The Valeyard | |
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Doctor Who character | |
![]() Michael Jayston as the Valeyard | |
First appearance | The Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet (1986) |
Last appearance | The Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe (1986) |
Introduced by | John Nathan-Turner |
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Appearances | 4 stories (14 episodes) |
Chronology | Season 23 (1986) |
The Valeyard (/ˈvæliɑːd/) is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is described by the Master as an amalgamation of the Doctor's darker sides from between his twelfth and final incarnations. In the story The Trial of a Time Lord, comprising the whole of Season 23, the High Council of the Time Lords appoint the Valeyard as prosecutor at the Sixth Doctor's trial, hoping to have him executed and thereby removing the sole witness to their near destruction of life on Earth.
"There is some evil in all of us, Doctor – even you. The Valeyard is an amalgamation of the darker sides of your nature, somewhere between your twelfth and final incarnation, and I may say you do not improve with age."
The Master to the Sixth Doctor, The Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe