Sylvester McCoy
The Doctor
Series SeasonSeason 26 episodes1989
Doctor Who
Season 26
It was the final season of the "classic" series. Unusually for a Doctor Who season, aside from some scenes in Survival, all the stories took place on Earth. Apart from Battlefield, the stories followed a loose character arc, as Ace came to terms with her past. As for the Doctor, he had become darker in personality, treating others as pawns in the battle between good and evil while dressing in dark clothes to match his personality change. This was the first and so far only season to be produced entirely out of broadcast order.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 125 min1989-09-06
Battlefield (1)
As UNIT are transporting a nuclear warhead around Carbury, knights in armour arrive to continue waging a war that began thousands of years ago, but in a wholly different dimension.
Episode 225 min1989-09-13
Battlefield (2)
The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension.
Episode 325 min1989-09-20
Battlefield (3)
The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur.
Episode 425 min1989-09-27
Battlefield (4)
Morgaine forces Ace and Shou Yuing to hand over Excalibur by threatening to release the Destroyer, so the Doctor and the Brigadier enter a dimensional portal to stop her.
Episode 525 min1989-10-04
Ghost Light (1)
The Doctor and Ace explore Victorian house Gabriel Chase and realise it hides just as many dark secrets in its drawing room as it does in its dark cellar.
Episode 625 min1989-10-11
Ghost Light (2)
The Doctor manages to rescue Ace from the husks and then tries to uncover the truth about the goings on in Josiah's house.
Episode 725 min1989-10-18
Ghost Light (3)
Only Redvers, still searching for the elusive Saxe-Coburg, seems able to withstand Light and communicate with Control. Ace realises her past actions need to be dealt with.
Episode 825 min1989-10-25
The Curse of Fenric (1)
England, the 1940s. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ace to a secret naval base during WWII. There, the time-travellers battle vampiric Haemovores and an ancient Viking curse!
Episode 925 min1989-11-01
The Curse of Fenric (2)
The Doctor and Ace manage to convince Sorin to release them while Millington and Judson attempt to translate the Viking runes.
Episode 1025 min1989-11-08
The Curse of Fenric (3)
The Doctor and his friends come under attack from the Haemavores, allowing Millington to retrieve the flask containing Fenric's essence.
Episode 1125 min1989-11-15
The Curse of Fenric (4)
Fenric is loose and planning to use the Ancient Haemovore to poison the Earth with chemicals, unless the Doctor can defeat him in their centuries old game.
Episode 1225 min1989-11-22
Survival (1)
Perivale, England, the late 1980s. People are vanishing into thin air under the baleful stare of a very strange cat. The Doctor and Ace learn that, in the battle for survival, success can carry a terrible price...
Episode 1325 min1989-11-29
Survival (2)
The Doctor and Paterson manage to escape from the Master and join up with Ace and her friends, where the Doctor tries to find a way to get them all off the planet before it explodes.
Episode 1425 min1989-12-06
Survival (3)
Ace manages to transport the Doctor and the others back to Perivale but the Master is also there, preparing for a final showdown with the Doctor.