1986 14-episode serial Trial of a Time Lord

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The 1986 14-episode serial "The Trial of a Time Lord" is a season-long Doctor Who storyline in which the Sixth Doctor is put on trial by the Time Lords, framing all the year's episodes as evidence in his defense and prosecution.

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instanceOf Doctor Who serial
season-long storyline
television story arc
alsoKnownAs Doctor Who Season 23
broadcastFormat weekly serial
centralConflict trials of the Doctor
surface form: The Time Lords prosecute the Doctor for his interference in time.
chronologyPosition Doctor Who Season 23
surface form: Season 23 of classic Doctor Who
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
evidenceStructure Individual stories are presented as evidence for and against the Doctor.
featuresActor Colin Baker
featuresCharacter Sixth Doctor NERFINISHED
Time Lord
surface form: Time Lords
featuresCompanion Mel Bush
Peri Brown
featuresSpecies Time Lord
surface form: Time Lords
format serialised television drama
franchise Doctor Who
genre science fiction
time travel fiction
hasPart Mindwarp
Terror of the Vervoids
The Mysterious Planet
The Ultimate Foe
hasTheme corruption within the Time Lords
justice
morality of intervention
language English
mainSetting Gallifrey
medium television
narrativeDevice trial
numberOfEpisodes 14
originalBroadcastYear 1986
originalNetwork BBC One
partOf Doctor Who
partOfSeries Doctor Who
plotSummary The Trial of a Time Lord
surface form: The Sixth Doctor is put on trial by the Time Lords, with his adventures used as evidence for the prosecution and the defense.
producer BBC
seasonStructure All episodes of the season form a single overarching trial narrative.
startTime 1986
title The Trial of a Time Lord

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John Nathan-Turner introducedFormatChange 1986 14-episode serial Trial of a Time Lord