Season 27 (Doctor Who)

Season 27 (Doctor Who)
Doctor	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s)	Ace McShane Katie Tollinger
Key Crew
Producer(s)	Stephen Garwood
Script Editor	Ben Aaronovitch
Series Details
Start Date	08/09/1990
End Date	08/12/1990
Premier Network	BBC TWO
Format	25'

Season 27 Of Doctor Who, ran between 8th September 1990 and 8th December 1990. It stared Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Julia Sawalha as Katie Tollinger. It marked the final Season for Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. It was also the first Season to be produced by Stephen Garwood and Script edited by Ben Arronovich, and introduced Julia Sawalha as Katie Tollinger and John Banks as Sergent Benjamin Henrick.

Overview

This season consisted of four stories and fourteen twenty-five minute episodes. It was the first Season in the third part of Chapter Two.

Season Twenty-Seven featured the return of Angela Bruce as Brigadier Bambera, and the final Season for Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. It also marked the final regular appearance of Ace and introduced two new companions, Katie Tollinger, a posh upper class cat burglar and Sergent Benjamin Henrick, a member of UNIT who was used by the Metatraxi and caused the Doctor to regenerate.

This Season was also notable for being the first since Season 17 not to be produced by John Nathan-Turner and introduced the new show runner Stephen Garwood and Script Editor Ben Arronovich.

This Season also introduced a new logo, a new variation of the theme music, a new TARDIS Console room and a new costume for the Seventh Doctor.

almost every story, (with the exception of Earth Aid) took place on Earth, much like the previous Season and most of the Pertwee era. This Season also featured a story arc, in each story there was a character played by John Banks. In Blood And Iron it's revealed that Henrick was used in a time travel experiment by the Metatraxi and this created echoes of him at various points in time.

Cast

Regular

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Ace McShane - Sophie Aldred
• Katie Tollinger - Julia Sawalha

Recurring

• Markus Tollinger - Tom Georgeson
• Colonol Felnikov - John Albasiny
• Brigadier Winifred Bambera - Angela Bruce

Guest

• Victor Espinosa - Paterson Joseph
• Voice of the Metatraxi - John Banks
• Voice of Hhesh - Nicholas Briggs
• Yevgeni - John Banks
• Vitali Wolshkin - Nigel Lambert
• Parvez - David Jason
• Micheal D - John Banks
• Vladamier - Anton Alexander
• Henrick - John Banks
• The Doctor - Richard Griffiths

Television Stories

Story	Serial	Title	Written by	Directed by	Air Dates (UK)	Production Code
156	1	Earth Aid	Ben Aaronovitch	Chris Clough	08/09/1990 15/09/1990 22/09/1990	7R
157	2	Ice Time	Marc Platt	Christopher Barry	29/09/1990 06/10/1990 13/10/1990 20/10/1990	7S
158	3	Crime of the Century	Andrew Cartmel	Alan Wareing	27/10/1990 03/11/1990 10/11/1990	7T
159	4	Blood and Iron	Andrew Cartmel	Graeme Harper	17/11/1990 24/11/1990 01/12/1990 08/12/1990	7U

Home Media

VHS

• Earth Aid (1991)
• Ice Time (1991)
• Crime of the Century (1991)
• Blood and Iron (1991)

DVD

• This season released as the Complete Season 27 Box Set in July 2003.
• The season, along with all other Seventh Doctor stories was included in the Complete Sylvester McCoy Era Box Set.