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Last updated 02 January 2017
The Mind Robber: Episode 1
Broadcast: Thursday 24th August 2000
6:25pm NZST (06:25 GMT) < > « »
Prime (adverts during broadcast)
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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 18th August 2000:
Prime TV New Zealand
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Sun-Wed 6:25PM The Dominators eps 2 - 5 of 5
Never before televised in New Zealand. The Dominators try to subjugate Dulkis, but are unprepared for a race of pacifists. Sometimes peaceful co-existence is simply a bad idea.
Thu-Fri 6:25PM The Mind Robber eps 1 - 2 of 5
Last rerun in New Zealand in 1991. In a surreal world where nothing is impossible, the struggle for survival begins in the mind.