The Masque of Mandragora

086 – *The Masque of Mandragora*
086 – The Masque of Mandragora
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Tom Baker – Fourth Doctor;
	Companion Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith;
	Others Jon Laurimore – Count Federico; Gareth Armstrong – Giuliano; Tim Pigott-Smith – Marco; Norman Jones – Hieronymous; Robert James – High Priest; Brian Ellis – Brother; Antony Carrick – Rossini; Pat Gorman – Soldier; Jay Neill, Peter Walshe – Pikemen; James Appleby, John Clamp – Guards; Peter Tuddenham – Voice; Peggy Dixon, Jack Edwards, Alistair Fullarton, Michael Reid, Kathy Wolff – Dancers; Stuart Fell – Entertainer;
Production
Directed by	Rodney Bennett
Written by	Louis Marks
Script editor	Robert Holmes
Produced by	Philip Hinchcliffe
Executive producer(s)	None
Music by	Dudley Simpson
Production code	4M
Series	Season 14
Running time	4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast	4 September 1976
Last broadcast	25 September 1976
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Seeds of Doom	Followed by →; The Hand of Fear
	List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Masque of Mandragora is the first serial of the 14th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 to 25 September 1976.

The serial is set in the fictional European duchy of San Martino in the late 15th century. In the serial, the astrologer Hieronymous (Norman Jones) seeks to summon the power of an intelligence called the Mandragora Helix to rule the Earth.