Destination: Skaro (TV story)
Destination: Skaro was a televised minisode broadcast on 17 November 2023 on BBC One and written by Russell T Davies[1] as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations and Children in Need.
It featured the Fourteenth Doctor arriving on Skaro, which was hinted at in the final instalment of the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Liberation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"].
Publisher's summary
In this special Children in Need episode, the Doctor hurtles through space and time to a crucial point in the Daleks’ history.
Plot
Davros and his assistant, Mr. Castavillian, are building the first iteration of a mutant-housing Mark III Travel Machine. The assistant tries coming up with a new name for this machine, using different anagrams of Kaled. Hearing a request from Nyder, Davros leaves. There is an inexplicable wheezing, groaning sound.
Suddenly, the TARDIS crashes into the room, smashing into a wall. The Fourteenth Doctor opens the door and says "Hello!". He realises his violent landing accidentally smashed off a part of a machine, a multi-dextrous claw, and apologies. Then he sees the machine, and says in terror "That's a Dalek." The assistant notes down this name. Hurriedly, he re-enters the TARDIS, retrieves a plunger, and throws it to Castavillian. The Doctor runs back into the TARDIS and tells the assistant he was "Never here". The TARDIS dematerialises. Panicking, the assisstant sticks the plunger onto the machine in place of the claw.
Davros re-enters and sees the plunger stuck onto the Dalek. The assistant looks at his boss nervously, yet he approves, "I like it."
Cast
- The Doctor - David Tennant[1]
- Mr Castavillian - Mawaan Rizwan[1]
- Davros - Julian Bleach
- Voice of the Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
- Dalek Operator - Barnaby Edwards
Crew
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| Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources. |
Worldbuilding
- This story is set prior to the events that take place in Genesis of the Daleks. The Doctor refers to it as such, inadvertently inventing the title.
Notes
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Continuity
- An hour ago the Doctor was a "brilliant woman", referring to the Thirteenth Doctor who regenerated into the Fourteenth Doctor in The Power of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"]. Between that and this adventure, Liberation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"] took place.
Home media releases
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Gallery
- Main article: /Gallery
Footnotes
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