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Mawdryn Undead: Part Three
Broadcast: Tuesday 17th November 1998
11:30pm-12:00am AEDT (12:30 GMT) < > « »
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Featuring: Peter Davison, Nicholas Courtney, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, David Collings, Valentine Dyall

Mawdryn and his eternal mutants reveal the truth: they are exiles, they are in pain and need the Doctor's his future 'lives', as afforded by each of his remaining regenerations.


Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide

Broadcast notes:

Part of "The Who Files" strand.

www.varos.net lists Arc of Infinity:3 which would more accurately fit the Time Lord theme of this section of the run

Broadcast Source: TWIDW
 

Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:

Friday 13th November 1998:
FOXTEL's UK-TV - cable / satellite channel
Saturday at 1PM, Sunday at 2 and 8AM - The Invasion of Time - all 6 episodes
Monday through Wednesday at 11:30PM - Mawdryn Undead - episodes 2 to 4 of 4
Thursday and Friday at 11:30PM - The Five Doctors - 4 episode version, episodes 1 and 2

In the weekend feature, the 4th Doctor becomes the President of Gallifrey and promptly betrays time and space. Mawdryn Undead features 2 Brigadiers, one young and vibrant, the other older and suffering the results of a nervous breakdown. And the Doctor is partially responsible for it. And then viewers get the first parts of The Five Doctors, the 20th anniversary special.