Doctor Who Guide: Planet of Evil - Part Four

Last updated 31 May 2015

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Part Four

Part Four

Series Episode Number: 409

World Premiere: Sat 18 Oct 1975 - 5:46pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 4 Apr 1980 - 5:30pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 23 minutes 43 seconds

10.10 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 54 (UK)

Chart Position: 26 () (UK)

Recorded on Tue 15 Jul 1975 in TC3

Unable to escape, the Morestran probe is being pulled back to the surface of Zeta Minor. On board the ship, the Doctor and Sarah are hemmed in by anti-men!

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Sarah Jane Smith		Elisabeth Sladen
Sorenson		Frederick Jaeger
Vishinsky		Ewen Solon
Salamar		Prentis Hancock
Reig		Melvyn Bedford

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Louis Marks
Director		David Maloney
Producer		Philip Hinchcliffe
Designer		Roger Murray-Leach
Script Editor		Robert Holmes
Film Cameraman		Stan Speel
Film Sound		Colin March
Film Editor		M A C Adams
Studio Lighting		Brian Clemett
Studio Sound		Tony Millier
Visual Effects Designer		Dave Havard
Costume Designer		Andrew Rose
Make-up		Jenny Shircore
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Peter Howell
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge
Production Assistant		Malachy Shaw Jones
Production Unit Manager		Janet Radenkovic

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