Doctor Who - Season 3

At twelve episodes, The Daleks' Master Plan was the longest story in the show's history until superseded by the fourteen-episode The Trial of a Time Lord in 1986. The season also had the greatest number of different companions (seven) and producers (three). This was the longest season in the history of the franchise to date, at 45 episodes. It also featured the first appearance of actor Nicholas Courtney, although not in his most famous role as the Brigadier. The Daleks' Master Plan also saw the return of Peter Butterworth as the Monk, who became the second Doctor Who enemy to make a return (after the Daleks themselves) to the show. This was also the season of The War Machines, to date the only televised story in which the taboo of never referring to the Doctor directly by the name "Doctor Who" is broken, with the exception of Missy's teasing in World Enough and Time.

45 Episodes

Four Hundred Dawns

Season 3 - Episode 1

After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.

Trap of Steel

Season 3 - Episode 2

With the knowledge that the planet will be destroyed in two days, the Drahvins instruct the Doctor to help them steal the Rills' ship.

Air Lock

Season 3 - Episode 3

The Doctor and Vicki encounter the Rills and learn the situation is more complex than they thought while Steven finds the Drahvins' hospital...

The Exploding Planet

Season 3 - Episode 4

The Doctor and Vicki enlist the aid of the Chumblies to rescue Steven from the Drahvins and then find a way off the planet before its destru...

Mission to the Unknown

Season 3 - Episode 5

Whilst The Doctor, Steven and Vicki are traveling to their next destination. On the planet Kembel, Marc Cory, a Space Security Service agent...

Temple of Secrets

Season 3 - Episode 6

The TARDIS lands in the middle of the Trojan War, where the Doctor is mistaken for the god Zeus.

Small Prophet, Quick Return

Season 3 - Episode 7

While Odysseus forces the Doctor to find a way to win the war, Steven decides to get himself taken prisoner in order to enter Troy and find ...

Death of a Spy

Season 3 - Episode 8

With Steven and Vicki being held prisoner by the Trojans, the Doctor's only hope of seeing them again is to suggest the idea of the Trojan H...

Horse of Destruction

Season 3 - Episode 9

The Doctor waits inside the Trojan Horse for a chance to reach his companions but Steven's assumed identity as a Greek soldier and Vicki's g...

The Nightmare Begins

Season 3 - Episode 10

The Doctor runs afoul of the Daleks and Special Security Agent Bret Vyon on the planet Kembel.

Day of Armageddon

Season 3 - Episode 11

The Doctor infiltrates the Daleks' conference to try and discover their plans, leaving Steven, Katarina and Bret to find a way off the plane...

Devil's Planet

Season 3 - Episode 12

The Doctor and his friends escape Kembel in the Spar ship but the Daleks force them down on the planet Desperus, where they are threatened b...

The Traitors

Season 3 - Episode 13

With Katarina being held hostage, the Doctor, Steven and Bret are in danger of having to given in to Kirksen's demands, while, on Earth, Che...

Counter Plot

Season 3 - Episode 14

The Doctor, Steven and Sara are accidentally transported to the planet Mira where Chen sends the Daleks after them.

Coronas of the Sun

Season 3 - Episode 15

The Doctor, Steven and Sara escape Mira in a Dalek pursuit ship but when they find the ship is returning to Kembel, they are forced to come ...

The Feast of Steven

Season 3 - Episode 16

The Doctor, Steven and Sara visit a Liverpool police station on Christmas Day and a Hollywood film set during the 1920s.

Volcano

Season 3 - Episode 17

The Daleks realise the Doctor has given them a fake Taranium Core while, on the planet Tigus, the Doctor encounters the Meddling Monk.

Golden Death

Season 3 - Episode 18

The Doctor, Steven and Sara travel to Ancient Egypt, pursued by both the Daleks and the Meddling Monk.

Escape Switch

Season 3 - Episode 19

Steven, Sara and the Monk are captured by the Daleks in order to force the Doctor to hand over the Taranium Core.

The Abandoned Planet

Season 3 - Episode 20

The Doctor, Steven and Sara reach Kembel where they find the Daleks have betrayed their allies and imprisoned them.

Destruction of Time

Season 3 - Episode 21

With the Daleks poised to invade the solar system, the Doctor decides his only option is to activate the Time Destructor prematurely, threat...

War of God

Season 3 - Episode 22

The TARDIS lands in sixteenth century Paris and Steven becomes involved with a group of Huguenots.

The Sea Beggar

Season 3 - Episode 23

While trying to find the Doctor, Steven discovers a conspiracy to assassinate a man known as the Sea Beggar.

Priest of Death

Season 3 - Episode 24

Steven has discovered the identity of the Sea Beggar, but can he warn the Huguenots in time?

Bell of Doom

Season 3 - Episode 25

Steven rejoins the Doctor and they leave Paris just ahead of the massacre, leaving Anne behind.

The Steel Sky

Season 3 - Episode 26

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed E...

The Plague

Season 3 - Episode 27

With the Ark infected with a cold virus, the Doctor must convince the Guardians to trust him so he can find a cure.

The Return

Season 3 - Episode 28

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo have travelled 700 years into the future and find that the Ark is now under the control of the Monoids as it app...

The Bomb

Season 3 - Episode 29

The Monoids abandon the Ark, leaving Steven and the Guardians to die, but a mutiny in their ranks may give the Doctor a chance to bring abou...

The Celestial Toyroom

Season 3 - Episode 30

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the realms of the Celestial Toymaker, who forces them to play his deadly games.

The Hall of Dolls

Season 3 - Episode 31

While the Doctor continues to play the Trilogic Game with the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo are involved in a deadly game of musical chairs.

The Dancing Floor

Season 3 - Episode 32

Steven and Dodo are forced to cross the dancing floor, where the Toymaker's dolls plan to force them to dance for eternity.

The Final Test

Season 3 - Episode 33

As the Doctor nears the end of his game against the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo take on Cyril in a lethal game of hopscotch to try and recover...

A Holiday for the Doctor

Season 3 - Episode 34

The TARDIS arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in 1891. Where the Doctor is looking for a dentist when he has a toothache, where The Doctor finds ...

Don't Shoot the Pianist

Season 3 - Episode 35

With the Clantons believing the Doctor to be Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp takes him into protective custody but this leaves Steven and Dodo in d...

Johnny Ringo

Season 3 - Episode 36

Earp comes to Steven's rescue and arrests Phineas Clanton, prompting the Clantons to decide to enlist the help of Johnny Ringo.

The O.K. Corral

Season 3 - Episode 37

The Clantons have shot Warren Earp, leading to a showdown between the two families with the Doctor powerless to prevent bloodshed.

The Savages (1)

Season 3 - Episode 38

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the far future and are welcomed by the advanced civilisation of the Elders but soon begin to suspect t...

The Savages (2)

Season 3 - Episode 39

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo investigate why there are Savages in the Elders' city and uncover the true price of the Elders' perfect society....

The Savages (3)

Season 3 - Episode 40

The Doctor has been subjected to the Elders' extraction process and Steven and Dodo must return to their city to rescue him.

The Savages (4)

Season 3 - Episode 41

The Doctor urges the Savages to finally bring an end to the Elders' oppression and enlists the help of an unlikely ally.

The War Machines (1)

Season 3 - Episode 42

The Doctor and Dodo return to London in the present day where the Doctor becomes concerned about WOTAN, a new super-computer installed in th...

The War Machines (2)

Season 3 - Episode 43

Dodo is under the control of WOTAN and attempts to lure the Doctor into a trap, while the rest of WOTAN's slaves begin construction on its r...

The War Machines (3)

Season 3 - Episode 44

Ben tries to escape from the warehouse but is captured by Polly, who is now also under WOTAN's control, and forced to work on construction t...

The War Machines (4)

Season 3 - Episode 45

The first War Machine is defeated but the Doctor only has a matter of hours to destroy WOTAN before the rest of its army is activated.