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The Time Meddler

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 6, 2021April 14, 2025
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The Time Meddler

This Story: Season 2, Story 9. Production Code S.
Overall: Story 17, Episodes 78-81
Airdates: 3 Jul 1965 to 24 Jul 1965
Written by Dennis Spooner.  Directed by Douglas Camfield.

Episode Titles

  1. The Watcher
  2. The Meddling Monk
  3. A Battle of Wits
  4. Checkmate

Notes

  • I had a typo on the tweets for Episode 1, saying they were “Episode 787”.  It was supposed to be 78.

Links

[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon UK Blu-Ray ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 787 - "The Watcher" (1/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 3 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2

The 1st/4 eps of "The Time Meddler". The first story with anyone from the Doctor's race, but we don't know that yet. Most of this ep is spent welcoming new companion Steven Taylor. pic.twitter.com/N7h811XOkT

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 3, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 787 - "The Watcher" (1/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 3 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2

Hartnell gets some comedy here which is unusual (Space Helmet for a cow). The Doctor does some exploring and finds things that don't belong in this time - like a record player. pic.twitter.com/wsOCRkpdsO

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 3, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 79 - "The Meddling Monk" (2/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 10 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2

I always wished we got more of the Monk. He's not evil, just out to have fun and serve himself. Vicki & Steven are captured by the villagers, who are tricked by the Monk. pic.twitter.com/O88s0JOHGj

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 5, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 79 - "The Meddling Monk" (2/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 10 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2

Hartnell on vacation for Ep2. The Monk is holding the Doctor prisoner, and he lies to Vicki & Steven (who are released) when they look for the Doctor. Vikings land nearby. pic.twitter.com/lPo78b7YYo

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 5, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 80 - “A Battle of Wits" (3/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 17 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2

Vicki & Steven go looking for the Doctor who is missing from his cell. They spend the ep looking for each other. The Monk tries to make a deal w/some Vikings to change history. pic.twitter.com/4ZdKIFaQb6

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 5, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 80 - “A Battle of Wits" (3/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 17 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2

The Doctor tries to force the Monk to give him some answers, & discovers he's trying to help Vikings using villagers. Vicki & Steven discover that the Monk has his own Tardis. pic.twitter.com/W5AgLf1cKc

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 5, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 80 - “A Battle of Wits" (3/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 17 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 3/2

One amusing postscript. You have to love when the main bad guy of the story writes down his entire plan on a wall poster like this. Makes it easy to figure out what he's doing. pic.twitter.com/bph6ygC8LU

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 5, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 81 - “A Battle of Wits" (4/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 24 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2

The Doctor argues with the Monk about changing history, & toys with him. We do find out that the Monk & The Doctor are "from the same place". "Time Lord" wasn't created yet. pic.twitter.com/xaXNM6vyhv

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 7, 2021

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 81 - “A Battle of Wits" (4/4 - Serial S, Story 17) - 24 Jul 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2

The natives kill the Vikings and stop the invasion. In the confusion, the Doctor manages to sabotage the Monk's Tardis by shrinking the insides - stranding him in 1066. pic.twitter.com/LKiGggUFYj

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 7, 2021

An admin note about #DoctorWhoMarathon - the next story is "Galaxy 4", but that comes out on Blu-Ray in about 2 weeks - I'm going to wait for that to come in before I watch that story - will slot it in when the Blu gets here, and will do the following stories in the meantime. pic.twitter.com/qLbNVOkGLS

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 7, 2021

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