Season 4


 * If you were looking for the 2008 series, see Series 4.

The fourth season of Doctor Who ran between 10th September 1966 and 1st July 1967. It featured the historic regeneration of the First, played by William Hartnell into the Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton. It also featured the final Daleks storylines until the early 1970s. The season introduced companion Jamie McCrimmon, one of the longest-serving and most popular TV companions. The Highlanders, broadcast this season, marked the end of the writers including occasional non-science fictional historical serials amongst the fantasy; the next non-SF serial would not appear until Black Orchid was broadcast in 1982. It consisted of 9 serials and 43 episodes, the majority of which are considered lost; as of 2008 this season has the sad distinction of being the only Doctor Who season for which not a single story survives in complete form (although audio recordings exist for all the episodes).



Stories

 * The Smugglers
 * The Tenth Planet
 * The Power of the Daleks
 * The Highlanders
 * The Underwater Menace
 * The Moonbase
 * The Macra Terror
 * The Faceless Ones
 * The Evil of the Daleks

Main Cast

 * The Doctor - William Hartnell
 * The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
 * Ben Jackson - Michael Craze
 * Polly - Anneke Wills
 * Jamie McCrimmon - Frazer Hines
 * Victoria Waterfield - Deborah Watling

Stories set during this season

 * PDA Ten Little Aliens (between The Smugglers and The Tenth Planet)
 * MA Invasion of the Cat-People (between The Power of the Daleks and The Highlanders)
 * PDA The Murder Game (between The Power of the Daleks and The Highlanders)
 * PDA Dying in the Sun (between The Power of the Daleks and The Highlanders)
 * TN Wonderland (between The Power of the Daleks and The Highlanders)
 * PDA The Roundheads {between The Macra Terror and The Faceless Ones

VHS

 * The Tenth Planet (with reconstruction of episode 4)
 * Cybermen: The Early years (Moonbase 2+4)
 * Daleks: The Early Years (Evil of the Daleks 2)
 * The Reign of Terror (Faceless Ones 1+3)
 * The Ice Warriors Collection (Underwater Menace 3)

DVD

 * Lost in Time (Moonbase 2+4 with audio of 1+3, Evil of the Daleks 2, Faceless Ones 1+3, Underwater Menace 3)

Novelisations

 * The Smugglers
 * Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
 * The Power of the Daleks
 * The Highlanders
 * The Underwater Menace
 * Doctor Who and the Cybermen
 * The Macra Terror
 * The Faceless Ones
 * The Evil of the Daleks

Contemporaries
Other selected TV series launched during the 1966-67 season:
 * Star Trek
 * Mission: Impossible
 * Rocket Robin Hood
 * The Hollywood Squares
 * The first Super Bowl
 * The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
 * The Prisoner