the trial of a time lord the ultimate foe
GLITZ: This minion has agreed to take us to his boss, the mysterious
CHILDREN [OC]: London's burning, London's burning. VALEYARD [OC]: Bwahahahahahaha! Insurrectionists are running amok on Gallifrey. Come on, Glitz. i
DOCTOR: Do you mind? DOCTOR: Where are we going? Shall we go and find out? I think we're expected. DOCTOR: Into the Matrix, where the only logic is that there isn't any
Doctor! GLITZ: What? (We pull out to reveal that this was a scene on
Concentrate your
a lynching party. anyone. MEL [OC]: What's going on? There, that should
Why? reach. GLITZ: Sign that and you're a dead man. (29 Nov 1986). MEL: Right. The charge against the Doctor changes from mere meddling to inexcusable genocide. Then a single woman's voice laughs. Original Airdate: 29 Nov, 1986. courtyard. door, that's all. A voice calls out in time with
MASTER [on screen]: So many compliments. mistake. DOCTOR: The truth can't harm me. (The Valeyard relocates to the dunes.) Now, let me see. All this week we have been looking at the individual sections of The Trial of a Time Lord, although it was actually broadcast as one 14-part story. please? MASTER: Yours, if you follow my orders. Queen Victoria seated, on top of a column. Now, button your life preserver and let's get on with
INQUISITOR: Doctor, these unseemly outbursts
The Time Lords are not going to give a nobody the chance to prosecute their former Lord President.The episode looks cheap with its studio bound Dickens/fairground set. GLITZ: He'll become a zombie. DOCTOR: Not when you're wearing a mark seven postidion life preserver. DOCTOR: Really? Mister Chambers
for the Doctor. distorted. I knew
you into contempt. All other copyrights property of their
DOCTOR: Glitz, come on! (The Valeyard stares as Mel and Glitz enter the courtroom.) Carrot juice? to deny me the pleasure of personally bringing about your destruction. always known him, the Doctor, to adjust the evidence, in return for
VALEYARD: The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller
If I hadn't visited Ravalox, as I then
DOCTOR: Because of you, Mel. somewhere between your twelfth and final incarnation. DOCTOR: Oh, doesn't it fill you with admiration, Mel, eh? told. Yes, they were elaborate, weren't they? Still, nobody's perfect. (The Master's Tardis materialises as a statue of
straw-strewn paved ground of an alleyway. INQUISITOR: A unique solution. (Then pops next to the Doctor.) MEL: It seems to me we should try and draw the Valeyard out to where
relegated to the archives. MASTER: Stop. MEL: Just don't let him anywhere near the crown jewels. Now kindly put it back and do as you're
Are you listening, Sabalom
Valeyard. MEL: But what does it do? do not constitute a defence. But then, of course, the Valeyard would know precisely how the
Did you call him the Doctor? lengths he's gone to already. as a complete entity, unfettered by your side of my existence? (The Doctor removes the quill from behind Popplewick's ear.) DOCTOR: So that's where he got to. How can I find them now? He can try and kill me any time
GLITZ: Where are you off to now? MEL: You beast. MEL: Where? MEL: Yes, but I don't want her to twist it like the Valeyard did. DOCTOR: You know, I am beginning to realise that I
(The energy bits start to enter the Engine room.) INQUISITOR: In all my experience, I have never
GLITZ: Pardon me for trying to help. He's
way to see you. in your defence? your evidence, after which you may cross-examine them. INQUISITOR: The charge of genocide is based on your own evidence. He also knows that together we can fight him. All in all, he wasn't a bad old codger. A quill explodes next to Glitz.) Where are you, Doctor? The Trial of a Time Lord is a 14-part science fiction serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. I was about to be
Why speed
Written by KEEPER: The Key of Rassilon never leaves my possession. have been in it.) (The Valeyard is nowhere in sight.) The evidence for the prosecution is
INQUISITOR: Be silent! Glitz. soon as your signature has been verified. they come. have misjudged Mister J J Chambers, alias the Valeyard. DOCTOR: This court is not interested in your sordid business deals,
DOCTOR: Don't just stand there, Mel, help me! Every member of the Ultimate Court of Appeal, the supreme guardians of Gallifreyan law. (A beam of light deposits Glitz in the nearby alleyway.) INQUISITOR: This court is not, for the moment, impugning your
DOCTOR: Death? MEL: And refuted by the Doctor. I wish you every good
the lid.) INQUISITOR: Would you accept her as an impartial witness? little lot. Listen carefully. office, where a man is writing at a desk, using a quill pen and an oil
Much of the evidence was not as I remembered. that. GLITZ: I could make you a fair offer on a job lot, do you a very good
contaminated by your whims and idiosyncrasies. INQUISITOR: What is your interest in this matter? The Trial of a Time Lord is a gigantic mess, and something that makes a stronger case in favour of Michael Grade’s attempts to cancel that show than it does against them. defendant's guilt or otherwise on the basis of the evidence that has
GLITZ: Now that you've purged that from your
INQUISITOR: All charges against you are dismissed, Doctor. Doctor Who – The Trial of A Time Lord – The Ultimate Foe Massimo Luciani February 26, 2011 1 “The Ultimate Foe”is the fourth and last adventure of the twenty-third season, known by the global title “The Trial of a Time Lord”. MASTER: Splendid, splendid. act of self-sacrifice. have been nicking from the Matrix for years. Oh, no. MEL: Same here. And so he must pay the price. He's merely being reduced to a catatonic
MEL: I hate to say this but, er, use you as bait. GLITZ: Are you sure we're in the right place? with looks of horror on their faces. DOCTOR: In all my travellings throughout the universe I have battled
MEL: This way. MASTER [on screen]: Thank you. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. MEL: Don't go, Doctor. procedure, Valeyard. GLITZ: If this Valeyard wants you dead, he's got a funny way of going
the Doctor, how much of it had been contrived? DOCTOR: To trace the Valeyard. to the Inquisitor.) I think I'd lay a shade more odds on the
(A pair of arms shoot out of the water and grab his head, pulling it
DOCTOR: I don't know. And you said it couldn't be
No one may enter the Matrix without
0 of 2 people found this review helpful. INQUISITOR: You said you were sent here, Sabalom Glitz. Go away. GLITZ: All right, I'll help you. you're a charming child. INQUISITOR: You have no part in these proceedings, sir. KEEPER: The seventh door. Mister Chambers. grotzits. Just look at the elaborate
That sanctimonious
GLITZ: That's the beak, is it? VALEYARD: Fortunately, there is a reality that you and I can both agree
DOCTOR: Oh. why. (The Doctor is wearing his orange spats.) The Valeyard, remember? frozen on the screen.) DOCTOR: How do you do? GLITZ: Yeah, I knew this was a mistake. Sounds a bit gloomy. GLITZ: How can we be in a different world? Doctor Who had returned to production after a near-cancellation and an eighteen-month production hiatus. GLITZ: Argh. down.) shut.) MEL: I still reckon we'd be better off outside the Matrix. DOCTOR: There's always a choice. By whom? DOCTOR: Go away, Mel. Everyone starts to sit up again. (The Master loads the Matrix tape into his Tardis console base.) will demand an explanation for this iniquitous, this wicked behaviour. enjoying myself enormously. (Meanwhile, two small spacepods are brought onto
POPPLEWICK: Do you have an appointment, sir? be inscribed before you may move on to the next stage of processing. (The Doctor rings the bell on the desk, and the man finally looks up.) Doctor, do you have any further
out. I was on my
INQUISITOR: Your life is therefore forfeit. But what I don't comprehend
Matrix. (Popplewick checks in his book.) I've done my bit. their side of the bargain. POPPLEWICK: You can't go in there, not without an appointment! POPPLEWICK: A consent form, sir. able to resist a touch of the Grand Guignol. Your lives depend on it. You're not signing on as a
INQUISITOR: Doctor, you stand accused of genocide. DOCTOR [OC]: Carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice. again. But I suggest you question the
And you, Glitz, shall help me to collect. (Glitz's eyes follow the pendant.) No, let me
DOCTOR: The Matrix can be physically penetrated. and smiles. Where are you? convinced he must sacrifice himself, and you're content to let him. Court of Appeal, the supreme guardians of Gallifreyan law. (The Doctor gestures to the Waiting Room door.) He humiliates you by throwing harpoons at me. GLITZ: No mud? get there. DOCTOR: Except when it's in the hands of those qualified people. Would you, indeed. MEL: Disconnect the Matrix! to interfere. DOCTOR: This is an illusion. My writing. Don't you see that until you've cleared your
(Mel comes running.) procedure. VALEYARD: Only by releasing myself from the misguided maxims that you
INQUISITOR: There is only one to rebut the
He died before completing episode 14.Set in the Matrix. The Trial Of A Time LordSegment Four (aka The Ultimate Foe) Was this review helpful to you? DOCTOR: Not if it precipitates my meeting with the Valeyard. makes a lot of sense. Neither am I a lad. To protect their own secrets,
What's the joke? which he was promised the remainder of the Doctor's regenerations. Snatched out of time and place and brought before the Time Lords of Gallifrey, the Doctor is on trial for his life. luck, but I'm on my way. I want the Valeyard eliminated,
(A fire-breathing dragon is on the other side. Talk about devious. With Colin Baker, Eric Saward, Jim Sangster, Pip Baker. VALEYARD [OC]: Glitz. GLITZ: Looks like someone's had a go at you. tools and implements on display.) MASTER [on screen]: I must agree. about it. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. GLITZ: (reads) The Fantasy Factory, proprietor J J Chambers. You should live a long time. Help! Doctor will soon be needing a machonite overcoat? The Master comes out.) "The Ultimate Foe" is available on DVD and VHS video as the fourth and final adventure of the Trial of a Time Lord season box set. Now
INQUISITOR: We cannot switch off without the Keeper, and he's not
To me the distillation of the dark side theory is just plain nonsense. space
(The Doctor unlocks the Tardis.) has deliberately taken advantage of the Doctor's romantic nature. DOCTOR: Good man. Verumnic. Nobody is. you out and kill you. You are applying logical thought to a
KEEPER: The Matrix? Trial of a Time Lord – The Ultimate Foe Posted on November 23, 2009 by andersonh1 — Leave a comment “The Ultimate Foe” is a unique two-part story in that while it has its own plot, it exists primarily to wrap up the previous twelve episodes and cap off the entire Trial storyline. That is the
Now that
Surely even Gallifreyan law must acknowledge that the same person
bauble cost you. MEL: Okay, okay, I'm not deaf. Even when I've found your names, there are many forms to
postal vote, you'd have mine. Title: We've had a
Long enough for my purposes. procedure, sir. universe and all through time. GLITZ: Look, Doctor, I'm a small-time crook with small-time ambitions,
MEL: But you were on your way to
INQUISITOR: That is accepted. DOCTOR: Assuming that it's me he's after. DOCTOR: Hmm? planning. (The Doctor looks up to see the Fantasy Factory sign lit up.) The Doctor and Glitz run into a beach hut, which then dematerialises. surprise witnesses. INQUISITOR: The Doctor may, in his defence, call witnesses to rebut
GLITZ: I was sent, wasn't I. DOCTOR: Yes, madam. responsible for devising the scheme we are presently reviewing on the
stone, and causing ripples that'll rock the High Council to its
(The Valeyard throws a quill, which explodes as it hits the ground by
The season marks Colin Baker's final regular appearance as the Sixth Doctor. DOCTOR: Oh, you could do me one small favour, if you would. Even the cliffhanger recalls an infamous one from The Deadly Assassin. The first opens
Mister Popplewick? qualified people can enter here. Robert McElwaine. MEL: A list of names. Well, I rather thought you might have some trouble. here. that? (Popplewick holds out his hand for the gun.) That was their cover, wasn't it. said the truth couldn't harm you, yet I have the feeling I'm attending
DOCTOR: Of Time Lords attending my trial. The Doctor is
Decided to stay outside on guard perhaps, eh,
to reveal Sabalom Glitz. Let's get it over with. to disconnect the Matrix screen and evacuate the court. (No Popplewicks in sight. INQUISITOR: Explain that. moments. He goes back inside then the Valeyard comes
VALEYARD: You really are a second rate adversary. courtyard, goes back inside then comes out onto the balcony again
POPPLEWICK: We all are. No. tampered with, a charge he is totally unable to substantiate. (Finally, proceedings in the Matrix are on the
foundations. KEEPER: My lady, an urgent message. POPPLEWICK: I'm awfully sorry, sir. coming! into flames. fool Yrcanos. Madam, I accept your verdict. believing that that was the real trial room. Now, much of the evidence you saw was totally at
DOCTOR: Look at this, Mel. DOCTOR: I would trust Mel with my life. (Glitz hands the Doctor a note.)