Doctor Who (season 26)
| Doctor Who (season 26) | |
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Cover art of the Region 2 DVD release for the first serial of the season
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of stories | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 6 September – 6 December 1989 |
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The twenty-sixth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 9 September 1989 with the serial Battlefield, after a regular series of four serials was broadcast finishing with Survival which was the final episode of Doctor Who to air before a 16-year absence from episodic television following its cancellation.
Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred both continue their roles as the Seventh Doctor and Ace for their final season.
Nicholas Courtney returned to play Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Battlefield. He first appeared with the Second Doctor in 1968 in The Web of Fear before becoming a recurring character throughout the Second Doctor to the Fifth Doctor and last appearing in The Five Doctors.
Anthony Ainley returned to play The Master in Survival, having last appeared in The Ultimate Foe (1986). This was Ainley's final television appearance in the role, though he portrayed the Master one last time in the 1997 computer game Destiny of the Doctors.
Former First Doctor companion actor Jean Marsh, who had portrayed Sara Kingdom in The Daleks' Master Plan, also appeared in Battlefield playing the part of the main antagonist.
Continuing on from Season 25, Season 26 continued script editor Andrew Cartmel's move to push the series towards a darker approach, focusing this time more on Ace's personal life as well as The Doctor's past and manipulations.
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