The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

151^[1] – *The Greatest Show in the Galaxy*
151 – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Sylvester McCoy – Seventh Doctor;
	Companion Sophie Aldred – Ace;
	Others T. P. McKenna – Captain Cook; Jessica Martin – Mags; Ricco Ross – Ringmaster; Ian Reddington – Chief Clown; Peggy Mount – Stallslady; Gian Sammarco – Whizz Kid; Daniel Peacock – Nord; Christopher Guard – Bellboy; Deborah Manship – Morgana; Chris Jury – Deadbeat; Dee Sadler – Flowerchild; Dean Hollingsworth – Bus Conductor; David Ashford – Dad; Janet Hargreaves – Mum; Kathryn Ludlow – Little Girl;
Production
Directed by	Alan Wareing
Written by	Stephen Wyatt
Script editor	Andrew Cartmel
Produced by	John Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Mark Ayres
Production code	7J
Series	Season 25
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	14 December 1988
Last broadcast	4 January 1989
Chronology
← Preceded by; Silver Nemesis	Followed by →; Battlefield
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy is the fourth and final serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 14 December 1988 to 4 January 1989.

The serial is set on the planet Segonax. In the serial, visitors to the Psychic Circus are forced to put on acts for the amusement of their evil hosts.

^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the four segments of The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories and also counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this story as number 155. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.

[1] From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the four segments of The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories and also counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this story as number 155. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.

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