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When does Doctor Who Season 24 come out?

Doctor Who Season 24 premiered Monday, September 7, 1987 on BBC One and ended Monday, December 7, 1987. The season has 14 episodes.

Unlike season 23, there was no overall story arc, and the episode allotment - two four-episode stories, two three-episode stories - would be retained for the remainder of the original series. Notably, the season featured the introduction of new companion Ace, who would be a prominent figure in the spinoff fiction that kept the Doctor Who name alive following its cancellation in 1989 and was the final official onscreen companion until Rose Tyler in the revived series.

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Doctor Who Season 24 release schedule

Doctor Who Season 24 episode release dates
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1. Time and the Rani (1)

The alien world of Lakertya. With the aid of the savage Tetraps, the Rani has conquered this planet to allow her to continue her depraved biochemical experiments. But she finds herself needing the Doctor's assistance...

Monday · 39 years ago

2. Time and the Rani (2)

The Rani's impersonation of Mel backfires badly because Urak can't tell the difference, while the Doctor attempts to learn the secret of the Loyhargil.

Monday · 39 years ago

3. Time and the Rani (3)

The solstice nears, making it time for the Rani to bring her plans into fruition. The Doctor's sympathies for Beyus, ruler of the Lykertyans, are rather qualified. Beyus' heart is for his people yet something prompts him to collaborate fully in helping the Rani reach all her objectives. The answer, he's told, lies within the Center of Leisure.

Monday · 39 years ago

4. Time and the Rani (4)

The Rani, at last, links the Doctor into her great brain machine, the crowning jewel in her component packet of geniuses brought together to turn Lakertya itself into one vast cerebral mass capable of redirecting time anywhere in the universe, giving her absolute power over all creation.

Monday · 39 years ago

5. Paradise Towers (1)

The legendary Paradise Towers is supposed to be the height of luxury but when the Doctor and Mel arrive, they find it is as far from paradise as possible...

Monday · 39 years ago

6. Paradise Towers (2)

With the Doctor condemned to death by the caretakers and their bizarre rulebook, Mel faces cannibalistic OAPS. Is Pex going to be the true hero of Paradise Towers?

Monday · 39 years ago

7. Paradise Towers (3)

Mel and Pex play cat and mouse with the lethal cleaner robots while the Doctor and the surviving Kangs learn all about Kroagnon the Great Architect.

Monday · 39 years ago

8. Paradise Towers (4)

Meeting up at the pool, the Doctor leads the surviving Rezzies, Kangs and Caretakers as they draw the line together on the 245th floor against the systematic cleansing of all life by Kroagnon and his robotic Cleaners.

Monday · 39 years ago

9. Delta and the Bannermen (1)

Wales, 1959. A top-secret US satellite has mysteriously gone missing. This could have something to do with the arrival of a party of alien tourists en route to Disneyland, amongst their number Mel and the Doctor, and the Queen of the Chimerons - who's fleeing the Bannermen and their genocidal leader Gavrok...

Monday · 39 years ago

10. Delta and the Bannermen (2)

Mel's just discovered something very interesting about the life cycle of her new friend and the Doctor has been cornered by an alien bounty hunter wearing blue suede shoes.

Monday · 39 years ago

11. Delta and the Bannermen (3)

As Billy and Ray do what they can to help save Delta and the baby, the Doctor and Goronwy the beekeeper face Gavrok and his Bannermen one last time...

Monday · 39 years ago

12. Dragonfire (1)

The deep-space trading post of Iceworld, the far future. The Doctor, Mel, their old friend Glitz and time-lost waitress Ace go in search of a fabulous treasure, supposedly guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But what is the link between the treasure and Iceworld's proprietor, the frosty Mr Kane?

Monday · 38 years ago

13. Dragonfire (2)

While Mel and Ace run from Glitz's former crewmen (whom he sold to Kane), officers Belazs and Kracauer conspire to overthrow Kane. The Doctor, meanwhile, discovers there really is a dragon in the ice caverns, which turns out to be a bio-mechanoid with a very interesting function.

Monday · 38 years ago

14. Dragonfire (3) Finale

At last learning the location of the missing key to his spaceship, Kane has the dragon hunted down and Iceworld brutally purged of all visitors; but, the Doctor, visiting the Ice Garden, learns something significant that will put the chagrin on Kane's grand plans for home world vengeance.

Monday · 38 years ago

Doctor Who Season 24 guest stars

  • Sophie Aldred

    Sophie Aldred

    Ace

  • Hugh Lloyd

    Hugh Lloyd

    Goronwy

  • Sean Blowers

    Sean Blowers

    Zed

  • Brenda Bruce

    Brenda Bruce

    Tilda

  • Don Henderson

    Don Henderson

    Gavrok

  • Ken Dodd

    Ken Dodd

    Tollmaster

  • Patricia Quinn

    Patricia Quinn

    Belazs

  • Richard Briers

    Richard Briers

    Chief Caretaker

  • Judy Cornwell

    Judy Cornwell

    Maddy

  • Edward Peel

    Edward Peel

    Kane

  • Mark Greenstreet

    Ikona

  • Stubby Kaye

    Stubby Kaye

    Weismuller

  • Shirin Taylor

    Shirin Taylor

    Customer

  • Kate O'Mara

    Kate O'Mara

    The Rani

  • Daphne Oxenford

    Daphne Oxenford

    Archivist

  • Tony Selby

    Tony Selby

    Glitz

Doctor Who Season 24 FAQ

When does Doctor Who Season 24 come out?

Doctor Who Season 24 premiered Monday, September 7, 1987 on BBC One.

How many episodes are in Doctor Who Season 24?

Doctor Who Season 24 has 14 episodes.

Are new episodes of Doctor Who Season 24 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Doctor Who Season 24 finale?

The Doctor Who Season 24 finale (Episode 14) aired Monday, December 7, 1987.

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