Season 27 of Doctor Who ran between 12 September 1990 and 12 December 1990. It starred Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace & Julia Ormond as Raine Cunningham. The season opened with Earth Aid and concluded with Alixion.
Overview[]
The end of an era[]
Early into the year, Andrew Cartmel had announced that he had left the show to work on Casualty. Replacing him as Script Editor would be Ben Aaronovitch, who previously wrote Remembrance of the Daleks & Battlefield.
With a new Script Editor & a new controller, John Nathan-Turner was finally given the chance to step down as Producer after Season 27. Replacing him would be Ian Fraser.
Furthermore, both Sylvester McCoy & Sophie Aldred announced that this would be their last season as the Doctor & Ace respectively.
Casting the cat burgular[]
Replacing the character of Ace would be an upper class cat burgular named Raine Cunningham, played by Julia Ormond. She would debut in part one of episode three.
Cast[]
Recurring[]
Guest[]
- Victor Espinosa - Paterson Joseph
- Shepstay - Sabina Franklyn
- Yanikov- Michael Keating
- Lt. Baraki - Sasha Mitchell
- Sezhyr - Michael Fillis
- Hhessh - Martin Wilkie
- Maxim - Warren Clarke
- Adjudicator - Frank Finlay
- Glarva - Derek Handley
- Yevgeni - Nick Gillard
- Vitali - Nigel Lambert
- Yasha - Peter Meakin
- Vadim - Paul Bradley
- Palock - David Jason
- Party Guest - Dennis Waterman
- Waiter - Tom Wilkinson
- Salock - Peter Firth
- Valentin - Ralph Brown
- Walnuf - Mark Williams
- Gunman - Jeffrey Robert
- The Abbot - Bob Monkhouse
- Breiner - John Banks
- Brett - Dexter Fletcher
- Vernos - Nick Berry
- Herrel - Sharon Duce
- Archon - Julie Graham
- Spike - Ben Chandler
Television stories []
| # | Title | Writer | Director | Episodes | Air Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earth Aid | Ben Aaronovitch | Alan Wareing | 3 | 12/09/1990
19/09/1990 26/09/1990 |
| 2 | Thin Ice | Marc Platt | Nicholas Mallett | 4 | 03/10/1990
10/10/1990 17/10/1990 24/10/1990 |
| 3 | Crime of the Century | Colin Brake | Michael Kerrigan | 4 | 31/10/1990
07/11/1990 14/11/1990 21/11/1990 |
| 4 | Alixion | Robin Mukherjee | Alan Wareing | 3 | 28/11/1990
05/12/1990 12/12/1990 |
Aliens and Enemies[]
- Victor Espinosa
- The Metatraxi
- Major Felnikov
- The Ice Warriors
- General Vadim Senkin
- The Sharandos
- The Abbot
Adaptations and merchandising[]
Home media[]
VHS[]
- Earth Aid (1991)
- Thin Ice (1991)
- Crime of the Century (1991
- Alixion (1991)
DVD[]
- All serials of season 27 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Twenty-Seventh Season in 2004.
Blu-ray[]
- The complete series has been upscaled in 1080i50 high definition and was released as Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 27 in the UK.
- It was released in the US under the title Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy - Complete Season Four.
Novels[]
- Earth Aid
- Thin Ice
- Crime of the Century
- Alixion
Stories set before this season[]
Comics[]
- Train-Flight
- Doctor Conkerer
- Fellow Travellers
Stories set during this season[]
Comics[]
- The Mark of Mandragora