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Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
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Doctor Who: The Face of Evil

The Day God Went Mad
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User Score9 ratings
TMDB 8.016+19771h 40mEnglish
Science FictionDramaAdventure

Synopsis

The Doctor arrives on a planet where two tribes, the savage Sevateem and the technically brilliant Tesh, are at war. He meets Leela, an exile from the Sevateem, and discovers that the tribes' god of evil is apparently himself...

Director
Pennant RobertsFrom TMDB credits
Studio
BBC1 production companies
Release
January 22, 1977Released
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Top Cast

8 of 17
Tom Baker
Tom Baker
The Doctor / Xoanon
Louise Jameson
Louise Jameson
Leela
David Garfield
Neeva
Victor Lucas
Andor
Brendan Price
Brendan Price
Tomas
Leslie Schofield
Leslie Schofield
Calib
Colin Thomas
Sole
Lloyd McGuire
Lugo

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CinemaSerf
Jun 29, 2024

Having just saved his home planet from a fate worse than death, the now solitary "Doctor" lands his TARDIS on a world where he has clearly been before! His arrival is quite timely as "Leela" (Louise Jameson) is about to be banished from her tribe. They meet and stick together as it becomes increasingly obvious to the forgetful "Doctor" (Tom Baker) that the warring "Sevateem" tribe are out for his blood. Why? Well as we progress we discover that there are two tribes on the planet. One are pretty primitive, the others much more sophisticated and the "Doctor" starts to figure that the latter are using him - now charmingly monikered "The Evil One" - as a deity designed to start a war. Now he and his new friend have to penetrate the "Tesh" city, get to the bottom of the mystery and escape with their lives intact - ideally! This isn't one of my favourite four parters, possibly because I think Elisabeth Sladen was a far better foil for the charismatic Baker and though Jameson does fine as the savage with a few nifty ninja skills, the dynamic has shifted a bit here. Also, the story isn't quite so good, and some of the costumes (such as they are) look like the products of a late night raid on the "Tom Thumb" wardrobe department. There's a decent supporting cast but this is not an adventure I think I'd bother to watch again.

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