The Trial of a Time Lord
(1986)
Overview
This season had a unique format, never again repeated in the show. Doctor Who had returned to production after a near-cancellation and an eighteen-month production hiatus. For the first time, a season consisted of a single story, The Trial of a Time Lord, although this was made up of four serials from a production perspective: each serial was written by a different person (save for The Mysterious Planet and the first part of The Ultimate Foe, both of which were written by Robert Holmes) and fea…
Cast
as The Doctor
as Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown
as Melanie Bush
Episodes
The Mysterious Planet (1) 5.0
September 6, 1986
The Doctor is taken "out of time" by the Time Lords and made to face an inquiry into his meddling in the affairs of oth…
The Mysterious Planet (2) 5.0
September 13, 1986
The Doctor has an appointment with the Immortal, while Peri finds herself caught up with Glitz and the Tribe of the Fre…
The Mysterious Planet (3) 5.0
September 20, 1986
The Doctor escapes to rejoin Peri on the surface but shortly becomes the prisoner of a surface-dwelling tribe called Th…
The Mysterious Planet (4) 4.6
September 27, 1986
All those on Ravolox are in exponentially greater peril than anyone can comprehend. If anything in the entire universe …
Mindwarp (1) 5.0
October 4, 1986
The Doctor's trial continues. The Valeyard's next piece of evidence for the prosecution concerns the Doctor's recent tr…
Mindwarp (2) 4.8
October 11, 1986
The scientist Crozier keeps making empty promises and Yrcanos and Peri are seemingly betrayed by the addled Doctor who …
Mindwarp (3) 4.8
October 18, 1986
While the Doctor helps Dr. Crozier transfer Lord Kiv's brain into a new host skull, Peri accompanies King Yrcanos as he…
Mindwarp (4) 4.8
October 25, 1986
As the Possidor Ambassador visits, Sil is appalled to realise Crozier has selected Peri to be the Kiv's new host body -…
Terror of the Vervoids (1) 4.8
November 1, 1986
With the prosecution case concluded, at last the Doctor is able to present his evidence. It takes place in the future w…
Terror of the Vervoids (2) 4.8
November 8, 1986
As the Hyperion III continues its journey, more mysterious deaths occur.
Terror of the Vervoids (3) 4.8
November 15, 1986
A course change that takes the Hyperion III closer to a black hole could prove unwise when there are so many aboard shi…
Terror of the Vervoids (4) 5.0
November 22, 1986
With factions vying for control of the ship, the Vervoids are found to be responsible for the many disappearances. Only…
The Ultimate Foe (1) 5.8
November 29, 1986
The Valeyard's true identity is revealed and the trial aborted, but the Doctor and Mel must pursue his new enemy into t…
The Ultimate Foe (2) 5.2
December 6, 1986
The final part of this epic adventure. The Doctor and the Valeyard have entered the world of the Matrix. Can the Doctor…