The Mind Robber

] [cite web
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accessdate = 2008-08-30] Working titles for this story included "Man Power", "Another World" and "The Fact of Fiction".

This serial was originally composed of four episodes, but the preceding serial, "The Dominators", was reduced from six to five episodes. This resulted in a sparse first episode being written as they had to use the limited budget of the replaced episode. This stretching of the story also resulted in the first four episodes only running between 19 and 22 minutes in length, and Episode 5 being the shortest "Doctor Who" episode ever at slightly over 18 minutes.

During production, actor Frazer Hines contracted chicken pox and was hurriedly replaced by real-life Scot Hamish Wilson for episode 2. This also meant that a scene had to be quickly written to explain Jamie's sudden change in appearance.

Casting

Ian Hines, who plays one of the soldiers, is the brother of Frazer Hines.

The Karkus was played by Christopher Robbie, who would return to the series in "Revenge of the Cybermen" (1975), playing the Cyberleader.

Outside references

The white robots that close in on Jamie and Zoe in the void outside the TARDIS had been loaned from a previous use in the British science fiction television series "Out of the Unknown".

Jack Harkaway was the name of a character from a Penny Dreadful called Boys of England. Harkaway was first introduced in 1871.

Broadcast and reception

Although a caption at the end of Episode 5 stated "NEXT WEEK - THE INVASION," it would be three weeks until Episode 1 of "The Invasion" was broadcast, due to the BBC's coverage of the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Doctorwhobook
title=The Mind Robber
series=Target novelisations
number=115
featuring=


writer=Peter Ling
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=David McAllister
isbn=
set_between=
pages=
date=November 1986 (Hardback)16th April 1987 (Paperback)
preceding=The Ark
following=The Faceless Ones|

Commercial releases

This serial came out on VHS In May 1990. It was later released on Region 2 DVD on March 7, 2005, and in North America on September 6, 2005.

In print

A novelisation of this serial, written by Peter Ling, was published by Target Books in November 1986.

References

External links

*BBCCDW|id=mindrobber|title=The Mind Robber
*Brief |id=uu | title=The Mind Robber
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_2u | title=The Mind Robber
* [http://www.doctorwholocations.net/stories/mindrobber Doctor Who Locations] - The Mind Robber

Reviews

*OG review | id=uu | title=The Mind Robber
*DWRG | id=mindr | title=The Mind Robber

Target novelisation

* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1987/mind/87mind.htm On Target — "The Mind Robber"]