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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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The TARDIS materialises in a hostile jungle on the planet Spiridon. Jo sets out alone to find help for the Doctor, who has fallen into a coma. She meets a party of Thals and is left in hiding aboard their crashed spaceship while they go to the Doctor's aid. The Time Lord, now recovered, learns of their mission to destroy a party of Daleks sent here to discover the native Spiridons' secret of invisibility.
 
Another Thal spaceship crash-lands in the jungle, and the survivors bring news that somewhere on Spiridon there is an army of ten thousand Daleks. Jo meanwhile meets a friendly Spiridon named Wester, who cures a deadly fungus disease that she has contracted.
 
It transpires that the Daleks' army is frozen in suspended animation in a cavern below their base. The Doctor, with the help of the Thals, explodes a bomb in the cavern wall and thereby causes one of the planet's natural ice volcanoes to erupt, entombing the army in a torrent of liquid ice.
 
The newly-arrived Dalek Supreme and his aides are left stranded on Spiridon as the Thals steal their ship and the Doctor and Jo depart in the TARDIS.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==References==
==References==
* The [[Dalek Supreme]] makes an appearance.
* The [[Dalek Supreme]] makes an appearance.
*The Doctor mentions [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and [[Susan]] in confirming he was the Doctor to visit [[Skaro]] and to be known to the [[Thal]]s.
*The Daleks have stored their greatest ever invasion force, about 10,000 strong, on [[Spiridon]].


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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*This story had a working title of: '''Destination Daleks'''.


===Ratings===
===Ratings===
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*Episode 1 - 11.0 million viewers
*Episode 2 - 10.7 million viewers
*Episode 3 - 10.1 million viewers
*Episode 4 - 8.3 million viewers
*Episode 5 - 9.7 million viewers
*Episode 6 - 8.5 million viewers


===Myths===
===Myths===
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===Location Filming===
===Filming Locations===
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*Beachfields Quarry, Redhill, Surrey


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
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==Continuity==
==Continuity==
* [[Spiridon]] is revisited in [[Return of the Daleks]].
*Spiridon is revisited in ''[[BFA]]:'' [[Return of the Daleks]].


==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
==DVD, Video and Other Releases==
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==Target Novelisations==
==Target Novelisations==
*Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]] in [[1976]].
==See also==
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Revision as of 13:14, 17 December 2007


Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises in a hostile jungle on the planet Spiridon. Jo sets out alone to find help for the Doctor, who has fallen into a coma. She meets a party of Thals and is left in hiding aboard their crashed spaceship while they go to the Doctor's aid. The Time Lord, now recovered, learns of their mission to destroy a party of Daleks sent here to discover the native Spiridons' secret of invisibility.

Another Thal spaceship crash-lands in the jungle, and the survivors bring news that somewhere on Spiridon there is an army of ten thousand Daleks. Jo meanwhile meets a friendly Spiridon named Wester, who cures a deadly fungus disease that she has contracted.

It transpires that the Daleks' army is frozen in suspended animation in a cavern below their base. The Doctor, with the help of the Thals, explodes a bomb in the cavern wall and thereby causes one of the planet's natural ice volcanoes to erupt, entombing the army in a torrent of liquid ice.

The newly-arrived Dalek Supreme and his aides are left stranded on Spiridon as the Thals steal their ship and the Doctor and Jo depart in the TARDIS.

Plot

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Cast

Crew

References

  • The Dalek Supreme makes an appearance.
  • The Doctor mentions Ian, Barbara and Susan in confirming he was the Doctor to visit Skaro and to be known to the Thals.
  • The Daleks have stored their greatest ever invasion force, about 10,000 strong, on Spiridon.

Story Notes

  • This story had a working title of: Destination Daleks.

Ratings

  • Episode 1 - 11.0 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 10.7 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 10.1 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 8.3 million viewers
  • Episode 5 - 9.7 million viewers
  • Episode 6 - 8.5 million viewers

Myths

to be added

Filming Locations

  • Beachfields Quarry, Redhill, Surrey

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • The Doctor seems to have forgotten that he was following the Daleks to their base of operations in episode one.
  • The Daleks seem to have forgotten their plot to try and start a war between the empires of Earth and Draconia. (DW: Frontier in Space).

Continuity

DVD, Video and Other Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

See also

to be added

External Links

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