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Series XXIV

(7D) - Time And The Rani - 4 episodes

Original Air: 07 Sep 1987 - 28 Sep 1987
Written by: Pip & Jane Baker
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Andrew Morgan
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford
Story: Still unstable from his regeneration at the end of the trial, the Doctor is deceived by the Rani into believing she is his companion, and she tricks him into helping her build a powerful new weapon. Meantime, Mel is on the run and befriends the meek enslaved population of the planet on which the Rani is making the Doctor work for her.

(7E) - Paradise Towers - 4 episodes

Original Air: 05 Oct 1987 - 26 Oct 1987
Written by: Stephen Wyatt
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Nicholas Mallett
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford
Story: The Doctor and Mel land in a giant tower block now in a degenerate state of decay, with its inhabitants grouped into waring factions. The whole is presided over by a megalomanic caretaker, who seeks the destruction of all the inhabitants. Can the Doctor persuade the factions to unite against the common enemy and his killing machines?

(7F) - Delta And The Bannermen - 3 episodes

Original Air: 02 Nov 1987 - 16 Nov 1987
Written by: Malcolm Kohll
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Chris Clough
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford
Story: The Doctor and Mel encounter a space craft that looks like a 1950s bus, which is taking tourists to visit Disneyland. Unfortunately, the Chimeron Queen Delta is on board the bus, escaping from a band of murderous mercenaries (the Bannermen) who were hired to destroy the Chimeron race. After a Bannerman attack on the space bus, it crash lands in a South Wales holiday camp called Shangri-La. After Delta escapes, the Bannermen attack again, killing all the tourists. Can the Doctor save her with the aid of a young mechanic, a local bee keeper and 2 US secret service agents?

(7G) - Dragonfire - 3 episodes

Original Air: 23 Nov 1987 - 07 Dec 1987
Written by: Ian Briggs
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Chris Clough
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred
Story: The Doctor and Mel arrive on Ice World, a deep space trading post and are reunited with Sabbalom Glitz who joins them in search of the mythical Dragon. Mel befriends a waitress called Ace who is rather keen on explosives. The Doctor finds the Dragon and collects the power crystal from it, but is forced to give it to the crazed ruler of Ice World, Kane, in order to save Ace's life.

Series XXV

(7H) - Remembrance Of The Daleks - 4 episodes

Original Air: 05 Oct 1988 - 26 Oct 1988
Written by: Ben Aaronovitch
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Andrew Morgan
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
Story: The Doctor and Ace return to the England of 1963, the same time as the Doctor and Susan used to live in a scrap yard in Totters Lane. Returning to the school where Susan studies, the Doctor discovers that all is not as it should be. It soon becomes clear that a war between two Dalek factions is being fought, while they both seek a device the Doctor had hidden on Earth on his last visit.

(7L) - The Happiness Patrol - 3 episodes

Original Air: 02 Nov 1988 - 16 Nov 1988
Written by: Graeme Curry
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Chris Clough
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
Story: Behind a forced exterior of happiness, a planet is ruled by a ruthless leader and an evil entity known only as the Candy Man who carries out bizarre and lethal experiments on the citizens. Can the Doctor and Ace uncover what is going on and put a stop to it before they too are captured?

(7K) - Silver Nemesis - 3 episodes

Original Air: 23 Nov 1988 - 07 Dec 1988
Written by: Kevin Clarke
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Chris Clough
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
Story: The Doctor is once again faced with protecting Earth from an attack, this time from the Cybermen who are amongst those seeking a powerful living metal entity that the Doctor dispatched into Space during a visit to the 16th Century and is now returning.

(7J) - The Greatest Show In The Galaxy - 4 episodes

Original Air: 14 Dec 1988 - 04 Jan 1989
Written by: Stephen Wyatt
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Alan Wareing
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
Story: The Doctor and Ace discover a Circus in which all is not as it seems. Can they help the innocents trapped by the deadly robotic clowns escape from a fatal trip to the circus ring? What is the secret of the family of three who are the only audience?

Series XXVI

(7N) - Battlefield - 4 episodes

Original Air: 06 Sep 1989 - 27 Sep 1989
Written by: Ben Aaronovitch
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Michael Kerrigan
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney
Story: The Doctor and Ace arrive near the site of an archeological dig to discover strange goings on that have already attracted the attentions of UNIT, now commanded by Brigadier Winifred Bambera. Soon a battle between the mythological characters of Arthurian legend is raging, but why do they all refer to the Doctor as Merlin?

(7Q) - Ghostlight - 3 episode

Original Air: 04 Oct 1989 - 18 Oct 1989
Written by: Marc Platt
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Alan Wareing
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
Story: Travelling back in time to Victorian England, Ace and the Doctor visit a house that Ace knew throughout her childhood as a haunted and frightening derelict. But what are the mysterious powers that have a grip on the people who live there, and what is the secret being hidden in the basement?

(7M) - The Curse Of Fenric - 4 episodes

Original Air: 25 Oct 1989 - 15 Nov 1989
Written by: Ian Briggs
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Nicholas Mallett
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
Story: A small coastal village in wartime England is the setting. A historian discovers that an ancient curse has unleashed the Wolves of Fenric, and a number of the local residents have become Vampires. During their investigations they make some disturbing discoveries about Ace's past.

(7P) - Survival - 3 episodes

Original Air: 22 Nov 1989 - 06 Dec 1989
Written by: Rona Munro
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Alan Wareing
Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley
Story: The Doctor and Ace return to Ace's old home, Perivale, where mysterious disappearances lead to the discovery of a race of catlike beings who can travel between dimensions. The Doctor fights to save Ace, who has been drawn into their web, and discovers that his old adversary the Master is already trapped.

SPECIAL

Dimensions In Time - 2 episodes

Original Air: 26 Nov 1993 - 27 Nov 1993
Written by: David Rodan & John Nathan-Turner
Directed by: Stuart McDonald
Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, Kate O'Mara, Bonnie Langford, Nicola Bryant, Sarah Sutton, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, Louise Jameson, Elisabeth Sladen, Caroline John, Deborah Watling, Carole Ann Ford
Story: The Rani has captured the First and Second Doctor's, the Fourth Doctor is trapped in Limbo and the remaining four are stuck in a time loop in an East end square of London, along with various companions and aliens. The Rani plans to capture an example of every species of animal in the universe, this will give her power over life itself. As the Doctors and their companions move at random through time, they gradually realise what is happening, the Seventh Doctor overloads the Rani's TARDIS, freeing himself and his previous incarnations.
Episode 1 shown as part of the BBC Children in Need Telethon. Episode 2 shown during Noel's House Party. Both episodes were filmed on the set of popular UK soap opera Eastenders and also featured many of the cast of that programme. It also made use of 3D, requiring special glasses to be worn.

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Series XXIV
(7D) - Time And The Rani - 4 episodes
Original Air: 07 Sep 1987 - 28 Sep 1987 Written by: Pip & Jane Baker Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Andrew Morgan Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford Story: Still unstable from his regeneration at the end of the trial, the Doctor is deceived by the Rani into believing she is his companion, and she tricks him into helping her build a powerful new weapon. Meantime, Mel is on the run and befriends the meek enslaved population of the planet on which the Rani is making the Doctor work for her.
(7E) - Paradise Towers - 4 episodes
Original Air: 05 Oct 1987 - 26 Oct 1987 Written by: Stephen Wyatt Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Nicholas Mallett Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford Story: The Doctor and Mel land in a giant tower block now in a degenerate state of decay, with its inhabitants grouped into waring factions. The whole is presided over by a megalomanic caretaker, who seeks the destruction of all the inhabitants. Can the Doctor persuade the factions to unite against the common enemy and his killing machines?
(7F) - Delta And The Bannermen - 3 episodes
Original Air: 02 Nov 1987 - 16 Nov 1987 Written by: Malcolm Kohll Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Chris Clough Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford Story: The Doctor and Mel encounter a space craft that looks like a 1950s bus, which is taking tourists to visit Disneyland. Unfortunately, the Chimeron Queen Delta is on board the bus, escaping from a band of murderous mercenaries (the Bannermen) who were hired to destroy the Chimeron race. After a Bannerman attack on the space bus, it crash lands in a South Wales holiday camp called Shangri-La. After Delta escapes, the Bannermen attack again, killing all the tourists. Can the Doctor save her with the aid of a young mechanic, a local bee keeper and 2 US secret service agents?
(7G) - Dragonfire - 3 episodes
Original Air: 23 Nov 1987 - 07 Dec 1987 Written by: Ian Briggs Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Chris Clough Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred Story: The Doctor and Mel arrive on Ice World, a deep space trading post and are reunited with Sabbalom Glitz who joins them in search of the mythical Dragon. Mel befriends a waitress called Ace who is rather keen on explosives. The Doctor finds the Dragon and collects the power crystal from it, but is forced to give it to the crazed ruler of Ice World, Kane, in order to save Ace's life.

Series XXV
(7H) - Remembrance Of The Daleks - 4 episodes
Original Air: 05 Oct 1988 - 26 Oct 1988 Written by: Ben Aaronovitch Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Andrew Morgan Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Story: The Doctor and Ace return to the England of 1963, the same time as the Doctor and Susan used to live in a scrap yard in Totters Lane. Returning to the school where Susan studies, the Doctor discovers that all is not as it should be. It soon becomes clear that a war between two Dalek factions is being fought, while they both seek a device the Doctor had hidden on Earth on his last visit.
(7L) - The Happiness Patrol - 3 episodes
Original Air: 02 Nov 1988 - 16 Nov 1988 Written by: Graeme Curry Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Chris Clough Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Story: Behind a forced exterior of happiness, a planet is ruled by a ruthless leader and an evil entity known only as the Candy Man who carries out bizarre and lethal experiments on the citizens. Can the Doctor and Ace uncover what is going on and put a stop to it before they too are captured?
(7K) - Silver Nemesis - 3 episodes
Original Air: 23 Nov 1988 - 07 Dec 1988 Written by: Kevin Clarke Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Chris Clough Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Story: The Doctor is once again faced with protecting Earth from an attack, this time from the Cybermen who are amongst those seeking a powerful living metal entity that the Doctor dispatched into Space during a visit to the 16th Century and is now returning.
(7J) - The Greatest Show In The Galaxy - 4 episodes
Original Air: 14 Dec 1988 - 04 Jan 1989 Written by: Stephen Wyatt Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Alan Wareing Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Story: The Doctor and Ace discover a Circus in which all is not as it seems. Can they help the innocents trapped by the deadly robotic clowns escape from a fatal trip to the circus ring? What is the secret of the family of three who are the only audience?

Series XXVI
(7N) - Battlefield - 4 episodes
Original Air: 06 Sep 1989 - 27 Sep 1989 Written by: Ben Aaronovitch Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Michael Kerrigan Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney Story: The Doctor and Ace arrive near the site of an archeological dig to discover strange goings on that have already attracted the attentions of UNIT, now commanded by Brigadier Winifred Bambera. Soon a battle between the mythological characters of Arthurian legend is raging, but why do they all refer to the Doctor as Merlin?
(7Q) - Ghostlight - 3 episode
Original Air: 04 Oct 1989 - 18 Oct 1989 Written by: Marc Platt Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Alan Wareing Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Story: Travelling back in time to Victorian England, Ace and the Doctor visit a house that Ace knew throughout her childhood as a haunted and frightening derelict. But what are the mysterious powers that have a grip on the people who live there, and what is the secret being hidden in the basement?
(7M) - The Curse Of Fenric - 4 episodes
Original Air: 25 Oct 1989 - 15 Nov 1989 Written by: Ian Briggs Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Nicholas Mallett Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred Story: A small coastal village in wartime England is the setting. A historian discovers that an ancient curse has unleashed the Wolves of Fenric, and a number of the local residents have become Vampires. During their investigations they make some disturbing discoveries about Ace's past.
(7P) - Survival - 3 episodes
Original Air: 22 Nov 1989 - 06 Dec 1989 Written by: Rona Munro Produced by: John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Alan Wareing Regular Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley Story: The Doctor and Ace return to Ace's old home, Perivale, where mysterious disappearances lead to the discovery of a race of catlike beings who can travel between dimensions. The Doctor fights to save Ace, who has been drawn into their web, and discovers that his old adversary the Master is already trapped.

SPECIAL
Dimensions In Time - 2 episodes
Original Air: 26 Nov 1993 - 27 Nov 1993 Written by: David Rodan & John Nathan-Turner Directed by: Stuart McDonald Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, Kate O'Mara, Bonnie Langford, Nicola Bryant, Sarah Sutton, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, Louise Jameson, Elisabeth Sladen, Caroline John, Deborah Watling, Carole Ann Ford Story: The Rani has captured the First and Second Doctor's, the Fourth Doctor is trapped in Limbo and the remaining four are stuck in a time loop in an East end square of London, along with various companions and aliens. The Rani plans to capture an example of every species of animal in the universe, this will give her power over life itself. As the Doctors and their companions move at random through time, they gradually realise what is happening, the Seventh Doctor overloads the Rani's TARDIS, freeing himself and his previous incarnations. Episode 1 shown as part of the BBC Children in Need Telethon. Episode 2 shown during Noel's House Party. Both episodes were filmed on the set of popular UK soap opera Eastenders and also featured many of the cast of that programme. It also made use of 3D, requiring special glasses to be worn.

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