Stories Television Doctor Who Season 13 Serial: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Planet of Evil 1 image Overview Episodes Characters How to Watch Reviews 11 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 2 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, September 27, 1975 Production Code 4H Written by Louis Marks Directed by David Maloney Runtime 100 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Mining Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Zeta Minor Synopsis Picking up a distress call from the edge of the known universe, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves on Zeta Minor where a geological team has run afoul of some strange goings on... Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save 4 Episodes Part One First aired Saturday, September 27, 1975 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by David Maloney UK Viewers 10.4 million Synopsis The Doctor and Sarah answer a distress call and find themselves on Zeta Minor, the last planet of the known universe, where a Morestran expedition has gone missing. Part Two First aired Saturday, October 4, 1975 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by David Maloney UK Viewers 9.9 million Appreciation Index 56 Synopsis The Doctor realises that Zeta Minor lies on the boundary between the universes of matter and anti-matter and something on the planet won't let the Morestrans leave. Part Three First aired Saturday, October 11, 1975 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by David Maloney UK Viewers 9.1 million Appreciation Index 57 Synopsis The Doctor makes a deal with the Anti-Matter Beast to return all the anti-matter to the planet but Sorenson is determined to continue his research. Part Four First aired Saturday, October 18, 1975 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by David Maloney UK Viewers 10.1 million Appreciation Index 54 Synopsis The Doctor tries to convince Sorenson to sacrifice himself for the rest of the crew but Salamar's attempt to deal with the situation causes their problems to multiply. Show All Episodes Characters Fourth Doctor Tom Baker Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen Anti-matter creature Show All Characters (3) How to watch Planet of Evil: Watch on iPlayer DVD Planet of Evil VHS Planet of Evil (VHS) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 11 reviews 13 June 2025 · 83 words Review by kawaii2234 1 I adore the set design for this serial. the sinister design makes the planet feel like it's a character in itself. there's so little distinction between day and night that a sense of unease is almost constant while the characters are on the planet. I love the concept of the substance in this serial with it corrupting people into beings that devour everything and the planet having a portal to another world that just oozes the stuff. 4 not wearing his scarf feels wrong. kawaii2234 View profile Like Liked 1 8 June 2025 · 61 words Review by Jonathan_ Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Cool episode, the premise of this was pretty great. I love when DW does horror and "weird planet on the edge of space connected to eldritch other world" is awesome. It takes a bit to get going (I started to like it a lot more once the ship took off) and Sarah is underutilized in this story but overall pretty fun. Jonathan_ View profile Like Liked 1 22 May 2025 · 40 words Review by greenLetterT Planet of Evil is fine. It does very little astoundingly bad and very little amazingly good. I loved the jungle set, and some parts were pretty good, but mostly the serial Happened and I had an alright time watching it greenLetterT View profile Like Liked 0 20 May 2025 · 36 words Review by Scottybguud Usually find this boring and the worst of season 13. But, on this rewatch, I kind of enjoyed it. The Doctor gets a bit angry in this, which is good to watch The side characters are fine. Scottybguud View profile Like Liked 0 24 April 2025 · 37 words Review by Azurillkirby Perfectly good serial. :) Not much to say about this one, as it doesn't do anything bad, but it doesn't do much spectacular either. There were some really good camera shots and visual effects, though. B. Maybe A. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 Show All Reviews (11) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating461 members 3.24 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 867 Favourited 25 Reviewed 11 Saved 6 Skipped 2 Related Stories BBC Books Zeta Major Rating: 3.07 Story Skipped Book More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Past Doctor Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Target Collection Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil Rating: 3.44 Story Skipped Book Reviews(1) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite VISHINSKY: There it is, Zeta Minor. The last planet of the known universe. — Planet of Evil Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking Part One (A structure with a pair of steel doors sits incongruously in the steaming alien jungle on the reddish brown planet. A slim human with a white beard comes out and plants a sign at the head of a mound off to the left of the structure. The sign reads - Egard Lumb died here 7y2 in the year 37,166. It is not the only grave marker we can see.) [Mine] (A young man collects crystals and puts them into a machine which pulverises them. He passes the remains over to another man then goes to answer the radio.) BALDWIN: Yep? Show Full Transcript Open in new window
