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  • The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (Season 25, Episode 4)

    Season 25, Episode 4 | 4 parts | First broadcast: 14 December 1988 – 4 January 1989 | Writer: Stephen Wyatt | Director: Alan Wareing Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Sophie Aldred as Ace Ian Reddington as the Chief Clown T. P. McKenna as Captain Cook Jessica Martin as Mags Summary Despite Ace’s professed…

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  • Silver Nemesis (Season 25, Episode 3)

    Season 25, Episode 3 | 3 parts | First broadcast: 23 November – 7 December 1988 | Writer: Kevin Clarke | Director: Chris Clough Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Sophie Aldred as Ace Fiona Walker as Lady Peinforte Anton Diffring as De Flores David Banks as the Cyber Leader Summary Three centuries after the…

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  • The Happiness Patrol (Season 25, Episode 2)

    Season 25, Episode 2 | 3 parts | First broadcast: 2–16 November 1988 | Writer: Graeme Curry | Director: Chris Clough Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Sophie Aldred as Ace Sheila Hancock as Helen A David John Pope as the Kandy Man Georgina Hale as Daisy K Summary On the colony world of Terra…

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  • Remembrance of the Daleks (Season 25, Episode 1)

    Season 25, Episode 1 | 4 parts | First broadcast: 5–26 October 1988 | Writer: Ben Aaronovitch | Director: Andrew Morgan Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Sophie Aldred as Ace Terry Molloy as Davros / the Dalek Emperor George Sewell as Group Captain Gilmore Pamela Salem as Rachel Jensen Summary Returning to Shoreditch in…

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  • Dragonfire (Season 24, Episode 4)

    Season 24, Episode 4 | 3 parts | First broadcast: 23 November – 7 December 1987 | Writer: Ian Briggs | Director: Chris Clough Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush Sophie Aldred as Ace Edward Peel as Kane Tony Selby as Sabalom Glitz Summary Arriving at Iceworld, a vast frozen…

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  • Delta and the Bannermen (Season 24, Episode 3)

    Season 24, Episode 3 | 3 parts | First broadcast: 2–16 November 1987 | Writer: Malcolm Kohll | Director: Chris Clough Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush Don Henderson as Gavrok Belinda Mayne as Delta Sara Griffiths as Ray Summary Winning a prize trip aboard a time-travelling tour bus, the…

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  • Paradise Towers (Season 24, Episode 2)

    Season 24, Episode 2 | 4 parts | First broadcast: 5–26 October 1987 | Writer: Stephen Wyatt | Director: Nicholas Mallett Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush Richard Briers as the Chief Caretaker / Kroagnon Clive Merrison as the Deputy Chief Caretaker Judy Cornwell as Maddy Summary Hoping for a…

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  • Time and the Rani (Season 24, Episode 1)

    Season 24, Episode 1 | 4 parts | First broadcast: 7–28 September 1987 | Writers: Pip and Jane Baker | Director: Andrew Morgan Cast Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush Kate O’Mara as the Rani Donald Pickering as Beyus Wanda Ventham as Faroon Summary Freshly regenerated and disoriented after the TARDIS…

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  • The Ultimate Foe (Season 23, Episode 4)

    Season 23, Episode 4 | 2 parts | First broadcast: 29 November – 6 December 1986 | Writers: Robert Holmes and Pip and Jane Baker | Director: Chris Clough Cast Colin Baker as the Doctor Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush Michael Jayston as the Valeyard Anthony Ainley as the Master Tony Selby as Sabalom Glitz…

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  • Terror of the Vervoids (Season 23, Episode 3)

    Season 23, Episode 3 | 4 parts | First broadcast: 1–22 November 1986 | Writers: Pip and Jane Baker | Director: Chris Clough Cast Colin Baker as the Doctor Bonnie Langford as Mel Bush Michael Jayston as the Valeyard Honor Blackman as Professor Lasky Michael Craig as Commodore Travers Summary Presenting evidence in his own…

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