Battlefield (Doctor Who)

152^[1] – *Battlefield*
152 – Battlefield
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Sylvester McCoy – Seventh Doctor;
	Companion Sophie Aldred – Ace;
	Others Nicholas Courtney – Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; Angela Douglas – Doris Lethbridge-Stewart; Angela Bruce – Brigadier Winifred Bambera; Robert Jezek – Sergeant Zbrigniev; Dorota Rae – Flight Lieutenant Lavel; Paul Tomany – Major Husak; Noel Collins – Pat Rawlinson; June Bland – Elizabeth Rawlinson; James Ellis – Peter Warmsly; Ling Tai – Shou Yuing; Jean Marsh – Morgaine; Christopher Bowen – Mordred; Marcus Gilbert – Ancelyn; Marek Anton – The Destroyer; Stefan Schwartz – Knight Commander;
Production
Directed by	Michael Kerrigan
Written by	Ben Aaronovitch
Script editor	Andrew Cartmel
Produced by	John Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Keff McCulloch
Production code	7N
Series	Season 26
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	6 September 1989
Last broadcast	27 September 1989
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Followed by →; Ghost Light
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

Battlefield is the first serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 6 to 27 September 1989. It was the last to feature Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who.

In the serial, Morgaine (Jean Marsh), a sorceress from another dimension, summons the planet-devouring Destroyer (Marek Anton) in England, where she also seeks to take the sword Excalibur for herself. The plot is loosely based on Arthurian legend.

Part 1's 3.1 million viewers represent the lowest ratings of any full episode of Doctor Who^[2]

^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the four segments of The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories and also counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this story as number 156. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.
^ Anderson, Kyle. "Doctor Who: A Companion's Companion, Season 26". Nerdist. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

[1] From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the four segments of The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories and also counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this story as number 156. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.

[2] Anderson, Kyle. "Doctor Who: A Companion's Companion, Season 26". Nerdist. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

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