Doctor Who Guide: The Trial of a Time Lord (The Ultimate Foe)

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Fourteen

Series Episode Number: 653

World Premiere: Sat 6 Dec 1986 - 5:45pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Wed 17 Jun 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 29 minutes 30 seconds

5.60 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 69 (UK)

Chart Position: 80 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 13 Aug 1986 in Television Centre 1

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.

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Colin Baker
Melanie Bush		Bonnie Langford
The Valeyard		Michael Jayston
The Inquisitor		Lynda Bellingham
The Master		Anthony Ainley
Glitz		Tony Selby
Popplewick		Geoffrey Hughes
Keeper of the Matrix		James Bree
First Vervoid		Peppi Borza (uncredited)
Second Vervoid		Bob Appleby (uncredited)
Time Lord		Kenneth Thomas (uncredited)
King Yrcanos		Brian Blessed (uncredited)
Time Lord		David Bache (uncredited)
Peri		Nicola Bryant (uncredited)
Time Lord		Derek Hunt (uncredited)
Time Lord		David Fieldsend (uncredited)
Time Lord		John Buckmaster (uncredited)
Time Lord		Leslie Fry (uncredited)
Time Lord		Jim Delaney (uncredited)
Time Lord		Roy Seeley (uncredited)
Time Lord		Lew Hooper (uncredited)
Time Lord		David Eynon (uncredited)
Time Lord		Llewellyn Williams (uncredited)
Time Lord		Jack Horton (uncredited)
Time Lord		Martin Clark (uncredited)
Time Lord		Bob Hargreaves (uncredited)
Time Lord		Barry Butler (uncredited)
Court Guard		Oscar Peck (uncredited)
Court Guard		Gary Forecast (uncredited)
Court Guard		John Capper (uncredited)
Court Guard		Kevin O'Brian (uncredited)
Clerk of the Court		Ian Marshall-Fisher (uncredited)

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Pip Baker
Writer		Jane Baker
Director		Chris Clough
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Michael Trevor
Script Editor		Eric Saward
Costume Designer		Andrew Rose
Make-up Designer		Shaunna Harrison
Studio Lighting		Don Babbage
Studio Sound		Brian Clark
Technical Coordinator		Alan Arbuthnott
Studio Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward
Vision Mixer		Jim Stephens
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Visual Effects Designer		Kevin Molloy
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Video Effects		Danny Popkin
OB Lighting		John Mason
OB Sound		Vic Godrich
Production Manager		Ian Fraser
Production Associate		Angela Smith
Production Assistant		Jane Wellesley
Assistant Floor Manager		Karen Little
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Incidental Music		Dominic Glynn
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Script Editor		John Nathan-Turner
Production Unit Manager		Angela Smith

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