The Mind's Eye (audio story)
The Mind's Eye was the one hundred and second monthly Doctor Who audio release produced by Big Finish Productions. Released in November 2007, it was a three-part story, produced in Big Finish Productions' experimental era, when a three-part story and a one-part story were released on the same disc. This is the only instance of a three-part audio story featuring the line-up of the Fifth Doctor, Peri and Erimem. One other three-part story featuring the Fifth Doctor and Peri was produced: Exotron.
Publisher's summary
The Mind's Eye (A Three-Part Story)
This is a warning to all space farers. You must keep away from this planet. It's hostile, repeat, hostile.
On a planet with no name, the Doctor finds himself confronted by a faulty memory and some killer plants.
In a distant galaxy, Erimem leads a troubled empire.
Back on Earth, Peri tells her son about the good old days when she used to travel with a man called the Doctor.
Plot
to be added
Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Davison
- Peri Brown - Nicola Bryant
- Erimem - Caroline Morris
- Hayton - Owen Teale
- Major Takol - Rebecca Front
- Kyle - Thomas Sangster
- Ukarme - Richard Laing
- Andree - Nicola Weeks
References
to be added
Notes
- This story was previewed in issue 389 of Doctor Who Magazine and featured an illustration by Cliff Robinson. Notably in the illustration in the panel featuring Peri on the wall are two Big Finish covers: this story's and The Bride of Peladon.
- The Mind's Eye is three episodes long. The remaining episode on the second disc is Mission of the Viyrans.
- This audio drama was recorded on 25 and 27 July 2007 at The Moat Studios.
- The reference book AHistory arbitrarily places this story in 2850, as it is set in the time of the Earth Empire.
Continuity
- Kyropites and Jekylls are again seen in AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks.
- In her dream, Peri "remembers" Erimem being killed by "crocodile things." (AUDIO: Three's a Crowd)
- The Doctor learned how to pick locks from the American escapologist Harry Houdini. (PROSE: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; TV: Planet of the Spiders, AUDIO: Smoke and Mirrors)
External links
- Official The Mind's Eye page at bigfinish.com
- The Mind's Eye at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- DisContinuity for The Mind's Eye at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
