Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story): Difference between revisions

== Plot ==

The [[Seventh Doctor]] and his [[companion]], [[Ace]] have landed [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in [[London]], [[1963]], where the Doctor has unfinished business: the [[Hand of Omega]], an all powerful, ancient relic of the [[Time Lord]] civilisation that the Doctor hid on [[Earth]] on a visit to 1963.

Unfortunately, the [[Dalek]]s have also heard about the Hand of Omega. They are trying to find it before the Doctor does. To complicate matters, there are two groups of Daleks at work — the Daleks are currently in the midst of a civil war between those who accept and those who reject the leadership of their creator, [[Davros]]. Each side wants the Hand for itself.

In the meantime, the alien activity around the Coal Hill area has attracted the attention of the military. [[Ian Gilmore|Group Captain Gilmore]] and his unit engage a [[Renegade Dalek]] at the junkyard. The Dalek proves to be more than a match for the military squad until the Doctor destroys it with a timed explosive. The Doctor tries to convince Gilmore and his scientific advisor, [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]], that the Daleks are extra-terrestrial and [[human]] weapons are no match for Dalek firepower. The best thing they can do is just make sure that all ground and air forces stay out of the crossfire whilst the two factions blow each other to bits. The Doctor, however, is playing a deeper game — he wants the "right" Daleks to take possession of the Hand. Ace and he investigate [[Coal Hill School]], where the [[Imperial Dalek]]s have set up an outpost. The Renegade Faction however, have their base in a warehouse where a [[Battle computer]] is and where [[Ratcliffe|Mr. Ratcliffe]] works for the Renegades and leads a group called '[[The Association]]'. However, a secret agent of The Association, [[Mike Smith]], is found and interrogated by the Imperial-Dalek-controlled [[H. Parson|Headmaster]] of Coal Hill School. Mike Smith, however, is not without his reflexes and subdues the Headmaster, forcing the Imperials to 'terminate agent'.

[[File:Hand_of_Omega.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Hand of Omega]].]]

Whilst the Imperial Daleks are watching from [[Imperial Dalek mothership|their Mothership]], the Renegade Daleks dispatch Ratcliffe and his men to retrieve the Hand Of Omega after the Doctor places it into a cemetery. Although they haul it out of the cemetery, the Imperial Daleks aboard the Mothership detect this. A Dalek calls the [[Davros|Emperor Dalek]] to assess the situation. After a skirmish with the Imperial Daleks during an attempt to retrieve the radio, Ace does some 'Dalek hunting' with the Doctor. They come across the Renegade Daleks' HQ. The Doctor shows Ace the Battle Computer. He tells her that if the Daleks are over-reliant on rationality and logic, the solution would be to get [[Judith Winters|a young, imaginative child]] to enslave to the battle computer. The Doctor tinkers with the [[Time Controller]] to 'manipulate the enemy'. His plan works, but with consequences; the Renegade Daleks return to the base to find the Time Controller has been disabled. The Doctor and Ace flee, pursued by Renegade Daleks. They meet up with the [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group|ICMG]] and tell them the situation, only to find the Rengades are still on their tail. Three soldiers try to fend off the Renegade attackers, only to be obliterated. [[Dalek Shuttle|The Imperial Daleks' Assault Shuttle]] lands on Earth as part of a mission to retrieve the Hand of Omega, resulting in the [[Supreme Dalek]], via the Battle Computer, ordering the Renegade Daleks to withdraw and defend the Hand of Omega from the enemy. After Imperial Daleks are sent out to retrieve the Hand of Omega, the Doctor, Ace and ICMG invade the Imperial Dalek Shuttle. They find out that the Imperials have control of the planet Skaro. The Doctor disables the massive ground defence and gets out of the Assault Shuttle with the team.

As Renegade and Imperial Daleks patrol the streets, a battle rages in London. A pair of Renegade Daleks locate an advancing Imperial Dalek Squad. They all open fire until a Renegade gets the first hit, followed by the Renegades taking a few Imperial Daleks out as they are forced to retreat from the slaughter. At first, the Renegades are winning until the [[Special Weapons Dalek]] is brought in and blows the Renegade patrols to smithereens.