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 9 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 1 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 Sarah Jane Smith 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 9 reviews 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 24 March 2025 · 152 words Review by KieranCooper Sarah Jane does just get thrown around a lot in this story doesn't she, I dare say she hasn't got much agency then My ideas on this story are very different, I expected that the whole story was set on the planet, which isn't an issue, but I'm genuinely confused about what makes the planet evil. It seems like a story talking about human greed and the forces the nature. I like the ghost-like appearance of the anti-matter monsters, nicely done, but I never thought they were creepy This another great story for the 4th Doctor, he's such a character he is in this, and his humor and performance are brilliant, really get why people love him I just find the costume a little distracting for the rest of the characters, the professor looks like a tracksuit out of Primark, and the others in Prince charming get-ups from a Disney stage play KieranCooper View profile Like Liked 0 28 January 2025 · 55 words Review by 6-and-7 Quite an enjoyable, tense story; the pacing did occasionally dip, but for the most part it held up well across all four parts. The script itself was fairly average, and the actual use of antimatter was utter technobabble, but some excellent acting, solid effects, and great sets really sold it. Felt rather Star Trek-y, really. 6-and-7 View profile Like Liked 0 Show All Reviews (9) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating435 members 3.24 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 817 Favourited 25 Reviewed 9 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 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