The Mind Robber
1968 Doctor Who serial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mind Robber is the second serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from 14 September to 12 October 1968.
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Directed by | David Maloney | ||
Written by | Derrick Sherwin (episode 1, uncredited) Peter Ling (episodes 2 - 5) | ||
Script editor | Derrick Sherwin | ||
Produced by | Peter Bryant | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Special sounds by Brian Hodgson at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop[1] | ||
Production code | UU | ||
Series | Season 6 | ||
Running time | 5 episodes, approximately 20 minutes each | ||
First broadcast | 14 September 1968 (1968-09-14) | ||
Last broadcast | 12 October 1968 (1968-10-12) | ||
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The serial is set outside of time and space in a world where fictional characters and mythological creatures including Medusa and the Minotaur exist. In the serial, the English fiction writer "the Master" (Emrys Jones), aware of his own advancing age, tries to recruit the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) to take over his role as the creative power in this realm.