Changes: Mindgame (home video)

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Mindgame

Novelised as:

Mindgame

Key crew

Publisher:

Reeltime Pictures

Writer:

Terrance Dicks

Director:

Keith Barnfather

Producer:

Keith Barnfather

Release details

Release date:

1998

Format:

30 minute, VHS

Reeltime Pictures releases
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Mindgame was a home video published by Reeltime Pictures. It was part of the Mindgame Saga.

Synopsis

A Sontaran, a Draconian and a human are trapped in a cell together by a mysterious alien and must fight each other to survive.

Plot

On an asteroid in space, Sontaran Field Major Sarg is transmatted from a battlefield to a prison cell with three beds and a mirror that serves as a door. He is monitored by an unseen lupine alien who watches the cell and removes Sarg's gun through some unknown teleport. When he attempts to leave through the mirror, he is knocked out by a device similar to a sonic disruptor.

A Draconian attending a military assembly arrives. His knife disappears as well. He and the Sontaran discuss where they could be. Sarg thinks he is the enemy. A human female arrives from serving as a mercenary on a reconnaissance run. She holds them at gunpoint, but her gun vanishes. As they discuss their whereabouts the alien observes that Sarg is quick to react whereas the Draconian and human are thinkers.

It turns out the three beings represent their races and that the asteroid serves as an interdimensional prison from which there is no escape. They must fight each other so the alien can judge which species his people should join forces with to conquer the galaxy, though they would be in control. The Draconian and human refuses to fight and gang up on the Sontaran when he tries to kill the human, seeing that he would be set free if he did so. They convince him the fight would not be honourable and the alien offers pain over death. They are attacked by a sonic device and are knocked out.

When they revive, they agree to fight. The beds disappear from the prison cell and three Draconian knives materialise. The human blinds Sarg with her jacket as the Draconian stabs him. Then he stabs the human. The alien enters through the mirror with a gun and meets the Draconian. The human rises and grabs the gun while Sarg holds the alien. They co-operated to escape and so the alien deems the experiment on them a failure. The self-destruct countdown begins. When the alien begins to transmat to his own dimension, the human gives him a message to carry back to his people; she shoots and kills him as he beams away.

Reaching the alien's control station, the human sees that the transmat is similar to human transmats and, asking herself what the Professor would do, reverses the polarity of the neutron flow. Since Sarg was the first to arrive, he must go first and there is no certainty that he will be returned to the Sontaran Empire. He returns to the cell and is transmatted away, followed by the Draconian. The human sets the transmat on a time delay and races to the cell. She is beamed away a few seconds before the asteroid fades into nothing, uttering the word "wicked".

Cast

Crew

to be added

References

to be added

Story notes

This is the only story in this particular spin-off to include profanity, such as the human's usage of the word 'bastard'.

Filming locations

The film was made at the University of Westminster in North London.

Production errors

In one of the scenes with the Alien in the control room, a boom microphone appears on the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

Continuity

to be added

DVD, video, and vod releases

The film was released on VHS tape in 1998 and on DVD in 2003.
It was rereleased on DVD and digitally through Vimeo's video on demand service on 1 April 2015, alongside the making of.

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+'''''Mindgame''''' was a home video published by [[Reeltime Pictures]]. It was part of the ''[[Mindgame Saga (series)|Mindgame Saga]]''.
 == Synopsis ==
 A [[Sontaran]], a [[Draconian]] and a [[human]] are trapped in a cell together by a mysterious alien and must fight each other to survive.
 == Plot ==
-On an [[asteroid]] in [[space]], [[Sontaran]] Field-Major [[Sarg (Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans)|Sarg]] is [[transmat]]ted from a battlefield to a prison cell with three beds and a [[mirror]] that serves as a door. He is monitored by an unseen lupine [[Alien (Mindgame)|alien]] who watches the cell and removes Sarg's gun through some unknown [[teleport]]. When he attempts to leave through the mirror, he is knocked out by a device similar to a [[sonic disruptor]].
+On an [[asteroid]] in [[space]], [[Sontaran]] [[Field Major]] [[Sarg (Mindgame)|Sarg]] is [[transmat]]ted from a battlefield to a prison cell with three beds and a [[mirror]] that serves as a door. He is monitored by an unseen lupine [[Alien (Mindgame)|alien]] who watches the cell and removes Sarg's gun through some unknown [[teleport]]. When he attempts to leave through the mirror, he is knocked out by a device similar to a [[sonic disruptor]].
-A [[Draconian (Mindgame)|Draconian]] attending a military assembly arrives. His knife disappears as well. He and the Sontaran discuss where they could be. Sarg thinks he is the enemy. A [[human (Mindgame)|Human]] female arrives from serving as a mercenary on a reconaissance run. She holds them at gunpoint, but her gun vanishes. As they discuss their whereabouts the alien observes that Sarg is quick to react whereas the Draconian and human are thinkers.
+A [[Draconian (Mindgame)|Draconian]] attending a military assembly arrives. His knife disappears as well. He and the Sontaran discuss where they could be. Sarg thinks he is the enemy. A [[human (Mindgame)|human female]] arrives from serving as a mercenary on a reconnaissance run. She holds them at gunpoint, but her gun vanishes. As they discuss their whereabouts the alien observes that Sarg is quick to react whereas the Draconian and human are thinkers.
 It turns out the three beings represent their races and that the asteroid serves as an interdimensional prison from which there is no escape. They must fight each other so the alien can judge which species his people should join forces with to conquer the [[galaxy]], though they would be in control. The Draconian and human refuses to fight and gang up on the Sontaran when he tries to kill the human, seeing that he would be set free if he did so. They convince him the fight would not be honourable and the alien offers pain over death. They are attacked by a sonic device and are knocked out.
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 When they revive, they agree to fight. The beds disappear from the prison cell and three Draconian knives materialise. The human blinds Sarg with her jacket as the Draconian stabs him. Then he stabs the human. The alien enters through the mirror with a gun and meets the Draconian. The human rises and grabs the gun while Sarg holds the alien. They co-operated to escape and so the alien deems the experiment on them a failure. The self-destruct countdown begins. When the alien begins to transmat to his own dimension, the human gives him a message to carry back to his people; she shoots and kills him as he beams away.
-Reaching the alien's control station, the human sees that the transmat is similar to human transmats and, asking herself what [[Seventh Doctor|the Professor]] would do, reverses the [[polarity]] of the [[neutron flow]]. Since Sarg was the first to arrive, he must go first and there is no certainty that he will be returned to the [[Sontaran Empire]]. He returns to the cell and is transmatted away, followed by the Draconian. The human sets the transmat on a time delay and races to the cell. She is beamed away a few seconds before the asteroid fades into nothing, uttering the word ''"wicked"''.
+Reaching the alien's control station, the human sees that the transmat is similar to human transmats and, asking herself what [[Seventh Doctor|the Professor]] would do, reverses the [[polarity]] of the [[neutron flow]]. Since Sarg was the first to arrive, he must go first and there is no certainty that he will be returned to the [[Sontaran Empire]]. He returns to the cell and is transmatted away, followed by the Draconian. The human sets the transmat on a time delay and races to the cell. She is beamed away a few seconds before the asteroid fades into nothing, uttering the word "wicked".
 == Cast ==
 * [[Human (Mindgame)|Human]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
-* [[Sarg (Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans)|Sontaran]] - [[Toby Aspin]]
+* [[Sarg (Mindgame)|Sontaran]] - [[Toby Aspin]]
 * [[Draconian (Mindgame)|Draconian]] - [[Miles Richardson]]
-* [[Alien (Mindgame)|Alien]] - [[Bryan Robson]]
+* [[Alien (Mindgame)|Alien]] - [[Bryan Robson (actor)|Bryan Robson]]
-== Production crew ==
+== Crew ==
 ''to be added''
 == References ==
+''to be added''
-* [[Draconian]] females have no place in the military, and the Draconians in general are aware of a warring race (most likely the [[Sontaran]]s) fighting in the outer fringes of the [[universe]].
-* The Draconian states that what the human has done for them, no alien has been so beneficial and honourable since the days of the one known as the...
-* The Sontarans consider all non-Sontarans to be enemies. They reproduce by cloning and do not need food as they recharge by feeding on energy from their ships.
-* At this time all three races, humans and Draconians and Sontarans, know of each other.
 == Story notes ==
-* This is the only story in this particular spin-off to include coarse words such as the human's usage of the word 'b*stard'.
+* This is the only story in this particular spin-off to include profanity, such as the human's usage of the word 'bastard'.
+=== Filming locations ===
-Myths
+* The film was made at the University of Westminster in North London.
-''to be added''
-=== Filming Locations ===
+=== Production errors ===
+* In one of the scenes with the Alien in the control room, a boom microphone appears on the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.
-The film was made at the University of Westminster in North London.
-=== Production Errors ===
-In one of the scenes with the Alien in the control room a boom mic appers on bottom left hand corner.
 == Continuity ==
+''to be added''
-* It is strongly implied that the human character, with the mention of a "Professor" and the phrase "wicked", is in fact an older [[Ace]].
-== DVD, video, and Other releases ==
+== DVD, video, and vod releases ==
-The film was released on VHS tape in 1998 and DVD in 2003.
+* The film was released on VHS tape in [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and on DVD in [[2003 (releases)|2003]].
+* It was rereleased on DVD and digitally through Vimeo's video on demand service on [[1 April (releases)|1 April]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]], alongside the making of.
 == External links ==
+* [http://timetraveltv.com/programme/291 Official product page on Time Travel TV]
-* {{whoniverse|MIND.php|Mindgame}}
+* {{whoniverse|rt04|Mindgame}}
+{{Reeltime Pictures}}
+{{Sontaran stories}}
+{{Draconian stories}}
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+[[Category:1998 home videos]]
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-[[Category:Stories released in 1998]]
 [[Category:Sontaran Reeltime Productions]]
+[[Category:Stories set in the 26th century]]

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Changes: Mindgame (home video)

Revision as of 23:26, 3 September 2020

Contents

Synopsis

Plot

Cast

Crew

References

Story notes

Filming locations

Production errors

Continuity

DVD, video, and vod releases

External links