Doctor Who Season 26 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Wednesday, September 6, 1989
Ended: Wednesday, December 6, 1989
When does Doctor Who Season 26 come out?
Doctor Who Season 26 premiered Wednesday, September 6, 1989 on BBC One and ended Wednesday, December 6, 1989. The season has 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.
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Doctor Who Season 26 release schedule
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1. 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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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2. Battlefield (2) The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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3. Battlefield (3) The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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4. 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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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5. 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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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6. 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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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7. 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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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8. 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! |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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9. 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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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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. |
Wednesday · 37 years ago |
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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... |
Wednesday · 36 years ago |
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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. |
Wednesday · 36 years ago |
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14. Survival (3) Finale 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. |
Wednesday · 36 years ago |
Doctor Who Season 26 guest stars
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John Nettleton
Reverend Ernest Matthews
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Adele Silva
Squeak
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John Hallam
Light
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Dinsdale Landen
Dr. Judson
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Nicholas Parsons
Reverend Wainwright
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Gareth Hale
Len
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Marcus Gilbert
Ancelyn
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Ian Hogg
Josiah
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Sylvia Syms
Mrs. Pritchard
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Anne Reid
Nurse Crane
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Julian Holloway
Paterson
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James Ellis
Peter Warmsly
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Alfred Lynch
Commander Millington
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Christien Anholt
Perkins
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Angela Douglas
Doris
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Marcus Hutton
Sergeant Leigh
Doctor Who Season 26 FAQ
When does Doctor Who Season 26 come out?
Doctor Who Season 26 premiered Wednesday, September 6, 1989 on BBC One.
How many episodes are in Doctor Who Season 26?
Doctor Who Season 26 has 14 episodes.
Are new episodes of Doctor Who Season 26 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the Doctor Who Season 26 finale?
The Doctor Who Season 26 finale (Episode 14) aired Wednesday, December 6, 1989.
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