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"The Face of Evil" (1976) was the fourth story in the 14th season of Dr Who. Tom Baker was well and truly established in the role of the heroic Time Lord, but the Doctor's popular assistant, Sarah Jane Smith played by Elizabeth Sladen had departed at the end of "The Hand of Fear". This story was inspired by HG Wells' The Time Machine (filmed in 1960) with its future society split in two: one group descended into primitive superstition the other surviving as a technological elite. Adding a crashed spaceship, a computer with multiple personalities and a mysterious carving of the Doctor, this would have been a routine adventure but for one thing; the first appearance of a new assistant played by Louise Jameson. An instant hit with the audience, Leela was a different kind of Dr Who companion. Confident, not adverse to violent self-defence, scantily-clad and unselfconsciously sexy, Leela was part-way between Tarzan's Jane and The Avengers' Emma Peel. Writer Chris Boucher acknowledged The Avengers influence, also noting that he named the character after Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled! Leela stayed with the Doctor until the end of "The Invasion of Time" (1978). --Gary S. Dalkin
DVD Description
When the TARDIS arrives on a jungle planet, the Doctor encounters two warring tribes, the Sevateem and the Tesh. The Sevateem worship a god called Xoanon and the Tesh are supposedly keeping Xoanon prisoner…
But why do the Sevateem call the Doctor the Evil One? And what are the invisible creatures in the jungle? The Time Lord, with the help of a girl called Leela, is about to find out.
Special Features
• Commentary
• Into the Wild Cast and crew talk about the making of The Face of Evil
• From the Cutting Room Floor Film trims provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the film shoot.
• Tomorrow’s Times – The Fourth Doctor A look at press coverage of Doctor Who during the Tom Baker era.
• Doctor Who Stories: Louise Jameson talks about her role on the programme in this interview shot for 2003’s The Story of Doctor Who.
• Swap Shop An extract from Louise Jameson’s appearance on The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, interviewed by Noel Edmonds.
• Denys Fisher Toys Advert
• 1976 Typhoo Tea Doctor Who Promotion
• Radio Times listings
• Programme subtitles
• Production information subtitles
• Photo gallery
• Coming soon trailer
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This story sees the Doctor land on a mysterious planet , but is it! Has he been here before.This adventure marked the debut of the gorgeous Louise Jameson as the sevateem savage Leela. Brace yourself for a riveting ride through excellenetly realised jungle scenes through to the surreal as the Doctor confronts Xoanon.
Quite why fans miss this out from their top 10 is beyond me, as it has a lot going for it, least of all Leela, who is not adverse to using violence much to the Doctors chagrin. Can't wait for 2entertain to release this on dvd.
Quite why fans miss this out from their top 10 is beyond me, as it has a lot going for it, least of all Leela, who is not adverse to using violence much to the Doctors chagrin. Can't wait for 2entertain to release this on dvd.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The Face of Evil is unusual in many respects. It finally gives us a story that examines the consequences of the Doctor's sometimes irresponsible actions. It gives us Leela, the savage who would just as soon knife someone as trip over and scream. And who can forget those strange cliffhangers? (Part 3 especially)
This is a weird and wonderful adventure set on an unnamed planet population by a savage tribe, the Sevateem, and a technologically advanced society who practice mind control, the Tesh. But by far the best character in this is Xoanon, the mysterious God of both tribes.
This is one of the best Fourth Doctor adventures you are likely to see, and a big round of applause for Chris Boucher, the writer, who also comes up with the Robots of Death and the Image of the Fendhal.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This mid 70s Tom Baker story is memorable for being the one that introduced leather-clad savage 'Leela'; part of the tribe of the Sevateem who were originally astronauts, The Doctor saves Leela's life and she becomes his bondsman, travelling with him for the next two seasons before settling on Gallifrey with a guard captain. Anyway, I digress; the story has an intriguing premise, featuring an insane computer which disturbingly has The Doctor's identity...The remainder of the story is fairly standard mid-70s Doctor Who fare but Tom Baker is on fine form and the interplay between him and the computer is pretty good too.
I would have given this 4 stars but accidentally clicked on five so that explains why the review is slightly at odds with the rating!
I would have given this 4 stars but accidentally clicked on five so that explains why the review is slightly at odds with the rating!
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