Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)

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Synopsis

Plot

In a deserted urban street, a group of panicked ragged fugitives in futuristic uniforms try to run from two policeman. The policemen shoot the fugitives with machine guns, whereupon both the policemen and the corpses glow and vanish.

Elsewhere, the Doctor's TARDIS has gotten caught in a time corridor. The Doctor manages to free it and it then materialises in present day London, in some docklands, within sight of Tower Bridge not far from the shooting of the fugitives. They poke their noses into some nearby warehouses, and find a survivor of the massacre, a middle-aged man named Stien.

Far in the future, Daleks attack a space station. Their aim is to rescue their creator, Davros, who has been held there in suspended animation since his capture by Human. They want him to help them find an antidote to the Movellan virus.

In addition, the Daleks have constructed android duplicates and installed some of them in key positions of authority on Earth. They now intend to send duplicates of the Doctor and his companions to Gallifrey in order to assassinate the High Council of the Time Lords.

These plans ultimately fail, however, as one of their duplicate humans, Stien, rebels and destroys the space station. Davros is unable to find a cure for the virus but has an escape pod ready in case of problems.

Commander Lytton, an alien mercenary working for the Daleks, escapes to Earth. Tegan, sickened by all the killing she has seen, decides to remain on her home planet.

Cast

Crew

References

  • The Cloister Bell can be heard ringing when the Doctor is trying to free the TARDIS from the Daleks' time corridor.
  • There are cylinders of the Movellan virus stored on Earth.

Story Notes

  • This story had the working titles of: Warhead, The Return, The Resurrection
  • Although recorded as four separate episodes it was broadcast as two 45 minute episodes in order to free up transmission slots for the broadcast of the Winter Olympics.
  • An article by Russell T. Davies in the Doctor Who Annual 2006 suggested that the Dalek Supreme's attempt to assassinate the High Council was one of the initial clashes in the Time War mentioned in the 2005 series.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 7.3 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 8.0 million viewers

Myths

  • It was due to the success of the double-length episode format of this story that the BBC decided to adopt the same format for the whole of the following season. (It had already been decided before this that season twenty-two would consist of thirteen episodes of approximately forty-five minutes each).

Location Filming

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • Davros is surprised at the impasse of the Dalek/Movellan war, although he saw it at first hand in Destiny of the Daleks.
  • Despite having spent his time in suspended animation he has been able to make his mind control device and has learnt enough about Time Lords to deduce that they're 'all soft'.
  • Who are the prisoners who escape at the start? (Duplicates? The originals of duplicates? Why use duplicates as soldiers, rather than to infiltrate?)
  • Why are the cylinders of Movellan virus left on 1984 Earth, a planet that the Daleks want to invade? It's a bit like the Allies hiding an atom bomb in Berlin.
  • How do the Daleks have duplicates of Tegan and Turlough? And why do the Daleks make such a fuss to keep the Doctor alive to clone him, when they can clone dead people as well? They needed him alive to copy his memories as well.
  • Why was Leela missing from the list of companions during the flashback?
  • Stein claims that all the troopers are duplicates. However, it is implied (and later confirmed in "Attack of the Cybermen") that Commander Lytton is actually a mercenary and not a duplicate. How he came to work for the Daleks in the first place is never brought up.
  • How are the Daleks able to view what's going on inside the station from their own ship?
  • Why does Davros immediately assume (correctly) that Lytton and his troopers are working for the Daleks after they unfreeze him?
  • Why do the duplicated Earth soldiers attack Davros's Daleks with weapons they know will not harm them?

Continuity

DVD, Video, and Other Releases

DVD Releases

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Released as Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks, the UK DVD release came with an additional rubber case that went over the top of the standard packaging.

Released:

PAL - BBC DVD BBCDVD1100
NTSC - Warner Video E1759

Contents:

Rear Credits:

Video Releases

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Released as Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks.

Released:

  • First Release:
PAL - BBC Video BBCV5143
NTSC - Warner Video E1261

Notes: Presented in the non-broadcast (original edit) four part format.

  • Second Release:
PAL - BBC Video BBCV7253

Notes: W.H. Smith exclusive as part of the The Davros Collection box set.

Target Novelisations

External Links


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