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Season 26
September 6, 1989

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.

01. 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.

25min
September 6, 1989

02. Battlefield (2)

The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension.

25min
September 13, 1989

03. Battlefield (3)

The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur.

25min
September 20, 1989

04. 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.

25min
September 27, 1989

05. 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.

25min
October 4, 1989

06. 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.

25min
October 11, 1989

07. 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.

25min
October 18, 1989

08. 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!

25min
October 25, 1989

09. 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.

25min
November 1, 1989

10. 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.

25min
November 8, 1989

11. 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.

25min
November 15, 1989

12. 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...

25min
November 22, 1989

13. 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.

25min
November 29, 1989

14. 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.

25min
December 6, 1989