SEASON TWENTY THREE

Main Personnel

The Doctor: Colin Baker
Perpugilliam (Peri) Brown: Nicola Bryant
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Executive Producer: Barry Letts
Script Editor: Eric Saward

143 7A,7B,7C - THE TRIAL OF A TIME LORD

NOTES: I am classing this whole season as one story, according to the on-screen title, but I am dealing with the segments separately. The titles I use are the ones used for the novelisations.

7A - THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET

Writer: Robert Holmes
Director: Nicholas Mallett
Designer: John Anderson
Incidental Music: Dominic Glynn

640. Part One 06.09.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 4.9M/69th/72% 641. Part Two 13.09.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 4.9M/75th/69% 642. Part Three 20.09.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 3.9M/98th/70% 643. Part Four 27.09.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 3.7M/97th/72%

THE VALEYARD Michael Jayston
THE INQUISITOR Lynda Bellingham
SABALOM GLITZ Tony Selby
KATRYCA Joan Sims
DIBBER Glen Murphy
MERDEEN Tom Chadbon
VOICE OF DRATHRO Roger Brierley
BROKEN TOOTH David Rodigan
BALAZAR Adam Blackwood
GRELL Timothy Walker
HUMKER Billy McColl (2-4)
TANDRELL Sion Tudor Owen (2-4).
UNCREDITED: DRATHRO OPERATOR Mike Ellis
THE JURY David Backe, John Buckmaster, Rodney Cardiff, James Delaney, David Eynon, Peter Gates Fleming, Gary Forecast, Leslie Fry, Bob Hargreaves, Johnny Lee Harris, Jack Horton, Lew Hooper, Derek Hunt, Guy Matthews, Ken Pritchard, Roy Seeley, John Shereton, Kenneth Thomas, Leslie Weeks, Geoff Whitestone, David Wild, Llewellyn Williams
TRAIN GUARDS John Emms, Mark Kirby
WARRIORS Richard Aldridge, Robert Bicknell, Peter Dukes, Paul Ellison, John Emms, David Hampston, Christopher Holmes, Mark Kirkby, Payl Lecomber, Oscar Peck, Rhett Stevens, David Wild.

WORKING TITLES: The Robots of Revelux, The Robots of Ravalox

NOTES: The first episode sees the debut of a new arrangement of the theme tune (the third version), by Dominic Glynn.

NOVELISATION: Terrance Dicks (1987-8/Number 127)

7B - MINDWARP

Writer: Philip Martin
Director: Ron Jones
Designer: Andrew Howe-Davies
Incidental Music: Richard Hartley

644. Part Five 04.10.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 4.8M/76th/71% 645. Part Six 11.10.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 4.6M/87th/69% 646. Part Seven 18.10.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 5.1M/87th/66% 647. Part Eight 25.10.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 5.0M/84th/72%

THE VALEYARD Michael Jayston
THE INQUISITOR Lynda Bellingham
KING YCRANOS Brian Blessed
SIL Nabil Shaben
KIV Christopher Ryan
CROZIER Patrick Ryecart
MATRONA KANI Alibe Parsons
FRAX Trevor Laird
THE LUKOSER (DORF OF KANVAL) Thomas Branch
TUZA Gordon Warnecke (7-8)
MENTOR Richard Henry (8).
UNCREDITED: THE JURY David Backe, John Buckmaster, Rodney Cardiff, James Delaney, David Eynon, Peter Gates Fleming, Gary Forecast, Leslie Fry, Bob Hargreaves, Johnny Lee Harris, Jack Horton, Lew Hooper, Derek Hunt, Guy Matthews, Ken Pritchard, Roy Seeley, John Shereton, Kenneth Thomas, Leslie Weeks, Geoff Whitestone, David Wild, Llewellyn Williams
MENTOR Deep Roy
EXTRAS Tony Annechi, Sholamar Bowers, Roy Brent, Ray Charles, Jonathon Coudrille, James Dublin, Veronique Chomillo Edwards, Lorence Ferdinand Khristyne Kashvilli, Ronnie King, Belinda Lee, Wendy Millward, Lee Montgomary, Mike Mungarvan, Jacqueline Noble, Kevin O'Brien, Ferdinand Orako, Eugine Paul, Madnine Rainer, Bill Richards, Gavin Robuck, David Rogue, Edward Runifitt, Joe Santo, Steve Sparling, Lewis St Just, Alan Warner, Dale Warren, Russell West, Des Williams.

WORKING TITLE: Planet of Sil

NOTES: Nicolas Bryant leaves at the end of Part Eight.

NOVELISATION: Philip Martin (1989/Number 139)

Personnel Changes

Melanie (Mel) Bush: Bonnie Langford

7C - TERROR OF THE VERVOIDS

Writer: Pip and Jane Baker
Director: Chris Clough
Designer: Dinah Walker
Incidental Music: Malcolm Clarke

648. Part Nine 01.11.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 5.2M/85th/66% 649. Part Ten 08.11.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 4.6M/93rd/69% 650. Part Eleven 15.11.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 5.3M/86th/69% 651. Part Twelve 22.11.86 5.45pm - 6.10pm 5.2M/89th/69%

THE VALEYARD Michael Jayston
THE INQUISITOR Lynda Bellingham
PROFESSOR SARAH LASKY Honor Blackman
COMMODORE TRAVERS Michael Craig
SECURITY OFFICER RUDGE Denys Hawthorne
JANET Yolande Palfrey
DOLAND Malcolm Tierney
BRUCHNER David Allister
ATZA Sam Howard
ORTEZO Leon Davis
GUARDS Hugh Beverton (10-12), Martin Weedon (11)
GRENVILLE/ENZU (HALLET) Tony Scoggo (9-10)
KIMBER Arthur Hewlett
EDWARDES Simon Slater (9+reprise10)
RUTH BAXTER Barbara Ward (11-12 - credited as Mutant for 11)
DUTY OFFICER Mike Mungarvan (10)
FIRST VERVOID Peppi Borza (11-12)
SECOND VERVOID Bob Appleby (11-12).
UNCREDITED: THE JURY David Backe, John Buckmaster, Rodney Cardiff, James Delaney, David Eynon, Peter Gates Fleming, Gary Forecast, Leslie Fry, Bob Hargreaves, Johnny Lee Harris, Jack Horton, Lew Hooper, Derek Hunt, Guy Matthews, Ken Pritchard, Roy Seeley, John Shereton, Kenneth Thomas, Leslie Weeks, Geoff Whitestone, David Wild, Llewellyn Williams
VERVOIDS Paul Hillier, William Perrie, Jerry Manley, Gess Whitfield.

WORKING TITLE: The Vervoids

NOTES: There is no script editor credited for the duration of these four episodes.

NOVELISATION: Pip and Jane Baker (1987-8/Number 125)

7C (cont) - THE ULTIMATE FOE

Writers: Robert Holmes (13) and Pip and Jane Baker (14)
Director: Chris Clough
Designer: Michael Trevor
Incidental Music: Dominic Glynn

652. Part Thirteen 29.11.86 5.20pm - 5.45pm 4.4M/98th/69% 653. Part Fourteen 06.12.86 5.45pm - 6.15pm 5.6M/80th/69%

THE VALEYARD Michael Jayston
THE INQUISITOR Lynda Bellingham
SABALOM GLITZ Tony Selby
THE MASTER Anthony Ainley
THE KEEPER OF THE MATRIX James Bree
MR POPPLEWICK Geoffrey Hughes.
UNCREDITED: THE JURY David Backe, John Buckmaster, Rodney Cardiff, James Delaney, David Eynon, Peter Gates Fleming, Gary Forecast, Leslie Fry, Bob Hargreaves, Johnny Lee Harris, Jack Horton, Lew Hooper, Derek Hunt, Guy Matthews, Ken Pritchard, Roy Seeley, John Shereton, Kenneth Thomas, Leslie Weeks, Geoff Whitestone, David Wild, Llewellyn Williams
CLERK OF COURT Ian Marshall Fisher
COURT GUARDS John Capper, Gary Forecast, Kevin O'Brien.

WORKING TITLE: Time Inc.

NOTES: There is no script editor for Part Fourteen.

NOVELISATION: Pip and Jane Baker (1988/Number 131)