Season 18



The eighteenth season of Doctor Who ran between 30th August 1980 and 21st March 1981. From Full Circle onwards, the season featured a story arc involving E-Space and the return of the Master. It was the last season to feature Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor; it also saw the departure of Romana and K9. It was the first season produced by John Nathan-Turner, who instituted a number of changes: the stories became darker and more adult in tone, the 1966 Delia Derbyshire arrangement of the "Doctor Who theme" was retired in favour of a new arrangement, and a new series logo was introduced.

Season 18 consisted of seven stories and twenty-eight episodes. It was the last season of the original series to have an autumn-to-spring broadcast schedule and the last to have an autumn start until Season 23. After this season, the number of episodes per season began decreasing. The story State of Decay was originally intended for release in Season 15 under the title The Vampire Mutations.

Regular Cast

 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Romana - Lalla Ward (leaves in Warriors' Gate)
 * K9 (voice) - John Leeson (leaves in Warriors' Gate)
 * Adric - Matthew Waterhouse (introduced in Full Circle)
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton (introduced The Keeper of Traken)
 * Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding (from Logopolis)

Recurring Cast

 * The Master - Anthony Ainley

Stories set during this season

 * PDA: Festival of Death (before The Leisure Hive)
 * CC: The Invasion of E-Space (Between State of Decay and Warriors' Gate)
 * Involvement in EDA: The Eight Doctors (after episode 4 to State of Decay)

VHS

 * The Leisure Hive
 * Meglos
 * The E-Space Trilogy Box (contains Full Circle, State of Decay and Warrior's Gate)
 * The Keeper of Traken
 * Logopolis
 * The Tom Baker Years (contains excerpts from all the stories)

DVDs

 * The Leisure Hive (2004)
 * Meglos (2011)
 * The E-Space Trilogy (contains Full Circle, State of Decay and Warrior's Gate) (2009)
 * The Keeper of Traken (2007)
 * Logopolis (2007)

Novels

 * Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive
 * Meglos
 * Full Circle
 * Doctor Who and the State of Decay
 * Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate
 * Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken
 * Logopolis