Doctor Who

Season 23 - The Trial of a Time Lord (14 Episodes)

26 Seasons 1986 TV-PG 45m 8.4

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 f...

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Season 23 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part One

1. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part One

Aired: Sep 6, 1986

The Doctor is put on trial by the Time Lords again. The first of two events f...

Episode 2 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two

2. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two

Aired: Sep 13, 1986

The Doctor finds that the subterranean UK Habitat is run by a cloistered robo...

Episode 3 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Three

3. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Three

Aired: Sep 20, 1986

The Doctor escapes to rejoin Peri on the surface but shortly becomes the pris...

Episode 4 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Four

4. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Four

Aired: Sep 27, 1986

All those on Ravolox are in exponentially greater peril than anyone can compr...

Episode 5 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Five

5. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Five

Aired: Oct 4, 1986

The court looks into the Doctor's investigation of Thoros Beta, home planet o...

Episode 6 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Six

6. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Six

Aired: Oct 11, 1986

Having been put through a makeshift truth extractor, the Doctor appears damag...

Episode 7 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Seven

7. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Seven

Aired: Oct 18, 1986

While the Doctor helps Dr. Crozier transfer Lord Kiv's brain into a new host ...

Episode 8 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Eight

8. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Eight

Aired: Oct 25, 1986

The first transfer is flawed, so Dr. Crozier needs to transfer Lord Kiv into ...

Episode 9 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Nine

9. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Nine

Aired: Nov 1, 1986

As the trial continues, the Doctor presents an event from his future as evide...

Episode 10 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Ten

10. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Ten

Aired: Nov 8, 1986

A lethal booby-trap in the Hydroponic Center awakens the genetically engineer...

Episode 11 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Eleven

11. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Eleven

Aired: Nov 15, 1986

A course change that takes the Hyperion III closer to a black hole could prov...

Episode 12 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Twelve

12. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Twelve

Aired: Nov 22, 1986

With factions vying for control of the ship, the Vervoids are found to be res...

Episode 13 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Thirteen

13. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Thirteen

Aired: Nov 29, 1986

The charge against the Doctor changes from mere meddling to inexcusable genoc...

Episode 14 The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Fourteen

14. The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Fourteen

Aired: Dec 6, 1986

So much ado by the Valeyard and the Master over the Doctor's death makes the ...

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The Sixth Doctor is on trial AGAIN! | The Collection: Season 23 Announcement Trailer

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Network: BBC One

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

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