Season 8

The eighth season of Doctor Who ran between 2 January 1971 and 19 June 1971. It starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.

Overview
, season 8 remains notable for being the season with the most number of regular characters. Not only did it see a new companion in the form of Jo Grant, but it featured a regular enemy —  — and an expanded regular UNIT cast that now included Sergeant Benton and Mike Yates in most episodes. Adding in returning regulars Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney, the regular cast swelled to six.

Regular

 * The Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee
 * Jo Grant - Katy Manning
 * Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
 * The Master - Roger Delgado

Semi-regular

 * Sergeant Benton - John Levene
 * Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
 * Corporal Bell - Fernanda Marlowe

Stories set during this season

 * Who Killed Kennedy (all serials of season 8)
 * Deadly Reunion (between The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos)
 * The Doll of Death (after The Claws of Axos)

VHS

 * Terror of the Autons (1993) (colour restoration)
 * The Mind of Evil (1998) (in B+W)
 * The Claws of Axos (1992)
 * Colony in Space (2001)
 * The Dæmons (1993) (colour restoration)
 * The Pertwee Years (1992) (The Dæmons 5 - in B+W)

Novels

 * 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