Season 16 episodes
No Code Title First Shown Eps Exists
98 5A The Ribos Operation 2 Sep 78 4 all
99 5B The Pirate Planet 30 Sep 78 4 all
100 5C The Stones of Blood 28 Oct 78 4 all
101 5D The Androids of Tara 25 Nov 78 4 all
102 5E The Power of Kroll 23 Dec 78 4 all
103 5F The Armageddon Factor 20 Jan 79 4 all
Notes:
Romana joins as a companion at the request of the White Guardian at the
start of the season.
Episode Details
The Ribos Operation
The Doctor is given the task of reassembling the six parts of the Key to
Time at the behest of the White Guardian. He and his new companion Romana,
go to the icy world of Ribos in search of the first segment where they
encounter a pair of con-men and a megalomanic ex-tyrant.
The Pirate Planet
The locator leads the Doctor and Romana to the planet Calufrax, or rather
its location since it no longer appears to exist. In its place they find
a hollow planet called Zanak, ruled over by a mysterious queen called Xanxia
and her henchman, an evil one-eyed captain.
The Stones of Blood
The Doctor and Romana arrive at a circle of standing stones in the English
countryside. They meet an elderly lady professor and her companion who
are involved in a study of the stones. However when two campers and the
local Druid priest are all killed by one of the stones, the Doctor suspects
all is not as it seems, but can he warn Romana in time?
The Androids of Tara
The Doctor and Romana arrive on the planet Tara, a planet with a medieval
social structure but the technology to build and maintain sophisticated
androids. Romana is mistaken for an android replica of the Princess Stella,
and they are soon embroiled in the the plans of an evil Count to seize
the throne.
Romana and the
Doctor Trying to assemble the Key to Time (AVI)
The Power of Kroll
The locator leads the Doctor and Romana to the third moon of Delta Magna.
The moon is a swamp covered world on which a small crew of humans maintain
a refinery and are in constant feud with the simpler humanoid creatures
known as swampies who also live there. Their God, a giant octopus like
creature called Kroll makes an appearance and threatens the refinery...
The Armageddon Factor
The Doctor and Romana arrive on the planet Atrios looking for the crucial
final segment. Atrios and the nearby planet Zeos are waging an interplanetary
nuclear war, which has already killed most of the Atrions. Despite this,
the Marshal of Atrios is preparing for a fanatical last strike that will
utterly destroy Zeos, against the wishes of the Peace movement headed by
the Princess Astra! The Doctor realises that the Marshal is being hypnotically
controlled, and has to confront the evil Shadow, a servant of the Black
Guardian!
"Remember me to Gallifrey." - Drax, THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR
Links: onwards to season
17, back to season
15.
B.King@ee.surrey.ac.uk & D.White@ee.surrey.ac.uk
27th April 1994