'Masque of Mandragora' is the first story from Doctor Who's fourteenth series, it was from the middle of the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era, considered by many (but not me) to be the golden era of the show. This story isn't remembered with the same fondness as 'Pyramids of Mars' or 'The Talons of Weng Chiang' if, indeed, it is remembered at all/5(). Philip Hinchcliffe, David Mann (Cover Artist) · Rating details · ratings · 27 reviews. Forced by the incredible Mandragora Helix to land on Earth during the Italian Renaissance, Dr. Who walks right into a Machiavellian plot in the court of the Medici/5. Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora was first broadcast in and was written by Louis Marks. This adaptation is by Philip Hinchcliffe, who was producer of the programme for three seasons. Chapter titles [] The Mandragora Helix; The Brethren of Demnos; Execution! Sacrifice; The Prince Must Die; The Secret of the Temple; The Spell of Evil; Torture!
The Doctor has to defeat not only the Mandragora energy, but the evil schemes of the murderous Count Frederico who plans to usurp the place of his nephew, the rightful ruler of the province. Tim Pigott-Smith reads Philip Hinchcliffe's complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by 'Target Books' in Philip Michael Hinchcliffe (born October ) is a retired English television producer, screenwriter and script editor. After graduating from Cambridge University, he began his career as a writer and script editor at Associated Television before joining the BBC to produce Doctor Who in one of its most popular eras from to In Hinchcliffe was chosen by Den of Geek as the best. The Masque of Mandragora is not the best Doctor Who story ever, nor is it the choice pick of the Robert Holmes/Philip Hinchcliffe years, but it's perhaps the closest to a textbook example of how to do the programme right. It has every feature Hinchcliffe and Holmes applied to make their production tenure so memorable.
Commentary by Tom Baker (The Doctor), Gareth Armstrong (Giuliano), Philip Hinchcliffe (producer), Chris D'Oyly-John (production unit manager). Cast and crew look back at the making of the story in this documentary shot on location in Portmeirion. With actors Tim Pigott-Smith, Antony Carrick, John Laurimore and Gareth Armstrong, director Rodney Bennett, producer Philip Hinchcliffe, production. 'Masque of Mandragora' is the first story from Doctor Who's fourteenth series, it was from the middle of the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era, considered by many (but not me) to be the golden era of the show. This story isn't remembered with the same fondness as 'Pyramids of Mars' or 'The Talons of Weng Chiang' if, indeed, it is remembered at all. The Masque of Mandragora was the first serial of season 14 of Doctor Who. It was notable for being the first historical or pseudo-historical story since The Gunfighters not to be principally set in Great Britain.
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