The Dæmons

059 – The Dæmons
Doctor Who serial
Azal, preparing to use his electric bolts to kill the Doctor
Cast
Doctor Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor)
Companion Katy Manning (Jo Grant)
Others Nicholas Courtney — Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Richard Franklin — Captain Mike Yates John Levene — Sergeant Benton Roger Delgado — The Master Stephen Thorne — Azal Stanley Mason — Bok Damaris Hayman — Miss Hawthorne Robin Wentworth — Prof. Horner David Simeon — Alastair Fergus Alec Linstead — Sgt Osgood Rollo Gamble — Winstanley Don McKillop — Bert the Landlord John Joyce — Garvin Jon Croft — Tom Girton Matthew Corbett — Jones James Snell — Harry Christopher Wray — PC Groom Eric Hillyard — Dr Reeves John Owens — Thorpe Gerald Taylor — Baker's Man The Headington Quarry Men — Morris Dancers
Production
Directed by	Christopher Barry
Written by	"Guy Leopold" (Barry Letts and Robert Sloman)
Script editor	Terrance Dicks
Produced by	Barry Letts
Executive producer(s)	None
Incidental music composer	Dudley Simpson
Production code	JJJ
Series	Season 8
Length	5 episodes, 25 minutes each
Originally broadcast	22 May–19 June 1971
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → Colony in Space Day of the Daleks
List of Doctor Who serials

Doctor Who and the Dæmons

Author	Barry Letts
Cover artist	Chris Achilleos
Series	Doctor Who book: Target novelisations
Release number	15
Publisher	Target Books
Publication date	17 October 1974
ISBN

The Dæmons is the fifth and final serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from 22 May to 19 June 1971. It features the Third Doctor, companion Jo Grant and the UNIT team. Returning as the main villain is the Master. The serial remains the last time a Doctor Who story was transmitted in five episodes.

In the village of Devil's End an archaeological dig is excavating the infamous Devil's Hump, a Bronze Age burial mound. The dig is being covered by BBC Three. A local white witch, Olive Hawthorne arrives to protest, warning of great evil and the coming of the horned beast, but she is dismissed as a crank. Watching this, the Doctor tells Jo that Miss Hawthorne is right — the dig must be stopped, and they go there.

Miss Hawthorne goes to see the new local vicar, Rev. Magister. Magister — actually the Master — tries to assure her that her fears are unfounded, but his hypnosis fails to overcome her will. Backed by a group of followers, the Master is conducting ceremonies in the cavern below the Church to summon up a force of evil. The Doctor and Jo reach the mound and the Doctor rushes inside to stop the dig, but it is too late. The tomb door opens and icy gusts of wind rush out and the ground begins to shake, toppling the camera crew and even the coven in the catacombs. The Master laughs triumphantly and calls the entity's name — Azal, and the eyes of a gargoyle, Bok, flare with a reddish glow. Jo enters the mound to find Horner and the Doctor motionless, covered with frost.