The greater good and all that. But Yrcanos arrives to kill the Doctor. Alternative/Extended Edits based on the director’s initial cuts for each episode, most episodes contain scene extensions and entire sequences that were removed before transmission. Crozier states that the equipment will extract the truth from a suspect and could prove fatal. (“You must understand we can’t allow your bodies and skulls to be retrieved undamaged,” we’re told, “otherwise the Mentors will use brain surgery to create creatures like this.”). Sil appeared in the previous season in the serial, Before the Trial season was conceived, Sil was set to return in story called Mission to Magnus. The Doctor and Peri sneak inside. Yrcanos, Peri, and his men attack a weapons stash, but are captured. In light of the fact that the Doctor has incomplete memories, he might be wise to accept. Mindwarp. Despite The Doctor claiming that the Time Lords’ interference has put Peri’s life in danger, the Valeyard rebuffs this, stating that The Doctor shouldn’t have become involved in the first place, and Peri’s life is the cost of his involvement. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. “It occurs to me, Doctor,” the Inquisitor states at one point, “that your current mental condition makes it very difficult for you to defend yourself. “No. Since 1997. MINDWARP (Story No. “Are you really offering this inconsequential silliness as evidence?” the Doctor asks. Positioning the criticism of the show’s violence here would give the Inquisitor a stronger argument, and make its refutation somewhat more convincing.

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The Doctor, watching this from the courtroom, is shocked into silence.

He said “I don’t know, you’d better ask Philip Martin”, so I got in touch and gave him those three alternatives, he said “I don’t know, Eric wrote the trial stuff, all the Matrix stuff was added after, by Eric, you’d better ask him.” So I went to John Nathan-Turner, he said “Oh, whichever you like.” This is the level of involvement at the time. In fact, Mindwarp might have made a pretty great story, were it not tied to The Trial of a Time Lord.The biggest albatross around the serial’s neck is the ambiguity of it all.

It’s remarkable that so much of Peri’s back story outside the show hints at sexual abuse of one form or another. David Tennant, unusual amongst other Doctors, began and ended on special episodes, not regular ones. [endif]--> Upon seeing the result of Crozier's experiment, he is consumed with fury and despiar and begins firing his gun wildly, seemingly killing Peri and the others in the process. Exploring further, they find that the scientist Crozier in Sil’s employ is attempting to perfect the ability to transplant the brilliant mind of Kiv, Sil’s superior, into another body to overcome Kiv’s pending death. Let the Matrix show what it will. As it turns out, this is Sil's homeworld, the planet of his species: the Mentors. The Doctor also calls out the Time Lords on their intervention in Peri's rescue. This is... strange. Mindwarp might be the best segment of the trial, because it so perfectly evokes the state that the show was in when it was put on extended vacation. Despite some interesting strengths, Mindwarp doesn’t quite construct a convincing argument in favour of the show. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. As the Doctor sabotages some of Kiv's equipment, Sil arrives in the laboratory. As the Doctor and Yrcanos run to go save her, the Time Lords intervene and rip the Doctor out of time... and then purposely delay Yrcanos' strike force from actually freeing Peri until after the experiment is over with, directly playing a role in her death. BBC. (And the fact that the majority of the Mentors’ slaves appear to black.). There’s no way that you could air those adventures in any other run of episodes and have them fit in. At the Doctor's trial by the Time Lords for interference, the Valeyard presents the Doctor and Peri's most recent adventure on planet Thoros Beta. A scientist named Crozier (Patrick Ryecart) is working for Sil to transplant the mind of Kiv (Christopher Ryan), Sil’s superior, into a younger, healthier body. Which brings us to Peri. I feel the need to clarify that Colin Baker’s first year on the show was not entirely bad. I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name the last time we met. Time slowly resumes its normal course and all that's left of Peri is Kiv. But it was very difficult. The Doctor tells the Inquisitor that he cannot remember these events. In fact, Peri and a large number of the cast die because the Doctor is not there. In fact, For the purposes of this list, "Series 4" is considered to be the. “How could I forget?” he asks. And here’s the thing – that sort of abuse and objectification come written into Peri as a character.

It was the second serial in the Trial of a Time Lord arc. Peri is lashed to rocks on the shoreline and the Doctor stands over her, accusing her of being a spy.

More than that, though, he is too stubborn to grasp any of the life lines offered. This is a great day for battle.

Peri stops Yrcanos, and together they escape, regrouping with Yrcanos’ men. Okay, tying Peri up and stating a willingness to let her drown seems out of character, even for a version of the character who almost strangled her to death. From the moment the character was conceived, the production team imagined him as an anti-hero who might eventually win the trust of the audience – or, at least, that’s the official line on the character. “I used to think that you were different, that you cared for justice and truth and good,” she states at one point. This is arguably the most damning criticism of this era of the show. John Rhys-Davies, Derek Jacobi, and David Warner had also been considered. Finally, Yrcanos escapes with Peri and both join the resistance against the Mentors - and plan a massive attack against the Mentors as well, but are stunned and captured. ( Log Out /  Instead, the show just avoids the issue entirely. On the Fetishising of the Federation in the Third Season of “Star Trek: Discovery”…, New Escapist Video!

Well, that’s not entirely true. Yes, clever old me. Yrcanos is King of the Krontep, Lord of the Vingten, and Conqueror of the Tonkomp Empire. No, worse than that. The Doctor is strapped to a table and Crozier applies a metal helmet to his head. The expansion of Kiv's brain is a direct result of Crozier experimenting on him to increase his intelligence. It’s hardly the best outcome for Peri, but we’ll deal with that in time.