Season 14

The fourteenth season of Doctor Who ran between 4th September 1976 and 2nd April 1977. It starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

Overview
Season 14 consisted of 6 serials and 26 episodes. The season is notable for the departure of Sarah Jane Smith in The Hand of Fear and for The Deadly Assassin, a story set entirely on Gallifrey which featured a "revisionist" portrayal of the Time Lords, as well as revealing much more about them. The Deadly Assassin also featured the return of the Master in a degenerated new form, and had the Doctor without a companion for an entire story for the first time in the entire history of Doctor Who.

The season also introduced new companion Leela. The overall Gothic ambience of the season which was helped by the introduction of the TARDIS' secondary console room, which would be used in lieu of the traditional console room into the next season.

Stories

 * The Masque of Mandragora (4 episodes)
 * The Hand of Fear (4 episodes) - Final appearance of Sarah Jane Smith
 * The Deadly Assassin (4 episodes) - First appearance of Leela
 * The Face of Evil (4 episodes)
 * The Robots of Death (4 episodes)
 * The Talons of Weng-Chiang (6 episodes)

Main Cast

 * The Doctor - Tom Baker
 * Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen (The Masque of Mandragora-The Hand of Fear)
 * Leela - Louise Jameson (introduced The Face of Evil)

VHS

 * The Masque of Mandragora
 * The Hand of Fear
 * The Deadly Assassin
 * The Face of Evil
 * The Robots of Death
 * The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * The Tom Baker Years (extracts from all of the stories)

DVD

 * The Masque of Mandragora
 * The Hand of Fear
 * The Deadly Assassin
 * The Robots of Death
 * The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Novelisations

 * Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora
 * Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear
 * Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
 * Doctor Who and the Face of Evil
 * Doctor Who and the Robots of Death
 * Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang