Season 19

Season 19 of Doctor Who ran between 4 January 1982 and 30 March 1982. It starred Peter Davison in his first season as the Fifth Doctor. With this season, the BBC returned the series to a mid-winter season start, which had last been done for Season 12 and had been the format throughout the Jon Pertwee era.

Overview
The season consisted of seven serials and twenty-six episodes airing on a bi-weekly schedule. Two milestones occurred in Earthshock. Firstly, the Cybermen returned, unannounced, for the first time since Revenge of the Cybermen in 1975. Secondly, for the first time since The Daleks' Master Plan which had aired in 1965 and 1966, a companion died. Other milestones included Black Orchid, the first non-science fictional historical serial since 1966's The Highlanders, and the destruction of the sonic screwdriver in The Visitation. A cliffhanger ending to the series appeared to have left Tegan stranded at Heathrow Airport with the Doctor abandoning her by mistake. Although the Doctor had spent most of the series trying to get Tegan back to Heathrow, which almost became a running theme.

Originally, this series was going to have twenty-eight episodes- two more than normal. However, John Nathan-Turner used two of the allocated episodes for A Girl's Best Friend, the failed pilot to K9 and Company.

Recurring

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Adric - Matthew Waterhouse
 * Nyssa - Sarah Sutton
 * Tegan Jovanka - Janet Fielding
 * - Anthony Ainley

Stories set during this season

 * PROSE: The Comet's Tail (during Castrovalva)
 * PROSE: Cold Fusion (between Castrovalva and Four to Doomsday)
 * PROSE: The Immortals (between Castrovalva and Four to Doomsday)
 * PROSE: First Born (between Kinda and The Visitation)
 * PROSE: Divided Loyalties (between The Visitation and Black Orchid)
 * AUDIO: Smoke and Mirrors (between The Visitation and Black Orchid)
 * PROSE: In the TARDIS: Christmas Day (between Black Orchid and Earthshock)
 * PROSE: Hearts of Stone (between Black Orchid and Earthshock)
 * AUDIO: The Darkening Eye (between Black Orchid and Earthshock)

Ratings

 * Average: 9.3 million
 * Highest: 10.5 million (Castrovalva Part 4)
 * Lowest: 8.3 million (Time-Flight Part 4)

VHS

 * Castrovalva (1992)
 * Four to Doomsday (2001)
 * Kinda (1994)
 * The Visitation / Black Orchid (1994)
 * Earthshock (1992)
 * Time-Flight (2000)

DVD
All serials of season 19 were released individually in between 2003 and 2011.

Novels

 * Castrovalva
 * Four to Doomsday
 * Kinda
 * The Visitation
 * Black Orchid
 * Earthshock
 * Time-Flight

Audiobooks

 * Kinda