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Season 26 | EP 1
"Stop! I command it! There will be no battle here!"
Episode Title | Premiere Date |
Episode 1 | 06/09/1989 |
Episode 2 | 13/09/1989 |
Episode 3 | 20/09/1989 |
Episode 4 | 27/09/1989 |
Responding to a distress signal, the Doctor and Ace arrive near the village of Carbury, where a nuclear missile convoy has run into difficulties. The peace of the English countryside is shattered as UNIT troops are besieged by armoured knights from another dimension. As the crisis deepens, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is called out of retirement to join the battle. Together, he and the Doctor must face the Destroyer, a fearsome demon summoned by the witch queen Morgaine to devour the world...
The Doctor: Sylvester McCoy
Ace: Sophie Aldred
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Nicholas Courtney
Morgaine: Jean Marsh
Brigadier Winifred Bambera: Angela Bruce
Peter Warmsly: James Ellis
Mordred: Christopher Bowen
Ancelyn: Marcus Gilbert
Doris Lethbridge-Stewart: Angela Douglas
Elizabeth Rowlinson: June Bland
Shou Yuing: Ling Tai
The Destroyer: Marek Anton
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Director: Michael Kerrigan
Scriptwriter: Ben Aaronovich