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SEASON SIXTEEN (2 September 1978 to 24 February 1979)

Regular cast: Tom Baker (Doctor Who) Mary Tamm (Romana) John Leeson (Voice of K9) Guest star: Cyril Luckham (White Guardian)

story 5A "The Ribos Operation"
by Robert Holmes (4 episodes) -The White Guardian sends the Doctor on a quest to find the missing segments of the all-powerful Key to Time, and his and Romana's first stop is the frozen world of Ribos where a con man named Garron is using a sample of rare mineral to swindle a war tyrant into "buying" the planet from him. Directed by George Spenton-Foster

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story 5B "The Pirate Planet"
by Douglas Adams (4 episodes) -The second segment should be located on the planet Calufrax, but it and Calufrax are curiously missing when the Doctor arrives on Zanak, whose rulers each have vast secrets from the ruled. Directed by Pennant Roberts

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Guest star: Cyril Luckham (voice of White Guardian)

story 5C "The Stones of Blood"
by David Fisher (4 episodes) -An ancient stone circle on Earth contains the secret of the third segment of the Key, a secret that a millenia-old criminal has learned to tap to maintain her freedom. Directed by Darrol Blake

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story 5D "The Androids of Tara"
by David Fisher (4 episodes) -Romana easily finds the fourth segment in a forest on the semi- medieval world of Tara, but has difficulty getting away with it due to her resemblance to a local Princess whose life stands between the evil Count Grendel and the throne. Directed by Michael Hayes

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K9 does not appear in this story

5E "The Power of Kroll"
by David Fisher (4 episodes) -The Swampies on the third moon of Delta Magna were forced off their own world by humans once already and arm themselves when humans threaten them again with a methane catalyst refinery nearby, which has an unexpected rousing effect on a vast creature asleep on the swampbed. Directed by Norman Stewart

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Guest star: Valentine Dyall (Black Guardian)

story 5F "The Armageddon Factor"
by Bob Baker and Dave Martin (6 episodes) -The final segment is itself a point of dispute in a nuclear war between the twin planet of Atrios and Zeos, something neither side realizes until the Doctor and a competing questor arrive in search of it. Directed by Michael Hayes

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