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Doctor Who Planet of Evil TV Story

Planet of Evil Synopsis

The TARDIS picks up a distress call and the Doctor and Sarah arrive on the planet Zeta Minor. There they discover that a Morestran geological expedition has fallen prey to an unseen killer and only the leader, Professor Sorenson, remains alive.

Story Order

  • Story 81 from Doctor Who
  • Story 2 of 6 from Season 13

Episodes

Saturday
27th September 1975
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Evil - Part One

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Sarah to the planet Zeta Minor on the edge of the universe.

Saturday
4th October 1975
5:45PM
BBC 1 (22 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Evil - Part Two

The Doctor and Sarah are held responsible for the deaths on Zeta Minor.

Saturday
11th October 1975
6:05PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Evil - Part Three

Lost in the universe of antimatter, the Doctor communes with the creature and makes a bargain.

Saturday
18th October 1975
5:45PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Evil - Part Four

Unable to escape, the Morestran probe is being pulled back to the surface of Zeta Minor.

Credits

Planet of Evil

Credits
  • Writer Louis Marks
  • Director David Maloney
  • Producer Philip Hinchcliffe
  • Script Editor Robert Holmes
  • Doctor Who Tom Baker
  • Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen
  • Sorenson Frederick Jaeger
  • Vishinsky Ewen Solon
  • Salamar Prentis Hancock
  • De Haan Graham Weston
  • Ponti Louis Mahoney
  • Morelli Michael Wisher
  • Braun Terence Brook
  • Baldwin Tony McEwan
  • O'Hara Haydn Wood
  • Reig Melvyn Bedford