Mindwarp

143b[1]The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byRon Jones
Written byPhilip Martin
Script editorEric Saward
Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner
Music byRichard Hartley
Production code7B
SeriesSeason 23
Running time4 episodes, 25 minutes each
First broadcast4 October 1986 (1986-10-04)
Last broadcast25 October 1986 (1986-10-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet
Followed by →
The Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids
List of episodes (1963–1989)

Mindwarp is the second serial of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord which encompasses the whole of the 23rd season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 to 25 October 1986. The title Mindwarp is not used on screen and appears only on the serial's scripts with the four episodes that comprise the story being transmitted as The Trial of a Time Lord Parts Five to Eight. This story marks the final appearance of Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

In the serial, the alien time traveller the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) is put on trial by his people, the Time Lords, and is accused of meddling in the affairs of the planet Thoros Beta in the 24th century. Much of the story consists of a video testimony presented by the prosecutor – the Valeyard (Michael Jayston) – of The Doctor discovering the alien arms dealer Sil (Nabil Shaban) is looking for a way to prolong the life of Lord Kiv (Christopher Ryan) by transplanting Kiv's mind into another.

  1. ^ From the Doctor Who Magazine series overview, in issue 407 (pp26-29). The Discontinuity Guide, which counts the unbroadcast serial Shada, lists this segment of The Trial of a Time Lord as an individual story, number 145. Region 1 DVD releases follow The Discontinuity Guide numbering system.