Episode
Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 12
Overview
With factions vying for control of the ship, the Vervoids are found to be responsible for the many disappearances. Only the Doctor sees the fundamental but missed point as to why they can't be reasoned with or why they can't be allowed to arrive on Earth.
Details
- Series
- Doctor Who
- Season
- Season 23
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1986-11-22
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 12 is Episode 12 in The Trial of a Time Lord of Doctor Who. It aired on 1986-11-22. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 11: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 11
A course change that takes the Hyperion III closer to a black hole could prove unwise when there are so many aboard ship with hidden agendas. Disappearances continue, a murderer remains at large, and one person finally crumbles under the strain of harbouring a guilty secret.
Episode 13: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 13
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…
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Episode 10: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 10
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Episode 14: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 14
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Episode 9: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 9
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Episode 8: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 8
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Episode 7: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 7
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Episode 6: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 6
The scientist Crozier keeps making empty promises and Yrcanos and Peri are seemingly betrayed by the addled Doctor who is sure the Matrix is being manipulated...
Episode 5: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 5
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Episode 4: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 4
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Episode 3: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 3
The Doctor escapes to rejoin Peri on the surface but shortly becomes the prisoner of a surface-dwelling tribe called The Free. Ravalox isn't Ravalox after all, but before the Doctor can learn much more an irresistible agent from UK Habitat comes to fetch him back.
Episode 2: The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 2
The Doctor has an appointment with the Immortal, while Peri finds herself caught up with Glitz and the Tribe of the Free. Meanwhile, Merdeen begins to question all he believes.