The Doctor Watches Peri Die | The Trial of a Timelord | Doctor Who 

"You...killed Peri." And THAT my friends is exactly the reason why Colin Baker remains one of the most underrated Doctors by FAR.

This era of Who had a lot of problems, but you can't deny that Colin Baker was a great Doctor after you look at this clip. His reaction to Peri's death was pitch perfect.

"The high council has no right to order Peri's...or anyone else's death." The crack in his voice when he says that stabs me in the heart every time. Colin will always be my favourite Doctor.

This was Colin Baker's best performance. Why he wasn't written like this throughout the rest of his era baffles me.

"You... killed Peri..."Gets me every time :'(

His eyes are so young here ...The Doctors. Look at the pain and loss on his face when he realizes whats happened to Perri...My heart broke. 😔💔

Oh...The look on his face. "You...killed Peri?" Poor Six. What is wrong with those guys?!

Creepy as hell. Also, brilliant performance by Colin. You can see the Sixth Doctor's usual vigor and confidence just shatter away, as much as he tries to summon it back up somehow, the angry motions of his mouth won't quite reach his eyes. He was always arguing with Peri, but whenever one of them was in danger the other would seriously freak out, so while Peri wasn't particularly spectacular in her description or acts, the Doctor probably valued her alot for being someone who liked him despite all his edgier bits, in a mutually tsundere-ish way. She was also a lot more useful than she is given credit for. Remember when she and the Doctor took out those guards in unison? When she saved him from that poison gas trap of the Rani's? When she held both the Rani and the Master at gunpoint (although they did, admittedly, escape her) You note the particulrity of the dynamic when Mel shows up and is basically your typical annoying but cute younger sister figure. Aaaand then, there's the Valeyard's surgically precise guilt-tripping here...

Great quote by Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor: "And so they took it upon themselves to act like second-rate Gods!?”

"... and so they took it upon themselves to act like second-rate gods!" Awesome moment in an awesome serial. Mindwarp all the way!

Peri and The Doctor's acting here is some of the best acting Dr. Who has ever seen.

Colin Baker is superb in this. This is The Doctor he was meant to be.

I love how he's devastated and then he says "no" and then out comes the determination that makes him our hero: "there's another reason --- and I have every intention of finding out what it is!" Hell yeah!

Colin Baker's finest moment on Doctor Who.

This scene shows the depths of Colin Bakers acting.....grief palpable with none of the tear ridden histronics of some other Doctors and their reaction to their companion's death. And let's face it, Peri's death of mental dissolution is the worst , imho. Why don't people focus on this rather than his beginning with Peri and the strangulation scene??

I do like how the Time Lords side-step the real issue here. They say that Crozier's discovery would have affected the Universe too much...what they really meant was that they didn't want the rest of the Universe to gain Time Lord lifespans!

Oh my, the way the Doctor delivers that line. "You killed Peri." Beautiful.

This probably would have been more dramatic without the rubbish screen distortion. Brian Blessed as such a dramatically bombastic actor that he doesn't need an echo effect for his "NOOO" scream.

2:45 I love how he gets angrier as he continues to talk

To me, this is probably the darkest way a Companion has ever left the show - mental destruction to make way for the mental consciousness of a Space Reptile while the Doctor is helpless to stop it. Its like in that ending they were apologizing for the joke the Time Lords had become since every serial after of The War Games. Plus Colin's Doctor is probably at the top of his game here. Its just a pity that the BBC fired him before he could actually grow to be liked.

This is such a beautiful and sad moment in Classic who. Colin baker gives a wonderful performance and it's sad to see yet another companion lose there life in front of the doctor....

Nicola's acting as Sil was great, I actually got minor chills from this.

I like the way Colin acts in this scene it shows me even more how underrated he was

Peri and The Doctor give excellent acting performances here.

"I was taken out of time for a reason and I have every intention of finding out what that is". - I love Colin just for this

What a moment in Doctor Who history Colin Baker's finest moment as the Sixth Doctor. Superbly acted

" Iwish I could have found a more attractive one" I love the written humor they had about Nicola's fine ass 😂😂

Probably one of the sixth Doctor's best Moments. PRAISE THE DOCTOR!

I can't believe that the Time Lords would make the Doctor watch one of his beloved friends die like that. It's just so cruel.

I had read in a Doctor Who magazine that Peri (Nicola Bryant) liked working with Colin Baker more than Peter Davison. It kind of surprised me at first, But there are some good stories in the 6th Doctor era. I still shed a tear in this story when Peri is killed, but this is the way Nicola wanted to leave the series. She was disappointed when in "The Ultimate Foe" that the Inquisitioner revealed that they found the proper finish and showed Peri marrying Yurcanos.

Say what you will, Colin Baker was an amazing Doctor in Season 23, his performance during the trial was nothing short of amazing

I love the way the lighting casts shadows over Colin's eyes at the end. The Doctor is PISSED and it's never wise to anger someone who will eventually become known as the most powerful man in the Universe. Heck, I wonder if part of him - the part that manifests as the Valeyard and the Dream Lord - enjoyed wiping out the Time Lords during the Time War and that's why he became so ashamed afterwards.

Hooray!! Brian Blessed! There's someone I'd like to see back on Doctor Who.

The crack in Colin's voice as he realises Peri is dead is really good acting

I have to admit this caught be my surprise. I sat there the entire time saying “she’s not dead, she will be fine soon” in my head and as soon as the op scene was finished I was speechless. Amazed they actually had the balls to go through with killing off another companion, and it was brilliant

I honestly wouldnt mind if we just retconned the retcon of this scene out and just left it with Peri actually dying. Because even Colin Baker says that the "Oh no Peri is still alive" was a pathetic ending, hell Nicola Bryant says that she preferred this ending!

A very underrated story, if nothing else than for this ending.

This was one of my favorite seasons of Doctor Who. This is fantastic.

The Valeyard's gaslighting at the end reminds me of Peter Capaldi's Season 8 Doctor. Seriously, has anybody else noticed how often he was gaslighting and projecting his own flaws, mistakes and insecurities onto Clara? At least the Valeyard was established as the bad guy from the beginning.

Even Colin has said that Nicola Bryant was superb here. This possessed Peri could have gone much further

despite having a few 'odd' stories and costume colors that don't fit with his Doctor's persona. Colin Baker did a very fine job at playing 'The Doctor'. It is a shame he was sacked however, if he had the chance to stay on till of 1988 or even by cancellation by 1989 , we may not have had Sylvester Mccoy as 'The Doctor'. But still, a brill Doctor. I wish 'The Valeyard' was brought back for the '7th' doctor to go against. Now that would have been interesting.

I remember first watching this when I got it on video during Christmas '94. This story always upset me when I saw it and was always my least favourite of the whole story, but over the years it's become my favourite segment. Some great moments in Mindwarp and to this day remains very underrated.

People always look at the clip from Twin Dilemma of him strangling Peri in a post-regeneration fit and immediately think The Sixth Doctor's relationship with Peri is an abusive one, but if you watched more than just that 2 minutes of Colin's era, you'll know that they did get on (bickering notwithstanding) and this clip pretty much confirms that he did care about her a lot. As much as companions like Rose, Amy or Clara. The Doctor loved Peri just as much as any of them.

The line he says after Peri’s death is perfect probably the best in his era

Ah! Brian Blessed... Being Brian Blessed!!! :D

The Doctor: "You... killed Peri!" The Inquisitor: "We had to act! With the discovery that Crozier had made, the whole course of natural Evolution throughout the Universe would have affected!" The Valeyard: "But Peri died, Doctor, because you abandonned her! We had to end her life, because your negligence had made it impossible for her to live!" The Doctor: "Lies, there's something else going on here! The High Council has no right to order Peri's or anyone else's death!" The Inquisitor: "Please, Doctor!" The Doctor: "No, I was taken out of time for another reason and I have every intention of finding out what it is!"

OH YEAH! It's only the frickin brilliant Brian Blessed! Oh my God!!!! That must have been a pretty traumatising thing for children to see! I mean , it would have been bad enough seeing The Doctor's companion leaving the show but having this happen to a character that many children would have grown to like and would probably have been their favourite companion, must have been pretty shocking . I'd bet the BBC's switch boards were jammed that night with angry parents who were having to deal with an upset child cause The Doctor's assistant Peri had turned evil! I doubt that many companions had departed in such a traumatising way. Not even the death of Adric was that shocking! or at least not in such a horrible way.

Even though I didn't care too much for parts 6 & 7, this scene along with the Doctor's speech about the Time Lords' corruption and the reveal of the Valyard's true identity in part 13 has to be the best scenes out of the entire "Trial of a Time Lord" story arc. Loved this scene from part 8.

Peri reminds me of that bald-headed woman, Ilia from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Nicola Bryant used her own voice in this and it was the only time that she didn't have to put on that American accent. And personally I think it is an improvement.

They should have left this ending.

This is one of the reasons why Colin Baker's Doctor is so good this scene shows him at his best here and shows that despite his coat and his attitude at times he IS the Doctor. Another thing this scene does well is shows why you never cross the Doctor because up until this point in the story the Doctor was arrogantly and quite happily going along with this trial thinking he'll easily win now he has been shown Peri's death and that people have been used. He knows now just how serious the high council are and seeing what he saw flicked a switch inside him and made the Doctor angry and upset and no body dare make the Doctor angry and upset! Because well now he really is determined to clear his name and find those responsible and we all know what that means.

"you... killed Peri.." I have never heard a more broken tone before. shattered my heart into pieces.

I'm just gonna ignore The Ultimate Foe saying that Peri married Brian Blessed and accept this as canon. The Master could've been lying to spare the Doctor's feelings

I really would have preferred that they keep Peri dead, as opposed to the weird ending where she later marries Brian Blessed...

2:43 Best scene for the 6th Doctor

Colin here... my god. I will never hear a bad word said about Colin Baker and the 6th Doctor. He felt like a hero to me watching as a kid. As did the 7th Doctor.

3:14 As the old saying goes “Demons run when a good man goes to war.”

Just a shame we never got Brian Blessed saying 'Peri's Alive?!' :)

I just wish that they did more with the Valeyard. Such wasted potential.

It becomes different with every year and every Doctor that passes. It's what's so wonderful about the show: How it can stay enjoyable with almost every change,

2:46 It's hard to act serious when you look like Willy Wonka.

Imo, the moment before this truly makes this one of the greatest moments in the entire history of Who - where we see 6 running as fast as he can to save Peri, you know he's gonna get there JUST in the knick of time...and then the TARDIS arrives behind him, he walks in, and is taken to the space station, leading back to the beginning...despite the massive cop-out later, the fact that the writing team even attempted such a brilliant subversion of a classic cliche makes it a truly amazing moment.

i HATED and still HATE the decision they made to kill off Peri, so glad they don't make those STUPID decisions anymore

I just love how the title doesn't spoil it for anyone who sees it in the thumbnail. Oh wait...

Anything with Brian Blessed in is always fantastic watching! 😁

And people get teary-eyed when they see Rose and the Doctor on a Norwegian beach. Now THIS is a companion departure!

I haven't seen it yet (and I intend to), but I've heard that it is one of the best stories, classic or revived.

As weird as it was the judge at the end of the series being like "lol dw she isn't actually dead, she just married Brian Blessed" part of me is happy she was ok but still it's cool to see the clasdic era take such risks when killing a companion off.

Thinking about it, had Ycarnos not been suspended in time whilst the operation took place, Peri would have survived AND Crozier wouldn't have completed the experiment, an experiment the Time Lords later used Ycarnos to destroy when it was completed. Had Ycarnos not been held in stasis, the operation would have failed and Peri would have survived. So you can see why the Valeyard doctored the evidence from the Matrix; anyone with sense would have seen that Ycarnos could have interrupted the procedure in plenty of time, saving Peri and preventing a crime against nature. The only way to force the Doctor's compliance, or perhaps make him less rational when presenting further testimony, it had to be edited in such a way that made the situation hopeless.

And I have every intention of finding out what it is. That line is just so. So amazing. The performance. Just perfect

You can see the doctors sadness as his peri is gone… 😢😢

Colin Baker is so damn good here. You can really see the sadness, shock and fury. One of my favourite Doctors.

Colin Baker had the same issue as Jodie, bad writing brought their potential down, but both had glimpses of good opportunities like this to show their skills. If they had better stories, they'd be ranked higher in the terms of best doctors.

That was a horrible sinister "death" for a companion. She was great in that scene

My favourite Doctor, even before Big Finish. (Big Finish only cemented my love for Six.)

I'm obliged to agree with you, I also would of liked to have seen more of Kiv as Peri.

The best way of peri dyeing is turning into a cybermen like Lytton in attack of the cybermen.

2:45 and 3:18 Good acting by Colin Baker.

Brian Blessed, greatest martial artist the world has ever seen!

The Master said that the Valeyard had twisted much of the evidence to hurt the Doctor's defense as much as possible. It had been established since The Mysterious Planet, because throughout the whole trial the Doctor had seen corruption and distortion of events. Still, it is a shame they didn't give her this ending, it's more tragic and has a greater emotional impact.

Fortunately, we found out later that Peri didn't die after all. She was saved by King Ycranos, who made her his queen.

In the audio Commentary of this story: Colin Baker: But the program has been told to cut down on violence and add humour for this season... And you, you gave us all that, so, thanks Philip... Philip Martin: So wait, you mean that, you mean the death of Peri isn't funny? Colin Baker: Another fine mess you got us into! Philip Martin: Oh God! Oh well, I suppose we have to try again...

We never actually saw Sil die... I'd love to see the Mentors return. Peri's voice as Kiv sounds kind of like Trent Reznor's unused performance as the commando zombies for Doom 3... heh, pitch distortion + ham = awesome. 'Course the influence if it was there would be the other way around, this obviously came first. I didn't like how they undid Peri's death at the end, because that was a huge emotional moment and one of Colin Baker's best performances. But who knows, even the high council of the Time Lords has been known to be wrong.

Me and my friends watched this today The 8th part of Trial of a Timelord (4th part of mindwarp) always makes me feel depressed or even cry. Peri is one of my favourite companions Colin bakers reaction also gets me aswell cause this is one of the times where even if the Timelords didn't interfere, peri was still gone.

this still sends shivers down my spine wen peri is bald

Say what you will about the writing in the Sixth Doctor era of the show, but Colin Baker was great as the Sixth Doctor. He gave every script his all regardless of the quality in writing, and did his best work with each episode. No matter the faults of the era, Colin Baker was not one of them.

And for the first time in 3 years Nicola Bryant is given some decent dialogue,she is alowed to drop the accent and she really shines! Why miss Bryant you are more than just a pretty face!

2:43 Chills everytime

Nicola Bryant did her own vocals in this scene I believe

My favourite of all the Trial of a Time Lord stories. Peri was favourite companion before Amy Pond. To me, Peri was pre-Amy Pond.

No matter how you may have felt about the 6th Doctor, no matter how "silly" you thought his coat was, if you hurt one of the Doctor's companions and get him to glare at you the way he did in 3:19 in ANY incarnation, you know you F'ED UP. The beginning of the end of the Valeyard, here.

It's also the only Doctor Who DVD I personally own. Couldn't have asked for a better story.

GREAT acting by Colin Baker AND Nicola Bryant!

Actually Davison was always my favorite Doctor until last season. Smith changed my mind with the Rings of Akhaten. Now they're tied

They did amazing with him in The Ultimate Foe. That's why it's my favorite Colin Baker story. However, they need to build on that final cliffhanger from that episode.

‘Head. Free of pain.’ I have a headache.

I met Colin Baker in 2011 almost 25 years after this was broadcast. Nice man. Good sense of humour.

For those of you who think Peri died, she didn't. I know this because later on The Doctor is told that Peri is actually OK and marries the warrior that attacks in this video. The evidence that Peri died was actually faked by The Valeyard.

Brian Blessed could just be his usual loud self here and not acting lol