At twelve episodes, The Daleks' Master Plan was the longest story in the show's history until superseded by the fourteen-episode The Trial of a Time Lord in 1986. The season also had the greatest number of different companions (seven) and producers (three). This was the longest season in the history of the franchise to date, at 45 episodes. It also featured the first appearance of actor Nicholas Courtney, although not in his most famous role as the Brigadier. The Daleks' Master Plan also saw the return of Peter Butterworth as the Monk, who became the second Doctor Who enemy to make a return (a
All episodes — Season 3
S3 E1Four Hundred Dawns
Sep 11, 1965625 min
After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.
S3 E2Trap of Steel
Sep 18, 19655.825 min
With the knowledge that the planet will be destroyed in two days, the Drahvins instruct the Doctor to help them steal the Rills' ship.
S3 E3Air Lock
Sep 25, 196524 min
The Doctor and Vicki encounter the Rills and learn the situation is more complex than they thought while Steven finds the Drahvins' hospitality ever more perilous.
S3 E4The Exploding Planet
Oct 2, 19656.225 min
The Doctor and Vicki enlist the aid of the Chumblies to rescue Steven from the Drahvins and then find a way off the planet before its destruction.
S3 E5Mission to the Unknown
Oct 9, 19656.425 min
Whilst The Doctor, Steven and Vicki are traveling to their next destination. On the planet Kembel, Marc Cory, a Space Security Service agent discovers The Daleks are attending a secret meeting with their allies. Where Cory discovers the Dal
S3 E6Temple of Secrets
Oct 16, 19656.225 min
The TARDIS lands in the middle of the Trojan War, where the Doctor is mistaken for the god Zeus.
S3 E7Small Prophet, Quick Return
Oct 23, 196525 min
While Odysseus forces the Doctor to find a way to win the war, Steven decides to get himself taken prisoner in order to enter Troy and find Vicki and the TARDIS.
S3 E8Death of a Spy
Oct 30, 196525 min
With Steven and Vicki being held prisoner by the Trojans, the Doctor's only hope of seeing them again is to suggest the idea of the Trojan Horse.
S3 E9Horse of Destruction
Nov 6, 196525 min
The Doctor waits inside the Trojan Horse for a chance to reach his companions but Steven's assumed identity as a Greek soldier and Vicki's growing feelings for Troilus endanger their escape.
S3 E10The Nightmare Begins
Nov 13, 19657.625 min
The Doctor runs afoul of the Daleks and Special Security Agent Bret Vyon on the planet Kembel.
S3 E11Day of Armageddon
Nov 20, 1965724 min
The Doctor infiltrates the Daleks' conference to try and discover their plans, leaving Steven, Katarina and Bret to find a way off the planet.
S3 E12Devil's Planet
Nov 27, 19657.225 min
The Doctor and his friends escape Kembel in the Spar ship but the Daleks force them down on the planet Desperus, where they are threatened by a group of convicts.
S3 E13The Traitors
Dec 4, 19657.425 min
With Katarina being held hostage, the Doctor, Steven and Bret are in danger of having to given in to Kirksen's demands, while, on Earth, Chen has them listed as traitors.
S3 E14Counter Plot
Dec 11, 19656.624 min
The Doctor, Steven and Sara are accidentally transported to the planet Mira where Chen sends the Daleks after them.
S3 E15Coronas of the Sun
Dec 18, 19656.825 min
The Doctor, Steven and Sara escape Mira in a Dalek pursuit ship but when they find the ship is returning to Kembel, they are forced to come up with a new plan to avoid the Daleks.
S3 E16The Feast of Steven
Dec 25, 19655.625 min
The Doctor, Steven and Sara visit a Liverpool police station on Christmas Day and a Hollywood film set during the 1920s.
S3 E17Volcano
Jan 1, 19666.625 min
The Daleks realise the Doctor has given them a fake Taranium Core while, on the planet Tigus, the Doctor encounters the Meddling Monk.
S3 E18Golden Death
Jan 8, 19666.625 min
The Doctor, Steven and Sara travel to Ancient Egypt, pursued by both the Daleks and the Meddling Monk.
S3 E19Escape Switch
Jan 15, 19666.224 min
Steven, Sara and the Monk are captured by the Daleks in order to force the Doctor to hand over the Taranium Core.
S3 E20The Abandoned Planet
Jan 22, 19666.825 min
The Doctor, Steven and Sara reach Kembel where they find the Daleks have betrayed their allies and imprisoned them.
S3 E21Destruction of Time
Jan 29, 19667.625 min
With the Daleks poised to invade the solar system, the Doctor decides his only option is to activate the Time Destructor prematurely, threatening the entire planet.
S3 E22War of God
Feb 5, 1966725 min
The TARDIS lands in sixteenth century Paris and Steven becomes involved with a group of Huguenots.
S3 E23The Sea Beggar
Feb 12, 19666.625 min
While trying to find the Doctor, Steven discovers a conspiracy to assassinate a man known as the Sea Beggar.
S3 E24Priest of Death
Feb 19, 19666.825 min
Steven has discovered the identity of the Sea Beggar, but can he warn the Huguenots in time?
S3 E25Bell of Doom
Feb 26, 19667.225 min
Steven rejoins the Doctor and they leave Paris just ahead of the massacre, leaving Anne behind.
S3 E26The Steel Sky
Mar 5, 1966624 min
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.
S3 E27The Plague
Mar 12, 196625 min
With the Ark infected with a cold virus, the Doctor must convince the Guardians to trust him so he can find a cure.
S3 E28The Return
Mar 19, 196624 min
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo have travelled 700 years into the future and find that the Ark is now under the control of the Monoids as it approaches Refusis.
S3 E29The Bomb
Mar 26, 196625 min
The Monoids abandon the Ark, leaving Steven and the Guardians to die, but a mutiny in their ranks may give the Doctor a chance to bring about peace.
S3 E30The Celestial Toyroom
Apr 2, 1966625 min
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the realms of the Celestial Toymaker, who forces them to play his deadly games.
S3 E31The Hall of Dolls
Apr 9, 19665.325 min
While the Doctor continues to play the Trilogic Game with the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo are involved in a deadly game of musical chairs.
S3 E32The Dancing Floor
Apr 16, 19665.225 min
Steven and Dodo are forced to cross the dancing floor, where the Toymaker's dolls plan to force them to dance for eternity.
S3 E33The Final Test
Apr 23, 1966624 min
As the Doctor nears the end of his game against the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo take on Cyril in a lethal game of hopscotch to try and recover the TARDIS.
S3 E34A Holiday for the Doctor
Apr 30, 1966624 min
The TARDIS arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in 1891. Where the Doctor is looking for a dentist when he has a toothache, where The Doctor finds the local dentist is the famous Doc Holliday who is in a feud with The Clanton Brothers and their hi
S3 E35Don't Shoot the Pianist
May 7, 19666.424 min
With the Clantons believing the Doctor to be Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp takes him into protective custody but this leaves Steven and Dodo in danger.
S3 E36Johnny Ringo
May 14, 19666.625 min
Earp comes to Steven's rescue and arrests Phineas Clanton, prompting the Clantons to decide to enlist the help of Johnny Ringo.
S3 E37The O.K. Corral
May 21, 19665.824 min
The Clantons have shot Warren Earp, leading to a showdown between the two families with the Doctor powerless to prevent bloodshed.
S3 E38The Savages (1)
May 28, 196625 min
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the far future and are welcomed by the advanced civilisation of the Elders but soon begin to suspect they are hiding a secret.
S3 E39The Savages (2)
Jun 4, 196625 min
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo investigate why there are Savages in the Elders' city and uncover the true price of the Elders' perfect society.
S3 E40The Savages (3)
Jun 11, 196625 min
The Doctor has been subjected to the Elders' extraction process and Steven and Dodo must return to their city to rescue him.
S3 E41The Savages (4)
Jun 18, 196625 min
The Doctor urges the Savages to finally bring an end to the Elders' oppression and enlists the help of an unlikely ally.
S3 E42The War Machines (1)
Jun 25, 19667.324 min
The Doctor and Dodo return to London in the present day where the Doctor becomes concerned about WOTAN, a new super-computer installed in the Post Officer Tower.
S3 E43The War Machines (2)
Jul 2, 19666.824 min
Dodo is under the control of WOTAN and attempts to lure the Doctor into a trap, while the rest of WOTAN's slaves begin construction on its robotic War Machines.
S3 E44The War Machines (3)
Jul 9, 1966724 min
Ben tries to escape from the warehouse but is captured by Polly, who is now also under WOTAN's control, and forced to work on construction the War Machine.
S3 E45The War Machines (4)
Jul 16, 19667.223 min
The first War Machine is defeated but the Doctor only has a matter of hours to destroy WOTAN before the rest of its army is activated.