Mindwarp
Joe Siegler
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TOATL: Mindwarp
This Story: Season 23, Story 1. Production Code 7B
Overall: Story 144, Episode 650-653
Airdates: 4 Oct 1986 – 25 Oct 1986
Written by Philip Martin
Directed by Ron Jones
Notes
- Officially the whole of Season 23 is a single story with 14 episodes. As transmitted, “Mindwarp” appears nowhere, it is officially all “The Trial of a Time Lord” episodes 1-14. However, for brevity’s sake, I’m having separate pages for the four parts of the story, as they have individual directors, writers, and production codes (for the most part). All four parts (and 28 or so tweets) on a single page would be too much, I think.
- This is the final story for Nicola Bryant as Peri.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon UK DVD | Amazon UK Blu-Ray ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 650 - The Trial of a Time Lord 5/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 4 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 10, 2023
2nd part of Trial (Mindwarp) is Peri's last story. It's also a sequel to last year's Varos, and brings back Sil when we go to his home planet. The best part for me here is pic.twitter.com/8p7U6Zw2gY
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 650 - The Trial of a Time Lord 5/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 4 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 10, 2023
Brian Blessed, who is shouty the whole way along. Adore his character - so much fun. Love the Inquisitor telling the Doctor to "sit down and shut up" more than once here. pic.twitter.com/FvM1e3w2kC
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 651 - The Trial of a Time Lord 6/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 11 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 11, 2023
The Doctor's brain is scrambled per the cliffhanger, & we don't know for quite some time whether he's been converted, or is playing for time. On first view, it was quite pic.twitter.com/FDaosoQgB9
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 651 - The Trial of a Time Lord 6/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 11 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 11, 2023
hard to tell. Also Brian Blessed gets going in full force here. No "Gordon's Alive?", but all kinds of fun. Feel bad for Peri, as she obviously doesn't want to be here. pic.twitter.com/CZ8uvTFlSN
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 652 - The Trial of a Time Lord 7/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 18 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 12, 2023
Crozier continues his experiments w/moving someone's brain into another body. The Doctor still is an unknown entity, and Yrcanos blusters around with Peri. If I could pic.twitter.com/CEsDjdczoH
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 652 - The Trial of a Time Lord 7/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 18 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 12, 2023
describe this ep, it'd be "structured chaos", whereas ep4 is outright chaos. ;) As before, the "extra" scenes are mostly trial exposition, I can see why they were cut. pic.twitter.com/WgV5Lo8zRq
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 653 - The Trial of a Time Lord 8/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 25 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 13, 2023
Peri's last ep, & she goes out with a bang. She's shown to have been killed - twice, sorta. First when Crozier transfers the mind of Kiv to Peri's body, overriding hers. pic.twitter.com/iRa6VRN0sm
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 653 - The Trial of a Time Lord 8/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 25 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 13, 2023
Then second, when Yrcanos kills everyone in the room. This ep is heavy duty w/death of a companion, peak Brian Blessed shouting and general chaos. Sad it's undone later pic.twitter.com/ynXvxIJxwm
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 653 - The Trial of a Time Lord 8/14 (Serial 7B Story 144) - 25 Oct 1986 #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 13, 2023
on in the series when Peri is said to be alive. I know Mindwarp has a bad reputation, but I've always felt it was excellent. HD makes Nicola's bald cap easier to spot..? pic.twitter.com/Bb5qNqRqUy
