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Classic Who S23 • Serial 4 · (2 episodes)

The Ultimate Foe

3.23/ 5 249 votes

First aired Saturday, November 29, 1986
Production Code 7C
Directed by Chris Clough
Runtime 55 minutes
Story Type Series Finale
Time Travel Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Breaking the Fourth Wall Court Trial
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Trial of a Time Lord
Synopsis

Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unlikely source to turn the tide of the High Council's rulings in his favour and reveal the Valeyard as a wrongdoer - the Master. For the Valeyard's own crimes are so atrocious, even the Doctor's archenemy will help him to ensure that the villain won't see the light of day again. Cornered, the Valeyard flees to the Matrix, where he can be the Doctor's judge, jury and executioner...

2 Episodes:

First aired Saturday, November 29, 1986
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by Chris Clough
UK Viewers 4.4 million
Appreciation Index 69

Synopsis

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…

First aired Saturday, December 6, 1986
Runtime 25 minutes
Written by Pip and Jane Baker
Directed by Chris Clough
UK Viewers 5.6 million
Appreciation Index 69

Synopsis

The final part of this epic adventure. The Doctor and the Valeyard have entered the world of the Matrix. Can the Doctor defeat the evil incarnation of himself ?

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