Doctor Who serial 81 is titled Planet Of Evil and it started airing September 27 1975. It's a 4 part serial and I usually like those better than the 6 part stories. Heading back to London the Tardis gets a distress signal and they land on a planet. Some men are on the planet on a science mission looking for an alternate energy source. They've had some trouble, something dangerous comes out at night, and 5 of the 8 men are dead. A space ship arrives to investigate the lack of contact with the science party. The space soldiers think the Doc and Sarah murdered the men, at least at first. The Doc eventually wins over the smarter guy on the ship who saves them from being spaced by the over zealous controller. The Doc figures out what's been happening and why people are being killed. He sets to fixing the problem and saving the day. Here is the show on Dailymotion: Part 1, 2, 3, 4.
It wasn't too bad a story, even if it's somewhat familiar. The sets are pretty nice. They made a special swamp set at Ealing Studios and filmed a lot of the production there. There are some nice studio sets that are fairly large. Everyone has a lot of running around, on multiple levels, while the story plays out.
There are a couple of featurettes on the making of the serial and the Easter Egg on the dvd had an interesting bit with Producer Philip Hinchcliffe showing off BBC production documents and memos from his time working on the series.
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