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Classic Who S13 • Serial 2 · (4 episodes)

Planet of Evil

3.23/ 5 269 votes

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
Locations 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...

4 Episodes:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Zeta Major

Average. Rating: 53%
Average rating: ★ 3.07
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