Terror of the Mind Leech

***Terror of the Mind Leech*** was the start of the second two-part story of WBP’s Minecraft Doctor Who season 2.

## Synopsis:

When the TARDIS is yet again knocked from the time vortex, The Doctor and his friends find themselves in a giant castle. To their horror, they discover that the creatures residing within this place have terrifying abilities. The Doctor will have to think outside of the box if he wants to make it out alive, with all of his dangerous secrets contained...

## Plot:

Crashing back down to Earth, The Doctor and co find themselves outside a massive castle. It seems abandoned, however curiosity peaks Adam and he begs to explore the building. The Doctor leaves Jack with Adam, and takes Nathan with him to help repair the TARDIS. However, as The Doctor heads down to the engine room the TARDIS suddenly takes off, and strands The Doctor and Nathan in deep space.

Meanwhile, Jack and Adam split up to search the Castle. Jack heads upstairs, where he is attacked by the Mind Leech and they make him doubt whether he really feels safe with The Doctor. At the same time, Adam discovers a lever in the wall and pulls it, revealing the entrance to the Mind Leech ship, when he hears Jack screaming in pain. Adam is suddenly attacked by The Mind leech before he is able to go help Jack.

Back in the TARDIS The Doctor discovers that the mysterious entity within the Time Vortex is made of antimatter. Nathan asks if the time lords could be behind this, however The Doctor swiftly rules that possibility out. He then has the idea to use a zeiton crystal to supercharge the TARDIS and quickly rushes back to the engine room.

Jack then regains consciousness after being attacked, and he hears the TARDIS landing but assumes that The Doctor is taking off so he quickly rushes back down. Upon reuniting with The Doctor and Nathan, Jack informs them that he was attacked and after describing the creatures that attacked him to The Doctor, he immediately with horror confirms them to be Mind Leech, claiming them to be a myth to scare the children of Gallifrey.

As this happens the Mind Leech king interrogates Adam, and reveals their abilities to predict people’s thoughts BEFORE they can think of a way to stop the mind leech. Then, the animal leeches are unleashed and begin to feast on Adam’s mind, causing him to scream in agony. Luckily, The Doctor and co are able to save him just in time, but when they find Adam the ship is empty and they unfortunately discover that most of Adam’s memories are gone. Adam reveals that he only remembers The Doctor, and The Doctor explains to Jack and Nathan that it’s because of Adam’s history with The Doctor that is yet to come. They rush back to the surface to return to the TARDIS.

However, upon leaving the castle they are greeted by an army of Mind Leeches gathered across the bridge, and that the TARDIS is gone. The Doctor informs Jack, Nathan and Adam to stay behind and goes to confront the Mind Leech King. After taunting The Doctor he informs the Mind Leech king that he will find a way to stop them, before they then teleport off to the city. The Doctor urges Adam to hand his vortex manipulator over and repairs it with enough charge to get the four of them to the city.

When they arrive they find that the massacre has already begun, with mind leech all over the planet attacking innocent people and feeding off their minds. Suddenly an unknown face arrives, asking Nathan what’s going on. Nathan introduces her to The Doctor and Adam that this is his girlfriend, Julia, who he met in the year Jack and Nathan were sent home after the cyberman incident. The sonic screwdriver then picks up the TARDIS’ location, however just as The Doctor, Jack, Nathan and Adam are about to leave the Mind Leech king takes Julia hostage.

The episode ends with a shock cliffhanger of the Mind Leech king attacking Julia’s mind, as The Doctor and co stand in shock, unable to help her.

## Trivia:

* The mind Leech are the 3rd original villains to appear in WBP’s series. The 1st were the “Lava Golems” and the second were the “Loxilax”, both of which were first seen in season 1.
* Julia was first seen in the minisode “Alone again”, which was originally released on the Quantum Studios YouTube channel, and was set between s1 ep5 and s1 ep6. The episode however has since been lost to time, and Julia received a new character design.