Earlier today the sad news came that Deborah Watling, best know as the Second Doctor's companion Victoria, had passed away. She was diagnosed with lung cancer only six weeks ago. Her era of the show is one of the most impacted by the missing episodes, with only two of her stories available in a complete state. Those two,however, are among my very favorite of the Second Doctor's era -- in no small part due to her performance and they synergy she had with Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines. She was by all accounts a lovely person, and will be greatly missed. 

In much more pedestrian news, I watched two more episodes of The Mind of Evil today. Let's talk about that.

The Mind of Evil - Episodes 3 & 4

(TARDIS Data Core recap)

Yeah, actually there's not much to talk about. I was hoping the middle two episodes would start to pick things up, but ultimately they just went round and round. At this point, three out of the four episodes has ended on a cliffhanger in which the mind-sucking device is unleashed against the Doctor. As for the fourth, it ended on a cliffhanger in which the mind-sucking device was turned against a minor character who was only introduced for that scene, and then dispensed with in the first minute of the following episode. So that is four consecutive episodes that have ended on exactly the same beat.

Yawn.

Is there a plot? Yeah, sure, I guess. Maybe? Something something the Master something prison something something global peace summit something stolen nuclear missile. Did I miss anything important?

The best I can say for tomorrow is that at least this story will finally end. It is not, as you might assume, my favorite. 

STATS:

Doctor(s): Third
Companion(s): Jo Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Episode(s): The Mind of Evil - Episodes 3 & 4
Steps Walked: 7,025 today, 982,400 total
Distance Walked: 3.66 miles today, 480.10 miles total
Weight: 267.82 lbs (five day moving average), net change -39.48 lbs