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The Mind Robber: Episode 1
Broadcast: Tuesday 16th February 1999
7:30am-8:00am EST (12:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Emrys Jones

The Doctor activates an emergency unit on board the TARDIS to escape destruction by a volcanic eruption.

Unfortunately, it moves them out of normal space and time to a deadly world where fantasy rules. The travelers find themselves lured out of the ship into a ghostly white void.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 12th February 1999:
SPACE: The Imagination Station http://www.spacecast.com/ and
http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
Early Monday at 3:30AM EST The Chase: Journey into Terror episode 4 of 6
Monday at 7:30AM The Dominators episode 5 of 5
Tuesday through Friday at 7:30AM The Mind Robber episodes 1 through 4 of 5

As the Chase continues, the 1st Doctor and company think they've found the perfect hiding place from the Daleks. The Daleks are less then convinced. One of the crew will not make it into the TARDIS in time. Later Monday, the Dominators concludes, as the 2nd Doctor develops an ingenious plan to deal with the Dominators. But will it work? The rest of the week features The Mind Robber, a story famous for its ingenuity but infamous for the shortness of its episodes.