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'''''The Mind of Evil''''' was the second | '''''The Mind of Evil''''' was the second serial of [[season 8]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It was written by [[Don Houghton]], directed by [[Timothy Combe]] and featured [[Jon Pertwee]] as the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Katy Manning]] as [[Jo Grant]]. | ||
It brought a radical change in the way [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] was portrayed. Instead of being a primarily investigative body interested in alien or unexplained phenomena, here UNIT was mostly seen as a simple security force, guaranteeing the safety of international diplomats. In other words, the "United Nations" portion of their acronym was stressed over the "Intelligence Taskforce" bit — as later happened in such stories as ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. This forced the plot to partially concern itself with international espionage, thus lending an almost [[James Bond|Bondian]] veneer to proceedings. The internationalism of the plot even allowed for highly unusual scenes of [[the Doctor]] conversing in a real language other than [[English language|English]]. Indeed, as of [[series 7 (Doctor Who)|the seventh BBC Wales series]], ''Evil'' was the only story which used English subtitles for the Doctor's speech. | |||
Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something [[writer]] [[Don Houghton]] intentionally included as an homage to {{wi|A Clockwork Orange}}.<ref name="SS" /> | Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something [[writer]] [[Don Houghton]] intentionally included as an homage to {{wi|A Clockwork Orange}}.<ref name="SS" /> | ||
