Timelash

Article summary

Timelash is the fifth serial of the 22nd season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on BBC1 on 9 and 16 March 1985. In the serial, the Borad (Robert Ashby), the mutated leader of the planet Karfel, plots to start a war with the Bandril race which would wipe out both the Bandrils and Karfel's population so that the Borad could repopulate it with his own kind to rule the planet.

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1. publication date: 1985 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 2019 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 1998-01-05 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2022 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2026-11-13 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375304136