The Dæmons

059 The Dæmons
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byChristopher Barry
Written by"Guy Leopold" (Barry Letts and Robert Sloman)
Script editorTerrance Dicks
Produced byBarry Letts
Executive producer(s)None
Music byDudley Simpson
Production codeJJJ
SeriesSeason 8
Running time5 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast22 May 1971 (1971-05-22)
Last broadcast19 June 1971 (1971-06-19)
Chronology
 Preceded by
Colony in Space
Followed by 
Day of the Daleks

The Dæmons is the fifth and final serial of the eighth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 May to 19 June 1971.

In the serial, the alien time traveller the Master (Roger Delgado) awakens the ancient horned alien Azal (Stephen Thorne) in a cavern beneath an English church, with the Master intending to be granted Azal's immense power.