Doctor Who 8x6

Directed by Timothy Combe

Roger Delgado as The Master • Richard Franklin as Mike Yates • John Levene as Sergeant Benton • Pik-Sen Lim as Captain Chin Lee • Raymond Westwell as Prison Governor

The Doctor is recalled by UNIT to help investigate Cheng-Tiek's murder but is unaware that Chin-Lee is under the control of the Master.

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1. "The Doctor becomes convinced of the link between events at Stangmoor and the Keller Process.

2. "A prison riot puts Jo in danger - and a terrifying monster strikes at the Peace Conference.

3. This episode was first shown on 6 February 1971, and was seen by 8.8 million viewers.

4. In the draft scripts, the Keller Machine was called the Malusyphus,

5. implying that the process siphons off malice.

6. The Machine prop was made by visual effects assistant Dave Havard.

7. It was a second attempt: The first version was deemed unsatisfactory.

8. In the script, the officers are rattling their truncheons against the cell doors.

9. The flamboyant red jacket sported by the Doctor here accorded with the gradual mellowing of his character.

10. In the previous series, he had worn a more severe black jacket.

11. The superimposed flames are a stock film sequence hired in from the Movietone library.

12. The following dialogue between the Doctor and Jo was significantly shortened during camera rehearsals,

13. but the substance of the cut lines is not known.

14. In the draft, the Doctor is thunderously angry that Jo has come back when she was specifically told not to.

15. In the draft, she says that he was "performing a sort of war dance". Whereas he says it was

16. "my rather famous impersonation of a hamburger being well grilled".

17. At this point in Doctor Who's history, it was standard practice to rehearse two episodes together over a fortnight,

18. then camera-rehearse and record them over the next two days in studio.

19. The first two episodes of 'The Mind of Evil' were recorded on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November 1970,

20. in Television Centre Studio 3.

21. The main recording of both episodes was done, in story order, between 7.30 and 10.30 on the Saturday evening,

22. but certain scenes were pre-taped between 8.30 and 10 p.m. On the Friday, then edited in during post-production.

23. The Doctor is referring to the events of Don Houghton's previous story, 'Inferno'.

24. In the script, he points out that the riots are a side-effect.

25. "nor the parade ground at Caterham Barracks!"

26. He also recommends that the Brigadier - "that bumptious idiot" - should "go and take a running jump at himself".

27. The karate was added during rehearsals.

28. "We're not enjoying a spinsters' tea-party down in London," says Mike, but the Doctor is unimpressed:

29. "Politicians often get themselves killed. It's developed into an occupational hazard.

30. "I wonder when this silly little planet will learn its lesson."

31. In the final script, he is more overtly affectionate, putting his hand on her face.

32. In the script, the scene ends with a shot of the box, throbbing gently.

33. That's because Don Houghton originally imagined it all taking place in a much more public place:

34. Trafalgar Square. So having Benton tell it after the event would save the trouble and expense of filming there!

35. Cornwall Gardens in South Kensington is again the location used here - as you can see from the street signs.

36. This same location also featured prominently in an earlier Doctor Who story, 'The War Machines' (1966),

37. where it was used for a sequence of the Doctor Trapping and neutralising a War Machine.

38. These scenes with Benton following - and losing - Chin Lee did not feature in Houghton's original scene breakdown.

39. They were added following his discussion with Terrance Dicks.

40. Benton was also in civvies on surveillance duty when he first appeared in 'The Invasion' (1968),

41. tailing the Doctor And his then companion Jamie.

42. In the script, she is hiding inside the workmen's tent rather than behind it.

43. UNIT was reminiscent of various other undercover groups, often known by acronyms,

44. The Doctor's car, Bessie, was like a cross between James Bond's gadget-laden vehicles

45. and John Steed's vintage roadsters in The Avengers (1961-69).

46. In the breakdown, he gets into the Brigadier's office disguised as a technician, and plants a bug.

47. Don Houghton was asked to change this, probably because he did something similar three episodes ago.

48. These scenes with the Master were filmed on the same day, 2 November 1970,

49. although the earlier sequence of Benton unsuccessfully tailing Chin Lee was done the following day, 3 November.

50. Is the Master a supporter of Newcastle United Football Club? He appears to have one of their scarves.

51. Mr Carr appeared in vision in the draft script, but is now only voiced by Laurence Harrington.

52. Here he incorporates his distinctive Master theme, first heard in 'Terror of the Autons'.

53. In 1973, this theme was released with a suite of music from 'The Mind of Evil' as 'The World of Doctor Who',

54. the B-side of a BBC single of Simpson's signature tune to the Moonbase 3 series.

55. The script calls for "an elegant but rather elderly black Rolls Royce".

56. The car window is open to give a clear shot of the Master once he's inside.

57. The Home Office was the British government department with responsibility for prisons.

58. The draft includes a scene in which the Foreign Secretary takes some action:

59. He presents a statement to the surviving conference delegates.

60. He is a vocal opponent of the peace process who made many enemies when he was the Chinese Ambassador to the USSR.

61. In the draft: "Hokkien, Brigadier, as most reasonably intelligent people would know,

62. "is a dialect spoken by the inhabitants of the Fukien Province of China.

63. "As distinct, say, from the Cantonese, or the Shanghailese, or the classical Mandarin language..."

64. Pik-Sen Lim supplied the translations and coached Jon Pertwee on how to deliver his Hokkien lines.

65. The Doctor's next lines were simplified for Jon Pertwee's benefit. The originally scripted words translate as:

66. "A wretched person of little importance welcomes you to this country and hopes you have had a pleasant trip.

67. "Your presence here delights and pleases me."

68. In contrast, Fu Peng's words of Hokkien remain as first scripted.

69. "I've made a point of learning at least twenty or thirty Chinese dialects," says the Doctor in the draft.

70. Terrance Dicks asked Don Houghton to include a reference to the Chinese leader, Chairman Mao (1893-1976).

71. "He did ask my advice about some scientific problems which had cropped up..."

72. "Yes. And I am here to do all I can to help."

73. But can the Doctor really have been bosom friends with the tyrant and mass-murderer Mao Tse-Tung?

74. Well, no: In the draft, he later explains that it was actually Mao's grandfather...

75. Don Houghton named the character after his agent, Margery Vosper.

76. It was scripted as a bag of sweets, not a box of chocolates.

77. This episode, like the last, was discussed by BBC executives at their weekly programme review meeting.

78. On this occasion, on 10 February 1971, Head of Features Aubrey Singer had some concerns.

79. Katy Manning had done her first filming for Doctor Who exactly two months prior to this recording.

80. She had since recovered from a badly sprained ankle sustained on that occasion.

81. The script describes Summers as "a tired-eyed, subdued man".

82. He provided the Auton voice in 'Terror of the Autons' the month before.

83. The new prisoner being led to the condemned cell is Mailer, played by William Marlowe (1930-2003)

84. (no relation to Corporal Bell actress Fernanda Marlowe).

85. He was often cast as gangsters, notably in Callan and Villains ,

86. He had another Doctor Who role in 1975, as Lester in 'Revenge of the Cybermen'.

87. In 1979, six years after the death of Roger Delgado in a car accident, Marlowe married his widow, Kismet.

88. The couple frequently socialised with Jon Pertwee.

89. Pertwee was also good friends with the actor playing Barnham, Neil McCarthy (1932-85).

90. "I hope you will do me the honour of dining with me tonight."

91. Also on the menu in the draft is pork cooked in shrimp paste, to the Brigadier's evident disgust.

92. Back now to the Brigadier's social discomfiture in the presence of the inscrutable Chinese.

93. In the draft, as he's leaving, the non-Anglophone aide grasps his hand and gives it a vigorous shake!

94. A scene was cut here: The Master is sipping a brandy in his car and listening in to Yates on the phone.

95. Yates is ordering arms and ammunition for a "Minimum Escort detail", and give the security code "27953/4A/22".

96. In the draft, "scorch marks" are specified.

97. "Slip up with that rocket," says Yates in the draft, "and half the countryside slips up with us."

98. In the draft, it turns out that the Ministry hurried the missile's technical development,

99. which means it's unstable, liable to blow up if it's subjected to undue vibration -

100. and for security reasons, the convoy has been routed through "bumpy back lanes", not main roads.

101. As Yates says, "This thing is about as brittle as a cracked egg".

102. Sergeant Benton considers a transfer to the Royal Navy... )

103. In the breakdown, the Master gives Chin Lee a bomb, which she puts in her briefcase.

104. It is to be left in the conference room and detonated when the delegates are there.

105. It's "a sophisticated device, full of Kredalite explosive, triggered to a sonic timer".

106. It's lucky Chin Lee doesn't have any contact with the French delegation at the peace conference.

107. Her name sounds uncannily like the French word chienlit,

108. which means a gross mess (or, literally, a dog doing something unwelcome on a bed).

109. It was Pik-Sen Lim who suggested to her husband the inclusion of the peace conference element of the story.

110. The alarm was scripted as a siren rather than a bell.

111. Jo is working in the process chamber, unaware that the box has melted the telephone cable...

112. In an interim revision, Jo does manage to speak to the Doctor on the phone before the prison is cut off.

113. Don Houghton's notes read: "Doctor tells Jo to take care and not get involved.

114. "Jo gets involved, gets captured."

115. Back in the breakdown, Jo gets into some different trouble as we approach the cliffhanger.

116. And what is Jo Grant's greatest fear?

117. You'll have to wait till next week to find out!

118. We close in on her briefcase, with the Doctor standing next to it... and roll end credits!

119. The trouble with that was that it almost duplicated the first cliffhanger in 'Terror of the Autons',

120. in which a young woman who has been hypnotised by the Master tries to detonate a bomb...

121. The earlier scene introducing Fu Peng was originally shot on film.

122. At that point, the actor playing Fu Peng was Andy Ho (1913-92).

123. However, Timothy Combe was dissatisfied with Ho's performance, finding it very unexpressive.

124. After viewing the film rushes, he decided to recast the part.

125. So the material filmed at the Commonwealth Institute had to be scrapped.

126. The scene was remounted in studio in the Chinese delegate's suite - as in the draft script.

127. However, that's not why the scenes on this set were pre-recorded on the Friday evening of the studio session.

128. The Episode 3 follow-up to this scene was also pre-recorded on that same Friday evening,

129. so the set didn't have to be re-erected for the next recording a fortnight later,

130. and, since Alcott and Fu Peng bow out after that, the two actors didn't need to be retained.

131. In the script, the Senator sees a Chinese devil mask with blazing eyes, its mouth opening as if to devour him.

132. The slightly different creature that terrorises him in the final programme was given a nickname on set.

133. Meet "Puff the Magic Dragon".

134. Most of the same extras and walk-ons as in the first episode appeared in this concurrently-recorded one.

135. Also seen were Paul Tann as the Chinese aide,

136. Jim Delaney as the passer-by who helps Benton,

137. and Francis Williams as the Master's chauffeur.

138. Stuart Fell was the American aide.

139. Basil Tang was a Chinese chauffeur and Charles Saynor a commissionaire in the cut Commonwealth Institute scene.

140. All right, I'll be right over.

141. Your time will not be wasted, Senator.

142. Hello?

143. Anyone home?

144. Mr Fu Peng?

145. Mr Fu Peng?

146. Oh. May I ask what all this is about, Captain?

147. - Of course. - Well, where's Mr Fu Peng?

148. He will be here soon. Sit down.

149. Now, look, Captain, I'm in the middle of my dinner and I...

150. Sit down, please.

151. All right, but make it short, will you?

152. What are you doing?

153. What is this noise?

154. This noise in my head.

155. This terrible pounding!

156. This sound.

157. What's happening?

158. Get back! Get back, I tell you!

159. Get back! Don't come near me!

160. What's happening?