Line #44 Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil


1	[[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWho recap index]]\
2	'''Fourth Doctor Era'''\
3	'''Season 13:''' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons 1]] \| '''2''' \| [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars 3]] \| [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E4TheAndroidInvasion 4]] \| [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius 5]] \| [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E6TheSeedsOfDoom 6]]\
4	'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot <<< Season 12]]''' \| '''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E1TheMasqueOfMandragora Season 14 >>>]]''']]-]]]
5	!Planet of Evil
6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/red_eye_5547.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:350: "I have such a [[GlowingEyesOfDoom headache]]." [[note]]Alternatively: Quick! Get Ben Stein!!![[/note]][[note]]Alternatively Again: Oh, no! My eyelids have been chroma-keyed![[/note]]]]
8	->Written by Louis Marks\
9	Directed by David Maloney\
10	'''Production code:''' 4H\
11	'''Air dates:''' 27 September - 18 October 1975\
12	'''Number of episodes:''' 4
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14	->''"You and I are scientists, Professor. We buy our privilege to experiment at the cost of total responsibility."''
15	-->-- '''The Doctor'''
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17	JustForFun/TheOneWith a lot of trippy video effects.
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20	Investigating a DistressCall, the Doctor and Sarah land on Zeta Minor, where they discover the remains of a geological expedition from Morestra. Only the leader, Professor Sorensen, remains alive, the others all killed by an unseen beast. A Morestran military team has also arrived to investigate, and the "beast" is discovered to be a creature from an Antimatter universe. A pit on the planet acts as a gateway between the universes of Matter and Antimatter, and the creature has been taking revenge for Sorensen's removal of Antimatter samples from around the pit. As usual, the Doctor and Sarah get held responsible for the deaths.
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22	The Morestrans attempt to leave, but the Antimatter on board drags their ship backwards, while Sorensen himself becomes infected with the Antimatter and begins to turn into an Anti-man, capable of draining the life from others. The Morestran commander, Salamar becomes increasingly insane and attacks Sorensen with a radiation source, but only succeeds in multiplying him, causing the ship to be overrun with deadly Antimatter creatures.
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24	The Doctor captures Sorensen and takes him and the samples back to the pit in the TARDIS and throws them in. It is revealed that he has made a bargain to this effect with the Antimatter creature, and Sorensen is returned unharmed and the Morestrans allowed to leave.
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26	!!Tropes
27	* ActorAllusion: Prentis Hancock — then notable for playing Controller Paul Morrow from ''Series/Space1999'' — appears as, err, Controller Salamar.
28	* {{Antimatter}}: Sorenson wants to use it as an energy source. Interestingly, [[ArtisticLicensePhysics it doesn't annihilate with matter on contact]], but the Doctor still fears it will.
29	* BatmanGrabsAGun: The Doctor has previously shown an intense dislike of guns, but he uses one in this story. It was a stun gun, but still...
30	* BigBad: The anti-matter creature, although it's more of a BlueAndOrangeMorality situation.
31	* ChekhovsGun: The little box of antimatter the Doctor took.
32	* ChromosomeCasting: Sarah is the only female character in the story.
33	* TheCorpseStopsHere: The Doctor and Sarah Jane are found twice near a dead body. Of course, they are the only suspects for most of the serial.
34	* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: The Doctor gently explains to Professor Sorenson that the experiment has gone wrong, The Professor is infected with antimatter, and sacrificing himself is the only way to save everyone else. Averted, when circumstances dictate that the Doctor TakeAThirdOption.
35	* DeflectorShields: Used to keep the antimatter creature out. [[SomeKindOfForceField It even has light blue ripples.]]
36	* DistressCall: At the start of the adventure, the TARDIS picks up the Sorenson expedition's distress call.
37	* EasilyForgiven: Sorenson's greed caused the deaths of at least ten people, but when he's no longer possessed, everything is fine.
38	* EldritchLocation: Zeta Minor, where strange beings lurked and tried to prevent catastrophe caused by removing material from the place.
39	* EnergyBeing: The antimatter creature.
40	* {{Fanservice}}: Sarah Jane wears a form-fitting bodice and skintight pants. A mild example of this trope compared to Leela's later costumes, but probably the most provocative outfit of her Doctor Who tenure (not counting the halter top and shorts she wears for a few scenes at the start of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks Death to the Daleks]]").
41	* {{Homage}}: The anti-matter creature is one to ''The Film/ForbiddenPlanet'''s Id monster, which is itself a version of the monster Caliban from ''Theatre/TheTempest''. Meanwhile, the nature of the planet comes from ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
42	* LockDown: Averted due to the IntangibleMan nature of the Antimatter monsters.
43	* TheNeidermeyer: Seemingly crossing over with InsaneAdmiral (of a sort), Salamar seems to be like this. His orders are always wrong, he is quick to blame the Doctor and Sarah-Jane, and is over-zealous about doling out his own version of justice on them over circumstantial evidence; Especially when one of the many killings in the episode happens on the bridge, far away from the sickbay, where Salamar plans to eject them into space in caskets. Plus, he always asserts his authority as a Controller (presumably the far-future equivalent of "Captain"). Thankfully, [[LaserGuidedKarma he bites the dust when Sorenson's animalistic form drains the life from out of his body]], and Vishinsky takes over as Controller.
44	-->'''Vishinsky:''' You're out of your mind!\
45	'''Salamar:''' ''[holding a laser pistol, a handheld neutron accelerator, and craze in his eyes]'' OH NO...! No. This is leadership! Strong action! That's why ''I'M CONTROLLER!'' '''Open that hatch!!!'''\
46	''[A guard moves in to incapacitate him, and Salamar shoots him dead.]''
47	* NonIndicativeTitle: The planet isn't really evil, just protective of its antimatter.
48	* PeopleInRubberSuits: The whole rationale behind the Jekyll-and-Hyde planet, the antimatter creature, and Sorenson's transformation was to avoid this.
49	* PetTheDog: Even though Sorenson was uncooperative the whole time and contaminated with antimatter to boot, the antimatter creature let him live.
50	* PuppeteerParasite: Contamination with antimatter makes Sorenson behave like the antimatter creature originally did.
51	* RedEyesTakeWarning/ GlowingEyesOfDoom
52	* SceneryPorn: Zeta Minor's forest set.
53	* ShoutOutToShakespeare:
54	** The Doctor quotes from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' ("Night's candles are burned out and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain top. Or something like that") and ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' ("That is the question"), and says that he met the Bard once.
55	--->'''The Doctor''': I met Shakespeare, you know. Charming fellow, dreadful actor.\
56	'''Sarah''': Perhaps that's why he took up writing.\
57	'''The Doctor''': Perhaps it was.
58	** In the DVDCommentary[[invoked]], Creator/ElisabethSladen compares Sorenson/Antiman to [[Theatre/TheTempest Caliban]].
59	* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Luckily {{Averted}} at the last second.
60	* VideoInsideFilmOutside: The interior scenes were videotaped in the studio and exterior scenes on the alien planet were filmed on location — the location in question being another studio, namely Creator/EalingStudios, which required the use of film as opposed to videotape at the time.
61	* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', which itself was a whole-plot reference to ''Theatre/TheTempest''. It also uses elements from Universal's JekyllAndHyde.
62	* TheXOfY
63	* {{Yellowface}}: According to the actor, the captain was supposed to look Chinese and had heavy latex prosthetics applied to create this effect. However, the makeup 'didn't go with [his] face', with the result that he doesn't even look like they were going for this, let alone look like an East Asian.

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