The best way to enjoy Mindwarp is to imagine that it’s a pantomime - this way you are more likely to appreciate the hammy acting, including the bombastic, larger than life turn from BRIAN BLESSED.

It’s nice to see Sil’s return and get a better idea of what his home planet is. Predictably for this era of the show it is all dark, gory and camp - a queasy mix.

It moves from below average but entertaining to something less palatable once they start blurring the lines over whether The Doctor is a megalomaniacal villain or not and whether he has harmed Peri. Peri has been consistently mistreated by this Doctor, a Doctor it is not easy to warm to, so when you see this you can’t help but feel that it’s yet more negative, poisonous screen time for Colin Baker. This storyline could work, if done rightfor another Doctor and companion, but it does not work here.

After seeing Peri chained to a rock (which made me feel particularly sad) she ends up being dispensed in a brutal way. Head shaved, mind controlled and then shot. She didn’t even die as herself. Poor Peri. She was an excellent companion, consistently put through hell since day one.