Summary: The Doctor & Co take a trip to the strangely flat Scottish Highlands, where there’s something a wee bit fishy in Loch Ness (which has alarmingly shrunk to the size of a small pond). The imperialistic, sucker-suited Zygons want to take over the Earth, although they probably should have picked another planet as they need to melt the ice caps to make it habitable. Lessons to take away from this episode: never leave a journalist investigating alone in the room with the secret door to your spaceship. Also, you’ll never look at a nurse the same way again…
Watch it because: Goodbye Harry. Fun while you lasted.
Original Air Date: 30 August – 20 September 1975.
Doctor: Tom Baker.
Companions: Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter).
Summary: Curiously, the Cybermen can be found here displaying the distinctly human need for revenge, in a story of Vogan infighting and the lust for gold. The TARDIS crew discover that travel by time ring is not so reliable and deadly diseases can be cured by a transmat. Essentially, everybody wants gold for one reason or another (just whose side is Kellman on?), but the Doctor manages to escape the buckle of doom and spoil the Cyber fun.
Watch it because: Harry the Buffoon.
Original Air Date: 19 April – 10 May 1975.
Doctor: Tom Baker.
Companions: Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter).