Season 8

The eighth season of Doctor Who ran between 2nd January 1971 and 19th June 1971. It marked the appearance of the first on-screen version of The Master and the season was the show's first attempt at a season-long story arc as each serial featured The Master. It consisted of 5 serials, and 25 episodes. Jo Grant joins as companion.



Stories

 * Terror of the Autons
 * The Mind of Evil
 * The Claws of Axos
 * Colony in Space
 * The Dæmons

Main Cast

 * The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
 * Jo Grant - Katy Manning
 * Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
 * Sergeant Benton - John Levene (absent from Colony in Space)
 * Mike Yates - Richard Franklin (absent from Colony in Space)
 * The Master - Roger Delgado

VHS

 * Terror of the Autons
 * The Mind of Evil (in B+W)
 * The Claws of Axos
 * Colony in Space
 * The Daemons
 * The Pertwee Years (The Daemons episode 5 - in B+W)

DVD

 * The Claws of Axos

Novelisations

 * Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons
 * The Mind of Evil
 * Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos
 * Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
 * Doctor Who and the Dæmons

Contemporaries
Other selected TV series launched during the 1970-71 season that included the run of Season 8:
 * UFO
 * Doomwatch
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show
 * Monday Night Football
 * The Odd Couple
 * The Partridge Family
 * All in the Family
 * Masterpiece Theatre
 * The Two Ronnies