On this date, in 1968, the remarkable first episode of The Mind Robber debuted.
This episode was written to plug a gap when the previous story was shortened by an episode. With no money for sets, costumes or guest artists, the episode features only the regular cast, the TARDIS set, and a blank white space occupied by robots already in stock from another BBC production.
It carries no writer credit, as it was written by the series' Story Editor, Derrick Sherwin. It is one of the shortest Doctor Who episodes, as the cast (especially Troughton) balked at the idea of carrying an entire episode on their own.
In 1987, the second episode of Time and the Rani was also broadcast on this date - but the least said about that, the better...
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