Season 3

The third season of Doctor Who ran between 11th September 1965 and 16th July 1966. It was remarkable for being a season of extremes. It boasts both the longest (The Daleks' Master Plan) and the shortest (Mission to the Unknown) stories in Doctor Who televised history. It has the greatest number of different companions (7), and producers (3). It also featured the first appearance of actor Nicholas Courtney.

Behind the scenes, it was dominated by the departure of Verity Lambert, the immensely exhausting production of The Daleks' Master Plan, and an intense battle to somehow get William Hartnell off the series. It consisted of ten serials (listed below) and 45 episodes.

Stories

 * Galaxy 4 (4 episodes)
 * Mission to the Unknown (1 episode)
 * The Myth Makers (4 episodes)
 * The Daleks' Master Plan (12 episodes)
 * The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (4 episodes)
 * The Ark (4 episodes)
 * The Celestial Toymaker (4 episodes)
 * The Gunfighters (4 episodes)
 * The Savages (4 episodes)
 * The War Machines (4 episodes)

Main Cast

 * The Doctor - William Hartnell
 * Vicki - Maureen O'Brien (till The Myth Makers)
 * Steven Taylor - Peter Purves (till Savages)
 * Katarina - Adrienne Hill (from The Myth Makers to The Daleks' Master Plan episode 4)
 * Sara Kingdom - Jean Marsh (The Daleks' Master Plan episodes 4 to 12)
 * Dodo Chaplet - Jackie Lane (from The Massacre)
 * Ben Jackson - Michael Craze (from The War Machines)
 * Polly - Anneke Wills (from The War Machines)

Stories set in this season

 * PDA Salvation (after The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve)
 * PDA Bunker Soldiers (after Salvation)
 * BFA Mother Russia (between The Gunfighters and The Savages)
 * MA The Man in the Velvet Mask (between The Savages and The War Machines)