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Doctor Who (season 9)

Doctor Who (season 9)
Starring
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of stories 5
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network BBC One
Original release 1 January (1972-01-01) – 24 June 1972 (1972-06-24)
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The ninth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 1 January 1972 with Day of the Daleks, and ended with The Time Monster.

Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, as does Katy Manning playing Jo Grant.

Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively.

Roger Delgado returns to play The Master in The Sea Devils and The Time Monster.

Alan Bennion makes his second of three appearances in the series playing an Ice Warrior. In this, his second appearance, he portrays Lord Izlyr in The Curse of Peladon.

The first serial, Day of the Daleks, saw the return of the Daleks for the first time since Season 4's The Evil of the Daleks in 1967. This was also the first time that the Daleks had been seen in colour in the television series (they had been in colour in the two films starring Peter Cushing produced in the mid-1960s).


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