episode guide
the mind of evil
story 56 : season 8 : serial FFF : 6 episodes
Producer: Barry Letts
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Don Houghton
Script Editor: Terrance Dicks
Designer: Raymond London
cast information
Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who); Katy Manning (Jo Grant); Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart); John Levene (Sergeant Benton); Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates); Roger Delgado (The Master); Simon Lack (Professor Kettering); Pik-Sen Lim (Captain Chin Lee); Fernanda Marlowe (Corporal Bell); Michael Sheard (Dr. Summers); Raymond Westwell (Prison Governor); Neil McCarthy (Barnham); Clive Scott (Linwood); Roy Purcell (Chief Prison Officer Powers); Eric Mason (Senior Prison Officer Green); William Marlowe (Mailer); Haydn Jones (Vosper); Kristopher Kum (Fu Peng); Tommy Duggan (Charlie); David Calderisi (Senator Alcott); Patrick Godfrey (Major Cosworth); Johnny Barrs (Fuller); Bill Matthews (Prison Officer); Barry Wade (Prison Officer); Dave Carter (Prison Officer); Martin Gordon (Prison Officer); Matthew Walters (Main Gate Prisoner);
crew information
HAVOC (Action / Stuntwork); Sue Hedden (Assistant Floor Manager); Bobi Bartlett (Costumes); Fred Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Max Samett (Film Cameraman); Howard Billingham (Film Editor); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Jan Harrison (Make-Up); John Griffiths (Production Assistant); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Eric Monk (Studio Lighting); Chick Anthony (Studio Sound); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Jim Ward (Visual Effects); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);
episode information
Title | First UK Transmission | Duration | Ratings | Archive Status | |
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1 | Episode One | 30 January 1971 at 17:15 | 24'39" | 6.7mil | 16mm b/w telerecording |
2 | Episode Two | 6 February 1971 at 17:15 | 24'32" | 8.8mil | 16mm b/w telerecording |
3 | Episode Three | 13 February 1971 at 17:15 | 24'32" | 7.5mil | 16mm b/w telerecording |
4 | Episode Four | 20 February 1971 at 17:15 | 24'40" | 7.4mil | 16mm b/w telerecording |
5 | Episode Five | 27 February 1971 at 17:15 | 23'34" | 7.6mil | 16mm b/w telerecording |
6 | Episode Six | 6 March 1971 at 17:15 | 24'38" | 7.3mil | 16mm b/w telerecording |
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Episode One
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Episode Two
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Episode Three
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Episode Four
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Episode Five
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Episode Six
» Film print recovered from Ents c.1978
» Colour clips exist from Domestic USA recording
release information
In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Mind of Evil
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Number 096 in the Target Doctor Who Library
Versions | |
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1985 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in hardback With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter ISBN: 0 491 03333 8 |
11 July 1985 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter ISBN: 0 426 20166 3 |
plot synopsis
The Keller Machine extracts all evil impulses from the human mind and the Doctor and Jo visit a prison to watch the tests being carried out on convicts. A series of bizarre deaths at the prison follow, and the Doctor realises that the machine is using people's worst fears to frighten them to death. The creator of the machine is in reality the Master, who plans to kidnap a thunderbolt missile, which UNIT are escorting, and use it to threaten and then blackmail a world peace conference. The Keller Machine contains a mind parasite, which is quickly growing too powerful to control. Somehow, the Doctor has to destroy the machine and stop the Master...
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."