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Doctor Who Season 26

About Doctor Who Season 26 (1989)

The Doctor and his companion, Ace , battle knights from another dimension, attempt to stop an ancient evil from poisoning the Earth, and encounter the Cheetah People, who are being manipulated by the Master

People from another dimension believe the Doctor is Merlin. The Doctor is also reunited with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and U.N.I.T.

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Episodes

Battlefield

Wednesday
6th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part One

Knights in armour arrive to contine waging a war that began thousands of years ago

Wednesday
13th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part Two

The Doctor and Ace explore King Arthur's spaceship deep under Lake Vortigern,

Wednesday
20th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part Three

Morgaine threatens to unleash the Destroyer upon the planet unless the Doctor gives her what she wants.

Wednesday
27th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part Four

The Brigadier slays the Destroyer while Morgaine takes control of UNIT's nuclear warhead.

Ghost Light

Wednesday
4th October 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Ghost Light - Part One

Ace and the Doctor travel back to Victorian England, to a house she knew in her childhood.

Wednesday
11th October 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Ghost Light - Part Two

Ace breaks the glowing panel in the spaceship and the Doctor learns of Smith's bizarre evolutionary experiments.

Wednesday
18th October 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Ghost Light - Part Three

Smith's plans are revealed and the Doctor must convince the light not to destroy all of the life on Earth.

The Curse of Fenric

Wednesday
25th October 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric - Part One

As Russian forces approach the English coastline, an ancient evil stirs beneath the surface of the water.

Wednesday
1st November 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric - Part Two

Millington and Judson's Ultima machine offers to break the chains of the Wolves of Fenric.

Wednesday
8th November 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric - Part Three

The Haemovores attack St Jude's church and the insane Millington willingly sacrifices his men.

Wednesday
15th November 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric - Part Four

The Ancient Haemovore stands upon the Earth once again, determined to change the future.

Survival

Wednesday
22nd November 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Survival - Part One

Trying to work out why people have been disappearing from Perivale, Ace is cornered by a Cheetah-Person.

Wednesday
29th November 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Survival - Part Two

The Doctor and a number of people from Perivale follow Ace to the Cheetah-People's world.

Wednesday
6th December 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Survival - Part Three

As the alien world dies around them, the Doctor and the Master fight like animals before escaping to Earth.

Doctor Who The Movie

UK Premiere
Monday
27th May 1996
8:30PM
BBC 1 (86 mins)
Special

Doctor Who - The Movie

San Francisco, 1999, the Doctor is rushed to hospital, where surgery by Dr Holloway triggers a regeneration. This episode premiered 12th May 1996 -