The King's Demons

128[1]The King's Demons
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byTony Virgo
Written byTerence Dudley
Script editorEric Saward
Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)None
Music byJonathan Gibbs
Production code6J
SeriesSeason 20
Running time2 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast15–16 March 1983
Chronology
← Preceded by
Enlightenment
Followed by →
"The Five Doctors"
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The King's Demons is the sixth and final serial of the 20th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 15 and 16 March 1983. This serial introduced Kamelion, voiced by Gerald Flood, as a companion.

The serial is set in an English castle in 1215. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Master (Anthony Ainley) uses the robot Kamelion to imitate King John of England as part of the Master's plot to have the real King John overthrown and thus prevent the signing of Magna Carta.

  1. ^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this as story number 129. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.
  2. ^ Nathan-Turner, John (1986). Doctor Who – The Companions. New York: Random House. pp. 18–21. ISBN 0394882911.
  3. ^ Howe, David J; Stammers, Mark (1995). Doctor Who - Companions. London: Doctor Who Books. p. 103. ISBN 1852275820.
  4. ^ "Doctor Who - Classic Series - Companions - Kamelion". BBC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.