Day of the Daleks (TV story)

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Synopsis

Freedom fighters from the future attempt to thwart a Dalek invasion by coming back in time to assassinate a delegate at the Second World Peace Conference.

Plot

The Doctor, Jo, and the Brigadier.

Sir Reginald Styles, organiser of a world peace conference, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a combat-uniformed guerrilla who vanishes like a ghost. Later the guerrilla is attacked by huge, ape-like creatures called Ogrons and found unconscious by UNIT troops in the grounds of the house. The Doctor deduces that he comes from about two hundred years in the future and that a device found with him is a time machine.

While Styles is away, the Doctor and Jo keep watch. The guerrillas attack again, but the Time Lord convinces them that he is not Styles. One of their party, Shura, is later injured by an Ogron.

Jo meanwhile accidentally activates one of the guerrillas' time machines and is transported to the 22nd Century. When the guerrillas return there, the Doctor goes with them. He learns that the Earth of this period is ruled by the Daleks with the help of the Ogrons and human collaborators, whose leader is known as the Controller. Jo and the Doctor are both taken prisoner at the Dalek base.

The guerrillas rescue them and explain that they are attempting to kill Styles because he caused an explosion at the peace conference, starting a series of wars that left humanity vulnerable to Dalek conquest - a history that they wish to change. The Doctor realises that the explosion was actually caused by Shura in a misguided attempt to fulfil his mission.

Returning to the 20th Century with Jo, he has Styles' house evacuated. Daleks and Ogrons arrive in pursuit, but are destroyed when Shura detonates his bomb.

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The Daleks and Orgons advance.

Cast

Crew

References

  • The Doctor drinks a fair bit of Wine during his stay at Auderly House noting (mainly to himself): "That's a most good-natured wine. A touch sardonic, perhaps, but not cynical. A most civilized wine, one after my own heart."
  • Dalekanium in the alternate future is both a substance and a bomb.
  • The Blinovitch Limitation Effect is mentioned here for the first time.
  • The Daleks' servants are called Ogrons.
  • The Daleks time travel via a Time Vortex Magnetron.

Story Notes

  • This story is noted for being one of only actual 'time travel' stories, where the very nature of time travel is used as a main plot element.
  • This story at one time had the working title of Ghosts.
  • The on screen title is Day of the Daleks, however the commercial releases (Video and Laserdisc) it was listed as The Day of the Daleks.

Ratings

  • Episode 1 - 9.8 million viewers
  • Episode 2 - 10.4 million viewers
  • Episode 3 - 9.1 million viewers
  • Episode 4 - 9.1 million viewers

Myths

to be added

Location Filming

to be added

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • There are only three Dalek props, not an issue...until it comes to the main action scenes.
  • A Dalek story had not been produced for some time, hence the Dalek's odd manner of speech.

Continuity

DVD and Video Releases

to be added

Target Novelisations

See Also

  • The Space Museum - a story which deals with similar issues of time travel and the like.
  • Father's Day - another story which deals with similar paradoxical issues of time travel.

External Links

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