Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

1986 · 55 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unlikely source to turn the tide of the High Council's rulings in his favour and reveal the Valeyard as a wrongdoer: the Master. For the Valeyard's own crimes are so atrocious, even the Doctor's archenemy will help him to ensure that the villain won't see the light of day again. Cornered, the Valeyard flees to the Matrix, where he can be the Doctor's judge, jury and executioner...

Directed by Chris Clough · Written by Robert Holmes

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Cast

Colin Baker The Doctor
Bonnie Langford Mel Bush
Michael Jayston The Valeyard
Lynda Bellingham The Inquisitor
Anthony Ainley The Master
Tony Selby Sabalom Glitz
Geoffrey Hughes Popplewick
James Bree Keeper of the Matrix

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