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 Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (1975)
Date(s) of Broadcast:
27 September 1975 - 18 October 1975
Number of Episodes: 4
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Production: Philip Hinchcliffe
Production Unit Manager: Janet Radenkovic
SCRIPT
Script: Louis Marks
Story Editors: Robert Holmes
DIRECTION
Director: David Maloney
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio Lighting: Brian Clemett
Film Camera: Kenneth McMillan, Stan Speel
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Mike Adams
MUSIC
Title Music: Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire
Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson
SOUND
Studio Sound: Tony Millier
Film Sound: Colin March
Special Sound: Peter Howell
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jenny Shircore
Costume Designer: Andrew Rose
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Dave Havard
Title Sequence: Bernard Lodge
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Roger Murray-Leach
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Malachy Shaw Jones
Assistant Floor Manager: Karilyn Collier
CAST
Tom Baker (The Doctor)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Terence Brook (Braun)
Frederick Jaeger (Sorenson)
Ewen Solon (Vishinsky)
Prentis Hancock (Salamar)
Michael Wisher (Morelli / voice of Ranjit)
Graham Weston (De Haan)
Louis Mahoney (Ponti)
Haydn Wood (O'Hara)
Melvyn Bedford (Reig)
Louis Mahoney (Ponti)
Mike Lee Lane (monster - uncredited)
Tony McEwan (Baldwin - uncredited)
Michael Wisher (Crewleader Ranjit - uncredited)
Ray Knight, Douglas Stark (Sorenson monsters - uncredited)
Alfred Coster, Richard Eden, Max Faulkner, Julian Hudson, David Rolfe,
Terry Walsh (Morestrans - uncredited)
Terry Walsh (double for the Doctor and
Sorenson - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
After receiving a distress signal The Doctor
and Sarah Jane discover that a survey team on Zeta Minor have all
been killed bar its leader. A military group arrive to investigate
and are embroiled as the killer is revelealed as an anti matter monster
that infects humans.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Forbidden Planet (1956) is
heavily borrowed from with its use of a survey team and an anti matter
monster with werewolf monster / transformation thrown in for good
measure. Again, stunning production design and lighting bring out
the best in the fine story. Frederick Jaeger, a noted TV actor, is
the first of a run of great adverseries to bring out the best of Tom
Baker this season.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
Video Distributor: BBC Video
TIMELINE
1975
September
27: UK - Part One television broadcast (on BBC1)
October
4: UK - Part Two television broadcast (on BBC1)
11: UK - Part Three television broadcast (on BBC1)
18: UK - Part Four television broadcast (on BBC1)
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Doctor
Who: The Television Companion pp.289-292
credits, synopsis, review (by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker) KEYWORDS
aliens, time travel
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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