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'''Fifth Doctor Era'''\\
'''Season 20:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity 1]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E2Snakedance 2]] | '''3''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors AS]]\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva <<< Season 19]]''' | '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep Season 21 >>>]]''']]-]]]
!Mawdryn Undead




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->Written by Peter Grimwade\\
Directed by Peter Moffatt\\
'''Production code:''' 6F\\
'''Air dates:''' 1 - 9 February 1983\\
'''Number of episodes:''' 4



'''Production code:''' 6F




Written by Peter Grimwade. This four-episode serial first aired from February 1--9, 1983.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Turlough tries desperately to win a StaringContest with a salt shaker.[[note]]No, we're ''not'' referring to a Dalek this time.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Turlough tries desperately to win a StaringContest with a salt shaker.[[note]]No, we're ''not'' referring to a Dalek this time.time, although it would be ''hilarious'' to witness a Dalek in a staring contest.[[/note]]]]
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Basically the Doctor's reaction when he learns that Mawdryn and his associates basically want the Doctor to use his remaining regenerations to let them die; even the Doctor has no interest in basically killing himself eight times over to save these people from the consequences of their own mistake.
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'''Production code:''' 6F
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Unfortunately, after the Doctor and Turlough leave for 1983 Earth, the TARDIS randomly decides that 1977 would be a great time to visit. Nyssa and Tegan wander around 1977, wondering what's going on; meanwhile, in 1983, the Doctor and Turlough eventually run into the Brig, delighting the Doctor but freaking the hell out of the Brig, who says he's never met him and doesn't know nothing about no aliens, and would he please quit babbling about UNIT because it's a top-secret organization. Now we know where Series/{{Torchwood}} learned how to fly below the radar. The Brig's memory is eventually jogged, and he confesses to having had a nervous breakdown six years ago. Shortly after meeting a young Australian woman named Tegan.

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Unfortunately, after the Doctor and Turlough leave for 1983 Earth, the TARDIS randomly decides that 1977 would be a great time to visit. Nyssa and Tegan wander around 1977, wondering what's going on; meanwhile, in 1983, the Doctor and Turlough eventually run into the Brig, delighting the Doctor but freaking the hell out of the Brig, who says he's never met him and doesn't know nothing about no aliens, and would he please quit babbling about UNIT because it's a top-secret organization. Now we know where Series/{{Torchwood}} learned how to fly below the radar. The Brig's memory is eventually jogged, and he confesses to having had a nervous breakdown six years ago. Shortly after meeting a young Australian woman named Tegan.



The Doctor struggles to control the time fluctuations, as it washes back and forth over his companions and regresses Nyssa and Tegan to child-Nyssa and child-Tegan. Even though they are, basically, the cutest things ever (certainly the most adorable companions until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour wee Amelia]]), the Doctor prepares to sacrifice himself to save them... but the colossal energy that ''was'' to come from the Doctor's eight deaths comes instead from 1977-Brig and 1983-Brig meeting up at last and shorting out the time differential. 1983-Brig remembers just what caused his nervous breakdown. They drop the Brigs off in their respective times, and the Doctor continues on -- with Turlough added to the crew, over Nyssa and Tegan's weary looks.


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The Doctor struggles to control the time fluctuations, as it washes back and forth over his companions and regresses Nyssa and Tegan to child-Nyssa and child-Tegan. Even though they are, basically, the cutest things ever (certainly the most adorable companions until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour wee Amelia]]), the The Doctor prepares to sacrifice himself to save them... but the colossal energy that ''was'' to come from the Doctor's eight deaths comes instead from 1977-Brig and 1983-Brig meeting up at last and shorting out the time differential. 1983-Brig remembers just what caused his nervous breakdown. They drop the Brigs off in their respective times, and the Doctor continues on -- with Turlough added to the crew, over Nyssa and Tegan's weary looks.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Turlough tries desperately to win a StaringContest with a salt shaker[[note]]and, no, we're ''not'' referring to a Dalek this time.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Turlough tries desperately to win a StaringContest with a salt shaker[[note]]and, no, shaker.[[note]]No, we're ''not'' referring to a Dalek this time.[[/note]]]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: An unusual one. The Black Guardian is the one directing Turlough's attempt to kill the Doctor, but the Doctor himself isn't really aware of his involvement. Mawdryn is the immediate problem but is a TragicVillain who simply wants to die, even if he isn't above using nefarious means to coerce the Doctor into helping him.

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* BigBadEnsemble: An unusual one. The story juggles two villains. The Black Guardian is the one directing Turlough's attempt to kill the Doctor, but the Doctor himself isn't really even aware of his involvement. Mawdryn is the immediate problem but is a TragicVillain who simply wants to die, even if he isn't above using nefarious means to coerce the Doctor into helping him. He doesn't know anything about the Black Guardian's involvement either.
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-->-- '''The Black Guardian''', in one of the more hamtastic lines of Classic ''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]''

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-->-- '''The Black Guardian''', in one of the more hamtastic lines of Classic ''[[Series/DoctorWho Who]]''
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