Episodes (26)

The Ribos Operation: Part One
S16E01 · The Ribos Operation: Part One

Sep 02, 1978

The Doctor is contacted by the White Guardian who tasks him with finding the six segments of the Key to Time. Joined by a young Time Lady named Romana, he begins his quest on the planet Ribos.

The Ribos Operation: Part Two
S16E02 · The Ribos Operation: Part Two

Sep 09, 1978

The Doctor and Romana investigate Garron's activities but this results in the Graff believing they are working together.

The Ribos Operation: Part Three
S16E03 · The Ribos Operation: Part Three

Sep 16, 1978

The Graff takes the Doctor, Romana and Garron prisoner and then sets about trying to track down Unstoffe and the jethryk.

The Ribos Operation: Part Four
S16E04 · The Ribos Operation: Part Four

Sep 23, 1978

The Doctor returns to the city to keep an eye on the Graff, leaving Romana, K9 and Garron to search for Unstoffe and the first segment.However, Garron double crosses them and steals the tracer.

The Pirate Planet: Part One
S16E05 · The Pirate Planet: Part One

Sep 30, 1978

In seeking the second segment of the Key to Time, the TARDIS heads for an icy world but lands on a populated planet that shouldn't be there.

The Pirate Planet: Part Two
S16E06 · The Pirate Planet: Part Two

Oct 07, 1978

The Doctor and Kimus head to the Bridge to try and rescue Romana, leaving K9 and Mula to search for Pralix.

The Pirate Planet: Part Three
S16E07 · The Pirate Planet: Part Three

Oct 14, 1978

The Mentiads take the Doctor, Romana and Kimus to a reunion with K9 and Mula, where they set about trying to defeat the Captain's plans.

The Pirate Planet: Part Four
S16E08 · The Pirate Planet: Part Four

Oct 21, 1978

The Doctor reveals the truth about the real power on Zanak and must try and stop the Captain and Xanxia before Earth becomes their next victim.

The Stones of Blood: Part One
S16E09 · The Stones of Blood: Part One

Oct 28, 1978

The Doctor and Romana's search for the third piece of the Key to Time leads them to a stone circle in Cornwall where they find signs of strange activity and meet the inquisitive Professor Rumford who tells them of a nearby sect of druids.

The Stones of Blood: Part Two
S16E10 · The Stones of Blood: Part Two

Nov 04, 1978

Rumford arrives just in time to save the Doctor from being sacrificed, allowing him and K9 to rescue Romana from the cliff face but he is confused when she claims that she was pushed by someone who looked just like him.

The Stones of Blood: Part Three
S16E11 · The Stones of Blood: Part Three

Nov 11, 1978

Assisted by Prof. Rumford and K-9, the Doctor builds a projector by which to enter hyperspace and rescue the kidnapped Romana, all of them all the while trying to avoid the bloodsucking Ogri stalking them.

The Stones of Blood: Part Four
S16E12 · The Stones of Blood: Part Four

Nov 18, 1978

Aboard a hyperspace prison ship, two justice machines called the Megara, known for swift verdicts and harsh punishments, arrest the Doctor for breaking an infraction, with trial and execution to be carried out immediately.

The Androids of Tara: Part One
S16E13 · The Androids of Tara: Part One

Nov 25, 1978

The Tardis materializes on the Earth-like planet of Tara. The Doctor goes fishing while Romana finds the fourth segment of the Key to Time but the powerful Count Grendel mistakes her for an android and brings her to his castle.

The Androids of Tara: Part Two
S16E14 · The Androids of Tara: Part Two

Dec 02, 1978

After Count Grendel kidnaps the real Prince Reynart, the Doctor suggests his android lookalike be crowned king in his absence. Back at the Count's castle, Romana is introduced to Princess Strella who looks exactly like her.

The Androids of Tara: Part Three
S16E15 · The Androids of Tara: Part Three

Dec 09, 1978

While the Doctor works on the android Prince Reynart's speech circuits, Count Grendel realizes that Romana is a friend of the Doctor and plans to lure him into a trap using an android with her face.

The Androids of Tara: Part Four
S16E16 · The Androids of Tara: Part Four

Dec 16, 1978

In a last attempt to take the throne, Count Grendel plans to have Romana wed to Reynart with the intent to kill him afterwards and take his place as her husband. When the Doctor arrives to foil his plan, the Count challenges him to a duel.

The Power of Kroll: Part One
S16E17 · The Power of Kroll: Part One

Dec 23, 1978

The Doctor and Romana land on the moon Delta III, home to the green-skinned Swampies and a small group of human colonists. Soon after arriving, Romana is taken by the Swampies who wish to sacrifice her to the mysterious squid-like Kroll.

The Power of Kroll: Part Two
S16E18 · The Power of Kroll: Part Two

Dec 30, 1978

The Doctor rescues Romana from the Swampies but is horrified to hear that Kroll has awoken.

The Power of Kroll: Part Three
S16E19 · The Power of Kroll: Part Three

Jan 06, 1979

The Doctor, Romana and Rohm-Dutt are sentenced to death by the Swampies while the refinery crew try to work out a way to destroy Kroll.

The Power of Kroll: Part Four
S16E20 · The Power of Kroll: Part Four

Jan 13, 1979

The Doctor races to stop Thawn from destroying the Swampie settlement and then works to destroy Kroll once and for all.

The Armageddon Factor: Part One
S16E21 · The Armageddon Factor: Part One

Jan 20, 1979

The Doctor and company drop in on the planet Atrios, whose inhabitants are in an interplanetary war with their twin planet Zeos. Although Astra, Princess of Atrios, wishes for peace, the Marshal, her commander of the military, does not share her views. So, while the TARDIS is in orbit around the planet, the Marshal targets the Doctor for destruction.

The Armageddon Factor: Part Two
S16E22 · The Armageddon Factor: Part Two

Jan 27, 1979

Unable to escape with the Tardis missing, the Doctor, Romana and Merak return to the Marshal who has an unusual change of heart and asks the Doctor for help but it soon becomes clear that someone or something else is controlling him.

The Armageddon Factor: Part Three
S16E23 · The Armageddon Factor: Part Three

Feb 03, 1979

The Shadow kidnaps the Doctor and tries to secure the Key to Time, while the Marshal prepares for an all-out assault against Zeos. Meanwhile, the Doctor's companions try to locate the missing TARDIS.

The Armageddon Factor: Part Four
S16E24 · The Armageddon Factor: Part Four

Feb 10, 1979

The Doctor sends Shapp and Merak back to Atrios to try and halt the Marshal's attack, while he and Romana attempt to disable Mentalis.

The Armageddon Factor: Part Five
S16E25 · The Armageddon Factor: Part Five

Feb 17, 1979

With both K9 and Princess Astra under his control, the Shadow lures the Doctor and Romana to his planet where the Doctor reunites with his old Time Lord friend Drax.

The Armageddon Factor: Part Six
S16E26 · The Armageddon Factor: Part Six

Feb 24, 1979

Romana looks on as Princess Astra turns herself into the sixth segment of the Key to Time, giving the Shadow ultimate power. The Doctor and Drax arrive just in time but for the Doctor one final trial remains.

About

Doctor Who Season 16 (1978) is released on Sep 02, 1978 and the latest season 26 of Doctor Who is released in 1989. Watch Doctor Who online - the English Adventure TV series from United Kingdom. Doctor Who is directed by Douglas Camfield,David Maloney,Christopher Barry,Michael E. Briant and created by Donald B. Wilson with Tom Baker and William Hartnell. Doctor Who is available online on BritBox and BritBox Amazon Channel.

Traveling across time and space, the immortal time-lord known as 'The Doctor' travels across the universe with his many companions and his loyal shape-shifting space-ship: the TARDIS. The Doctor faces many threats across many generations: from the Daleks, the Cybermen and his time-lord adversary the Master to the sinister Davros, creator of the Daleks.

As know as:

Docteur Who, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Доктор Кто, Daktaras Kas, Doctor Misterio

Countries:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Stream Service:

BBC

Reviews

Christopher Bahn
AV Club
Although the season has its moments, in the final analysis the story of the Key quest itself is so thin and underdeveloped that there is very little actually connecting the six individual serials.
by rottentomatoes, Mar 05, 2019

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