Doctor Who: 10 Timey-Wimey Episodes (Not Written By Steven Moffat)

3. The Trial Of A Time Lord - Various Writers

The clue's in the title, really. Yes, the oft-maligned Trial of a Time Lord, the single longest Doctor Who story - it runs for fourteen episodes - is actually incredibly timey-wimey. The premise is that the Time Lords kidnap the Doctor to put him on trial for his interventionist ways (they already did this in 1969's The War Games but, hey, apparently the Time Lords love a good courtcase). In evidence, the prosecutor shows the Doctor events from his life - including adventures from his future. In other words, the Doctor is on trial for something he hasn't even done yet! What's more, it is revealed later on that the prosecutor, the villainous Valeyard, is actually a nasty future version of the Doctor! His plan is to prove the Doctor guilty and then take the Doctor's remaining regenerations for himself - even though he's already lived them. And, as if that wasn't enough, after the Valeyard is defeated, the Doctor leaves in his TARDIS with Mel - a companion from his future who was brought to the court as a witness. Is this how they met in the first place? Who knows! Clearly, Trial of a Time Lord is a riot of timey-wimeyness, and a warning for writers to use time travel carefully (there's enough plot holes in this ship to sink... a very unsinkable ship). A timey-wimey trial run, you might say.