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Part Thirteen

Series Episode Number: 652

World Premiere: Sat 29 Nov 1986 - 5:19pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 18 Dec 1988 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 42 seconds

4.40 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 69 (UK)

Chart Position: 98 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 12 Aug 1986 in Television Centre 1



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 is seems


Characters hide uncredited
The DoctorColin Baker
MelanieBonnie Langford
The ValeyardMichael Jayston
The InquisitorLynda Bellingham
The MasterAnthony Ainley
GlitzTony Selby
PopplewickGeoffrey Hughes
Keeper of the MatrixJames Bree
Time LordKenneth Thomas (uncredited)
Time LordDavid Bache (uncredited)
Time LordDerek Hunt (uncredited)
Time LordDavid Fieldsend (uncredited)
Time LordJohn Buckmaster (uncredited)
Time LordLeslie Fry (uncredited)
Time LordJim Delaney (uncredited)
Time LordRoy Seeley (uncredited)
Time LordLew Hooper (uncredited)
Time LordDavid Eynon (uncredited)
Time LordLlewellyn Williams (uncredited)
Time LordJack Horton (uncredited)
Time LordMartin Clark (uncredited)
Time LordBob Hargreaves (uncredited)
Time LordBarry Butler (uncredited)
Court GuardOscar Peck (uncredited)
Court GuardGary Forecast (uncredited)
Court GuardJohn Capper (uncredited)
Court GuardKevin O'Brian (uncredited)
Clerk of the CourtIan Marshall-Fisher (uncredited)