheila Hancock, Georgina Hale, Ronald Fraser, Rachel Bell, Mary Healey
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.
Guest Stars:
Fiona Walker, Anton Diffring, Gerard Murphy, Metin Yenal, Courtney Pine
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.
Guest Stars:
Anton Diffring, Gerard Murphy, Metin Yenal, Mark Hardy, Fiona Walker
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.
Guest Stars:
Dolores Gray, Anton Diffring, Gerard Murphy, Metin Yenal, Mark Hardy
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.
Guest Stars:
Christopher Guard, Ricco Ross, Peggy Mount, T. P. McKenna, Gian Sammarco
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.
Guest Stars:
Christopher Guard, Chris Jury, Ricco Ross, T. P. McKenna, Gian Sammarco
25 Episodes