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!
- Directed by
- Nicholas Mallett
- Written by
- Ian Briggs
Guest stars
Nicholas Parsons
Reverend Wainwright
Anne Reid
Nurse Crane
Alfred Lynch
Commander Millington
Christien Anholt
Perkins
Marcus Hutton
Sergeant Leigh
Tomasz Borkowy
Captain Sorin
Janet Henfrey
Miss Hardaker
Cyril Town
Haemovore (uncredited)
Dinsdale Landen
Dr Judson
- M
Marek Anton
Vershinin
- M
Mark Conrad
Petrossian
- J
Joann Kenny
Jean
All episodes — Season 26
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S26 E1Battlefield (1)
Sep 6, 19897.525 min
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.
S26 E2Battlefield (2)
Sep 13, 1989825 min
The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension.
S26 E3Battlefield (3)
Sep 20, 19897.225 min
The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur.
S26 E4Battlefield (4)
Sep 27, 19897.325 min
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.
S26 E5Ghost Light (1)
Oct 4, 19896.125 min
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.
S26 E6Ghost Light (2)
Oct 11, 19896.225 min
The Doctor manages to rescue Ace from the husks and then tries to uncover the truth about the goings on in Josiah's house.