Season 6 (1968-1969)

The Mind Robber: Episode 2

Last Updated 12 Apr 2013 by Chuck Foster

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Episode 2

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Episode 2

Series Episode Number: 216

First Broadcast: Sat 21 Sep 1968 - 05:18:02pm
Running Time: 21 minutes 39 seconds

Appreciation Index: 49

Chart Position: 54
Recorded on Fri 28 Jun 1968 in Television Centre 3
Archive State: 16mm t/r

Arriving in the Land of Fiction, the Doctor searches for his companions in a forest of words. Clockwork soldiers are on the prowl and fictional characters come to life.

Characters
Doctor Who		Patrick Troughton
Jamie		Frazer Hines
Zoe		Wendy Padbury
The Master		Emrys Jones
Jamie		Hamish Wilson
A Stranger		Bernard Horsfall
Redcoat		Philip Ryan
Soldier		Paul Alexander
Soldier		Ian Hines
Child		Timothy Horton
Soldier		Richard Ireson
Child		Martin Langley
Child		Sylvestra Le Tozel
Child		Barbara Loft
Child		Christopher Reynolds
Child		David Reynolds

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Peter Ling
Writer		Derrick Sherwin
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Peter Bryant
Costumes		Martin Baugh
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Designer		Evan Hercules
Sound		John Holmes
Make-up		Sylvia James
Visual Effects Designer		Jack Kine
Lighting		Howard King
Script Editor		Derrick Sherwin
Visual Effects Designer		Bernard Wilkie
Fight Arranger		B H Barry
Film Cameraman		Jimmy Court
Film Editor		Martyn Day
Fight Arranger		John Greenwood
Production Assistant		John Lopes
Assistant Floor Manager		Edwina Verner

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