At twelve episodes, The Daleks' Master Plan was the longest story in the show's history until superseded by the fourteen-episode The Trial of a Time Lord in 1986.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 (after the Daleks themselves) to the show. This was also the season of The War Machines, to date the only televised story in which the taboo of never referring to the Doctor directly by the name "Doctor Who" is broken, with the exception of Missy's teasing in World Enough and Time.

Season 3 Episode 1 - Four Hundred Dawns

After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins. Air Date : 11th-Sep-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 2 - Trap of Steel

With the knowledge that the planet will be destroyed in two days, the Drahvins instruct the Doctor to help them steal the Rills' ship. Air Date : 18th-Sep-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 3 - Air Lock

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. Air Date : 25th-Sep-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 4 - The Exploding Planet

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. Air Date : 2nd-Oct-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 5 - Mission to the Unknown

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 Dalek's evil plan, which sets the stage for the epic 12-part adventure "The Dalek Master Plan". Air Date : 9th-Oct-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 6 - Temple of Secrets

The TARDIS lands in the middle of the Trojan War, where the Doctor is mistaken for the god Zeus. Air Date : 16th-Oct-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 7 - Small Prophet, Quick Return

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. Air Date : 23rd-Oct-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 8 - Death of a Spy

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. Air Date : 30th-Oct-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 9 - Horse of Destruction

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. Air Date : 6th-Nov-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 10 - The Nightmare Begins

The Doctor runs afoul of the Daleks and Special Security Agent Bret Vyon on the planet Kembel. Air Date : 13th-Nov-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 11 - Day of Armageddon

The Doctor infiltrates the Daleks' conference to try and discover their plans, leaving Steven, Katarina and Bret to find a way off the planet. Air Date : 20th-Nov-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 12 - Devil's Planet

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. Air Date : 27th-Nov-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 13 - The Traitors

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. Air Date : 4th-Dec-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 14 - Counter Plot

The Doctor, Steven and Sara are accidentally transported to the planet Mira where Chen sends the Daleks after them. Air Date : 11th-Dec-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 15 - Coronas of the Sun

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. Air Date : 18th-Dec-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 16 - The Feast of Steven

The Doctor, Steven and Sara visit a Liverpool police station on Christmas Day and a Hollywood film set during the 1920s. Air Date : 25th-Dec-1965  Read More

Season 3 Episode 17 - Volcano

The Daleks realise the Doctor has given them a fake Taranium Core while, on the planet Tigus, the Doctor encounters the Meddling Monk. Air Date : 1st-Jan-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 18 - Golden Death

The Doctor, Steven and Sara travel to Ancient Egypt, pursued by both the Daleks and the Meddling Monk. Air Date : 8th-Jan-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 19 - Escape Switch

Steven, Sara and the Monk are captured by the Daleks in order to force the Doctor to hand over the Taranium Core. Air Date : 15th-Jan-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 20 - The Abandoned Planet

The Doctor, Steven and Sara reach Kembel where they find the Daleks have betrayed their allies and imprisoned them. Air Date : 22nd-Jan-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 21 - Destruction of Time

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. Air Date : 29th-Jan-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 22 - War of God

The TARDIS lands in sixteenth century Paris and Steven becomes involved with a group of Huguenots. Air Date : 5th-Feb-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 23 - The Sea Beggar

While trying to find the Doctor, Steven discovers a conspiracy to assassinate a man known as the Sea Beggar. Air Date : 12th-Feb-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 24 - Priest of Death

Steven has discovered the identity of the Sea Beggar, but can he warn the Huguenots in time? Air Date : 19th-Feb-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 25 - Bell of Doom

Steven rejoins the Doctor and they leave Paris just ahead of the massacre, leaving Anne behind. Air Date : 26th-Feb-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 26 - The Steel Sky

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. Air Date : 5th-Mar-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 27 - The Plague

With the Ark infected with a cold virus, the Doctor must convince the Guardians to trust him so he can find a cure. Air Date : 12th-Mar-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 28 - The Return

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. Air Date : 19th-Mar-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 29 - The Bomb

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. Air Date : 26th-Mar-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 30 - The Celestial Toyroom

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the realms of the Celestial Toymaker, who forces them to play his deadly games. Air Date : 2nd-Apr-1966  Read More

Season 3 Episode 31 - The Hall of Dolls

While the Doctor continues to play the Trilogic Game with the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo are involved in a deadly game of musical chairs. Air Date : 9th-Apr-1966  Read More