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 {{retitle|''The Mind Robber'' (TotT TV story)}}
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 {{Infobox Story SMW
-|image                   = TOTT The Mind Robber.jpg
+|name                    = The Mind Robber
-|main character          = Jamie McCrimmon, Zoe Heriot
+|image                   = TotT Mind Robber Jamie Zoe recorder.jpg
-|season number           = Tales of the TARDIS
+|scripturl       = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/2.-tales-of-the-tardis-the-mind-robber-shooting-180923.pdf
-|season episode number   = 2
+|main character          = [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]]
+|setting                 = [[Memory TARDIS]]
+|writer                  = Pete McTighe
+|season number           = Tales of the TARDIS{{!}}''Tales of the TARDIS''
+|series episode number   = 2
 |story number            = 2
 |epcount                 = 1
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-|enemy                   =
-|setting                 = Memory TARDIS
-|writer                  = Pete McTighe
 |director                = [[Joshua M.G. Thomas]]
 |producer                = [[Scott Handcock]]
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 |format                  = 1x100 minute episode
 |network                 = BBC iPlayer
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+|series                  = ''[[Tales of the TARDIS]]''
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+|prev                    = Earthshock (TotT TV story){{!}}Earthshock
-|next                    = Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story)
+|next                    = Vengeance on Varos (TotT TV story){{!}}Vengeance on Varos
-}}
+}}{{You may|The Mind Robber (disambiguation)|n1=other works titled "The Mind Robber"}}
-'''''The Mind Robber''''' was the second episode of the series ''[[Tales of the TARDIS]]'' and was written by [[Pete McTighe]] and directed by [[Joshua M.G Thomas]].
+'''''The Mind Robber''''' was the second episode of the series ''[[Tales of the TARDIS]]''. It was released on [[BBC iPlayer]] on [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] by the [[BBC]], written by [[Pete McTighe]] and directed by [[Joshua M.G. Thomas]], and was notable for featuring the televised returns of the [[Second Doctor]] companions [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]].
 This story consists of two newly recorded scenes placed on either side of an omnibus version of the TV story ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]''.
-This episode is notable for featuring the televised returns of the [[Second Doctor]] companions [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]].
 == Synopsis ==
-Jamie and Zoe meet again and remember their encounter with robots, clockwork soldiers and Medusa in a Land of Fiction governed by a mysterious master.
+[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] and [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] meet again and remember their encounter with [[robot]]s, [[clockwork soldier]]s and [[Medusa]] in a [[Land of Fiction]] governed by [[Master of the Land|a mysterious master]].
 == Plot ==
-Jamie McCrimmon appears in the TARDIS, he asks where he is and a familiar voice responds to him. Zoe Heriot says she thinks it's the TARDIS and realising who each other are, the pair hug. Jamie and Zoe discuss the [[Time Lords]] wiping their memories and how they have regained their memories since they entered this new TARDIS.
+[[Jamie McCrimmon]] appears in the [[remembered TARDIS]], and asks where he is when [[Zoe Heriot]] arrives to tell him she thinks it's [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. After they embrace, Jamie and Zoe discuss the [[Time Lords]] wiping their memories and how they have regained their memories since they entered this new TARDIS.
-Jamie and Zoe discuss the conspicuous absence of the Doctor before moving on to the subject of family. Jamie says that he has 5 daughter and 19 grandchildren. Zoe tells him about her son, a scientist that she subconsciously named James, after Jamie. Zoe says she married a man she met on Earth, in Australia. She reveals that she is in her third inauguration as president.
+Jamie and Zoe discuss the conspicuous absence of the [[Second Doctor]] before moving on to the subject of family. Jamie says that he has [[Jamie McCrimmon's daughters|five daughters]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon's grandchildren|nineteen grandchildren]], and Zoe tells him about her son, [[James (Tales of the TARDIS)|James]]. Zoe says she married [[Zoe Heriot's husband|a man]] she met on [[Earth]], in [[Australia]], and reveals that she is in her third [[inauguration]] as [[president]].
-They discuss how their experiences with the Doctor still influenced them, all through their lives, even if they couldn't previously remember them. Zoe says that they keep the Doctor alive by telling their stories and the lights in the TARDIS whirl. Two chairs appear and the pair take a seat. They begin to discuss the time they went into the [[Land of Fiction|land of fiction]] and memories start to flood back...
+They discuss how their experiences with the Doctor still influenced them, all through their lives, even if they couldn't previously remember them. Zoe says that they keep the Doctor alive by telling their stories and the lights in the TARDIS whirl. Two chairs appear and the pair take a seat. They begin to discuss the time they went into the [[Land of Fiction]] and memories start to flood back...
-As the memories fade, the two discuss the events of the story. Zoe says that this place has restored their memories for good. They settle down for another story and they begin to discuss the [[Ice Warrior|Ice Warriors]] and [[Victoria Waterfield]]. Zoe reassures Jamie that Victoria will have thought of him every day and they go quiet, reminiscing...
+As the memories fade, the two discuss the events of the story. Zoe says that the TARDIS has restored their memories for good. They settle down for another story and they begin to discuss the [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Victoria Waterfield]]. Zoe reassures Jamie that Victoria will have thought of him every day and they go quiet, reminiscing...
 == Cast ==
 * [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
 * [[Zoe Heriot]] - [[Wendy Padbury]]
+== Crew ==
+{{Wales crew
+|Writer=Pete McTighe
+|Producer=Scott Handcock
+|Director=Joshua M.G. Thomas
+|1stAD=Michael Williams
+|2ndAD=Lauren Pate
+|3rdAD=Micah Joshua Brown
+|ProductionCoOrdinator=Florence Boyd-Gorst
+|AsstProductionCoOrdinator=Jamie McKee
+|ExecutiveAsstTo1=Dee Brooker
+|AssistedExec1a=Jane Tranter
+|ExecutiveAsstTo2=Kaleigh O'Boyle
+|AssistedExec2a=Julie Gardner
+|ExecutiveAsstTo3=Gwenno Hughes
+|AssistedExec3a=Russell T Davies
+|AssistedExec3b=Phil Collinson
+|ExecutiveAsstTo4=Sophie-May Twose
+|AssistedExec4a=Joel Collins
+|LocationAssistant=Joe Coombes
+|StudioManager=Richard Balshaw
+|StudioAssistant=Lloyd Di Mauro
+|ProductionAccountant=Sean Kenneally
+|AsstAccountantPayroll=Sarah Taylor
+|CameraOperator=Martin Stephens
+|FocusPuller=Cai Thompson
+|ClapperLoader=Josh Greenway
+|CameraTrainee=Ben Bellingham
+|DigitalImagingTechnician=David Buckley
+|KeyGrip=Ken Hodgson
+|GripTrainee=Rhys Jones
+|ScriptSupervisor=Ines Mayorga
+|1stAssistantSound=Tom Markwick
+|2ndAssistantSound=Hugo Lagnado
+|SoundTrainee=Dan Lewis
+|Gaffer=Jon Down
+|BestBoy=Matt Hutchings
+|DeskOperator=Alan King
+|Electrician=Chris Hughes
+|Electrician2=Benji Hutchings
+|StandbyRigger=Elliot Williams
+|StandbyCarpenter=Sam Crowley
+|SupervisingArtDirector=Robyn Paiba
+|StandbyArtDirector=Nikki Joseph
+|SetDecorator=Adrian Anscombe
+|PropMaster=Nick Thomas
+|StandbyProps=Phillip Bull
+|PropHand=Atiff Tahir
+|PropHand2=Ingo Hans
+|PropHand3=Jason White
+|PropHand4=John Thomas
+|PropHand5=Mathew Shrimpton
+|PropHand6=Stuart Rankmore
+|Graphics=Stephen Fielding
+|Playback=Ryan-Sam Marshall
+|CostumeSupervisor=Laura Baker
+|AsstCostumeDesigner=Pandora Ellis
+|CostumeStandby=Pam Verran
+|CostumeSeamstress=Nia Kanellaki
+|CostumeAsst=Ellie Finch
+|HairMake-upArtist=Rebecca Cole
+|HairMake-upArtist2=Dianne Jamieson
+|TraineeHairMake-upArtist=Lois Weekes
+|TransportManager=Julian Binning
+|UnitDriver=Paul Watkins
+|CateringSuppliedBy=Scene Cuisine
+|HODHealthSafetyMedical=John Fillingham
+|AsstSafetyManager=Terry Davies
+|Medic=Gareth Silcox
+|FacilitiesManager=Bob Gurney
+|CastingAssociate=Becky Rossmaur
+|CastingAssistant=Kristian Wall
+|1stAsstEditor=Emily Lawrence
+|PostProdSupervisor=Liv Duffin
+|Colourist=Gareth Spensley
+|Colourist2=Christine Kelly
+|OnlineEditor=Geraint Pari Huws
+|AudioPostProduction=Bang Post Production
+|Titles=Painting Practice
+|VisualEffects=Painting Practice
+|VFXCoOrdinator=Siân Reynish
+|CastingDirector=Andy Pryor
+|OriginalTheme=Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
+|Music=Sam Watts
+|DOP=Ryan Eddleston
+|ProductionDesigner=Phil Sims
+|CostumeDesigner=Pam Downe
+|Make-upDesigner=Julie Kendrick
+|Editor=Joseph Keirle
+|Re-recordingMixer=Emilie Thomson
+|PostProdProducer=Ceres Doyle
+|LineProducer=Medyr Llewelyn
+|ProductionExec=Steffan Morris
+|JuniorProductionExec=Charlotte Cox
+|DirectorOfProduction=Emily Russell
+|ProductionExecBBCStudios=John Hamer
+|ExecutiveProdForTheBBC=Rebecca Ferguson
+|CommissioningEditorBBC=Lindsay Salt
+|ExecutiveProd3=Jane Tranter
+|ExecutiveProd2=Julie Gardner
+|ExecutiveProd4=Joel Collins
+|ExecutiveProd5=Phil Collinson
+|ExecutiveProd=Russell T Davies}}
+== Worldbuilding ==
+* Jamie thinks of the Doctor when he finds [[the Doctor's recorder]].
+* Jamie doesn't like to be reminded of [[Cyberman|Cybermen]].
+== Notes ==
+[[File:TOTT The Mind Robber.jpg|thumb|Official [[BBC iPlayer]] thumbnail for the story.]]
+* This is the first live-action appearance of Jamie since ''[[Emperor of the Daleks (home video)|Emperor of the Daleks]]'' in [[1994 (releases)|1994]] and Zoe, albeit as an illusion, since ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' in [[1983 (releases)|1983]].
+* Jamie and Zoe talking of Victoria in the epilogue also serves to eulogise the late [[Deborah Watling]]. Similarly, the focus on Jamie getting a different face in ''The Mind Robber'' could be seen as a little homage to the late [[Hamish Wilson]], who played Jamie when his face was altered.
 == Continuity ==
-* Jamie mentioned the [[Cybermen]]. (''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'')
+{{section cleanup|As per [[Forum:Non-valid Continuity sections, categories, and prefixes#Continuity sections]], this section needs to be written from an '''out-of-universe perspective'''.}}
-* Zoe mentioned the [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]]. (''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'')
+* The remembered TARDIS houses [[Amelia Pond]]'s homemade "Raggedy Man" dolls. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
-* Zoe mentioned the [[Quark|Quarks]]. (''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'')
+* Zoe recalls how the [[Time Lords]] removed her and Jamie's memories of the Doctor when they were forced to leave his company. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'')
-* Zoe mentioned the [[Ice Warrior]]s. (''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'')
+* Jamie has become a father and grandfather. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glorious Revolution (audio story)|The Glorious Revolution]]'') He states that his daughters' legs are hairier than his, referring to when the Doctor called him a "hairy legged Highlander." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'')
-* Jamie mentioned [[Victoria Waterfield]].
+* Jamie alludes to meeting Zoe while fighting the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] on [[Space Station W3|the Wheel]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'')
+* Jamie recalls being shot at in [[Australia]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'')
+* Zoe proposes telling the stories of her and Jamie's encounters with the [[Kroton (species)|Krotons]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'') and the [[Quark]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'') Mention of the Quarks causes Jamie to remember how they ended up in the [[Land of Fiction]] after fleeing the [[volcano]] on the [[Island of Death]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'')
+* Zoe recalls meeting the [[Ice Warrior]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') causing Jamie to remember his meeting them with [[Victoria Waterfield]], and how she nearly caused an [[avalanche]] screaming at them. ([[TV]]:  ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'')
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