Season 16

The sixteenth season of Doctor Who ran between 2nd September 1978 and 24th February 1979. This season saw the introduction of the Black and White Guardians as well as the companion Romana. This season is sometimes colloquially known as The Key to Time season after the story arc involving the Key to Time. It consisted of 6 serials and 26 epsiodes. In 2002 (Region 1) it became the first Doctor Who season to be released to DVD in its entirety in a single box set; it remained the only "classic series" season to be available as a single set until the release of Season 23, The Trial of a Time Lord to DVD in 2008.



Stories

 * The Ribos Operation (4 episodes)
 * The Pirate Planet (4 episodes)
 * The Stones of Blood (4 episodes)
 * The Androids of Tara (4 episodes)
 * The Power of Kroll (4 episodes)
 * The Armageddon Factor (6 episodes)

Main Cast

 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Romana - Mary Tamm (introduced The Armageddon Factor)
 * K-9 - John Leeson (voice) (absent during The Power of Kroll)

VHS

 * The Ribos Operation
 * The Pirate Planet
 * The Stones of Blood
 * The Androids of Tara
 * The Power of Kroll
 * The Armageddon Factor
 * The Tom Baker years (excerpts from all stories)

DVD

 * The Key to Time (box set containing all stories)


 * Region 1 1st October 2002
 * NTSC -


 * Region 2 24th September 2007
 * PAL -


 * Region 4 7th November 2007
 * PAL -

Novelisations

 * Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation
 * Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood
 * Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara
 * Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll
 * Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor

Contemporaries
Other selected TV series launched during the 1978-79 season:
 * Return of the Saint
 * Taxi
 * Mork & Mindy
 * Battlestar Galactica
 * WKRP in Cincinatti
 * Diff'rent Strokes
 * 3-2-1
 * The Dukes of Hazzard
 * Tales of the Unexpected
 * Mobile Suit Gundam
 * Real People