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Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (Story 81)
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| Format | Closed-captioned, Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled |
| Contributor | David Maloney, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Louis Marks, Philip Hinchcliffe, Tom Baker |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 34 minutes |
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Product Description
When a distress call draws the Doctor and Sarah Jane to a scientific outpost at the end of the Universe, the Doctor suspects dark planetary forces are behind a series of sinister deaths.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
- Director : David Maloney
- Media Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 34 minutes
- Release date : March 4, 2008
- Actors : Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Tom Baker
- Subtitles: : English
- Producers : Philip Hinchcliffe
- Studio : BBC Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00114XLZK
- Writers : Louis Marks
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #111,548 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,271 inScience Fiction DVDs
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Customers find this Doctor Who episode to be a good story with an interesting contrast, and they appreciate its beautiful visual presentation. The show receives positive feedback for its quality, with one customer noting the fine acting of the first order.
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14 customers mention "Story quality"13 positive1 negative
Customers enjoy the story of this Doctor Who episode, with one customer describing it as an adventurous tale with a generally happy ending.
"One Step closer to completing my collection. Thank you, it's agreat story!"Read more
"...This really is agood story and is highly recommended for everyone."Read more
"...This is agreat story to watch because it makes you think of the impossible."Read more
"...It is adark story with a generally happy ending with an important lesson of not taking anti-matter which does not belong to you...."Read more
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Customers find the TV series enjoyable.
"...Instead, "Planet of Evil" is a stellar example of just howenjoyable and entertaining "Doctor Who" can typically and reliably be on a regular basis."Read more
"...The story takes place on the outer edge of the universe.Great Show!"Read more
"...If that is a word! LOL and thisepisode is a good one! I am a fan of Dr. Who Number 4 too however my son can tell you ALL!"Read more
"...costumes for many of the Doctor Who's can get this production isworth the viewing. The jungle is great!..."Read more
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Customers enjoy this episode of Doctor Who.
"Doctor Who is always the best."Read more
"It's agreat classic Doctor Who. I call Tom Baker the real Doctor Who. And he has his best side kick with him...."Read more
"...of Evil" on a shoestring at Ealing Studios is one of thebest sets ever done for Doctor Who and constitutes almost a character in itself...."Read more
"Good basic Doctor Who Story..."Read more
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Customers find the TV series visually appealing, with one describing it as moodiest.
""Planet of Evil" is probably themoodiest and most atmospheric "Doctor Who" serial to come from Philip Hinchcliffe's tenure as producer...."Read more
"...The backgounds used in this story arevery cool looking! While they're in custody, more murders begin to happen...."Read more
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"...Theacting style is very stagey and doesn't hold up so well today; Prentis Hancock plays an emotionally unhinged starship captain without a hint of..."Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2008In this compelling "Doctor Who" adventure at the edge of the known universe we have a perfect example of this show's gift for flirting with mediocrity only to come out shining. "Planet of Evil"--even the title sounds like a bad direct-to-video B movie. But don't let that fool you. Many a plot element shows visible traces of influence from prior tales in the genre, most noticeably "Doctor Jeckyll and Mister Hyde"--elements that with the slightest mishandling could end up as trite, corny, plagiaristic, and, well, plain dull. But worry not. They are carefully and subtly invoked, reworked, and integrated into a thrillingly original and well-written story with consummate creativity and flair, not to mention a bit of the alchemist's touch for turning lead into gold.
The story is given quite a bit of depth and atmosphere by its convincingly rendered bizarre setting: Zeta Minor, a dangerously remote planet on the furthest fringes of the known universe as of the 37000's AD, a spookily surreal jungle world that makes Yoda's Dagobah look like your average backyard garden in comparison, and right in the midst of this lies an abyss linking our familiar cosmos of matter and being with one of antimatter and non-being. Something not to be trifled with lightly, which is of course just what happens, setting the story in motion. Civilization has exhausted its energy sources and is near collapse, and so a geological expedition led by a certain Professor Sorenson has come to this uncanny place in hopes of harnessing the supposedly limitless power of antimatter, enraging a mostly invisible but monstrous being from the other side and poisoning Sorenson himself in the process. And into this devolving disaster are dragged both a military rescue ship and (of course) the Doctor and Sarah Jane in the Tardis.
Here again as is often the case the writers for "Doctor Who" show an unusual talent for painting the portrait of a whole society of the future in all of its complexity with only a few deft lines of dialogue woven unobtrusively and organically into the script. There is also inherent in this adventurous tale an understated but definite ecological fable examining the responsibilities of the scientific enterprise in a manner delightfully neither preachy nor burdensome. Sorenson himself is the very archetype of the obsessed mad scientist, but what could have been a tired stock character is brilliantly enlivened and fleshed out by fine acting of the very first order. This is mostly true of the rest of the supporting cast as well: the stern but increasingly unhinged commander of the rescue ship, his quietly professional but compassionate second-in-command, and the guy always grumbling on the job. As for the main character, Tom Baker is in his heyday here as the Doctor, juggling humor and seriousness perfectly and sucker-punching a man without giving the impression of violence, and his rapport with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane is also at its peak--the wittily barbed yet friendly banter between them throughout the story is priceless. Finally, special effects are never a deciding factor in "Doctor Who" but the semi-invisible antimatter creatures and the make-up for the mutated version of Sorenson are cleverly rendered through good old fashioned professional craftsmanship without the benefit of CGI and hold up remarkably well still; as for the spaceship model, well, okay, you can tell they tried.
This is not a pivotal tale. Nobody regenerates, no companion joins or departs, there are no Dalek invasions nor revelations of Gallifrey. But in a way that's all for the better. Instead, "Planet of Evil" is a stellar example of just how enjoyable and entertaining "Doctor Who" can typically and reliably be on a regular basis. - Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2011A distress call broadcast by an expeditionary research and mining group on Zeta Minor, at the fringe of the Universe, is detected by their rescue ship and by The Doctor [Tom Baker] and Sarah Jane Smith [Elisabeth Sladen] as well. The Doctor and Sarah arrive first in The Tardis only to discover the dehydrated corpses of the Zeta Minor party lying about here and there.
When the rescue team subsequently shows up the lone living member of the group, a somewhat addled research professor, reveals himself. The Doctor and Sarah are immediately accused of the murders and the spaceship rescue crew leader orders the confinement of the two... but they soon escape their captors by running into the surrounding surreal and swampy jungle.
The professor has secretly discovered a cache of anti-matter which he views as necessary to his home planet, where the sun is dying, to provide necessary energy. But he doesn't realize the vast danger of removing it from the edge of another dimension on which the planet borders.
As night falls an energy being, the creature responsible for all of the killing to that point, emerges from its jungle pit to reclaim the professor's anti-matter cache. The spaceship, carrying The Doctor and Sarah, attempts to leave the planet. The ship doesn't progress very far before the creature begins to retrieve it, along with everyone on board. The group leader and The Doctor remain at odds on who stands responsible for all the deaths as well as the issue of how to best escape from the planet... but more killings follow and the energy creature is nowhere around!
Script Editor Robert Holmes and Producer Philip Hinchcliffe were, by their own admissions, ever quick to snatch tidbits from prior literary and film works, subsequently feeding them to the various screenwriters for the Doctor Who series. In this instance one can readily detect snippets ofStar Trek: The Original Series - Season One (Remastered Edition),The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,The War of the Worlds, and,Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary Edition).
The bizarre and creepy jungle, designed by Roger Murray-Leach, represents one of the hallmark features of the story. The supporting cast includes Frederick Jaeger, Ewen Solon, Prentis Hancock, Graham Weston, Louis Mahoney, Michael Wisher, Terence Brook, Tony McEwan, Haydyn Wood, and Melvyn Bedford.
The four episodes of the story run for a total time of 94 minutes. The story was directed by David Maloney, written by Louis Marks, and the original score was composed by Dudley Simpson. These episodes originally aired in September and October, 1975.
Highly recommended for fans of the genre. - Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2015The Planet of Evil sounds rather alarming, but it is my three year old's favorite Dr. Who (even more that the Robot one). The otherwise peaceful creature on the planet dehydrates the visiting humans who are pilfering its antimatter (depicted as yellow crystals). The lead scientist, who is a fanatic, is obsessed with the antimatter because he sees it as the salvation of their home planet, whose sun is dying, and he doesn't notice that every single one of his colleagues has died! That is really saying something about scientists! When Dr. Who arrives with the friendly Sarah to help to resolve the situation, their arrival coincides with the arrival of a ship from the human's home planet, sent to see what's going on with the expedition. The home ship's captain, a stunningly handsome man but lacking in intelligence, assumes that Dr. Who and Sarah are the murderers. This creates an interesting sub-plot and the assistant captain ends up fighting with the younger captain to save Dr. Who and Sarah from being thrown into space. The funnest part is where the scientist becomes a crazy killer werewolf creature and clones himself into multiple versions. My son loves that part.
I find the antimatter theme to be a little odd: I mean, contact of matter with antimatter releases pure energy, but they are handling the antimatter, so that part needs a clever explanation. Maybe there is an alternate Universe (an antimatter Universe) wrapped around the antimatter, and in order to merge the alternate Universe with our (matter-based) Universe, there needs to be a black hole introduced to create a wormhole between the Universes, something like that!
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Anti-Matter Of Life And Death
When The Doctor and Sarah Jane respond to a distress signal, the TARDIS materialises on the planet Zeta Minor at the very edge of the Universe. They find a couple of mummified bodies and no sign of life. Meanwhile a Morestran ship sends a rescue party down to the surface of Zeta Minor to find out what has happened to Professor Sorenson's expedition party. Sorenson is alive and he believes he has found the solution to Morestra's problem. Their sun is dying and Sorenson has discovered an alternative crystalline energy source. The Doctor and Sarah immediately come under suspicion for the deaths, but there is a deadly force on Zeta Minor, one that is determined to stop anybody leaving the planet alive....
This little gem is often the forgotten story in the terrific Season Thirteen. It is in fact a rather excellent, with a great storyline involving the perils of messing with the balance of nature. It is helped no end by the wonderful jungle sets, a very evocative realisation of an alien planet, one of the 'classic' series' finest. Both Prentis Hancock and Ewen Solon excel as members of the Morestran crew, and Fredrick Jaeger is great as the mentally tortured Sorenson, a man of science who has been blinded to the dangers of his discoveries. Tom Baker and Liz Sladen were in their second season together and it shows as they are so comfortable with eachother. Companion Harry Sullivan had been left on Earth at the end of the last story, 'Terror Of The Zygons'. Finally, the scenes where the Anti-Matter creature attacks various crew members are very tense and the wizened corpses look great.
In a season full of stories with big horror influences, this one which owes a debt to 'Forbidden Planet' is a very fine tale indeed. Nice extras too. 5 out of 5 - Barry FisherReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2025
5.0 out of 5 starsDR WHO. PLANET OF EVIL.
GREAT OLD SCHOOL DVD. WELL PLEASED ARRIVED SAFELY AND ON TIME.THANK YOU.
