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…that's very curious. It's the official website of the Evil of the Daleks stage play production — and it is linked to elsewhere on the Wiki, as well, as I mentioned, as on Wikipedia.

As I said, precisely the issue here is that information about this old thing is quite scarce. Perhaps of some relevance is this contemporary review from The Portsmouth News?… It doesn't say anything about rights per se, but it does by its sheer existence testify that this was indeed a professional production.

The page I was trying to link to is also on the Internet Archive, maybe that might work?

If it doesn't, at any rate, here's the relevant passage:

The Plays Before Evil''

Nick Scovell, the man who would go on to write, direct and star in the stage show of The Evil of the Daleks, began his Doctor Who stage career in 1996 when he was offered a slot at the Portsmouth Arts Centre and and opted to put on a theatrical performance of his recently-written script entitled Planet of Storms.

The Paul McGann TV Movie had not long been broadcast, and after obtaining the necessary rights, this Graham Williams-esque romp was mounted in October 1996 featuring gold aliens called the Pertinax, and the Terrible Zodin.