The Mind of Evil
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| Story Code: FFF / Season 8 | UK Airdate: 30 Jan to 6 Mar 1971 | Doctor: Jon Pertwee |
| First airings by location | UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite | Previous Story / Next Story |
This story aired in the following known countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)
| United States | Sep 72 | NTSC |
| Guam | Feb 74 | NTSC |
| Philippines | 76 | NTSC |
| Saudi Arabia | Sep 77? | b/w |
| Korea (South) | Jan 78 | NTSC |
- When the story was classified A by the censors in Australia in August 1971 and therefore didn't screen, the serial (in b/w) was then not able to be sold to any other Commonwealth country, such as New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Gibraltar.
- The only sales were to non-Commonwealth countries that broadcast in NTSC or black and white.
- It was not sold anywhere in its original PAL format. The tapes had been wiped by 1973.
- The story may have been dubbed into Arabic.
- The last known screening of the serial was on the Qube cable station in Ohio in August 1978. What happened to those NTSC colour tapes afterwards is unknown.
| last airing | station | city |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 1978 | Qube | Columbus, Ohio |
| 8 July 1978 | Qube | Columbus, Ohio |
| 21 Mar 1978 | WNED | Buffalo |
| 13 Feb 1978 | IPBN | Iowa |
| 28 Dec 1977 | WVIA | Scranton |
| 7 Dec 1977 | WNED | Buffalo |
| 16 May 1977 | WXXI | Rochester |
| 22 Nov 1976 | WXXI | Rochester |
| 16 Oct 1976 | KCET | Los Angeles |
| 31 July 1976 | WGBH | Boston |
| 3 Feb 1976 | KCET | Los Angeles |
| 12 Jan 1976 | WTTW | Chicago |
| 14 Dec 1975 | WFTV | Orlando |
| 14 Nov 1975 | WTTW | Chicago |
| 17 Aug 1974 | IPBN | Iowa |
| 10 Mar 1974 | KRON | San Francisco |
| 16 Aug 1973 | WJXT | Jacksonville |
| 3 Oct 1972 | WPHL | Philadelphia |
Reissue
- In its black and white format, it was re-released in early 1985 as part of a package of all 24 Jon Pertwee stories sold to the United States.
- The serial also aired for the first time in:
| New Zealand | Aug 85 | b/w |
| Australia | Apr 86 | b/w |
| Canada | Mar 90 | b/w |
| Ireland | Jan 00 | b/w |
- When UK Gold screened the Pertwee stories in 1993, they were screened episodically followed by a movie compilation, however this story could only be supplied as an Omnibus, so UK Gold re-cut it into six parts, creating new and different cliffhanger endings to conclude parts 1 and 4 - i.e. 'part 1' now concluded with Dr Summers' statement that Kettering had "drowned in the middle of a perfectly dry room..." - ksshhhhhhhh - ooo-wee-ooo.. , while 'part 4' now ended with the Keller machine killing Vosper and dematerialising...
US TV Guide descriptions (1970s Pertwees)
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Title: Mind of Evil
- Episode 1: Dr. Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of criminals, but the machine providing the answers is going to cause a lot of trouble.
- Episode 2: The prisoners revolt when the truth machine is used on them.
- Episode 3: The Master strikes again.
- Episode 4: Look out, aliens! Dr. Who is out to destroy every evil creature inside the truth machine.
- Episode 5: The mind machine vs. The Master and Dr. Who.
- Episode 6: The Master offers a trade for the circuit to his mind machine.
US TV Guide descriptions
More Information
Title: Mind of Evil
- Episode 1: A mind machine containing an alien parasite causes problems for Dr. Who.
- Episode 2: The prisoners revolt when the truth machine is used on them.
- Episode 3: The Master strikes again.
- Episode 4: Dr. Who sets out to destroy the parasite in the mind machine.
- Episode 5: The Master and Dr. Who join forces against the mind machine.
- Episode 6: A hijacked missile figures into The Master's plan for escape.
- Compilation: Dr. Who battles a mind machine that contains an evil alien parasite.
