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| 143b[1] – The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp | |||
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| Doctor Who serial | |||
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| Directed by | Ron Jones | ||
| Written by | Philip Martin | ||
| Script editor | Eric Saward | ||
| Produced by | John Nathan-Turner | ||
| Music by | Richard Hartley | ||
| Production code | 7B | ||
| Series | Season 23 | ||
| Running time | 4 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
| First broadcast | 4 October 1986 | ||
| Last broadcast | 25 October 1986 | ||
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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.
- ^ 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.