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{{Series|seasondesc = <center> 22 episodes, comprising of 8 serials, starting with '' [[Revenge of the Master]] '' </center>|image1 =DW33.png |caption1 = |doctor = [[Ninth Doctor]]|companions = [[Janet Wells]]|producer = [[Stephen Garwood]]|script_editor = [[Colin Brake]]|start_date = [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] [[1996]]|end_date = [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1997]]|premier_network = BBC1|typical_episode_length = 22x25 minute episodes|image2 = |chief_executive_producer = [[Stephen Garwood]]|prev = [[Season 32 (Doctor Who)|Season 32]]|next = [[Season 34 (Doctor Who)|Season 34]]|title1 = Season 33 - 1996-97|aka = '' Chapter Two |
{{Series|seasondesc = <center> 22 episodes, comprising of 8 serials, starting with '' [[Revenge of the Master (serial)|Revenge of the Master]] '' </center>|image1 =DW33.png |caption1 = |doctor = [[Ninth Doctor]]|companions = [[Janet Wells]]|producer = [[Stephen Garwood]]|script_editor = [[Colin Brake]]|start_date = [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] [[1996]]|end_date = [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1997]]|premier_network = BBC1|typical_episode_length = 22x25 minute episodes|image2 = |chief_executive_producer = [[Stephen Garwood]]|prev = [[Season 32 (Doctor Who)|Season 32]]|next = [[Season 34 (Doctor Who)|Season 34]]|title1 = Season 33 - 1996-97|aka = '' Chapter Two ''}}{{Realworld}}'''Season 33''' of [[Doctor Who (TV Series)|Doctor Who]] ran from [[7 September (releases)|7 September]] [[1996]] to [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] [[1997]]. |
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It was the first season for [[Michael French]] as [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] and the first for [[Rakie Ayola]] as [[Janet Wells]]. |
It was the first season for [[Michael French]] as [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] and the first for [[Rakie Ayola]] as [[Janet Wells]]. |
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Revision as of 04:00, 29 June 2021
| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
Season 33 of Doctor Who ran from 7 September 1996 to 1 February 1997.
It was the first season for Michael French as The Doctor and the first for Rakie Ayola as Janet Wells.
Overview
Format and chapter details
This season consisted of eight stories with twenty-two 25-minute episodes. It was the tenth season in Chapter Two Part III of Doctor Who.
A brand new era
Season 33 felt quite dramatic in different to recent seasons due to it featuring not only a new Doctor under Michael French, but also a new companion in his debut story unlike Eight, Katie and Henrick who had joined at different points in Season 27. Other than Garwood and Brake remaining on along with major crew members, everything else felt vastly different due to the BBC slowly progressing the competitiveness with other American sci-fi shows which would be noted with the frequent use of alien planets in recent years.
Janet the Traveller
The new companion would be Janet Wells, a Lancashire traveller from the year 1956. Played by Rakie Ayola, she was the first black actress to play a companion with a sub-arc of her dealing with themes of race across several stories and especially her debut story considering the time period she was in.
New titles and theme
As expected by now, new titles and theme for a new Doctor. Unlike other title sequences, this one was vastly different to all the others. Since the BBC wanted to push an American feel within the show, it was suggested for the new titles to be made by an American VFX company, that of Santa Barbara Studios who also did titles for Star Trek: Voyager. Additionally, this made the title sequence look even better in execution with a simple structure of various shots around Earth with the occasional appearance of the TARDIS. Cast and creator names were also introduced with these titles, but also retaining the basic elements such as French's face and the TARDIS as well as the iconic theme.
Garwood decided to search for various themes done in the past and came across a version by Dominic Glynn named 'The Terror Theme' from 1989. Despite being almost seven years apart, he felt it sounded very of the time for 1996 and asked for Glynn to not just use it for the show, but also to add orchestra since the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was coming to an end as the season also saw the debut of an orchestra for incidental music.
Stories
The eight stories featured in this season included the Master, a hot London summer, the return of the Daleks and Vardans, a planet of demons, a Well, surviving a laser strike and resurrecting the Autons.
Cast
Regular
Recurring
- To Be Added.
Guest
- To Be Added.
Television Stories
| Serial | # | Title | Writer | Director | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Revenge of the Master | Colin Brake | Roger Singleton-Turner | 7 September 1996 |
| 2 | 14 September 1996 | ||||
| 3 | 21 September 1996 | ||||
| 4 | 28 September 1996 | ||||
| 2 | 5 | The English Way of Death | Gareth Roberts | Sandy Johnson | 5 October 1996 |
| 6 | 12 October 1996 | ||||
| 7 | 19 October 1996 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | The Time Ravagers | Nicholas Briggs | Andrew Morgan | 26 October 1996 |
| 9 | 2 November 1996 | ||||
| 10 | 9 November 1996 | ||||
| 4 | 11 | Heaven and Earth | Paul Cornell | Marcus Mortimer | 16 November 1996 |
| 12 | 23 November 1996 | ||||
| 13 | 30 November 1996 | ||||
| 5 | 14 | Trial by Fire | Steven Moffat | Richard Holthouse | 7 December 1996 |
| 15 | 14 December 1996 | ||||
| 6 | 16 | The Well | Mark Gatiss | Winrich Kolbe | 21 December 1996 |
| 7 | 17 | Paradise Lost | Russell T Davies | 28 December 1996 | |
| 18 | 4 January 1997 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | Resurrection of the Autons | Steve Lyons | Brian Grant | 11 January 1997 |
| 20 | 18 January 1997 | ||||
| 21 | 25 January 1997 | ||||
| 22 | 1 February 1997 |
Home Media
To be added.