trials of the Doctor

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narrative theme recurring plot device story arc type

The trials of the Doctor are a series of major judicial proceedings in Doctor Who in which the Time Lords put the Doctor on trial, often forcing him to justify his actions and morality across time and space.

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Label	Occurrences
The Time Lords prosecute the Doctor for his interference in time.	1
trials of the Doctor canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3377372 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: trials of the Doctor
Context triple: [Citadel of the Time Lords, settingFor, trials of the Doctor]

A. Companions of the Doctor
The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
B. The Doctor Came at Dawn
The Doctor Came at Dawn is a stark, minimalist 1996 indie folk album by Bill Callahan’s project Smog, known for its dark, introspective songwriting and lo-fi production.
C. The Doctor and the Devils
The Doctor and the Devils is a 1985 British horror film, produced by Thom Mount, that dramatizes grave-robbing and murder committed to supply cadavers for medical research in 19th-century Britain.
D. The Doctor's Dilemma
The Doctor's Dilemma is a satirical play by George Bernard Shaw that critiques medical ethics and the social values surrounding healthcare and artistic genius.
E. the War Doctor
The War Doctor is a previously unseen incarnation of the Doctor in the Doctor Who universe, portrayed by John Hurt as a battle-hardened Time Lord who fought in the Last Great Time War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: trials of the Doctor
Target entity description: The trials of the Doctor are a series of major judicial proceedings in Doctor Who in which the Time Lords put the Doctor on trial, often forcing him to justify his actions and morality across time and space.

A. Companions of the Doctor
The Companions of the Doctor are the Doctor’s often-human allies in the long-running British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," who travel with the Time Lord, aiding in adventures across time and space while providing emotional grounding and perspective.
B. The Doctor Came at Dawn
The Doctor Came at Dawn is a stark, minimalist 1996 indie folk album by Bill Callahan’s project Smog, known for its dark, introspective songwriting and lo-fi production.
C. The Doctor and the Devils
The Doctor and the Devils is a 1985 British horror film, produced by Thom Mount, that dramatizes grave-robbing and murder committed to supply cadavers for medical research in 19th-century Britain.
D. The Doctor's Dilemma
The Doctor's Dilemma is a satirical play by George Bernard Shaw that critiques medical ethics and the social values surrounding healthcare and artistic genius.
E. the War Doctor
The War Doctor is a previously unseen incarnation of the Doctor in the Doctor Who universe, portrayed by John Hurt as a battle-hardened Time Lord who fought in the Last Great Time War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	narrative theme ⓘ recurring plot device ⓘ story arc type ⓘ
appearsIn	classic Doctor Who ⓘ modern Doctor Who ⓘ
appliesTo	Eighth Doctor ⓘ Eleventh Doctor ⓘ linked to: The Doctor Fifteenth Doctor ⓘ Fifth Doctor ⓘ First Doctor ⓘ linked to: The Doctor Fourteenth Doctor ⓘ Fourth Doctor ⓘ Ninth Doctor ⓘ Second Doctor ⓘ Seventh Doctor ⓘ Sixth Doctor ⓘ Tenth Doctor ⓘ Third Doctor ⓘ Thirteenth Doctor ⓘ linked to: Twelfth Doctor to Thirteenth Doctor Twelfth Doctor ⓘ linked to: The Doctor War Doctor ⓘ linked to: the War Doctor
associatedWith	Gallifrey ⓘ Time Lord justice system ⓘ
firstMajorDepiction	The War Games ⓘ
hasPart	Sixth Doctor trial ⓘ The Deadly Assassin ⓘ The Trial of a Time Lord ⓘ The Ultimate Foe ⓘ The War Games ⓘ The War Games trial ⓘ linked to: The War Games trial in Hell Bent ⓘ trial in The Day of the Doctor (Gallifrey war crimes context) ⓘ trial in The Deadly Assassin ⓘ trial in The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar (moral reckoning) ⓘ
hasTheme	Time Lord law ⓘ authority versus individual conscience ⓘ intervention in history ⓘ judicial proceedings ⓘ moral accountability ⓘ responsibility for consequences ⓘ
medium	television series ⓘ
narrativeFunction	to examine the Doctor's morality ⓘ to force the Doctor to justify his actions ⓘ to provide retrospective on past adventures ⓘ to question the legitimacy of Time Lord authority ⓘ
notableDepiction	The Trial of a Time Lord ⓘ
partOf	Doctor Who ⓘ
typicalAccuser	High Council of the Time Lords ⓘ Inquisitor ⓘ Time Lords ⓘ linked to: Time Lord Valeyard ⓘ
typicalCharge	endangering the Web of Time ⓘ genocide or mass destruction (context-dependent) ⓘ meddling in the affairs of other worlds ⓘ violation of Time Lord non-interference laws ⓘ