The Power of the Daleks (TV story)

The Power of the Daleks was the third story of Season 4 of Doctor Who. It was the first full story to feature the Second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton.

Synopsis
Following the Doctor's regeneration in to a new, younger body, the TARDIS lands at an Earth colony on the planet Vulcan in the far future. Mistaken as an official Earth Examiner, the Doctor discovers that a scientist called Lesterson is attempting to reactivate two inanimate Daleks found in a crashed space rocket. The colonists refuse to take heed of the Doctor's dire warnings that the Daleks are dangerous until it is too late. Once reactivated, the Daleks secretly begin to reproduce themselves in a bid to take control of the colony.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Patrick Troughton
 * Ben Jackson - Michael Craze
 * Polly - Anneke Wills
 * Lesterson - Robert James
 * Deputy Governor Quinn - Nicholas Hawtrey
 * The Examiner - Martin King
 * Head of Security Bragen - Bernard Archard
 * Janely - Pamela Ann Davy
 * Governor Hensell - Peter Bathurst
 * Resno - Edward Kelsey
 * Valmar - Richard Kane
 * Daleks - Gerald Taylor, Kevin Manser, Robert Jewell, John Scott Martin
 * Dalek Voice - Peter Hawkins
 * Guards - Peter Forbes-Robertson, Robert Russell, Robert Luckham
 * Kebble - Steven Scott

Crew

 * Assistant Floor Manager - Marjorie Yorke
 * Costumes - Sandra Reid
 * Creator of the Daleks - Terry Nation
 * Designer - Derek Dodd
 * Film Cameraman - Peter Sargent
 * Film Editor - Jim Latham
 * Incidental Music - Tristram Cary
 * Make-Up - Gillian James
 * Producer - Innes Lloyd
 * Production Assistant - Michael Briant
 * Script Editor - Gerry Davis
 * Special Sounds - Brian Hodgson
 * Studio Lighting - Graham Sothcott
 * Studio Sound - Buster Cole
 * Theme Arrangement - Delia Derbyshire
 * Title Music - Ron Grainer

Story Notes

 * Dennis Spooner wrote the final version of the scripts, but received no on screen credit
 * A photo of William Hartnell is used to achieve the Doctor's 'mirror trick'.
 * This is the first story to show the Dalek mutants from inside the Dalek machine.
 * The working title of this story was The Destiny of Doctor Who.
 * Less than five minutes of footage survives of this story, but there are full telesnaps and audio recordings of the story.
 * One of the more notable clips shows the Daleks going round in a circle crying:
 * Dalek#1: Exterminate all humans!
 * Dalek#2: Exterminate all humans!
 * Dalek#1: Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy!
 * Daleks: Daleks conquer and destory! Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy!

Ratings

 * Episode 1 - 7.9 million viewers
 * Episode 2 - 7.8 million viewers
 * Episode 3 - 7.5 million viewers
 * Episode 4 - 7.8 million viewers
 * Episode 5 - 8.0 million viewers
 * Episode 6 - 7.8 million viewers

Myths
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Filming Locations
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * When the Doctor regenerates, he wears different clothes apart from before the regeneration.

Continuity

 * EDA: War of the Daleks offers an explanation of where the Dalek ship comes from.

DVD, Video and Other Releases

 * The surviving footage was released as part of the Lost in Time DVD in 2004.


 * The audio soundtrack survives and has been released three times commercially by the BBC: first, on cassette release with narration by Tom Baker; second, on CD with narration by Anneke Wills; third, on MP3-CD, again narrated by Anneke Wills for the 'Doctor Who: Reconstructed' range. This release also included a bonus slideshow for PC users, merging the soundtrack with John Cura's Telesnaps.

Target Novelisations

 * Novelised as The Power of the Daleks by John Peel in 1993.