Death to the Daleks (TV story)

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Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives on the planet Exxilon, where all electrical energy is drained off by an unknown force. The Doctor meets a Marine Space Corps expedition from Earth who tell him that a plague is sweeping the galaxy and that the antidote, parrinium, can be found in large quantities only on Exxilon. Their ship has been disabled by the energy drain, so they are unable to leave with the mineral.

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A Dalek is destroyed by the Exxilons

Plot

The TARDIS has a power failure and the Doctor ans Sarah are stranded on a planet. There, Sarah meets and battles the Daleks for the first time. The Daleks want to take over, but the Doctor prevents the Daleks from doing this. The City destroyed, The Doctor sadly comments that the world is down to 9000 wonders.

Cast

Crew

References

  • It's also the cure for the space plague, which was caused by the Daleks' 'plague missiles'.
  • The Doctor describes the Daleks to Sarah as; "They're only half robots, Sarah. Inside each of those shells is a living, bubbling lump of hate."

Story Notes

  • This story had the working titles of; The Exilons, The Exxilons
  • This story originally did not feature the Daleks, but they were included because of Barry Letts' and Terrance Dicks' desire to cash in on the Daleks' popularity.
  • This story marks the first time the Daleks' weapons do not function on screen. The Daleks are later seen to be able to modify their casings relatively quickly, replacing their energy weapons with slug-throwing rifles.
  • The Daleks in this story are destroyed in quite simple ways.
  • The Daleks target practice with miniature police boxes.
  • Many of the Dalek casings utilised for this story dated from the 1960s (due to the unsatisfactory quality of the casings produced for Planet of the Daleks).
  • The cliffhanger to Part Three - the Doctor and Bellal walking towards a patterned area on the floor, only for the Doctor to say "Stop - don't move!" - was not originally going to be the cliffhanger. The original cliffhanger was going to be at the scene where the Doctor is trying to deduce the answer to the logic test concerning symbols, when two Daleks appear. Specifically, the cliffhanger would have hinged on the zoom towards the Dalek's gun. This was changed, however, for timing reasons.
  • Episode 1 was at one point wiped from the BBC archives, but later a copy was found to restore the serial; this is the latest known episode of Doctor Who to be, for a time at least, considered lost.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 8.1 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 9.5 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 10.5 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 9.5 million viewers

Myths

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Filming Locations

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • What happened to the Exxilon in the TARDIS after Sarah knocks it out?
  • A Dalek is killed by the freezing lake, but it apparently has no effect on humanoid tissue.
  • How did the Daleks complete the puzzles in the city, which are mostly touch based, when touching is supposedly the one thing a Dalek can't do? Daleks do come with attachments just for this situations perhaps or got one of the Exxilons to do it for them

Continuity

DVD and Video Releases

Death to the Daleks was released on VHS in 1987 in the omnibus format. It was later released in the episodic format.

Novelisation

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Main article: Death to the Daleks (novelisation)

External Links

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