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* The Doctor | * The Doctor carries on like a one-man cheese and [[wine]] society during his stay at [[Auderly House]], including providing some of Styles's provender to Sgt Benton and Capt Yates. The guerillas subsequently imprison the Doctor and Jo Grant in Styles's wine cellar. And the Doctor uses the excuse that he was down in the cellar, sampling Styles's collection of wines, as his reason for not having heard the hall telephone ringing, when challenged on the point by the Brigadier. | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* The Doctor | * The Doctor mentions having met [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]; and speaks of him as though he were a good friend, or at least a friendly acquaintance. | ||
=== Locations === | === Locations === | ||
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* The guerillas' guns are manufactured using iron mined in [[North Wales]]. | * The guerillas' guns are manufactured using iron mined in [[North Wales]]. The weapon depicted in this serial is an ultrasonic disintegrator, manufactured on Earth in the 22nd Century time zone. | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* This story is noted for being one of only a very few in which time travel is used as a main plot element. | * This story is noted for being one of only a very few in which time travel is used as a main plot element. | ||
* The story had working titles of ''The Ghost Hunters'' (also sometimes referred to as ''Ghost Hunters''), ''Years of Doom'', ''The Time Warriors'', ''The Day of the Daleks'' and ''Ghosts''. | * The story had working titles of ''The Ghost Hunters'' (also sometimes referred to as ''Ghost Hunters''), ''Years of Doom'', ''The Time Warriors'', ''The Day of the Daleks'', and ''Ghosts''. | ||
* According to the DVD production notes, and confirmed in interviews given over the years by script editor [[Terrance Dicks]], scriptwriter Louis Marks submitted his original story outline ''without'' the Daleks in it (hence the absence of any mention of them in the serial's original working title, ''The Ghost Hunters''). When producer Barry Letts decided to include the Daleks in the 1972 season, Dicks chose Louis Marks's serial as the one to add them to. | * According to the DVD production notes, and confirmed in interviews given over the years by script editor [[Terrance Dicks]], scriptwriter Louis Marks submitted his original story outline ''without'' the Daleks in it (hence the absence of any mention of them in the serial's original working title, ''The Ghost Hunters''). When producer Barry Letts decided to include the Daleks in the 1972 season, Dicks chose Louis Marks's serial as the one to add them to. | ||
* The on-screen title is ''Day of the Daleks''. However, on the original commercial releases (VHS video and Laserdisc) it was listed as ''The Day of the Daleks''. The title ''The Day of the Daleks'' is also given in ''Radio Times ''for all four episodes, and for the 90-minute compilation repeat broadcast on Monday 3 September 1973 ([[BBC One]] Cymru, Wales: Thursday 6 September). | * The on-screen title is ''Day of the Daleks''. However, on the original commercial releases (VHS video and Laserdisc) it was listed as ''The Day of the Daleks''. The title ''The Day of the Daleks'' is also given in ''Radio Times ''for all four episodes, and for the 90-minute compilation repeat broadcast on Monday 3 September 1973 ([[BBC One]] Cymru, Wales: Thursday 6 September). | ||
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* This is the first Dalek story since ''[[The Daleks]]'' in which there is no change to the main cast (if ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' is seen to introduce the character of the [[Second Doctor]]). | * This is the first Dalek story since ''[[The Daleks]]'' in which there is no change to the main cast (if ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' is seen to introduce the character of the [[Second Doctor]]). | ||
* The Ogrons are not named or described in Louis Marks's original scripts, being indicated merely by the term 'Monster'. | * The Ogrons are not named or described in Louis Marks's original scripts, being indicated merely by the term 'Monster'. | ||
* Nicholas Courtney is credited as 'The Brigadier' in ''Radio Times'' for episode two. | * Nicholas Courtney is credited as '''The'' Brigadier' in ''Radio Times'' for episode two. | ||
* Tim Condren (Guerilla) is credited in ''Radio Times'' as 'Guerrilla' — a misspelling, with two 'r's. | * Tim Condren (Guerilla) is credited in ''Radio Times'' as 'Guerrilla' — a misspelling, with two 'r's. | ||
* John Scott Martin (Dalek) is credited as 'Chief Dalek' in ''Radio Times'' | * John Scott Martin (Dalek) is credited as 'Chief Dalek' in ''Radio Times''; while Ricky Newby and Murphy Grumbar are both credited on-screen, but not in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* Rick Lester (Ogron) is credited in ''Radio Times'', while Maurice Bush, David Joyce, Franks Menzies, Bruce Wells and Geoffrey Todd are credited on-screen but not in ''Radio Times''. | * Rick Lester (Ogron) is credited in ''Radio Times'', while Maurice Bush, David Joyce, Franks Menzies, Bruce Wells and Geoffrey Todd are credited on-screen as Ogrons but not in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* George Raistrick (Guard at Work Centre) is credited as 'Guard' in ''Radio Times''. | * George Raistrick (Guard at Work Centre) is credited as 'Guard' in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* This is the first story in which the Doctor encounters — and actually interacts with — another version of his current incarnation (in the scene in episode one where the Doctor is tinkering with the TARDIS console, and he and Jo meet future versions of themselves). It was originally intended that in episode four the Doctor and Jo would meet their episode one selves (this time, they would ''be'' the 'future selves'), and the audience would thus realise where the future doubles had come from. But the scene had to be dropped because episode four was overrunning. Indeed, this is the first story in which the Doctor meets himself | * This is the first story in which the Doctor encounters — and actually interacts with — another version of his current incarnation (in the scene in episode one where the Doctor is tinkering with the TARDIS console, and he and Jo meet future versions of themselves). It was originally intended that in episode four the Doctor and Jo would meet their episode one selves (this time, they would ''be'' the 'future selves'), and the audience would thus realise where the future doubles had come from. But the scene was another that had to be dropped because episode four was overrunning. Indeed, this is the first story in which the Doctor meets himself, whether the same or another incarnation (since this serial was broadcast a full year before ''The Three Doctors''). | ||
* At the end of | * At the end of Terrance Dicks's novelisation of this story, the Doctor and Jo do meet their past selves (Dicks reinserted the scene which had been dropped because the serial was overrunning), mirroring the encounter at the start of the story — but with the positions reversed, so they now ''are'' their future selves. | ||
* In episode two, when the Controller tells Jo that she has already told him the year and goes on to ask where and when the Doctor is, she gives the date as "September the 13th" — a production team in-joke: this was a reference to the first of the four days of location filming for the story, which took place from Monday 13th to Thursday 16th September, 1971. | * In episode two, when the Controller tells Jo that she has already told him the year and goes on to ask where and when the Doctor is, she gives the date as "September the 13th" — a production team in-joke: this was a reference to the first of the four days of location filming for the story, which took place from Monday 13th to Thursday 16th September, 1971. | ||
* Although Miss Paget is seen to accompany Sir Reginald Styles to his car during the pre-filmed location sequence in episode four | * Although Miss Paget is seen to accompany Sir Reginald Styles to his car during the pre-filmed location sequence in episode four when Auderly House is evacuated and the delegates leave, Jean McFarlane was unavailable for the subsequent studio recording as she had been taken ill. Her lines were given instead to Styles's (hastily written-in) aide, played by [[Desmond Verini]] who, despite having a speaking part, remained uncredited both on-screen and in ''Radio Times''. | ||
* [[Steve Kelly]] was originally supposed to play an Ogron, but was injured in a car accident, being replaced by [[Frank Menzies]]. ([[DWM 301]]) | * [[Steve Kelly]] was originally supposed to play an Ogron, but was injured in a car accident, being replaced by [[Frank Menzies]]. ([[DWM 301]]) | ||
* Discounting a couple of brief cameos, the Daleks had not appeared in ''Doctor Who'' since ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' in [[1967]]. With this story, they returned to being regular opponents of the Doctor, making annual appearances every year for 4 years, before going into hibernation again after [[Season 12]]. A new sound effect for the Dalek energy weapon is introduced (but not used since). | * Discounting a couple of brief cameos, the Daleks had not appeared in ''Doctor Who'' since ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' in [[1967]]. With this story, they returned to being regular opponents of the Doctor, making annual appearances every year for 4 years, before going into hibernation again after [[Season 12]]. A new sound effect for the Dalek energy weapon is introduced (but not used since). | ||
* Every serial of the [[Season 8|preceding season]] ([[1971 (releases)|1971]]) featured {{Delgado}}. As such, this was the first serial broadcast in eighteen months - specifically, the first time since [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' - in which he does not appear. He was, however, absent from Episode 1 of [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' and the first three episodes of [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''. He would re-appear next in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]''. | * Every serial of the [[Season 8|preceding season]] ([[1971 (releases)|1971]]) featured {{Delgado}}. As such, this was the first serial broadcast in eighteen months - specifically, the first time since [[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' - in which he does not appear. He was, however, absent from Episode 1 of [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'' and the first three episodes of [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''. He would re-appear next in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]''. | ||
* Near the end of episode two, the Doctor fires one of the guerillas' disintegrator guns at an Ogron, vaporising it. This is one of only a handful of occasions in the franchise's history that the Doctor uses deadly force with a firearm. | * Near the end of episode two, the Doctor fires one of the guerillas' disintegrator guns at an Ogron, vaporising it. This is one of only a handful of occasions in the franchise's history that the Doctor uses deadly force with a firearm (as in ''The Keeper of Traken''). | ||
** In the special edition DVD, the Doctor kills a second Ogron inside the house with the disintegrator pistol. | ** In the special edition DVD, the Doctor also kills a second Ogron inside the house with the disintegrator pistol. | ||
* This is the first time the [[Dalek]]s are seen in colour on television. They were previously seen in colour only in the movies, in ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' ([[1965 (releases)|1965]]) and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' ([[1966 (releases)|1966]]). | * This is the first time the [[Dalek]]s are seen in colour on television. They were previously seen in colour only in the movies, in ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' ([[1965 (releases)|1965]]) and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' ([[1966 (releases)|1966]]). | ||
* In the novelisation of this story, the [[Gold Dalek]] is replaced by a [[Black Dalek]]. However, the Gold Dalek still makes an appearance, as the Black Dalek's superior. | * In the novelisation of this story, the [[Gold Dalek]] is replaced by a [[Black Dalek]]. However, the Gold Dalek still makes an appearance, as the Black Dalek's superior. | ||
