episode guide
trial of a time lord (mindwarp)
story 145 : season 23 : serial 7B : 4 episodes
Producer: John Nathan-Turner
Director: Ron Jones
Writer: Philip Martin
Script Editor: Eric Saward
Designer: Andrew Howe-Davies
cast information
Colin Baker (The Doctor); Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown); Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor); Michael Jayston (The Valeyard); Brian Blessed (King Yrcanos); Nabil Shaban (Sil); Christopher Ryan (Kiv); Patrick Ryecart (Crozier); Alibe Parsons (Matrona Kani); Trevor Laird (Frax); Thomas Branch (The Lukoser); Gordon Warnecke (Tuza); Richard Harvey (Mentor);
crew information
Anna Price (Assistant Floor Manager); John Hearne (Costumes); Richard Hartley (Incidental Music); Dorka Nieradzik (Make-Up); Karen Jones (Production Assistant); Angela Smith (Production Associate); June Collins (Production Associate); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Don Babbage (Studio Lighting); Brian Clark (Studio Sound); Dominic Glynn (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Peter Wragg (Visual Effects);
episode information
Title | First UK Transmission | Duration | Ratings | Archive Status | |
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1 | Part Five (Part One) | 4 October 1986 at 17:45 | 24'42" | 4.8mil | PAL 1 inch colour videotape |
2 | Part Six (Part Two) | 11 October 1986 at 17:45 | 24'45" | 4.6mil | PAL 1 inch colour videotape |
3 | Part Seven (Part Three) | 18 October 1986 at 17:45 | 24'33" | 5.1mil | PAL 1 inch colour videotape |
4 | Part Eight (Part Four) | 25 October 1986 at 17:45 | 24'44" | 5.0mil | PAL 1 inch colour videotape |
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Part Five (Part One)
» Always held by the FVTL
» A 71-edit exists also -
Part Six (Part Two)
» Always held by the FVTL
» A 71-edit exists also -
Part Seven (Part Three)
» Always held by the FVTL
» A 71-edit exists also
» A 72-edit exists also -
Part Eight (Part Four)
» Always held by the FVTL
release information
In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- Mindwarp
Written by: Philip Martin
Number 139 in the Target Doctor Who Library
Versions | |
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15 June 1989 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson ISBN: 0 426 20335 6 |
plot synopsis
The Valeyard continues with his evidence, as he shows the events immediately prior to the Doctor's arrival at the space station. As the events unfold on the Matrix screen, the Doctor's memory slowly returns... On Sil's home planet, Thoros-Beta, a scientist has been employed to find a way of transferring the mind of the species head Mentor, Lord Kiv, into another body, but Crozier has yet to find the perfect host. Kiv's brain is expanding slowly, and the continual pain is stopping him from carrying out the all important commerce negotiations, with the inevitable profit that the Mentors thrive on. The Mentors also hold King Yrcanos, of the Krontep, on Thoros-Beta. The mighty warrior becomes infatuated with Peri, who becomes the ideal candidate to house Kiv's brain when both the King and Doctor's skulls prove unsatisfactory. The Doctor's behaviour becomes strange, as Time Lords start to manipulate him, and he is then taken out of time to leave Peri to her fate. Yrcanos is seen fighting his way towards Crozier's laboratory, where Kiv's transplant is now complete, and on seeing the dehumanised Peri; he seems to blast everyone in the room to death with a phaser. .
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- 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.
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- 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."