Season 16 - the Key to Time Season - came to a rather unsatisfying conclusion today in 1979. The Key was put together, then just thrown away again, making the whole season feel a little pointless.
The Black Guardian made his debut at least, played by Valentine Dyall. This was in Part Six of The Armageddon Factor.
Earlier, in 1968, The Web of Fear reached its fourth instalment, which is our earliest surviving look at the man who would be the Brigadier.
The real 10th anniversary story got under way today in 1973. Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks had contemplated trying to match the twelve part The Daleks Master Plan. Its director, Douglas Camfield, advised against this. Instead they came up with two linked six part stories, starting today with Frontier in Space. We know from VFX drawings that this was going to feature Cybermen rather than Ogrons, in league with the Master.
Also making its debut today, in 1984, was the second episode of Planet of Fire.
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