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It starred Richard Griffiths in his first season as the Doctor, Julia Sawalha as Katie Tollinger and John Banks as Henrick, and although they all appeared in some capacity in the previous season, this became their first full season together.

Ian Fraser and Ben Aaronovitch, took over control of the series, as Producer and Script editor respectively.

Overview

New producer

With John Nathan-Turner & Andrew Cartmel gone, a new team was needed to run Doctor Who. The BBC placed production manager Ian Fraser as producer, thus repeating the action of an inexperienced writer being in charge of the show from a decade earlier when JNT took control.

A little extra help

Fraser didn't know the writers too well, so he asked Cartmel to pick his successor as script editor, which was handed to Ben Aaronovitch.

Format and chapter details

This season consisted of four stories and twenty-five minute episodes, continuing the format in use since Season 23 in 1986. This was the second season in Chapter Two Part III of Doctor Who.

Wrapping up an arc

This Season also concluded the 'Cartmel Master Plan' which started in Season 25 by exploring the Doctor's backstory, hinted in Remembrance of the Daleks when the Seventh Doctor claims that he is "far more than just another Time Lord." It would conclude in the last story, where it is revealed that the Doctor was previously known as the Other and founded Time Lord society with Omega and Rassilon.

New titles and theme tune

While many elements remained the same from last season, one of the few changes was the title sequence. Again completely CGI by CAL Video, it retained the style of the previous titles; even managing to use the idea of a brief moment where the Doctor's face is a skull. The idea couldn't be done in the previous titles due to budget, time and technology. A new arrangement of the theme tune also debuted alongside it by Mark Ayres. Fraser's intention of it was to move away from the synth-heavy themes from the 80s and go back to it's roots by using some elements from previous themes, and to slow it down; resulting in a spooky new take on the theme.

Cast

Regular

Recurring

Guest

Major Dickens - Bernard Kay
The Bursar - Joanna McCallam
Dr O' Neil - Andrew Forbes
Sue - Holly Aird
The Deacon - Ann Beach
Joe Hartley - Rory Bremmer
James Black - Ben Chandler
Captain Lawrence Jones - Chris Barrie
Mr. Protecue - John Cleese
Otto Muller - Paul Harman Elliott
Oliver Richards - Martin Neil
Ian Solventson - Anthony Andrews
The Warden - Michael Kitchen
Kopyion Liall a Mahajetsu - Christopher Ryan
Butler - Steve Punt
Swarf - Hugh Dennis
Archon - Jack Docherty
Spike - Roger Blake
Thomas - Gordon Kennedy
Marilyn - Cindy Shelley
Chaney - Nicholas Ball
Major John Carlson - Robert McCulley
Bulbir Singh Mann - Art Malik
Academian Brown - Richard Willis
Jarak Romer - Adam Woodyay
Ell Romer - Martina Berne
Melanie Carson - Geraldine Alexander
Glospin - Stephen Fry
Innocent - Frances de la Tour
Satthralope - Margot Van der Burgh
Arkhew - Andrew Sachs
Quences - Darren Nesbitt
Badger - David John Pope
The Other - Richard Griffiths

Television Stories

Serial	#	Title	Writer	Director	Air Date
1	1	Night Thoughts	Edward Young	Chris Clough	4 September 1991
	2				11 September 1991
	3				18 September 1991
	4				25 September 1991
2	5	Glory School	Tony Etchells & Ben Aaronovitch	Alan Wareing	2 October 1991
	6				9 October 1991
	7				16 October 1991
3	8	The Hostage	Neil Penswick	Michael Kerrigan	23 October 1991
	9				30 October 1991
	10				6 November 1991
4	11	Lungbarrow	Marc Platt	Nicholas Mallett	13 November 1991
	12				20 November 1991
	13				27 November 1991
	14				4 December 1991

Production

Crew

To be added.

Shooting blocks

To be added.

Filming

To be added.

Aliens and Enemies

Viewing Figures

To be added.

Home Media

Physical Media

Title and Episodes included	Cover	Format	Number and duration of episodes	Release Date
The Complete Twenty-Eighth Season Night Thoughts/Glory School/The Hostage/Lungbarrow	TBD	DVD	14x25 minutes	25 April 2005
The Richard Griffiths Era Night Thoughts/Glory School/The Hostage/Lungbarrow	TBD	DVD	102x25 minutes	11 July 2011

Download/Streaming

Country	Netflix	Amazon Video	Google Play	iTunes	Britbox	BBC iPlayer
United Kingdom	-	✓	-	-	✓	-
United States	-	-	-	-	✓	-
Canada	-	-	-	-	✓	-
Ireland	-	✓	-	✓	-	-
Australia	-	✓	-	✓	-	-

BBC Player is only available in the UK. iTunes only carry Doctor Who in the US, Canada, Ireland and Australia. Amazon Video can stream Doctor Who through BritBox in the US, and holds it as a paid series in all other countries, but Australia where it's included with Prime

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+[[Ben Aaronovitch]]}}{{Realworld}}'''Season 28''' of [[Doctor Who (TV Series)|Doctor Who]], ran between [[4 September (releases)|4 September 1991]] and [[4 December (releases)|4 December 1991]].
 It starred [[Richard Griffiths]] in his first season as [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Julia Sawalha]] as [[Katie Tollinger]] and [[John Banks]] as [[Henrick|Henrick]], and although they all appeared in some capacity in the previous season, this became their first full season together.