The Ultimate Foe (TV story)

Synopsis
The final episode in the season-long 'Trial of a Time Lord' saga, a surprise appearance of the Master reveals the treachery of the High Council of Time Lords, and that the Valeyard is not what he appears to be.

Plot
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Cast

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

Crew

 * Assistant Floor Manager - Karen Little
 * Costumes - Andrew Rose
 * Designer - Michael Trevor
 * Incidental Music - Dominic Glynn
 * Make-Up - Shaunna Harrison
 * Producer - John Nathan-Turner
 * Production Assistant - Jane Wellesley
 * Production Associate - Angela Smith
 * Special Sounds - Dick Mills
 * Studio Lighting - Don Babbage
 * Studio Sound - Brian Clark
 * Theme Arrangement - Dominic Glynn
 * Title Music - Ron Grainer
 * Visual Effects - Kevin Molloy

Story Notes

 * Mel leaves with the Doctor at the end of this story, despite being from the Doctor's future.

Ratings
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Myths
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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
What the Master said about the Valeyard giving him the remainder of his regenerations to him contradicts the Master's explanation of his regeneration in The Sound of Drums.

Continuity
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DVD and Video Releases
The Ultimate Foe was released on VHS along with the rest of the Trial of a Time Lord in 1993. It was a three video set that came in a special TARDIS tin, with a random picture of one of the (then) seven Doctors on the base.

Target Novelisations
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