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|image           = Bf102 mindseye big.jpg
|image = Bf102 mindseye big.jpg  
|range          = Main Range
|name = The Mind's Eye
|number in range = 102a
|series = [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' audio stories]]
|series         = ''[[Main Range]]''
|number = 102a
|number         = 102a
|doctor = Fifth Doctor
|doctor         = Fifth Doctor
|companions = [[Peri Brown]], [[Erimem]]
|companions     = [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Erimem]]
|enemy = [[Ukarme]]<br />[[Hayton]]
|enemy           = [[Hayton]], [[Takol]]
|setting = [[YT45]]
|setting         = [[YT45]]
|writer = [[Colin Brake]]
|writer         = Colin Brake
|director = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|director       = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|music=[[Steve Foxon]]
|producer        = [[Sharon Gosling]]
|post production = [[Steve Foxon]]
|music           = [[Steve Foxon]]
|cover=[[Simon Holub]]
|sound          = [[Steve Foxon]]
|publisher = [[Big Finish Productions]]
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
|release date = [[November]] [[2007]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions
|format = 3 individual episodes on 2 CDs
|release date   = 9 November 2007
|production code = 6Q/L
|format         = 2 CDs<br/>Download<br/>1st of 2 stories
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-182-4
|production code = [[List of production codes#Big Finish production codes|6Q/L]]
|prev = Absolution (BFA audio story)
|isbn           = ISBN 978-1-84435-182-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-398-5 (digital)
|next = Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)
|prev           = Absolution (BFM audio story)
|next            = Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)
|made prev      = The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)
|made next       = Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)
|musicsuite      =
|epcount = 3
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the one hundred and second [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|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 (audio story)|Exotron]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the three-part story, released on [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071213050205/http://www.bigfinish.com:80/index.asp?function=WEBPAGE&page=2 Big Finish release index (archive)]</ref> comprising part of the one hundred and second release in [[Big Finish]]'s [[Main Range|monthly range]]. It was written by [[Colin Brake]] and featured [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nicola Bryant]] as [[Peri Brown]] and [[Caroline Morris]] as [[Erimem]].
 
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 (audio story)|Exotron]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''The Mind's Eye'' (A Three-Part Story)
''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.''
''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.
On [[YT45|a planet with no name]], [[Fifth Doctor|the Doctor]] finds himself confronted by a faulty [[memory]] and some [[Kyropite|killer plants]].
Back on Earth, Peri tells her son about the good old days when she used to travel with a man called the Doctor.
 
In a distant galaxy, [[Erimem]] leads a troubled empire.
 
Back on [[Earth]], [[Peri Brown|Peri]] tells her son about the good old days when she used to travel with a man called the Doctor.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Hayton]] - [[Owen Teale]]
* [[Hayton]] - [[Owen Teale]]
* [[Takol|Major Takol]] - [[Rebecca Front]]
* [[Takol|Major Takol]] - [[Rebecca Front]]
* [[Kyle (The Mind's Eye)|Kyle]] - [[Thomas Brodie-Sangster|Thomas Sangster]]
* [[Kyle (The Mind's Eye)|Kyle]] - [[Thomas Sangster]]
* [[Ukarme]] - [[Richard Laing]]
* [[Ukarme]] - [[Richard Laing]]
* [[Andree]] - [[Nicola Weeks]]
* [[Andree]] - [[Nicola Weeks]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
* Cover Art - [[Simon Holub]]
* Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music and Sound Design - [[Steve Foxon]]
* Producer - [[Sharon Gosling]]
* Script Editor - [[Alan Barnes]]
* Writer - [[Colin Brake]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="250">
File:The Mind's Eye.jpg|Textless cover art
File:The Mind's Eye comic preview.jpg|Illustration by [[Cliff Robinson]] from [[DWM 389]]
</gallery>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:The Mind's Eye comic preview.jpg|thumb|Illustration by [[Cliff Robinson]] from [[DWM 389]].]]
* ''The Mind's Eye'' is three episodes long. The remaining episode on the second disc is ''[[Mission of the Viyrans (audio story)|Mission of the Viyrans]]''.
* This story was previewed in [[DWM 389|issue 389]] of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and featured an illustration by [[Cliff Robinson]]. Notably in the illustration in the pane featuring Peri on the wall are two Big Finish covers this story's and ''[[The Bride of Peladon (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]''.
* This story was originally called ''Perchance to Dream'', according to [[Nicholas Briggs]] on the [[5 April (releases)|5 April]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] edition of [[the Big Finish Podcast]]. He said it was changed because "it gave away what the ending of the story was, really".<ref>[[The Big Finish Podcast]]: [https://bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/doctor-who-competitions-and-listener-questions-april-2 Doctor Who, Competitions and Listener Questions (April #2)]</ref>
* ''The Mind's Eye'' is three episodes long. The remaining episode on the second disc is ''[[Mission of the Viyrans]]''.
* This story was previewed in [[DWM 389]] 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 (audio story)|The Bride of Peladon]]''.
* [[Rebecca Front]] (Major Takol) would later play [[Patricia Walton]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Jupiter Conjunction (audio story)|The Jupiter Conjunction]]''.
* This audio drama was recorded on [[25 July (production)|25]] and [[27 July (production)|27 July]] [[2007 (production)|2007]] at [[the Moat Studios]].<ref name=":0">'Backstage' tab of [https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-mind-s-eye-268 the official ''The Mind's Eye'' page] at [https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com].</ref>
*This audio drama was recorded on [[25 July (production)|25]] and [[27 July (production)|27 July]] [[2007]] at [[The Moat Studios]].
* This story is set between ''[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]'' and ''[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]''.<ref name=":0" />
* The reference book ''[[AHistory]]'' arbitrarily places this story in [[29th century|2850]], as it is set in the time of the [[Earth Empire]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Kyropite]]s and [[Jekyll]]s are again seen in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Brotherhood of the Daleks]]''.
* [[Kyropite]]s and [[Jekyll (species)|Jekylls]] appear again in [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story)}}.
* In her dream, Peri "remembers" Erimem being killed by "[[Krillian Horde|crocodile things]]." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Three's a Crowd]]'')
* In her dream, Peri "remembers" Erimem being killed by "[[Khellian|crocodile things]]", referencing [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Three's a Crowd (audio story)}}.
* The Doctor learned how to pick locks from the American escapologist [[Harry Houdini]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')
* The Doctor learned how to pick locks from the American escapologist [[Harry Houdini]]. The Doctor has made reference to Houdini on several occasions, including [[PROSE]]: {{Cs|The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)}}; [[TV]]: {{Cs|Planet of the Spiders (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{Cs|The Witchfinders (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{Cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}; [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|The Wrath of the Iceni (audio story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Smoke and Mirrors (audio story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Nevermore (audio story)}}.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|102-Doctor-Who-The-Minds-Eye|The Mind's Eye}}
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-mind-s-eye-268|The Mind's Eye}}
* {{dwrefguide|who_bf102.htm|The Mind's Eye}}
{{dwrefguide|who_bf102.htm|The Mind's Eye}}
* {{tetrap|5/mindseye.html|The Mind's Eye}}
* {{tetrap|5/mindseye.html|The Mind's Eye}}


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[[Category:Erimem audio stories]]
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