Mawdryn Undead
Mawdryn Undead
This Story: Season 20, Story 3. Production Code 6F
Overall: Story 126, Episodes 594-597
Airdates: 1 Feb – 9 Feb 1983
Written by Peter Grimwade
Directed by Peter Moffatt
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- The first time the Brigadier has been seen on screen since 1975’s “Terror of the Zygons“.
- The first time the Black Guardian has been seen on screen since 1979’s “The Armageddon Factor“.
- The first story for Mark Strickson’s Vislor Turlough.
- The first of the Black Guardian Trilogy.
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 594 - Mawdryn Undead 1/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 1 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 13, 2023
This is one of my fav stories. Has the Brigadier in it, time travel, games with time, and at the time it was new (to me), it had a past history montage - I'm a sucker for those. pic.twitter.com/sAGfq0YP1f
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 594 - Mawdryn Undead 1/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 1 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 13, 2023
There's also a new companion - Turlough, At the start, Turlough was trying to kill the Doctor as he was an agent of the Black Guardian, seeking revenge for the Key to Time perhaps? pic.twitter.com/r32A5LgJoK
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 595 - Mawdryn Undead 2/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 2 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 14, 2023
Tegan & Nyssa are separated from the Doctor via time, and are lied to by Mawdryn who pretends to be the Doctor. Loved that playing with time. In the past, they meet the 1977 Brig pic.twitter.com/JBrYNhFnCZ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 595 - Mawdryn Undead 2/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 2 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 14, 2023
while the Doctor meets 1983 Brig who initially doesn't know who the Doctor is. The Doctor making him remember is all fun. Got into watching, forgot to write and end for this. :) pic.twitter.com/PuRJVBIzli
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 596 - Mawdryn Undead 3/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 8 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 15, 2023
The plot surrounding the two time zones deepens, and it gets into the really fun stuff. There's now two Brigadiers on the ship too and the Doctor works to keep them separate and pic.twitter.com/4NcMMgCEIM
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 596 - Mawdryn Undead 3/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 8 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 15, 2023
recover the Tardis. Turlough is a bit whiny when talking to the Black Guardian. Mawdryn & his companions want the Doctor to give them his regenerative energy so they can die. pic.twitter.com/cwuVU8vQaA
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 597 - Mawdryn Undead 4/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 9 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 16, 2023
This story ends well with the Doctor deciding he's going to help Mawdryn and his buddies, but at the cost of the rest of his future lives. In the end, he gets out of of it by the pic.twitter.com/3KfsnKGcd9
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 597 - Mawdryn Undead 4/4 (Serial 6F Story 126) - 9 Feb 1983. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) February 16, 2023
timely intervention of the two Brigadiers. Everything is reset, Mawdryn's people die, and Turlough oddly enough comes with the Doctor, something that Nyssa & Tegan are against. pic.twitter.com/X4wS0pytAf