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|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
|range = DWM comic stories{{!}}DWM Comics
|number in range = 82
|number in range = 82
|image= Change of mind.jpg  
|image = Change of mind.jpg  
|series=[[DWM comic stories]]
|series = [[DWM comic stories]]
|doctor=Third Doctor
|doctor = Third Doctor
|companions = [[The Brigadier]], [[Liz Shaw|Liz]], [[John Benton|Benton]]
|companions = [[Liz Shaw|Liz]]
|enemy=  
|featuring = [[The Brigadier]], [[John Benton|Benton]]
|setting= [[Earth]], [[1970s]]
|enemy = [[Professor]] [[Hardin (Change of Mind)|Hardin]]
|editor=[[Gary Russell]]
|setting = [[University of Cambridge]], [[27 January]] [[1971]]
|writer= [[Kate Orman]]
|editor = [[Gary Russell]]
|artist= [[Barrie Mitchell]]
|writer = Kate Orman
|colourist=
|artist = [[Barrie Mitchell]]
|letterer=[[Warwick Gray]]
|colourist =  
|letterer = [[Warwick Gray]]
|publication= [[DWM 221]] - [[DWM 223|223]]
|publication= [[DWM 221]] - [[DWM 223|223]]
|release date= [[22 December (releases)|22 December]] [[1994 (releases)|1994]] - [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|release date= 22 December 1994 - 16 February 1995
|cover date= [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] - [[15 March (releases)|15 March]] [[1995 (releases)|1995]]
|cover date= 18 January - 15 March 1995
|publisher= Marvel Comics UK
|publisher = Marvel Comics UK
|format= Comic  
|format = Comic  
|prev= Food for Thought (comic story)
|prev = Food for Thought (comic story)
|next= Land of the Blind (comic story)
|next = Land of the Blind (comic story)
|epcount=3|reprint=Land of the Blind (graphic novel)}}{{comic stub}}
|epcount = 3
|reprint = Land of the Blind (graphic novel)
}}{{comic stub}}
'''''Change of Mind''''' was the debut of the [[Third Doctor]] in a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story.
'''''Change of Mind''''' was the debut of the [[Third Doctor]] in a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic story.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
[[Liz Shaw|Liz]] offers [[Third Doctor|the Doctor]] a spare ticket to a conference in Paris on psi powers and psychic phenomenon; Professor Brockhurst, who was originally to attend the conference, recently choked to death in a restaurant. Their plane's engine unexpectedly explodes, but a telepathic young woman on the flight is able to keep it in flight. The Doctor keeps her mind focussed on her task until the plane lands, although this costs the young woman her life. Liz recognizes her as a student of Professor Hardin, Brockhurst's rival at Cambridge, but when they return to Cambridge to confront Hardin he drives them out of his office without explaining his work. Suspecting that Hardin is responsible for Brockhurst's death and is conducting unethical experiments upon student volunteers, the Doctor calls in [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and with Liz's help organises a mass protest against Hardin. Hardin has been conducting surgery on his students to release their psychic potential, and apparently has been using a psychokinetic student to kill his rivals; the plane was brought down to prevent the young woman from revealing Hardin's unethical experiments to the conference. The Doctor realizes that Hardin is trying to create an army of psychic assassins to sell to the highest bidder, but when he confronts Hardin he discovers that Hardin has also conducted experiments upon himself. Having killed his unstable assassin, Hardin attempts to crush the Doctor's lungs within his body, but at that moment the Brigadier enters and shoots him dead.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Liz Shaw]]
* [[Hardin (Change of Mind)|Hardin]]
* [[Nathan (Change of Mind)|Nathan]]
* [[Hamlet Macbeth]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Hardin's student]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[John Benton]]
* [[Hamlet Macbeth]]
* [[Professor]] [[Brockbank]]
* [[Professor]] [[Brockbank]]
* [[Hardin (Change of Mind)|Hardin]]
* [[Hardin's student]]
* [[Nathan (Change of Mind)|Nathan]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* According to Liz, the Doctor named his [[car]] "[[Bessie]]" after her.
* According to Liz, the Doctor named his [[car]] "[[Bessie]]" after her.


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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Hamlet Macbeth appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'' and ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''.
* The Doctor and Liz discuss her leaving UNIT to return to Cambridge. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'')
* Liz says she's been face to face with aliens. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'' et al)
* The Brigadier brings up Macbeth's dishounorable discharge from UNIT. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==

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Change of Mind was the debut of the Third Doctor in a Doctor Who Magazine comic story.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Liz offers the Doctor a spare ticket to a conference in Paris on psi powers and psychic phenomenon; Professor Brockhurst, who was originally to attend the conference, recently choked to death in a restaurant. Their plane's engine unexpectedly explodes, but a telepathic young woman on the flight is able to keep it in flight. The Doctor keeps her mind focussed on her task until the plane lands, although this costs the young woman her life. Liz recognizes her as a student of Professor Hardin, Brockhurst's rival at Cambridge, but when they return to Cambridge to confront Hardin he drives them out of his office without explaining his work. Suspecting that Hardin is responsible for Brockhurst's death and is conducting unethical experiments upon student volunteers, the Doctor calls in the Brigadier and with Liz's help organises a mass protest against Hardin. Hardin has been conducting surgery on his students to release their psychic potential, and apparently has been using a psychokinetic student to kill his rivals; the plane was brought down to prevent the young woman from revealing Hardin's unethical experiments to the conference. The Doctor realizes that Hardin is trying to create an army of psychic assassins to sell to the highest bidder, but when he confronts Hardin he discovers that Hardin has also conducted experiments upon himself. Having killed his unstable assassin, Hardin attempts to crush the Doctor's lungs within his body, but at that moment the Brigadier enters and shoots him dead.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • According to Liz, the Doctor named his car "Bessie" after her.

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(Publication with page count and closing captions)
  1. DWM 221 (7 pages) TO BE CONTINUED...
  2. DWM 222 (7 pages) TO BE CONCLUDED...
  3. DWM 223

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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