The Trial of a Time Lord [SEP] series
The Trial of a Time Lord
The Trial of a Time Lord is a 14-part science fiction serial in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The serial, produced as the show's twenty-third season, aired in weekly episodes from 6 September to 6 December 1986. The only "Doctor Who" presentation of its kind, it contains four adventures: "The Mysterious Planet", "Mindwarp", "Terror of the Vervoids", and "The Ultimate Foe" – Colin Baker's final
Davies admitted that the designation was arbitrary and debatable, based upon how fans counted the unfinished serial "Shada", the season-long fourteen-part serial "The Trial of a Time Lord", and the third series finale consisting of "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords". Davies personally disagreed about counting "The Trial of a Time Lord" as one serial—arguing that it "felt like four stories" to him—and grouping "Utopia" with