Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil: DVD Review

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil: DVD Review

Rating: PG
Released by BBC And Roadshow Home Entertainment

It's back 1971 for this latest outing with Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor and his companion Jo Grant - and a story which has languished in black and white for years.

Set in a prison, a mysterious machine can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. When the Doctor and Jo end up there for a demonstration, it's soon clear the world's in danger with the reappearance of the Master. And as if that wasn't bad enough, an impending World peace conference is about to get underway. Are the two events connected?

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil is remarkable in some ways and forgettable in others. First, the remarkable is the colourisation work done to the print; previously, it existed only in black and white and now is in colour. It's stunningly well put together and a real creditable job done by the team. But unremarkable are parts of the story; the peace conference strand simply disappears, there's way too much padding out at the prison as the Doctor and Jo are captured time and again - and for four successive cliffhangers to be exactly the same is unforgivable.

All in all, Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil remains a slice of watchable Who - but if you're expecting more from this set, which is also light on extras, you'll be disappointed.

Extras: Commentary, docos, subtitles, making of

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