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Doctor Who

The Mind Robber: Episode 2

  • Episode aired Sep 21, 1968
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 22m
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Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
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With the TARDIS destroyed, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a strange forest patrolled by mysterious soldiers.With the TARDIS destroyed, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a strange forest patrolled by mysterious soldiers.With the TARDIS destroyed, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a strange forest patrolled by mysterious soldiers.
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  • Director
    • David Maloney
  • Writers
    • Peter Ling(by)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
    • Donald B. Wilson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Patrick Troughton
    • Frazer Hines
    • Hamish Wilson
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  • Director
    • David Maloney
  • Writers
    • Peter Ling(by)
    • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
    • Donald B. Wilson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Patrick Troughton
    • Frazer Hines
    • Hamish Wilson
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Patrick Troughton
    Patrick Troughton
    • Dr. Whoas Dr. Who
    Frazer Hines
    Frazer Hines
    • Jamieas Jamie
    Hamish Wilson
    • Jamieas Jamie
    Wendy Padbury
    Wendy Padbury
    • Zoeas Zoe
    Emrys Jones
    Emrys Jones
    • The Master of the Land of Fictionas The Master of the Land of Fiction
    Bernard Horsfall
    Bernard Horsfall
    • A Strangeras A Stranger
    Barbara Loft
    • Childas Child
    Sylvestra Le Touzel
    Sylvestra Le Touzel
    • Childas Child
    • (as Sylvestra Le Tozel)
    Timothy Horton
    • Childas Child
    David Reynolds
    David Reynolds
    • Childas Child
    Martin Langley
    • Childas Child
    Paul Alexander
    • Soldieras Soldier
    Ian Hines
    • Soldieras Soldier
    Richard Ireson
    • Soldieras Soldier
    Philip Ryan
    • Redcoatas Redcoat
    • Director
      • David Maloney
    • Writers
      • Peter Ling(by)
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
      • Donald B. Wilson(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Frazer Hines contracted chickenpox during filming, hence why he loses his face. Hamish Wilson filled in for him.
    • Goofs
      Zoe's hair grows by several inches after Episode One of "The Mind Robber", due to the actress being fitted with the wrong hairpiece, but returns to its original length in Episode Three.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Fact of Fiction (2005)

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    9/10
    Robber of an excellent story. This tails off after a really strong start.
    Review of all 5 episodes:

    This story is very similar in type to the William Hartnell era story The Celestial Toymaker (although this is quite a lot better). It is, like that story, a whimsical trip into a weird make believe world controlled by a sinister power. This idea was returned to again later in the classic series to some extent with aspects of a couple of stories (e.g. Warrior's Gate) and again in recent Moffatt/Matt Smith era series with Amy's Choice and to some extent The Doctor's Wife being derived from the same template.

    The excellent first episode has a surprise element with some dramatic and brilliantly unusual happenings such as an exploding TARDIS and an endless white void. It is very well done and provides an enticing, fascinating start to the story. Then there is a thoroughly enjoyable if not quite as brilliant second episode where ideas such as the land of fiction, characters like Gulliver (speaking only lines he spoke in original text, a great idea very well executed) and a maze-like forest of words provide a good amount of interest. After that there is a still very good third episode then a slightly disappointing and occasionally silly 4th episode and a decent but rather unremarkable and not wholly successful 5th episode.

    This has a disappointing lack of development after such a promising start. It must go down as a missed opportunity which would have been better as a 3-parter. Great first episode though.

    My Ratings: Episode 1 - 10/10, Episode 2 - 9/10, Episode 3 - 8.5/10, Episode 4 - 6.5/10, Episode 5 - 7.5/10
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    • Release date
      • September 21, 1968 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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      • BBC (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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