The Mind of Evil (TV story)

The Mind of Evil
Doctor:	[[doctor::Third Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Jo Grant Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Captain Mike Yates Sergeant Benton
Main enemy:	The Master
Main setting:	Earth; circa 1970s
Key crew
Writer:	Don Houghton
Director:	Timothy Combe
Producer:	Barry Letts
Release details
Release number:	56
Premiere broadcast:	30th January - 6th March 1971
Format:	6 25-minute Episodes
Production code:	FFF

Synopsis

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Plot

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Cast

The Doctor - Jon Pertwee

• The Doctor can speak Mandarin and went on the Long March with Mao and seems sympathetic towards him. He relives some of the fear that he felt when facing his many adversaries and his experience of seeing a world destroyed by flames. (This may well refer to Project Inferno.)

Jo Grant - Katy Manning

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney

The Master - Roger Delgado

• The Master's innermost fear appears as a giant, malignant version of the Doctor, filled with mocking laughter.

Captain Mike Yates - Richard Franklin

Corporal Bell - Fernanda Marlowe

Sergeant Benton - John Levene

Professor Kettering - Simon Lack

Captain Chin Lee - Pik-Sen Lim

Dr. Summers - Michael Sheard

Prison Governor - Raymond Westwell

Barnham - Neil McCarthy

Linwood - Clive Scott

Chief Prison Officer Powers - Roy Purcell

Senior Prison Officer Green - Eric Mason

Mailer - William Marlowe

Vosper - Hayden Jones

Fu Peng - Kristopher Kum

Charlie - Tommy Duggan

Senator Alcott - David Calderisi

Major Cosworth - Patrick Godfrey

Fuller - Johnny Barrs

Prison Officers - Bill Matthews, Barry Wade, Dave Carter, Martin Gordon

Main Gate Prisoner - Matthew Walters

Crew

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References

• When the Doctor is attacked by the Keller Machine he sees a War Machine, a Cyberman, a Dalek and a Zarbi.

Story Notes

• This is the first occurance of subtitles on screen in Doctor Who, the only other time is in The Curse of Fenric.

Ratings

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Myths

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Location Filming

• Location filming took place in Dover Castle in Kent.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

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Continuity

• The Doctor alludes to Inferno "I saw an entire world consumed by fire".

DVD and Video Releases

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Target Novelisations

• The Mind of Evil was novelised by Terrance Dicks in 1985 by Target Books.

External Links

• Outpost Gallifrey The Mind of Evil page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of The Mind of Evil
• BBC The Mind of Evil page
• A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to The Mind of Evil