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The Mind Robber: Episode 4

  • Episode aired Oct 5, 1968
  • TV-PG
  • 20m
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7.7/10
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Doctor Who (1963)
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The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reach the citadel at the centre of the land, where they finally encounter the Master of the Land of Fiction.The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reach the citadel at the centre of the land, where they finally encounter the Master of the Land of Fiction.The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reach the citadel at the centre of the land, where they finally encounter the Master of the Land of Fiction.

  • Director
    • David Maloney
  • Writers
    • Peter Ling
    • Sydney Newman
    • Donald B. Wilson
  • Stars
    • Patrick Troughton
    • Frazer Hines
    • Wendy Padbury
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    539
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Maloney
    • Writers
      • Peter Ling
      • Sydney Newman
      • Donald B. Wilson
    • Stars
      • Patrick Troughton
      • Frazer Hines
      • Wendy Padbury
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Emrys Jones and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
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    Patrick Troughton
    Patrick Troughton
    • Dr. Who
    Frazer Hines
    Frazer Hines
    • Jamie
    Wendy Padbury
    Wendy Padbury
    • Zoe
    Emrys Jones
    Emrys Jones
    • The Master of the Land of Fiction
    Bernard Horsfall
    Bernard Horsfall
    • Gulliver
    Christopher Robbie
    Christopher Robbie
    • Karkus
    Susanna Best
    • The Medusa
    • (as Sue Pulford)
    John Atterbury
    • Robot
    Ralph Carrigan
    • Robot
    Bill Wiesener
    • Robot
    Terry Wright
    • Robot
    • Director
      • David Maloney
    • Writers
      • Peter Ling
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
      • Donald B. Wilson(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      At 13:24 into the episode, the controller says that he wrote for "The Ensign" magazine for the character Captain Jack Harkaway - 5,000 words a week for 25 years. Zoe (who is supposed to be super-smart) says, "That's over half a million words!". Actually, the total comes out to over six million words (6,500,000).
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      Featured in The Fact of Fiction (2005)

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    7/10
    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
      • October 5, 1968 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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