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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox Doctor Who episode | number = 115<ref>From the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' series overview, in issue 407 (pp. 26β29). ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'', which counts the unbroadcast serial ''[[Shada (Doctor Who)|Shada]]'', lists this as story number 116. [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]] DVD [[Doctor Who DVD releases|releases]] follow ''The Discontinuity Guide'' numbering system.</ref> | serial_name = Logopolis | show = DW | type = serial | image = | caption = | doctor = [[Tom Baker]] β [[Fourth Doctor]] | companions = * [[Matthew Waterhouse]] β [[Adric]] * [[Sarah Sutton]] β [[Nyssa (Doctor Who)|Nyssa]] * [[Janet Fielding]] β [[Tegan Jovanka]] | guests = *[[Anthony Ainley]] β [[The Master (Doctor Who)|The Master]] *[[Delore Whiteman|Dolore Whiteman]] β Aunt Vanessa *[[John Fraser (actor)|John Fraser]] β The Monitor *[[Tom Georgeson]] β Detective Inspector *[[Christopher Hurst (actor)|Christopher Hurst]] β Security Guard *[[Peter Davison]] β [[Fifth Doctor]] | director = [[Peter Grimwade]] | writer = [[Christopher H. Bidmead]] | script_editor = Christopher H. Bidmead | producer = [[John Nathan-Turner]] | executive_producer = [[Barry Letts]] | composer = [[Paddy Kingsland]] | production_code = 5V | series = [[Doctor Who (season 18)|Season 18]] | length = 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | started = {{Start date|1981|2|28|df=yes}} | ended = {{End date|1981|3|21|df=yes}} | preceding = ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' | following = ''[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]]'' }} '''''Logopolis''''' is the seventh and final serial of the [[Doctor Who (season 18)|18th season]] of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on [[BBC One|BBC1]] from 28 February to 21 March 1981. The serial is set on the planets [[Earth]] and Logopolis. In the serial, the Doctor, a [[Time travel in fiction|time traveller]] from the planet [[Gallifrey]], forms a temporary truce with his arch-enemy [[The Master (Doctor Who)|the Master]] ([[Anthony Ainley]]) to stop the unravelling of the universe which the Master had started by accident. ''Logopolis'' is [[Tom Baker]]'s last story as the [[Fourth Doctor]], and marks the first appearances of [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Janet Fielding]] as new [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Tegan Jovanka]]. The serial received positive reviews with many calling it a worthy farewell to Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. Baker's performance received much praise from critics and fans. Ainley's performance as the Master also received praise despite his camp persona.
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