The Power of the Daleks (TV story)

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.

Synopsis
The TARDIS brings the new Doctor, Polly and Ben to the Earth colony planet Vulcan. The Doctor witnesses a murder and, investigating the body, discovers a pass badge allowing him unrestricted access to the colony.

The dead man was an Earth Examiner who had been secretly summoned by Deputy Governor Quinn to investigate the activities of a group of rebels - a problem regarded as insignificant by Governor Hensell.

A scientist, Lesterson, has meanwhile discovered a crashed space capsule containing inert Daleks, which he is now in the process of reactivating. The Doctor's warnings are ignored when the Daleks claim to be the colonists' servants.

As the rebels grow in strength, their operations covertly led by Head of Security Bragen, the Daleks take advantage of the colonists' naive trust to establish a reproduction plant - on a conveyor belt system - with which to increase their numbers. The Doctor eventually destroys the Daleks by turning the colony's power source against them.

The defeat of the Daleks, to whom Bragen and the rebels had allied themselves, gives Quinn an opportunity to re-establish control, Hensell having previously been killed. The Doctor and his friends slip back to the TARDIS.

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, however there are full telesnaps and audio recordings of the story.

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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Location Filming
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity

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

DVD, Video and Other Releases
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Target Novelisations
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