Big Gay Longcat reviews Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil Episode Three

Dragon!

The dragon menaces the American delegate for a bit, although I am bound to report that it does look a bit derpy when we get to see it in long-shot.

The Doctor, the Brigadier and Fu Peng come in and the dragon turns back into Chin Lee in time to have some sleeps. Fu Peng finds the metal hypno-eyes device on her.

Benton orders some UNIT mannys around while standing in front of a missile, and none of them are brave enough to point out to him that it is only a photograph. To be fair to Benton, it does look a lot less like a photo if you see it in black & white (as used to be standard for this story until the DVD release), which implies that Benton sees the world like a doggy.

The Master is still listening in on the telephone calls between Mike Yates and the Brigadier, and finds out from them that the American delegate isn't ded and that the Doctor already knows about the link to Stangmoor Prison.

While talking to Chin Lee about Professor Keller, the Doctor finally realises the Master is in this story, and the Brigadier is even slower on the uptake:

"Post-hypnotic block, his usual technique."
"Whose usual technique?"
"Well think man! Who else would make a deliberate attempt to plunge this world into war, using equipment and techniques not even developed on Earth, like this?"
"The Master?"
"Otherwise known as Emil Keller!"

Then another telephone call to the Brigadier informs him and the Doctor that Jo has "been captured."

At the prison, Barnham accidentally distracts Mailer long enough for Jo to grab the gun from him, and this kicks off a big fight. The fighting is all over by the time the Master comes in and pretends to be Profesor Keller again. He meets with the Governor and finds out that the Doctor is on his way. He asks to see Mailer, who is now a prisoner again.

Alone together (a curious phrase - technically it doesn't make sense and yet the meaning is clear) in the cell, the Master grabs Mailer's arm in much the same way as he grabbed Rossini in part one of Terror of the Autons - maybe this is just the way he goes about recruiting all of his henchmannys?

He gives Mailer guns and gasmasks out of his briefcase for use in a plan to take over the prison properly this time. They set off some smoke bombs. Despite Mailer shooting at least three mannys (is the Doctor still "looking forward" to the Master's return, I wonder?) the alarm is raised and another fight starts, but this time it is Mailer's team that wins.

The Doctor is let into the prison and is immediately captured by Mailer.

"I understand there's been some trouble here?"
"That's right, mate, and you're in it."

Would this have been better if Mailer was replaced by Regan (King of Space) from Ambassadors OF DEATH? Probably not, but we do like our gratuitous little bits of continuity, we Doctor Who-liking cats, mew.

Mailer takes the Doctor to the Governor's room to find the Master there in the Governor's place. He tells the Doctor he isn't going to kill him yet because he needs his help, tantalising us with the prospect of the second team-up in as many stories:

"You want me to help you with that machine of yours, 'Professor Keller'? You want to be careful of that thing, you know. One day it's going to end up killing you."
"Oh, it won't harm me. I created it..."

"...But recently I must admit that it has developed a mind of its own. Hence my need for your assistance while I'm engaged on other business."

The Master can't stop himself from telling the Doctor all his plans, as he goes on to tell him how he intends to steal UNIT's nuclear missile.

The Doctor knocks over the Governor's table and runs away. Some of the henchmannys chase him out onto some location filming and, by the time the Doctor arrives back at the studio and goes into the process room set, the Master is already there and waiting for him.

The Doctor gets put in the chair. The Master turns the lights off in order to make it more atmospheric, and then he sets the Keller machine on the Doctor. He doesn't bother to stay and wait to see the effect this has on the Doctor because the Master is a baddy of the highest class, and knows how these things ought to be done.

As soon as he leaves the room, the Keller machine music starts up and the Doctor sees more fire, as well as some monsters, and he hears a bad impression of a Dalek so that this cliffhanger isn't an exact copy of the end of part one.