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The Caves of Androzani

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 19, 2023April 13, 2025
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The Caves of Androzani

This Story: Season 21, Story 6. Production Code 6R
Overall: Story 136, Episode 625-628
Airdates: 8 Mar 1984 – 16 Mar 1984
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Graeme Harper

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  • The last (regular) story for Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor.
  • The first appearance of Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor.

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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 625 - The Caves of Androzani 1/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 8 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 1/2

Here we are. The final Peter Davison story, & one that many people consider the best story in all 26 yrs of Classic Who. It's outstanding in every way. The Doctor & Peri pic.twitter.com/hESU7oBC4B

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 17, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 625 - The Caves of Androzani 1/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 8 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 2/2

land on a planet w/some great political intrigue. We get a reason why 5 wears celery on his outfit finally. The Doctor & Peri are sentenced to death for just being there. pic.twitter.com/K5PxJdfpfp

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 17, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 626 - The Caves of Androzani 2/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 9 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 1/2

This story was written by the #1 classic Who writer, Robert Holmes, and one of the best directors - Graeme Harper. The result is as I said before glorious. The political pic.twitter.com/LDzdUUQ9ib

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 17, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 626 - The Caves of Androzani 2/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 9 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 2/2

intrigue continues. Sharaz Jek obsesses over Peri due to her beauty - it's proper creepy. But the Doctor & Peri need him as they've been poisoned. So much awesomeness here. pic.twitter.com/kolO9SMzCK

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 17, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 627 - The Caves of Androzani 3/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 15 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 1/2

Some of the people held by Jek escape, & the army plots new moves. The android clones confuse people as there is multiple copies of people, it's all fun to follow. pic.twitter.com/ULmA7ZsDW9

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 18, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 627 - The Caves of Androzani 3/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 15 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 2/2

More political fun here. The Doctor is taken by the gun runners who want to take him to Androzani Major. That ends in one of the best cliffhangers in the entire series run. pic.twitter.com/AGoLMmnVNm

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 18, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 628 - The Caves of Androzani 4/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 16 Mar 1984 1/3

Regeneration episode! Said it before, but Androzani is killer stuff. Top of the Heap #DoctorWho here. This is a story where the ending lives up to what was built up getting there. pic.twitter.com/Uu0brjtgj4

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 19, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 628 - The Caves of Androzani 4/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 16 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 2/3

All of the pieces of this story come together in a satisfying ending. The Doctor manages to get the antidote to the Spectrox, but only enough to save Peri, which ends him. pic.twitter.com/VNnQ9mxZaD

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 19, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 628 - The Caves of Androzani 4/4 (Serial 6R Story 136) - 16 Mar 1984 #DoctorWho 3/3

All the old characters filmed new bits for the regeneration. Davison has made light on DVD commentary that his dying acting is upstaged by Nicola Bryant's cleavage.? pic.twitter.com/v6oBXgzvx8

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) March 19, 2023

A much more convincing fall down a chute than we had in Keys of Marinus.

 

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