trials of the Doctor

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The trials of the Doctor are a series of major judicial proceedings in Doctor Who in which the Time Lords put the Doctor on trial, often forcing him to justify his actions and morality across time and space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative theme
recurring plot device
story arc type
appearsIn classic Doctor Who
modern Doctor Who
appliesTo Eighth Doctor
The Doctor
surface form: Eleventh Doctor

Fifteenth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
The Doctor
surface form: First Doctor

Fourteenth Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Second Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Third Doctor
Twelfth Doctor to Thirteenth Doctor
surface form: Thirteenth Doctor

The Doctor
surface form: Twelfth Doctor

the War Doctor
surface form: War Doctor
associatedWith Gallifrey
Time Lord justice system
firstMajorDepiction The War Games
hasPart Sixth Doctor trial
The Deadly Assassin
The Trial of a Time Lord
The Ultimate Foe
The War Games
The War Games
surface form: The War Games trial

trial in Hell Bent
trial in The Day of the Doctor (Gallifrey war crimes context)
trial in The Deadly Assassin
trial in The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar (moral reckoning)
hasTheme Time Lord law
authority versus individual conscience
intervention in history
judicial proceedings
moral accountability
responsibility for consequences
medium television series
narrativeFunction to examine the Doctor's morality
to force the Doctor to justify his actions
to provide retrospective on past adventures
to question the legitimacy of Time Lord authority
notableDepiction The Trial of a Time Lord
partOf Doctor Who
typicalAccuser High Council of the Time Lords
Inquisitor
Time Lord
surface form: Time Lords

Valeyard
typicalCharge endangering the Web of Time
genocide or mass destruction (context-dependent)
meddling in the affairs of other worlds
violation of Time Lord non-interference laws

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Citadel of the Time Lords settingFor trials of the Doctor
1986 14-episode serial Trial of a Time Lord centralConflict trials of the Doctor
subject surface form: The Trial of a Time Lord
this entity surface form: The Time Lords prosecute the Doctor for his interference in time.