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$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ Planet of Evil<\/a> $\"\"$ is one of those episodes of Doctor Who that makes no sense, scientifically speaking. The Doctor and Sarah arrive on the \u201clast known planet\u201d in the universe, Zeta Minor, where a team of scientists is looking for a solution to Earth\u2019s dwindling energy resources. However, they have in fact crossed over into the realm beyond the universe, and thus have stumbled across antimatter, and any attempt to leave with it and return to Earth will be cataclysmic. But we have people handling<\/i> antimatter and one person becoming \u201cinfected\u201d with antimatter, which turns him into \u201cAntiman.\u201d The Doctor manages to save Prof. Sorenson, leaving the antimatter behind. But it doesn\u2019t make any sense if you know anything about antimatter.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ The point of the story is presumably the risks we are willing to take in grasping things we still don\u2019t understand, in an effort to provide power for our contemporary lifestyles. And that sometimes even when we find something extremely valuable, we need to leave it behind, not only for our own sake but for the sake of others.<\/p>\n

Religion comes up explicitly in the episode when the question is raised of what a deceased soldier\u2019s denomination was. The answer given is \u201c Morestran Orthodox<\/a>.\u201d Nothing is made of this detail in the episode itself, but in the novel\u00a0 Zeta Major<\/a> $\"\"$ and other places<\/a> outside of the television show, more attention has been given to it.<\/p>\n

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