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While the late Lynda Bellingham is so often mentioned in the same breath as Loose Women and those brilliant Oxo TV adverts, Doctor Who fans will always remember her performance in the Trial of a Time Lord.

She played an Inquisitor, a sort of Gallifreyan Judge Judy who summoned the Doctor to a spaceship and judged him on his time travelling antics - which were largely meddling in the affairs of aliens, and, er, genocide.

The 23rd series of Doctor Who saw Bellingham grill Colin Baker's Doctor, whose short temper made for some great exchanges between the two characters.

Meanwhile, the Doctor was trying to solve the mystery of why an alien planet called Ravolox looks exactly the same as earth.

Here's why you should get the DVD out your collection and watch that series again...



That headwear

If you can find an instance where Lynda Bellingham wore a crazier outfit, well, you just can't find an instance where Lynda Bellingham wore a crazier outfit.

It neatly summarises everything that was brilliant about television in the 1980s, while also suggesting that those Doctor Who budget cuts took a direct hit on the costume department.

Still, who needs a big costume budget when you've got that sort of creativity.

Lynda Bellingham and Colin Baker don't pull any punches

In a time when brilliant British actors such as Lynda Bellingham and Brian Blessed were appearing on Doctor Who, the exchanges between Bellingham and Baker were magnificently fiery.

The fact they both delivered their lines like West End thespians made it all the more entertaining.

Here's a great exchange between them, when it looks like they might just be about to lock the Doctor up and throw away the key.

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The Master turns up... in the Matrix

The storyline all gets entirely confusing at this point, and to explain why the Master turns up would probably give the game away a little bit.

But you shouldn't need an excuse to watch episodes of Doctor Who which feature the Master, as well as Lynda Bellingham... and Brian Blessed.

"What now!?"

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It's worth watching the whole of the 23rd series just for the scene above, in which Lynda Bellingham's character has just about 'had it up to here' with the Doctor.