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story name= The Evil of the Daleks |
story name= The Evil of the Daleks |
image= [[file:Evilofthedaleks_title.jpg|250px]]|
image= [[File:Evilofthedaleks_title.jpg|250px]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV Stories]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] - [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV Stories]] |
number= [[Season 4]]|
number= [[Season 4]]|
story number= 36|
story number= 36|
doctor=[[Second Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Second Doctor]] |
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]] <br/>[[Victoria Waterfield]] (Introduction; joins)|
companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon]] <br />[[Victoria Waterfield]] (Introduction; joins)|
enemy= [[Dalek|The Daleks]] <br/> [[Theodore Maxtible]]|
enemy= [[Dalek|The Daleks]] <br /> [[Theodore Maxtible]]|
year= [[Earth]], [[England]], [[1966]] and [[1866]]<br>[[Skaro]]|
year= [[Earth]], [[England]], [[1966]] and [[1866]]<br />[[Skaro]]|
writer= [[David Whitaker]] |
writer= [[David Whitaker]] |
director= [[Derek Martinus]] <br/>[[Timothy Combe]]<br/>(Dalek battle sequence) |
director= [[Derek Martinus]] <br />[[Timothy Combe]]<br />(Dalek battle sequence) |
producer= [[Innes Lloyd]] |
producer= [[Innes Lloyd]] |
broadcast date= [[20 May]] - [[1 July]] [[1967]] |
broadcast date= [[20 May]] - [[1 July]] [[1967]] |
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'''''The Evil of the Daleks''''' was the ninth and final story of [[Season 4]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and was the first story to feature companion [[Victoria Waterfield]], played by [[Deborah Watling]]. It was at the time intended to be the Doctor's final battle with the [[Dalek]]s, which, aside from a few cameos, did not appear again in the series for five years. Only episode two remains intact, while the rest of the story has been lost.
'''''The Evil of the Daleks''''' was the ninth and final story of [[Season 4]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and was the first story to feature companion [[Victoria Waterfield]], played by [[Deborah Watling]]. It was at the time intended to be the Doctor's final battle with the [[Dalek]]s, which, aside from a few cameos, did not appear again in the series for five years. Only episode two remains intact, while the rest of the story has been lost.
==Synopsis==
== Synopsis ==
The Daleks draft the [[Second Doctor]] into distilling the Human Factor which, once implanted, would make the Dalek race invincible. Jamie's faith in the Doctor is stretched to the limit as he appears to be collaborating with the Daleks. The Doctor has a few tricks up his sleeve, but then again so might the Daleks...
The Daleks draft the [[Second Doctor]] into distilling the Human Factor which, once implanted, would make the Dalek race invincible. Jamie's faith in the Doctor is stretched to the limit as he appears to be collaborating with the Daleks. The Doctor has a few tricks up his sleeve, but then again so might the Daleks...


==Plot==
== Plot ==
===Episode 1===
=== Episode 1 ===
Having bidden farewell to [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly]], the [[Second Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] discover that the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] has been stolen on the back of a lorry.  They pursue the thieves, encountering a less-than-helpful air mechanic ([[Bob Hall]]), who is actually working for someone named [[Kennedy]].  Kennedy himself is under the employ of an antique dealer, [[Edward Waterfield]], a specialist in Victorian antiques and reproductions.  While Kennedy knocks out Hall and leaves clues for the Doctor to find, Waterfield explains to his assistant [[Keith Perry|Perry]] that the Police Box is a special request for a particular client.  He asks Perry to meet the Doctor and Jamie, and to invite them to meet Waterfield at 10pm at the antique shop.  Kennedy notes how Waterfield appears to have a secret back room in his office.  He sneaks in to find a safe as well as a mysterious machine featuring a large platform.  As he focuses on opening the safe, he fails to notice a [[Dalek]] materialising on the platform.  The Dalek demands the terrified Kennedy identify himself.
Having bidden farewell to [[Ben Jackson|Ben]] and [[Polly]], the [[Second Doctor|Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] discover that the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] has been stolen on the back of a lorry.  They pursue the thieves, encountering a less-than-helpful air mechanic ([[Bob Hall]]), who is actually working for someone named [[Kennedy]].  Kennedy himself is under the employ of an antique dealer, [[Edward Waterfield]], a specialist in Victorian antiques and reproductions.  While Kennedy knocks out Hall and leaves clues for the Doctor to find, Waterfield explains to his assistant [[Keith Perry|Perry]] that the Police Box is a special request for a particular client.  He asks Perry to meet the Doctor and Jamie, and to invite them to meet Waterfield at 10pm at the antique shop.  Kennedy notes how Waterfield appears to have a secret back room in his office.  He sneaks in to find a safe as well as a mysterious machine featuring a large platform.  As he focuses on opening the safe, he fails to notice a [[Dalek]] materialising on the platform.  The Dalek demands the terrified Kennedy identify himself.


===Episode 2===
=== Episode 2 ===
Kennedy flees and is shot down by the Dalek.  Waterfield is horrified at the Dalek’s callous indifference to human life, but the Dalek demands that he follow orders.  Despite his shattered nerves, he lays a trap for the Doctor and Jamie involving a photo of the two of them ripped in half.   
Kennedy flees and is shot down by the Dalek.  Waterfield is horrified at the Dalek’s callous indifference to human life, but the Dalek demands that he follow orders.  Despite his shattered nerves, he lays a trap for the Doctor and Jamie involving a photo of the two of them ripped in half.   


The pair enter the antique shop and note the antique clocks:  too perfect to be reproductions, but too new to be genuinely Victorian.  They also find a bill dated [[1866]], but again seemingly too new to be genuine.  They soon discover Kennedy’s body and one half of the photo.  The Doctor quickly finds the secret room, and the second half of the photo sticking out of a box on the teleport platform.  Jamie impulsively opens the box, releasing a gas grenade that knocks them both out.  Waterfield moves their prone bodies onto the platform, and the three disappear.
The pair enter the antique shop and note the antique clocks:  too perfect to be reproductions, but too new to be genuinely Victorian.  They also find a bill dated [[1866]], but again seemingly too new to be genuine.  They soon discover Kennedy’s body and one half of the photo.  The Doctor quickly finds the secret room, and the second half of the photo sticking out of a box on the teleport platform.  Jamie impulsively opens the box, releasing a gas grenade that knocks them both out.  Waterfield moves their prone bodies onto the platform, and the three disappear.
[[file:Evil of the Daleks.jpg|thumb|A [[Dalek]] interrogates [[Victoria Waterfield]].]]
[[File:Evil of the Daleks.jpg|thumb|A [[Dalek]] interrogates [[Victoria Waterfield]].]]


They awake in the country house of eccentric Professor [[Theodore Maxtible]] in the year 1866.  Maxtible and Waterfield explain that they have been researching time travel through the use of [[static electricity]] and a chamber lined with [[mirror]]s.  They inadvertently summoned a group of Daleks who took Waterfield’s daughter [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] prisoner and forced them to kidnap the Doctor.  The Daleks threaten to destroy the TARDIS unless he assists them with an experiment.  Jamie is to be subjected to a series of potentially lethal tests in order to identify the [[Human Factor]], a theoretical group of attributes possessed by humanity that have caused so many Dalek defeats at their hands.  Implanting the Human Factor into the Daleks would create an invincible race of Super-Daleks.
They awake in the country house of eccentric Professor [[Theodore Maxtible]] in the year 1866.  Maxtible and Waterfield explain that they have been researching time travel through the use of [[static electricity]] and a chamber lined with [[mirror]]s.  They inadvertently summoned a group of Daleks who took Waterfield’s daughter [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] prisoner and forced them to kidnap the Doctor.  The Daleks threaten to destroy the TARDIS unless he assists them with an experiment.  Jamie is to be subjected to a series of potentially lethal tests in order to identify the [[Human Factor]], a theoretical group of attributes possessed by humanity that have caused so many Dalek defeats at their hands.  Implanting the Human Factor into the Daleks would create an invincible race of Super-Daleks.
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The test is due to start immediately, but then Jamie is nowhere to be found.
The test is due to start immediately, but then Jamie is nowhere to be found.


===Episode 3===
=== Episode 3 ===
Jamie has been kidnapped by a ruffian [[Toby (The Evil of the Daleks)|Toby]] at the behest of another houseguest, [[Arthur Terrall]] (a suitor of Maxtible's daughter [[Ruth Maxtible|Ruth]]).  Terrall is under the control of the Daleks, and his behavior vacillates wildly from calm to violent.
Jamie has been kidnapped by a ruffian [[Toby (The Evil of the Daleks)|Toby]] at the behest of another houseguest, [[Arthur Terrall]] (a suitor of Maxtible's daughter [[Ruth Maxtible|Ruth]]).  Terrall is under the control of the Daleks, and his behavior vacillates wildly from calm to violent.


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Jamie is puzzled by the Doctor’s behavior, claiming Daleks are in the house and appearing to collaborate with Maxtible and Waterfield, but succumbs to the Doctor’s reverse psychology forbidding him from attempting a rescue of Victoria.  He has, after all, become seemingly smitten by a painting of Victoria’s late mother, whom he’s told resembles her daughter exactly.  Jamie is soon in the west wing, and soon squares off against the fearsome Kemel.
Jamie is puzzled by the Doctor’s behavior, claiming Daleks are in the house and appearing to collaborate with Maxtible and Waterfield, but succumbs to the Doctor’s reverse psychology forbidding him from attempting a rescue of Victoria.  He has, after all, become seemingly smitten by a painting of Victoria’s late mother, whom he’s told resembles her daughter exactly.  Jamie is soon in the west wing, and soon squares off against the fearsome Kemel.


===Episode 4===
=== Episode 4 ===
Jamie and Kemel fight each other, but in the struggle Kemel falls through an open window and dangles from the roof. Once Jamie pulls him back in, they come to a truce. Despite Kemel’s muteness, they are able to communicate with each other. They’re both fond of Victoria, and they work together to avoid fatal booby traps laid by the Daleks. The Doctor, monitoring their progress, gleefully notes how Jamie’s compassion, courage, and instinct have allowed him to survive. Meanwhile, Waterfield is increasingly unnerved by the Daleks’ ruthlessness, and Maxtible demands that the Daleks fulfil their end of the bargain… the [[alchemy|alchemical]] secret of transmuting base metals into [[gold]].
Jamie and Kemel fight each other, but in the struggle Kemel falls through an open window and dangles from the roof. Once Jamie pulls him back in, they come to a truce. Despite Kemel’s muteness, they are able to communicate with each other. They’re both fond of Victoria, and they work together to avoid fatal booby traps laid by the Daleks. The Doctor, monitoring their progress, gleefully notes how Jamie’s compassion, courage, and instinct have allowed him to survive. Meanwhile, Waterfield is increasingly unnerved by the Daleks’ ruthlessness, and Maxtible demands that the Daleks fulfil their end of the bargain… the [[alchemy|alchemical]] secret of transmuting base metals into [[gold]].


After working together to destroy a Dalek by flinging it into a lit fireplace, Jamie and Kemel climb the balcony of the trophy room, finding Victoria in the closed room beyond. A hidden panel slides open and a Dalek advances on them.
After working together to destroy a Dalek by flinging it into a lit fireplace, Jamie and Kemel climb the balcony of the trophy room, finding Victoria in the closed room beyond. A hidden panel slides open and a Dalek advances on them.


===Episode 5===
=== Episode 5 ===
Jamie and Kemel manage to propel the Dalek off the balcony, where it explodes on the floor below.  They break into the room beyond to finally find Victoria.
Jamie and Kemel manage to propel the Dalek off the balcony, where it explodes on the floor below.  They break into the room beyond to finally find Victoria.


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Terrall finally collapses under the strain of the Dalek influence.  The Doctor removes the control device, and urges Ruth to take him away to recover.  Jamie is furious with the Doctor for his seeming collaboration with the Daleks, and has lost his faith in the Doctor.  Then the three test Daleks with the Human Factor activate; rather than invincible killing machines, they are childlike and playful.
Terrall finally collapses under the strain of the Dalek influence.  The Doctor removes the control device, and urges Ruth to take him away to recover.  Jamie is furious with the Doctor for his seeming collaboration with the Daleks, and has lost his faith in the Doctor.  Then the three test Daleks with the Human Factor activate; rather than invincible killing machines, they are childlike and playful.


===Episode 6===
=== Episode 6 ===
The Doctor is overjoyed with the success of the experiment, watching the Daleks enjoy the individual names given to them by the Doctor ([[Alpha (Dalek)|Alpha]], [[Beta (Dalek)|Beta]] and [[Omega (Dalek)|Omega]]) and playing ‘trains’ and ‘roundabouts.’  All the Daleks, including the three humanised ones, are summoned back to [[Skaro]] now that the experiment has ended.  Maxtible follows to receive his promised reward, though he is greatly aggrieved to learn that the Daleks intend to destroy the house.
The Doctor is overjoyed with the success of the experiment, watching the Daleks enjoy the individual names given to them by the Doctor ([[Alpha (Dalek)|Alpha]], [[Beta (Dalek)|Beta]] and [[Omega (Dalek)|Omega]]) and playing ‘trains’ and ‘roundabouts.’  All the Daleks, including the three humanised ones, are summoned back to [[Skaro]] now that the experiment has ended.  Maxtible follows to receive his promised reward, though he is greatly aggrieved to learn that the Daleks intend to destroy the house.


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Meanwhile, the Black Dalek encounters one of the three humanised Daleks, Omega, proudly boasting how the Doctor gave him his name.
Meanwhile, the Black Dalek encounters one of the three humanised Daleks, Omega, proudly boasting how the Doctor gave him his name.


In a tunnel, the Doctor, Jamie and Maxtible meet a Dalek claiming to be Omega, but the Doctor quickly recognises it’s an imposter and pushes it over a cliff.  They eventually reach a vast chamber, the throne room of the giant [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Dalek]].  The Doctor boasts to the Emperor how the humanised Daleks will soon ferment revolution on Skaro (his true goal all along), and that the Daleks are beaten.  The Emperor then reveals that he too has a secret.  Identifying the Human Factor has allowed the Daleks to identify the [[Dalek Factor]], and now that they have the Doctor’s TARDIS, they can then implant the Dalek Factor across the history of Earth.[[file:Mo su01theevilofthedaleks.jpg|thumb|The imposing [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Dalek]] in the Dalek city on [[Skaro]].]]
In a tunnel, the Doctor, Jamie and Maxtible meet a Dalek claiming to be Omega, but the Doctor quickly recognises it’s an imposter and pushes it over a cliff.  They eventually reach a vast chamber, the throne room of the giant [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Dalek]].  The Doctor boasts to the Emperor how the humanised Daleks will soon ferment revolution on Skaro (his true goal all along), and that the Daleks are beaten.  The Emperor then reveals that he too has a secret.  Identifying the Human Factor has allowed the Daleks to identify the [[Dalek Factor]], and now that they have the Doctor’s TARDIS, they can then implant the Dalek Factor across the history of Earth.[[File:Mo su01theevilofthedaleks.jpg|thumb|The imposing [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Dalek]] in the Dalek city on [[Skaro]].]]


===Episode 7===
=== Episode 7 ===


The Doctor is appalled and refuses to comply. They are all put in the holding cell, Victoria reunited with her father at last. The Daleks lure Maxtible with the secret of turning lead into gold to walk through an archway that implants him with the Dalek Factor.
The Doctor is appalled and refuses to comply. They are all put in the holding cell, Victoria reunited with her father at last. The Daleks lure Maxtible with the secret of turning lead into gold to walk through an archway that implants him with the Dalek Factor.
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Chaos erupts in the Dalek City. Humanised Daleks begin defying the non-processed Daleks, and are destroyed. The Doctor urges the humanised Daleks to defend themselves and to demand answers from the Emperor. Soon civil war erupts in full force. The enraged Maxtible hurls Kemel over a cliff to his death, before himself being killed in the crossfire. Waterfield sacrifices his life to save the Doctor by hurling himself in front of a Dalek energy blast. The Emperor himself is destroyed by the fighting in the throne room. The Doctor and Jamie escape the melee with the now-orphaned Victoria and watch the city burn, apparently witnesses to the final end of the Daleks. Jamie expresses concern about Victoria being left alone, to which the Doctor replies that she'll be going with them as they leave. In the midst of the rubble, one lone Dalek is emitting a pulsing light...
Chaos erupts in the Dalek City. Humanised Daleks begin defying the non-processed Daleks, and are destroyed. The Doctor urges the humanised Daleks to defend themselves and to demand answers from the Emperor. Soon civil war erupts in full force. The enraged Maxtible hurls Kemel over a cliff to his death, before himself being killed in the crossfire. Waterfield sacrifices his life to save the Doctor by hurling himself in front of a Dalek energy blast. The Emperor himself is destroyed by the fighting in the throne room. The Doctor and Jamie escape the melee with the now-orphaned Victoria and watch the city burn, apparently witnesses to the final end of the Daleks. Jamie expresses concern about Victoria being left alone, to which the Doctor replies that she'll be going with them as they leave. In the midst of the rubble, one lone Dalek is emitting a pulsing light...


==Cast==
== Cast ==
* [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]] - [[Frazer Hines]]
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* Dalek Voices - [[Roy Skelton]], [[Peter Hawkins]]
* Dalek Voices - [[Roy Skelton]], [[Peter Hawkins]]


==Crew==
== Crew ==
*[[Writer]] - [[David Whitaker]]
* [[Writer]] - [[David Whitaker]]
*[[Producer]] - [[Innes Lloyd]]
* [[Producer]] - [[Innes Lloyd]]
*[[Director]] - [[Derek Martinus]]
* [[Director]] - [[Derek Martinus]]
*[[Doctor Who theme|Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]] and the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]
* [[Doctor Who theme|Title Music]] - [[Ron Grainer]] and the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]
*[[Theme Arrangement]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]]
* [[Theme Arrangement]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]]
*[[Incidental Music]] - [[Dudley Simpson]]
* [[Incidental Music]] - [[Dudley Simpson]]
*[[Dalek]]s created by [[Terry Nation]]
* [[Dalek]]s created by [[Terry Nation]]
*[[Fight Arranger]] - [[Peter Diamond]]
* [[Fight Arranger]] - [[Peter Diamond]]
*[[Script Editor]]s - [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Peter Bryant]]
* [[Script Editor]]s - [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Peter Bryant]]
*[[Costumes]] - [[Sandra Reid]]
* [[Costumes]] - [[Sandra Reid]]
*[[Make-Up]] - [[Gillian James]]
* [[Make-Up]] - [[Gillian James]]
*[[Studio Lighting]] - [[Wally Whitmore]]
* [[Studio Lighting]] - [[Wally Whitmore]]
*[[Studio Sound]] - [[Bryan Forgham]]
* [[Studio Sound]] - [[Bryan Forgham]]
*[[Film Cameraman]] - [[John Baker (cameraman)|John Baker]]
* [[Film Cameraman]] - [[John Baker (cameraman)|John Baker]]
*[[Film Editor]] - [[Ted Walter]]
* [[Film Editor]] - [[Ted Walter]]
*[[Visual Effects]] - [[Michaeljohn Harris]] and [[Peter Day]]
* [[Visual Effects]] - [[Michaeljohn Harris]] and [[Peter Day]]
*[[Designer (crew)|Designer]] - [[Chris Thompson]]
* [[Designer (crew)|Designer]] - [[Chris Thompson]]
*Dalek fight film sequence directed by [[Timothy Combe]]
* Dalek fight film sequence directed by [[Timothy Combe]]
*[[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[David Tilley]], [[Margaret Rushton]]
* [[Assistant Floor Manager]] - [[David Tilley]], [[Margaret Rushton]]
*[[Associate Producer]] - [[Peter Bryant]]
* [[Associate Producer]] - [[Peter Bryant]]
*[[Production Assistant]] - [[Timothy Combe]]
* [[Production Assistant]] - [[Timothy Combe]]
*[[Special Sounds]] - [[Brian Hodgson]]
* [[Special Sounds]] - [[Brian Hodgson]]


==References==
== References ==
[[file:mo_su01theevilofthedaleks.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Dalek Emperor]]]]
[[File:mo_su01theevilofthedaleks.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Dalek Emperor]]]]
[[1854]], [[Battle of Inkerman]], [[Charge of the Light Brigade]], [[Crimean War]], [[gold]], [[James Clerk Maxwell]], [[time cabinet]]
[[1854]], [[Battle of Inkerman]], [[Charge of the Light Brigade]], [[Crimean War]], [[gold]], [[James Clerk Maxwell]], [[time cabinet]]
*This marks the '''second''' time the [[Second Doctor|Doctor]] has visited the same [[alien]] world, specifically [[Skaro]], a second time (the first was [[Kembel]]).
* This marks the '''second''' time the [[Second Doctor|Doctor]] has visited the same [[alien]] world, specifically [[Skaro]], a second time (the first was [[Kembel]]).
*The [[Dalek Emperor]] makes its first appearance.
* The [[Dalek Emperor]] makes its first appearance.
*The Daleks use [[mirror]]s to [[time travel]].
* The Daleks use [[mirror]]s to [[time travel]].


==Story notes==
== Story notes ==
*Written by former ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[script editor]] [[David Whitaker]], "Evil" was initially intended to be the last [[Dalek]] story on ''Doctor Who''. Writer [[Terry Nation]], the creator of the Daleks, was busily trying to sell the Daleks to [[America]]n [[television]] at the time and it was intended to give them a big send off from the series. Of course, despite the Doctor's pronouncement, this was not to be his last encounter with these most famous of his adversaries. And despite the intention to 'kill off' the Daleks, Lloyd was told, at the last moment before filming the final scene, not to. He did this inserting a light globe inside the Emperor Dalek. This glowed as the Emperor was destroyed, suggesting that something within remained alive.
* Written by former ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[script editor]] [[David Whitaker]], "Evil" was initially intended to be the last [[Dalek]] story on ''Doctor Who''. Writer [[Terry Nation]], the creator of the Daleks, was busily trying to sell the Daleks to [[America]]n [[television]] at the time and it was intended to give them a big send off from the series. Of course, despite the Doctor's pronouncement, this was not to be his last encounter with these most famous of his adversaries. And despite the intention to 'kill off' the Daleks, Lloyd was told, at the last moment before filming the final scene, not to. He did this inserting a light globe inside the Emperor Dalek. This glowed as the Emperor was destroyed, suggesting that something within remained alive.


*This was the last story on which [[Gerry Davis]] served as [[Story Editor]].
* This was the last story on which [[Gerry Davis]] served as [[Story Editor]].


*"The Evil of the Daleks" was wiped from the [[BBC]]'s archives in the early [[1970s]]. Only a telerecording of episode 2 remains, returned to the archive in [[May]] [[1987]] after being found at a car boot sale a few years earlier, but a copy of the soundtrack was released in [[1992]]. A second version with alternative narration was released in [[2003]]. A home movie of the filming of the Dalek battle sequence exists and is included on the DVD of ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.
* "The Evil of the Daleks" was wiped from the [[BBC]]'s archives in the early [[1970s]]. Only a telerecording of episode 2 remains, returned to the archive in [[May]] [[1987]] after being found at a car boot sale a few years earlier, but a copy of the soundtrack was released in [[1992]]. A second version with alternative narration was released in [[2003]]. A home movie of the filming of the Dalek battle sequence exists and is included on the DVD of ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.
*This is the first Dalek story in which [[William Hartnell]] does not feature, if recaps and images seen in [[The Power of the Daleks|''The Power of the Daleks'']] are included.
* This is the first Dalek story in which [[William Hartnell]] does not feature, if recaps and images seen in [[The Power of the Daleks|''The Power of the Daleks'']] are included.


*In [[1993]] readers of ''DreamWatch Bulletin'' voted ''The Evil of the Daleks'' as the best ever ''Doctor Who'' story in a special poll for the series' thirtieth anniversary.
* In [[1993]] readers of ''DreamWatch Bulletin'' voted ''The Evil of the Daleks'' as the best ever ''Doctor Who'' story in a special poll for the series' thirtieth anniversary.


*[[The Beatles]]' 'Paperback Writer' and the Seekers' 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen' are used as background music on the juke box in the coffee bar scenes in the first episode.
* [[The Beatles]]' 'Paperback Writer' and the Seekers' 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen' are used as background music on the juke box in the coffee bar scenes in the first episode.


*The theme given to the Daleks by [[Dudley Simpson]] in his incidental music was based on the series' own signature tune.
* The theme given to the Daleks by [[Dudley Simpson]] in his incidental music was based on the series' own signature tune.


*Patrick Troughton and Deborah Watling appear only in film inserts in the fourth episode as they were on holiday during the week when it was recorded.
* Patrick Troughton and Deborah Watling appear only in film inserts in the fourth episode as they were on holiday during the week when it was recorded.
*Sound effects from ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' are reused for the Dalek city.
* Sound effects from ''[[The Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' are reused for the Dalek city.


*Some Louis Marx 'tricky action' toy Daleks are used in model work for the scenes of the destruction of the Dalek city.
* Some Louis Marx 'tricky action' toy Daleks are used in model work for the scenes of the destruction of the Dalek city.


*The first individual visual effects designer credits ever given on the series appears, for [[Michealjohn Harris]] and [[Peter Day]]. Previously, visual effects had been handled by the series' scenic designers rather than by the BBC's Visual Effects Department, although the Department as a whole did receive a credit on the first story, ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''.
* The first individual visual effects designer credits ever given on the series appears, for [[Michealjohn Harris]] and [[Peter Day]]. Previously, visual effects had been handled by the series' scenic designers rather than by the BBC's Visual Effects Department, although the Department as a whole did receive a credit on the first story, ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''.
*A sequel to this story was released in DWM. It was called 'Children of the Revolution.'
* A sequel to this story was released in DWM. It was called 'Children of the Revolution.'


===Ratings===
=== Ratings ===
Original broadcast only
Original broadcast only


*Episode 1 - 8.1 million viewers
* Episode 1 - 8.1 million viewers
*Episode 2 - 7.5 million viewers
* Episode 2 - 7.5 million viewers
*Episode 3 - 6.1 million viewers
* Episode 3 - 6.1 million viewers
*Episode 4 - 5.3 million viewers
* Episode 4 - 5.3 million viewers
*Episode 5 - 5.1 million viewers
* Episode 5 - 5.1 million viewers
*Episode 6 - 6.8 million viewers
* Episode 6 - 6.8 million viewers
*Episode 7 - 6.1 million viewers
* Episode 7 - 6.1 million viewers


===Rebroadcast===
=== Rebroadcast ===
''The Evil of the Daleks'' was the first ''Doctor Who'' serial to be rebroadcast in its entirety. This occurred between June and August of 1968, when the serial was aired to fill the gap between season 5 and 6. Unlike most reruns, the rebroadcast was actually worked into the narrative of the series, by having new companion [[Zoe Heriot]] watching the events unfold via a telepathic projector hidden behind one of the roundels of the console room. For the rebroadcasts new introductions were recorded.
''The Evil of the Daleks'' was the first ''Doctor Who'' serial to be rebroadcast in its entirety. This occurred between June and August of 1968, when the serial was aired to fill the gap between season 5 and 6. Unlike most reruns, the rebroadcast was actually worked into the narrative of the series, by having new companion [[Zoe Heriot]] watching the events unfold via a telepathic projector hidden behind one of the roundels of the console room. For the rebroadcasts new introductions were recorded.


===Myths===
=== Myths ===
''to be added''
''to be added''


===Filming locations===
=== Filming locations ===
*The hangars on Kendal Avenue in Ealing were used for the opening scenes at Gatwick Airport.
* The hangars on Kendal Avenue in Ealing were used for the opening scenes at Gatwick Airport.
*Grim's Dyke Mansion House at Harrow Weald, Middlesex served as the location for Edward Waterfield's estate.
* Grim's Dyke Mansion House at Harrow Weald, Middlesex served as the location for Edward Waterfield's estate.
*Warehouse Lane in Shepherd's Bush was used for the scene at the railway arches.
* Warehouse Lane in Shepherd's Bush was used for the scene at the railway arches.
*All other scenes, including the final scenes on Skaro, were filmed at [[Ealing Television Film Studios]], Ealing Green, Ealing.
* All other scenes, including the final scenes on Skaro, were filmed at [[Ealing Television Film Studios]], Ealing Green, Ealing.
*[[Lime Grove Studios|Lime Grove Studios (Studio D)]], Lime Grove, London
* [[Lime Grove Studios|Lime Grove Studios (Studio D)]], Lime Grove, London


===Production errors===
=== Production errors ===
{{discontinuity}}
{{discontinuity}}
*In episode two, part of a camera appears as the Dalek questions Victoria.
* In episode two, part of a camera appears as the Dalek questions Victoria.
*In episode seven, when the "Dalekised" Doctor and Maxtible report to the Emperor, their voices are slightly but audibly "Dalekised" also. Similarly, the echo effect of the Emperor's voice affects other Daleks in the control room.
* In episode seven, when the "Dalekised" Doctor and Maxtible report to the Emperor, their voices are slightly but audibly "Dalekised" also. Similarly, the echo effect of the Emperor's voice affects other Daleks in the control room.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*This story picks up where [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' left off. The first two parts take place contemporaneously with part four of [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'', which may go some way to explaining why the [[First Doctor]] said that he had the same feeling he had when [[Dalek]]s were around at the start of that story.
* This story picks up where [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' left off. The first two parts take place contemporaneously with part four of [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'', which may go some way to explaining why the [[First Doctor]] said that he had the same feeling he had when [[Dalek]]s were around at the start of that story.


*This story introduced the [[Dalek Emperor]]. Previously the leader of the Daleks had been either the [[Supreme Dalek|Black Dalek]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') or the [[Supreme Dalek]] (aka the Dalek Supreme, [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''). The concept of a Dalek emperor is referenced again in [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'' and [[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]''.
* This story introduced the [[Dalek Emperor]]. Previously the leader of the Daleks had been either the [[Supreme Dalek|Black Dalek]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') or the [[Supreme Dalek]] (aka the Dalek Supreme, [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''). The concept of a Dalek emperor is referenced again in [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'' and [[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]''.


*The following story picks up immediately after the events of this story on Skaro, with the Doctor welcoming Victoria aboard the TARDIS as its newest crewmember. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'').
* The following story picks up immediately after the events of this story on Skaro, with the Doctor welcoming Victoria aboard the TARDIS as its newest crewmember. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'').


*The Daleks also use [[mirror]]s as a method of time travel in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]'', as does [[Donna Noble]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''
* The Daleks also use [[mirror]]s as a method of time travel in [[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]'', as does [[Donna Noble]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''


*A Dalek Emperor appears in [[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''.
* A Dalek Emperor appears in [[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''.


*With some speculation, this Dalek Emperor could in fact be the mentally affected Davros from [[BFA]]: ''[[Terror Firma]]''.
* With some speculation, this Dalek Emperor could in fact be the mentally affected Davros from [[BFA]]: ''[[Terror Firma]]''.
*[[Alpha (Dalek)|Alpha]], [[Beta (Dalek)|Beta]] and [[Omega (Dalek)|Omega]] next feature in [[DWM]]: ''[[Children of the Revolution]]''.
* [[Alpha (Dalek)|Alpha]], [[Beta (Dalek)|Beta]] and [[Omega (Dalek)|Omega]] next feature in [[DWM]]: ''[[Children of the Revolution]]''.
*The [[Dalek]]s try a similar plan to create [[human]]/[[Dalek]] hybrids in [[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]/[[Evolution of the Daleks]].
* The [[Dalek]]s try a similar plan to create [[human]]/[[Dalek]] hybrids in [[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]/[[Evolution of the Daleks]].


==Timeline==
== Timeline ==
*This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]''
* This story occurs after: [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]''
*This story occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
* This story occurs before: [[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''


==Home video and audio releases==
== Home video and audio releases ==
*The surviving episode (Episode 2) was released on the [[Daleks: The Early Years]] video.
* The surviving episode (Episode 2) was released on the [[Daleks: The Early Years]] video.
*It was also released on the [[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]] DVD (January, 2004).
* It was also released on the [[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]] DVD (January, 2004).
**Editing of surviving episodes DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].
** Editing of surviving episodes DVD release completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]].


===DVD releases===
=== DVD releases ===
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===Audio releases===
=== Audio releases ===
*An audio cassette of the soundtrack, with linking narration by Tom Baker was released in 1992.
* An audio cassette of the soundtrack, with linking narration by Tom Baker was released in 1992.
*Another audio version of the soundtrack, with linking narration by Frazer Hines, was released by BBC Audiobooks Ltd. in 2004.
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==Novelisation and its audiobook==
== Novelisation and its audiobook ==
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:''Main article: [[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)]]''
:''Main article: [[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)]]''


*This story was novelised as ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' by [[John Peel]] in [[1993]]. To date, it is the last of the original series serials to be adapted as a novel; there remain almost a half-dozen stories that have yet to be officially adapted: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'', ''[[City of Death]]'', ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''.
* This story was novelised as ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' by [[John Peel]] in [[1993]]. To date, it is the last of the original series serials to be adapted as a novel; there remain almost a half-dozen stories that have yet to be officially adapted: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'', ''[[City of Death]]'', ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''.


==See also==
== See also ==
*[[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire (Big Finish)]]''
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire (Big Finish)]]''


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The Evil of the Daleks was the ninth and final story of Season 4 of Doctor Who, and was the first story to feature companion Victoria Waterfield, played by Deborah Watling. It was at the time intended to be the Doctor's final battle with the Daleks, which, aside from a few cameos, did not appear again in the series for five years. Only episode two remains intact, while the rest of the story has been lost.

Synopsis

The Daleks draft the Second Doctor into distilling the Human Factor which, once implanted, would make the Dalek race invincible. Jamie's faith in the Doctor is stretched to the limit as he appears to be collaborating with the Daleks. The Doctor has a few tricks up his sleeve, but then again so might the Daleks...

Plot

Episode 1

Having bidden farewell to Ben and Polly, the Doctor and Jamie discover that the TARDIS has been stolen on the back of a lorry. They pursue the thieves, encountering a less-than-helpful air mechanic (Bob Hall), who is actually working for someone named Kennedy. Kennedy himself is under the employ of an antique dealer, Edward Waterfield, a specialist in Victorian antiques and reproductions. While Kennedy knocks out Hall and leaves clues for the Doctor to find, Waterfield explains to his assistant Perry that the Police Box is a special request for a particular client. He asks Perry to meet the Doctor and Jamie, and to invite them to meet Waterfield at 10pm at the antique shop. Kennedy notes how Waterfield appears to have a secret back room in his office. He sneaks in to find a safe as well as a mysterious machine featuring a large platform. As he focuses on opening the safe, he fails to notice a Dalek materialising on the platform. The Dalek demands the terrified Kennedy identify himself.

Episode 2

Kennedy flees and is shot down by the Dalek. Waterfield is horrified at the Dalek’s callous indifference to human life, but the Dalek demands that he follow orders. Despite his shattered nerves, he lays a trap for the Doctor and Jamie involving a photo of the two of them ripped in half.

The pair enter the antique shop and note the antique clocks: too perfect to be reproductions, but too new to be genuinely Victorian. They also find a bill dated 1866, but again seemingly too new to be genuine. They soon discover Kennedy’s body and one half of the photo. The Doctor quickly finds the secret room, and the second half of the photo sticking out of a box on the teleport platform. Jamie impulsively opens the box, releasing a gas grenade that knocks them both out. Waterfield moves their prone bodies onto the platform, and the three disappear.

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A Dalek interrogates Victoria Waterfield.

They awake in the country house of eccentric Professor Theodore Maxtible in the year 1866. Maxtible and Waterfield explain that they have been researching time travel through the use of static electricity and a chamber lined with mirrors. They inadvertently summoned a group of Daleks who took Waterfield’s daughter Victoria prisoner and forced them to kidnap the Doctor. The Daleks threaten to destroy the TARDIS unless he assists them with an experiment. Jamie is to be subjected to a series of potentially lethal tests in order to identify the Human Factor, a theoretical group of attributes possessed by humanity that have caused so many Dalek defeats at their hands. Implanting the Human Factor into the Daleks would create an invincible race of Super-Daleks.

The test is due to start immediately, but then Jamie is nowhere to be found.

Episode 3

Jamie has been kidnapped by a ruffian Toby at the behest of another houseguest, Arthur Terrall (a suitor of Maxtible's daughter Ruth). Terrall is under the control of the Daleks, and his behavior vacillates wildly from calm to violent.

The Daleks prepare for the test to begin, moving Victoria to one end of the west wing of the house. A mute Turkish muscleman Kemel, a servant of Maxtible, demonstrates his strength by bending an iron bar. He is told that Jamie is a vicious ruffian, and is instructed to guard the house from him.

Jamie is puzzled by the Doctor’s behavior, claiming Daleks are in the house and appearing to collaborate with Maxtible and Waterfield, but succumbs to the Doctor’s reverse psychology forbidding him from attempting a rescue of Victoria. He has, after all, become seemingly smitten by a painting of Victoria’s late mother, whom he’s told resembles her daughter exactly. Jamie is soon in the west wing, and soon squares off against the fearsome Kemel.

Episode 4

Jamie and Kemel fight each other, but in the struggle Kemel falls through an open window and dangles from the roof. Once Jamie pulls him back in, they come to a truce. Despite Kemel’s muteness, they are able to communicate with each other. They’re both fond of Victoria, and they work together to avoid fatal booby traps laid by the Daleks. The Doctor, monitoring their progress, gleefully notes how Jamie’s compassion, courage, and instinct have allowed him to survive. Meanwhile, Waterfield is increasingly unnerved by the Daleks’ ruthlessness, and Maxtible demands that the Daleks fulfil their end of the bargain… the alchemical secret of transmuting base metals into gold.

After working together to destroy a Dalek by flinging it into a lit fireplace, Jamie and Kemel climb the balcony of the trophy room, finding Victoria in the closed room beyond. A hidden panel slides open and a Dalek advances on them.

Episode 5

Jamie and Kemel manage to propel the Dalek off the balcony, where it explodes on the floor below. They break into the room beyond to finally find Victoria.

The Doctor closes in on Terrall, correctly suspecting that he’s under Dalek influence. It is evident that the strain on Terrall is worsening. Meanwhile Waterfield pleads with the Doctor to stop the experiment – surely once the Daleks have the Human Factor, they’ll be invincible. The Doctor continues nonetheless, imprinting the qualities that Jamie exhibited into positronic brains that will be implanted into three test Daleks.

Terrall sneaks into Victoria’s room via a secret passageway and steals her away under Jamie and Kemel’s noses. They follow through the passageway to find her. Having split up, Kemel finds Victoria unconscious in the lab. A Dalek orders him to carry her into the time travel cabinet.

Terrall finally collapses under the strain of the Dalek influence. The Doctor removes the control device, and urges Ruth to take him away to recover. Jamie is furious with the Doctor for his seeming collaboration with the Daleks, and has lost his faith in the Doctor. Then the three test Daleks with the Human Factor activate; rather than invincible killing machines, they are childlike and playful.

Episode 6

The Doctor is overjoyed with the success of the experiment, watching the Daleks enjoy the individual names given to them by the Doctor (Alpha, Beta and Omega) and playing ‘trains’ and ‘roundabouts.’ All the Daleks, including the three humanised ones, are summoned back to Skaro now that the experiment has ended. Maxtible follows to receive his promised reward, though he is greatly aggrieved to learn that the Daleks intend to destroy the house.

Waterfield finds the bomb left behind by the Daleks. The Doctor realises that they can’t deactivate it in time, so they have no choice but to also follow them to Skaro. They leave just before the bomb explodes and destroys the house.

Kemel and Victoria are in a cell in the Dalek city. Maxtible arrives to explain to them how they’ve been transported across the galaxy. Victoria despairs but Kemel resolves to defend her. The Daleks are furious with Maxtible for not bringing the Doctor with him to Skaro, but an alarm soon rings: the Doctor, Jamie and Waterfield are infiltrating the city via an underground passage. The Daleks force Victoria and Maxtible to scream to lure them in.

Meanwhile, the Black Dalek encounters one of the three humanised Daleks, Omega, proudly boasting how the Doctor gave him his name.

In a tunnel, the Doctor, Jamie and Maxtible meet a Dalek claiming to be Omega, but the Doctor quickly recognises it’s an imposter and pushes it over a cliff. They eventually reach a vast chamber, the throne room of the giant Emperor Dalek. The Doctor boasts to the Emperor how the humanised Daleks will soon ferment revolution on Skaro (his true goal all along), and that the Daleks are beaten. The Emperor then reveals that he too has a secret. Identifying the Human Factor has allowed the Daleks to identify the Dalek Factor, and now that they have the Doctor’s TARDIS, they can then implant the Dalek Factor across the history of Earth.

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The imposing Emperor Dalek in the Dalek city on Skaro.

Episode 7

The Doctor is appalled and refuses to comply. They are all put in the holding cell, Victoria reunited with her father at last. The Daleks lure Maxtible with the secret of turning lead into gold to walk through an archway that implants him with the Dalek Factor.

Later, as they sleep, Maxtible hypnotises the Doctor into walking through the arch as well. The others wake to see him, and Jamie cries out in vain for him to stop. As he passes through, the Doctor seems to also be mentally converted into a Dalek. Jamie and the others despair, and all hope seems to be lost.

Meanwhile, the Black Dalek orders a work party to stop, but is enraged when one Dalek asks, “Why?”

Maxtible and the Doctor work on creating a device that can convert humans into Daleks on a massive scale. When Maxtible leaves, however, the Doctor’s demeanour changes, and he makes a quick adjustment to the conversion arch. He then sneaks back into the holding cell, urging them to walk through the arch. Jamie is still unsure if the Doctor can be trusted. A Dalek comes to bring the Doctor before the Emperor. As he leaves, he gives a subtle wink to Jamie.

The Emperor is informed about the three humanised Daleks beginning to question and defy commands. The Doctor, still pretending to be converted, suggests that all Daleks be passed through the conversion arch so that the humanised Daleks will be re-impregnated with the Dalek Factor.

As the Daleks begin moving through the arch, the Doctor urges his imprisoned colleagues to go through also. He reveals his double-cross: he switched the circuitry, and all the Daleks passing through the arch are being humanised (not being human himself, the initial Dalek conversion failed). They go through the archway and are unchanged.

Chaos erupts in the Dalek City. Humanised Daleks begin defying the non-processed Daleks, and are destroyed. The Doctor urges the humanised Daleks to defend themselves and to demand answers from the Emperor. Soon civil war erupts in full force. The enraged Maxtible hurls Kemel over a cliff to his death, before himself being killed in the crossfire. Waterfield sacrifices his life to save the Doctor by hurling himself in front of a Dalek energy blast. The Emperor himself is destroyed by the fighting in the throne room. The Doctor and Jamie escape the melee with the now-orphaned Victoria and watch the city burn, apparently witnesses to the final end of the Daleks. Jamie expresses concern about Victoria being left alone, to which the Doctor replies that she'll be going with them as they leave. In the midst of the rubble, one lone Dalek is emitting a pulsing light...

Cast

Crew

References

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The Dalek Emperor

1854, Battle of Inkerman, Charge of the Light Brigade, Crimean War, gold, James Clerk Maxwell, time cabinet

Story notes

  • Written by former Doctor Who script editor David Whitaker, "Evil" was initially intended to be the last Dalek story on Doctor Who. Writer Terry Nation, the creator of the Daleks, was busily trying to sell the Daleks to American television at the time and it was intended to give them a big send off from the series. Of course, despite the Doctor's pronouncement, this was not to be his last encounter with these most famous of his adversaries. And despite the intention to 'kill off' the Daleks, Lloyd was told, at the last moment before filming the final scene, not to. He did this inserting a light globe inside the Emperor Dalek. This glowed as the Emperor was destroyed, suggesting that something within remained alive.
  • "The Evil of the Daleks" was wiped from the BBC's archives in the early 1970s. Only a telerecording of episode 2 remains, returned to the archive in May 1987 after being found at a car boot sale a few years earlier, but a copy of the soundtrack was released in 1992. A second version with alternative narration was released in 2003. A home movie of the filming of the Dalek battle sequence exists and is included on the DVD of The Tomb of the Cybermen.
  • This is the first Dalek story in which William Hartnell does not feature, if recaps and images seen in The Power of the Daleks are included.
  • In 1993 readers of DreamWatch Bulletin voted The Evil of the Daleks as the best ever Doctor Who story in a special poll for the series' thirtieth anniversary.
  • The Beatles' 'Paperback Writer' and the Seekers' 'Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen' are used as background music on the juke box in the coffee bar scenes in the first episode.
  • The theme given to the Daleks by Dudley Simpson in his incidental music was based on the series' own signature tune.
  • Patrick Troughton and Deborah Watling appear only in film inserts in the fourth episode as they were on holiday during the week when it was recorded.
  • Sound effects from The Daleks and The Daleks' Master Plan are reused for the Dalek city.
  • Some Louis Marx 'tricky action' toy Daleks are used in model work for the scenes of the destruction of the Dalek city.
  • The first individual visual effects designer credits ever given on the series appears, for Michealjohn Harris and Peter Day. Previously, visual effects had been handled by the series' scenic designers rather than by the BBC's Visual Effects Department, although the Department as a whole did receive a credit on the first story, An Unearthly Child.
  • A sequel to this story was released in DWM. It was called 'Children of the Revolution.'

Ratings

Original broadcast only

  • Episode 1 - 8.1 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 7.5 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 6.1 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 5.3 million viewers
  • Episode 5 - 5.1 million viewers
  • Episode 6 - 6.8 million viewers
  • Episode 7 - 6.1 million viewers

Rebroadcast

The Evil of the Daleks was the first Doctor Who serial to be rebroadcast in its entirety. This occurred between June and August of 1968, when the serial was aired to fill the gap between season 5 and 6. Unlike most reruns, the rebroadcast was actually worked into the narrative of the series, by having new companion Zoe Heriot watching the events unfold via a telepathic projector hidden behind one of the roundels of the console room. For the rebroadcasts new introductions were recorded.

Myths

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Filming locations

  • The hangars on Kendal Avenue in Ealing were used for the opening scenes at Gatwick Airport.
  • Grim's Dyke Mansion House at Harrow Weald, Middlesex served as the location for Edward Waterfield's estate.
  • Warehouse Lane in Shepherd's Bush was used for the scene at the railway arches.
  • All other scenes, including the final scenes on Skaro, were filmed at Ealing Television Film Studios, Ealing Green, Ealing.
  • Lime Grove Studios (Studio D), Lime Grove, London

Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
  • In episode two, part of a camera appears as the Dalek questions Victoria.
  • In episode seven, when the "Dalekised" Doctor and Maxtible report to the Emperor, their voices are slightly but audibly "Dalekised" also. Similarly, the echo effect of the Emperor's voice affects other Daleks in the control room.

Continuity

  • This story picks up where DW: The Faceless Ones left off. The first two parts take place contemporaneously with part four of DW: The War Machines, which may go some way to explaining why the First Doctor said that he had the same feeling he had when Daleks were around at the start of that story.
  • The following story picks up immediately after the events of this story on Skaro, with the Doctor welcoming Victoria aboard the TARDIS as its newest crewmember. (DW: The Tomb of the Cybermen).

Timeline

Home video and audio releases

DVD releases

  • Lost in Time Region 2 UK

    Lost in Time Region 2 UK

  • Lost in Time Region 4 Australia

    Lost in Time Region 4 Australia

  • Lost in Time Region 1 US

    Lost in Time Region 1 US

  • Lost in Time Region 1 US (Disc 2)

    Lost in Time Region 1 US (Disc 2)

  • Lost in Time Region 4 Australian re-release

    Lost in Time Region 4 Australian re-release


Audio releases

  • An audio cassette of the soundtrack, with linking narration by Tom Baker was released in 1992.
  • Another audio version of the soundtrack, with linking narration by Frazer Hines, was released by BBC Audiobooks Ltd. in 2004.
  • Cassette release

    Cassette release

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    CD release

Novelisation and its audiobook

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