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Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong - especially when they discover that the Doctor's old enemy the Master is responsible for the machine.

Release Date : 1971-03-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : Jon Pertwee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jo Grant

Original Name : Katy Manning

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Original Name : Nicholas Courtney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Mike Yates

Original Name : Richard Franklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Benton

Original Name : John Levene

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Master

Original Name : Roger Delgado

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Chin Lee

Original Name : Pik-Sen Lim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prison Governor

Original Name : Raymond Westwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Roland Summers

Original Name : Michael Sheard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Kettering

Original Name : Simon Lack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corporal Bell

Original Name : Fernanda Marlowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Patrick Barnham

Original Name : Neil McCarthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arthur Linwood

Original Name : Clive Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Prison Officer Powers

Original Name : Roy Purcell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senior Prison Officer Green

Original Name : Eric Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Officer

Original Name : Bill Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Officer

Original Name : Barry Wade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Officer

Original Name : Dave Carter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Officer

Original Name : Martin Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mailer

Original Name : William Marlowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vosper

Original Name : Hayden Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fu Peng

Original Name : Kristopher Kum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senator Alcott

Original Name : Tommy Duggan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : David Calderisi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Cosworth

Original Name : Patrick Godfrey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fuller

Original Name : Johnny Barrs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Main Gates Prisoner

Original Name : Matthew Walters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner (uncredited)

Original Name : Timothy Combe

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-09-02

Still without his dematerialisation circuit, the trapped "Doctor" (Jon Pertwee) and his assistant "Jo" (Katy Manning) are summoned to a prison for violent felons to investigate a mystery surrounding the rather menacing "Keller" machine. It's a sort of high-tech gadget that substitutes the need to execute these miscreants with a process that soaks up all their evil and leaves them like the placid "Barnham" (Neil McCarthy). Well, needless to say, the thing has gone a bit wonky and there's a bit of a riot broken out at the establishment. Meantime, the "Brigadier" (Nicholas Courtney) has his work cut out for him organising the security at the first world peace conference. The Chinese delegate is killed and the "Doctor" is diverted from his original task - only to discover that these events might have something in common and that the "Master" (Roger Delgado) might be behind a cunning plot to use all the evil stopped up in the "Keller" to avenge himself on both the "Doctor" and on us pesky humans. I was never really as much of a fan of the Earth-bound adventures and despite a full suite of UNIT characters this one isn't really much better than an average spy thriller with some sparingly used special effects. Pertwee enters into the spirit of this enthusiastically, Delgado delivers his usual brand of hammy megalomania well enough too and it's a decent enough ensemble effort, but it's too thinly strung out and the writing - though quite entertaining a times - struggles to sustain this light-weight outing across six episodes. It's all watchable enough, but please can we get back into the TARDIS for some off-world tin foil, papier-mâché and green lycra stories soon, please?