The Mind Robber

045 – The Mind Robber
Doctor Who serial
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byDavid Maloney
Written byDerrick Sherwin (episode 1, uncredited)
Peter Ling (episodes 2 - 5)
Script editorDerrick Sherwin
Produced byPeter Bryant
Executive producer(s)None
Music bySpecial sounds by Brian Hodgson at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop[1]
Production codeUU
SeriesSeason 6
Running time5 episodes, approximately 20 minutes each
First broadcast14 September 1968 (1968-09-14)
Last broadcast12 October 1968 (1968-10-12)
Chronology
← Preceded by
The Dominators
Followed by →
The Invasion
List of episodes (1963–1989)

The Mind Robber is the second serial of the sixth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from 14 September to 12 October 1968.

The serial is set outside of time and space in a world where fictional characters and mythological creatures including Medusa, the Minotaur and the Unicorn exist. In the serial, the English fiction writer "the Master" (Emrys Jones), aware of his own advancing age, tries to recruit the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) to take over his role as the creative power in this realm.

  1. ^ Ayres, Mark (August 2015). "Composers: The 1960s". Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition. No. 41, The Music of Doctor Who. Tunbridge Wells: Panini UK Ltd. p. 24.