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The Valeyard barely has time to begin a speech when he is interrupted by the irate ''The Trial of a Time Lord'', who insists that the Valeyard (and, indeed, its entire audience) have had over three decades to pore over its alleged flaws, and that now is finally time for the defence. Indeed, it launches into a passionate defence of the stories' various premises, from the concept of involving the [[Sixth Doctor]] in a trial to the way that Doctor himself is written and played, noting that his relationship with [[Peri Brown|Peri]] has gotten less "tempestuous" and his friendship with [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] is outright sweet. | The Valeyard barely has time to begin a speech when he is interrupted by the irate ''The Trial of a Time Lord'', who insists that the Valeyard (and, indeed, its entire audience) have had over three decades to pore over its alleged flaws, and that now is finally time for the defence. Indeed, it launches into a passionate defence of the stories' various premises, from the concept of involving the [[Sixth Doctor]] in a trial to the way that Doctor himself is written and played, noting that his relationship with [[Peri Brown|Peri]] has gotten less "tempestuous" and his friendship with [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] is outright sweet. | ||
The Valeyard argues this point, noting that the Doctor attempts to murder Peri in [[Part Five (Not Guilty)|Part Five]] and that if | The Valeyard argues this point, noting that the Doctor attempts to murder Peri in [[Part Five (Not Guilty)|Part Five]] and that if that doesn't count as tempestuous, he'd like to see what does. However, he is overruled by the Inquisitor, who explains that this attempted murder was either a Matrix fabrication, the Doctor acting because he was being watched, or something else altogether — but, at any rate, not anything that can be used to ascertain the true nature of his feelings towards Peri. ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' concurs and adds that no story is completely perfect: even ''[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]'' is "only 99.99999 percent perfect", to shocked gasps from the jurors. | ||
It continues by stating that although the fact that part of itself was written by [[Robert Holmes]] might have been used by it as an argument of "poor health", it instead chooses to celebrate Holmes's contribution to its nature, which, despite the difficult circumstances under which the "master craftsman" was working, still contains excellent dialogue. It continues in this vein for some time until the Valeyard interrupts it, holding it to accounts for the "nightmarish treatment" of Peri in the Story's plot. The Story is initially reluctant to answer but eventually gives in and argues that Peri's death, while upsetting, is intentionally so, and as such, one of the great "scary moments" of ''Doctor Who''. | It continues by stating that although the fact that part of itself was written by [[Robert Holmes]] might have been used by it as an argument of "poor health", it instead chooses to celebrate Holmes's contribution to its nature, which, despite the difficult circumstances under which the "master craftsman" was working, still contains excellent dialogue. It continues in this vein for some time until the Valeyard interrupts it, holding it to accounts for the "nightmarish treatment" of Peri in the Story's plot. The Story is initially reluctant to answer but eventually gives in and argues that Peri's death, while upsetting, is intentionally so, and as such, one of the great "scary moments" of ''Doctor Who''. | ||
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Nearly beaten, the Valeyard weakly retorts that ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' has yet to answer the most serious accusation of all: [[carrot juice]]. The Story instead cackles that the Valeyard has fallen right in its trap, as carrot juice is in fact one of its greatest strengths, encouraging children to stay healthy ("lay aside the Sixth Doctor [[Wotsit]] packs"). This is the first the DWM Writer hears of these "Wotsit packs", and she hurries out of the courtroom to go buy some. | Nearly beaten, the Valeyard weakly retorts that ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' has yet to answer the most serious accusation of all: [[carrot juice]]. The Story instead cackles that the Valeyard has fallen right in its trap, as carrot juice is in fact one of its greatest strengths, encouraging children to stay healthy ("lay aside the Sixth Doctor [[Wotsit]] packs"). This is the first the DWM Writer hears of these "Wotsit packs", and she hurries out of the courtroom to go buy some. | ||
A confused Inquisitor can only answer "fair enough" to these surprising developments, and asks the jury to retire to consider their verdict. | A confused Inquisitor can only answer "fair enough" to these surprising developments, and asks the jury to retire to consider their verdict. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
