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The Valeyard's Vendetta against the Doctor

The Valeyard, corrupted future amalgamation of the Doctor, pursues the Sixth Doctor for the remaining regenerations. Assisted by the Inquisitor and occasionally the Master, the Valeyard frames the Doctor on the Matrix, saps his lifespan, and weaponizes doppelgangers against him. The Sixth Doctor faces these machinations alongside Mel Bush and Sabalom Glitz.

19 events across 1 season

Arc Timeline

Season 23

19 events
S23E13 · The Ultimate Foe Part 1
Doctor exposes Valeyard evidence fraud

The Doctor abandons his cautious defense to directly challenge the trial's foundation. He first questions the Keeper about Matrix tampering, forcing admissions about the potential to bypass safeguards while maintaining …

Start
Glitz and Melanie confront their confinement

Sabalom Glitz arrives aboard the space station in a small pod, his mercenary instincts immediately on display as he identifies the arrival by name. Moments later a second pod opens …

Start
Master disrupts trial with master witnesses

The Doctor’s trial threatens to collapse into farce when the Master arrives unannounced, smuggling in the mercenary Sabalom Glitz and the forthright Melanie Bush as surprise witnesses. As Glitz testifies …

Climax
Master exposes Valeshall as Doctor's future self

The trial collapses into chaos as the Master dramatically unmasks the Valeyard as the Doctor’s darker future self, born between his twelfth and final incarnations. With this revelation, the Valeyard’s …

Climax
Glitz shatters the trial with truth

The trial reaches its tipping point as Glitz reveals the High Council’s complicity in the Valeyard’s schemes, describing how Time Lords erased Earth’s civilization to cover their theft of scientific …

Resolution
Doctor pursues Valeyard into the Matrix

With the Valeyard absent from the trial and the Inquisitor’s proceedings crumbling, the Doctor seizes the moment to act. The Keeper’s cryptic revelation about the seventh entrance to the Matrix …

Start
Mel halts trial by exposing its fraudulence

The proceedings derail when Mel openly questions the trial's purpose, declaring there is no accused left to judge. Her defiance forces the Inquisitor to abandon the corrupt proceedings, revealing the …

Climax
Harpooned in the Matrix trap

The Doctor’s attempt to outmaneuver the Valeyard spins into a deadly trap as he drags Glitz into the Matrix. The Valeyard’s sadistic amusement erupts into violence when Glitz tries to …

Climax