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Doctor Who serial
“The Masque of Mandragora”
Original Air Date	September 4, 1976 – September 25, 1976
Season	14
Episodes	1 - 4
Production #	4M
Writer(s)	Louis Marks
Director	Rodney Bennett
Guest star(s)	Antony Carrick John Laurimore Gareth Armstrong Norman Jones Tim Piggott-Smith Robert James Peter Tuddenham
Episode Order
Previous	Next
"The Seeds of Doom"	"The Hand of Fear"

The Masque of Mandragora is a four episode serial that opened season 14 of the long running program Doctor Who. Its first episode began airing in the UK on April 9, 1976.

Synopsis

After being temporarily waylaid by an alien energy known as the Mandragora Helix, the Doctor lands in 15th century Italy. There, he finds the seeds of a new scientific understanding entrenched in a struggle with ancient cultish beliefs. But, to the Time Lord's horror, he realizes that he may have had a stowaway...