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Cover art of the Region 2 DVD release for first serial of the season
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of stories | 5 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 30 December 1972 | – 23 June 1973
Season chronology | |
The tenth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 30 December 1972 with the 10th anniversary special The Three Doctors, and ended with Katy Manning's final serial The Green Death.
Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, and Jo Grant played by Katy Manning makes her final appearance in The Green Death. Previous Doctors William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton return to play the First Doctor and the Second Doctor.
Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively.
Roger Delgado makes his final appearance as The Master in Frontier in Space. Delgado died in a car crash in Turkey shortly after the story's transmission.
At the conclusion of The Three Doctors, the Doctor is finally released from his sentence of exile by the Time Lords, enabling him to travel through time and space once again. This ends the cycle of mostly Earth-bound stories where the Doctor was stranded that began at the conclusion of The War Games in 1969.