episode guide
the mind robber
story 45 : season 6 : serial UU : 5 episodes
Producer: Peter Bryant
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Peter Ling
Writer: Derrick Sherwin
Script Editor: Derrick Sherwin
Designer: Evan Hercules
cast information
Patrick Troughton (Dr. Who); Frazer Hines (Jamie MacCrimmon); Wendy Padbury (Zoe Heriot); Emrys Jones (The Master of the Land); Hamish Wilson (Jamie); John Atterbury (Robot); Ralph Carrigan (Robot); Bill Wiesener (Robot); Terry Wright (Robot); Bernard Horsfall (Gulliver); Barbara Loft (Child); Sylvestra Le Tozel (Child); Timothy Horton (Child); Chistopher Reynolds (Child); David Reynolds (Child); Martin Langley (Child); Paul Alexander (Soldier); Ian Hines (Soldier); Richard Ireson (Soldier); Philip Ryan (Redcoat); Christine Pirie (Princess Rapunzel); Sue Pulford (The Medusa); Christopher Robbie (Karkus); John Greenwood (DArtagnan and Sir Lancelot); David Cannon (Cyrano); Gerry Wain (Blackbeard);
crew information
Edwina Verner (Assistant Floor Manager); Martin Baugh (Costumes); Susan Wheal (Costumes); B H Barry (Fight Arranger); John Greenwood (Fight Arranger); Jimmy Court (Film Cameraman); Martyn Day (Film Editor); Sylvia James (Make-Up); John Lopes (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Howard King (Studio Lighting); John Holmes (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Jack Kine (Visual Effects); Bernard Wilkie (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);
episode information
Title | First UK Transmission | Duration | Ratings | Archive Status | |
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1 | Episode 1 | 14 September 1968 at 17:20 | 21'27" | 6.6mil | 16mm telerecording |
2 | Episode 2 | 21 September 1968 at 17:20 | 21'38" | 6.5mil | 16mm telerecording |
3 | Episode 3 | 28 September 1968 at 17:20 | 19'29" | 7.2mil | 16mm telerecording |
4 | Episode 4 | 5 October 1968 at 17:20 | 19'11" | 7.3mil | 16mm telerecording |
5 | Episode 5 | 12 October 1968 at 17:20 | 18'00" | 6.7mil | 35mm telerecording 16mm telerecording |
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Episode 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Episode 4
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Episode 5
» Held by the FVTL when audited in 1978
» Negative film print recovered from Ents c.1978
release information
In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Mind Robber
Written by: Peter Ling
Number 115 in the Target Doctor Who Library
Versions | |
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1987 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in hardback With cover artwork by: David McAllister ISBN: 0 491 03682 5 |
16 April 1987 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: David McAllister ISBN: 0 426 20286 4 |
1990 |
Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson ISBN: 0 426 20286 4 |
plot synopsis
To escape a lava rush from a volcano, the Doctor uses an emergency take-off, and the TARDIS lands in a white void. As they try to escape, the TARDIS disintegrates and the three travellers find they are now in the Land of Fiction. The Doctor has to defeat the Master of the Land, who is capable of creating characters out of nothing by simply thinking them into reality, by taking him on in the same way and calling up all the characters from literature he can think of. If he fails, the TARDIS crew will become absorbed into fiction, and the Doctor's mind will be absorbed...
links to other sites
- Episode Guide and Production Documents: BBC Official Site -- Official episode guide entry. Based on information combined from The Television Companion and The Discontinuity Guide. Also contains links to original production documents.
- Rankings and Ratings: GEOS Listing -- Online rankings, ratings and reviews database. Vote on this story and view ratings and broadcast information of this story for over ten countries. Also contains details of production credits and summary information
- Episode Guide: Outpost Gallifrey -- A general overview of the story. Includes information from the Doctor Handbook series of books.
- Background Information: A Brief History of Time (Travel) -- Detailed background and behind-the-scenes information
- Detailed Synopsis: Dr. Who Reference Guide -- Contains an episode-by-episode detailed breakdown
- Story Reviews: The Doctor Who Ratings Guide -- Story reviews "by fans, for fans"
- Target Novelisation: On Target -- Details of the Target Novelisation for this story.
- Images: Doctor Who's Tragical History Tour -- Images from the story from "The history of Doctor Who in images."