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Doctor Who Season 23

The Trial of a Time Lord

About Doctor Who Season 23 (1986)

The Sixth Doctor is on trial for his life, with the court examining his adventures with companion Peri and looking to his future escapades with new companion Melanie.

Villain Sil, along with the Master returns, the towering robot Drathro and the plant-based Vervoid monsters. With the Inquisitor overseeing the proceedings, it was the Valeyard who proved the greatest threat, hiding his own sinister motives for wanting the Doctor’s downfall.

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The Trial of a Time Lord

Saturday
6th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part One

Episode 1 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
Placed on trial, the Doctor is forced to watch events from his past, beginning with an incident on Ravolox

Saturday
13th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Two

Episode 2 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor has an appointment with the Immortal, while Peri finds herself caught up with Glitz and the Tribe.

Saturday
20th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Three

Episode 3 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor fears for the planet's safety and needs to find the Secrets of the Sleepers and discover more.

Saturday
27th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Four

Episode 4 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor is foxed by Drathro's logic so it takes Glitz's blunt lies to buy them some time.

Saturday
4th October 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Five

Episode 1 of 4 from Mindwarp
The TARDIS arrives on Thoros-Beta, homeworld of the Mentors and the Doctor's old foe, Sil...

Saturday
11th October 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Six

Episode 2 of 4 from Mindwarp
The scientist Crozier keeps making empty promises and Yrcanos and Peri are seemingly betrayed.

Saturday
18th October 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Seven

Episode 3 of 4 from Mindwarp
Kiv's brain rejects his new body and Crozier is forced to rethink his plan.

Saturday
25th October 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Eight

Episode 4 of 4 from Mindwarp
As the Ambassador visits, Sil is appalled to realise Crozier has selected Peri to be the Kiv's new host body.

Saturday
1st November 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Nine

Episode 1 of 4 from Terror of the Vervoids
The Doctor and Mel are taking a rest aboard the Hyperion III when a series of murders take place.

Saturday
8th November 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Ten

Episode 2 of 4 from Terror of the Vervoids
The Vervoids begin to attack the crew and passengers, while someone kills a Mogarian.

Saturday
15th November 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Eleven

Episode 3 of 4 from Terror of the Vervoids
Bruchner takes over the bridge, intending to send the Hyperion III into the black hole of Tartarus.

Saturday
22nd November 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Twelve

Episode 4 of 4 from Terror of the Vervoids
The Doctor realises that if he can speed up the Vervoids life span, they will decay.

Saturday
29th November 1986
5:20PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Thirteen

Episode 1 of 2 from The Ultimate Foe
The Valeyard's true identity is revealed and the trial aborted, but the Doctor and Mel must pursue his new enemy.

Saturday
6th December 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (29 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Fourteen

Episode 2 of 2 from The Ultimate Foe
Mel realises that the Valeyard has created a weapon within the Matrix that will destroy the Time Lords.