Doctor Who
Season 26
1989 • 14 Episodes
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
1. Battlefield (1)
September 6, 1989
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.
2. Battlefield (2)
September 13, 1989
The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension.
3. Battlefield (3)
September 20, 1989
The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur.
4. Battlefield (4)
September 27, 1989
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.
5. Ghost Light (1)
October 4, 1989
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.
6. Ghost Light (2)
October 11, 1989
The Doctor manages to rescue Ace from the husks and then tries to uncover the truth about the goings on in Josiah's house.
7. Ghost Light (3)
October 18, 1989
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.
8. The Curse of Fenric (1)
October 25, 1989
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!
9. The Curse of Fenric (2)
November 1, 1989
The Doctor and Ace manage to convince Sorin to release them while Millington and Judson attempt to translate the Viking runes.
10. The Curse of Fenric (3)
November 8, 1989
The Doctor and his friends come under attack from the Haemavores, allowing Millington to retrieve the flask containing Fenric's essence.
11. The Curse of Fenric (4)
November 15, 1989
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.
12. Survival (1)
November 22, 1989
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...
13. Survival (2)
November 29, 1989
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.
14. Survival (3)
December 6, 1989
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.