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Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe
Season 23, Episode 4
Airdate November 29, 1986
Production Number 7C-2
Written by Robert Holmes,
Pip Baker,
Jane Baker
Directed by Chris Clough
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Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe is the fourth serial of the twenty-third season of Doctor Who, and the one hundred forty-seventh serial overall.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Geoffrey Hughes (Mr Popplewick), Tony Selby (Glitz), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor), James Bree (The Keeper of the Matrix), Anthony Ainley (The Master)

Co-Starring:

Contents

Plot Overview

The Valeyard's true identity is revealed and the trial aborted, but the Doctor and Mel must pursue his new enemy into the Matrix itself, where nothing is quite what it seems. Mel realises that the Valeyard has created a weapon within the Matrix that will destroy the Time Lords, and the Doctor is forced to rely on the Master for help.

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