Doctor Who/Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp

Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp
Season 23, Serial 2
Airdate	October 4, 1986
Production Number	7B
by	Philip Martin
Directed by	Ron Jones
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Doctor Who — Season Twenty-Three

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Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp is the second serial of the twenty-third season of Doctor Who, and the one hundred forty-fifth serial overall.

Part Five: Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor), Brian Blessed (King Yrcanos), Nabil Shaban (Sil), Christopher Ryan (Kiv), Patrick Ryecart (Crozier), Alibe Parsons (Matrona Kani), Trevor Laird (Frax), Thomas Branch (The Lukoser)

Part Six: Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor), Brian Blessed (King Yrcanos), Patrick Ryecart (Crozier), Nabil Shaban (Sil), Christopher Ryan (Kiv), Thomas Branch (The Lukoser), Trevor Laird (Frax), Alibe Parsons (Matrona Kani)

Part Seven: Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor), Brian Blessed (King Yrcanos), Patrick Ryecart (Crozier), Nabil Shaban (Sil), Christopher Ryan (Kiv), Alibe Parsons (Matrona Kani), Trevor Laird (Frax), Gordon Warnecke (Tuza), Thomas Branch (The Lukoser)

Part Eight: Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), Lynda Bellingham (The Inquisitor), Brian Blessed (King Yrcanos), Patrick Ryecart (Crozier), Nabil Shaban (Sil), Christopher Ryan (Kiv), Alibe Parsons (Matrona Kani), Trevor Laird (Frax), Gordon Warnecke (Tuza), Thomas Branch (The Lukoser), Richard Henry (Mentor)

Plot Overview

The Valeyard shows the Doctor the TARDIS arriving on Thoros-Beta, homeworld of the Mentors and the Doctor and Peri's old foe. The scientist Crozier keeps making promises he can't keep to Kiv, and Yrcanos and Peri are betrayed by the addled Doctor, although he is sure the Matrix is being manipulated. Kiv's brain rejects his new body and Crozier is forced to rethink his plan. From the trial room, the Doctor can only watch as Peri and Yrcanos appear to be massacred. As the Possidor Ambassador visits, Sil is appalled to realise Crozier has selected Peri to be the Kiv's new host body - a move Yrcanos takes exception to with devastating results.

Trivia

The Show

• Like with every serial this season, the title Mindwarp does not appear onscreen, but rather the episodes are parts Five, Six, Seven, and Eight of The Trial of a Time Lord.

• Final appearance in the show of Peri.