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'''''The Dalek Invasion of Earth''''' was the second serial of [[season 2]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It | '''''The Dalek Invasion of Earth''''' was the second serial of [[season 2]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It's most notable for featuring the first departure of a [[companion]]. [[Carole Ann Ford]] left, leaving her character, [[Susan Foreman]], to be with a man. Not only did this lead to children and a number of storylines in other media, it also forced the story to end with an especially meaningful speech between the Doctor and his granddaughter. Perhaps the best-remembered of all of [[William Hartnell]]'s speeches, it has often been seen in other ''Doctor Who''-related programmes and was memorably used as the prologue to ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''. | ||
''Invasion'' obviously featured the return of the [[Dalek]]s, who had proven quite popular when they first appeared in [[season 1]]. [[Terry Nation|Nation]], again, wrote the script, this time bringing the Daleks to [[Earth]]. A number of independently-used publicity shots have survived from this production and famously depict Daleks appearing in exterior shots around famous London landmarks, like [[Big Ben]], the [[Houses of Parliament]] and [[Battersea Power Station]]. | |||
This was the first story to be produced at the new [[Riverside Studios]], the production team having moved from [[Lime Grove Studios]]. It also saw a quarry used for location filming for the first time.. | This was the first story to be produced at the new [[Riverside Studios]], the production team having moved from [[Lime Grove Studios]]. It also saw a quarry used for location filming for the first time.. | ||
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The Daleks first started using "exterminate" on a regular basis to refer to the killing of individuals. This furthers [[Dalek#A Nazi by any other name|their parallels]] with [[Nazi]]sm, established in [[The Daleks|their debut]]. Here they go so far as to refer to the killings as a "final solution", a phrase associated with Nazism. (Prior to this, the Daleks had been using the term "exterminated", but it was during the final episode of this serial, "Flashpoint", that the word destined to become the Daleks' catchphrase was uttered for the first time.) | The Daleks first started using "exterminate" on a regular basis to refer to the killing of individuals. This furthers [[Dalek#A Nazi by any other name|their parallels]] with [[Nazi]]sm, established in [[The Daleks|their debut]]. Here they go so far as to refer to the killings as a "final solution", a phrase associated with Nazism. (Prior to this, the Daleks had been using the term "exterminated", but it was during the final episode of this serial, "Flashpoint", that the word destined to become the Daleks' catchphrase was uttered for the first time.) | ||
As with ''[[The Daleks]]'', this story was adapted into a movie entitled ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' However, it underperformed and so this was the last ''Doctor Who'' serial to be adapted for the cinema. | As with ''[[The Daleks]]'', this story was adapted into a movie entitled ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' However, it underperformed and so this was the last ''Doctor Who'' serial to be adapted for the cinema. | ||
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* Tyler calls the Doctor "Doc", but he says that he prefers "Doctor." He later chastised both [[Steven Taylor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'') and [[Tegan Jovanka]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') for calling him "Doc". | * Tyler calls the Doctor "Doc", but he says that he prefers "Doctor." He later chastised both [[Steven Taylor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'') and [[Tegan Jovanka]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') for calling him "Doc". | ||
* [[Vicki]] reveals that the Daleks destroyed [[New York City]] in their invasion of Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | * [[Vicki]] reveals that the Daleks destroyed [[New York City]] in their invasion of Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
* There are a number of ways to look at the timing of these events. Some of that ambiguity is natural, owing from several different perspectives on the war. It's measured from several different points. The Doctor seems content to simply find the century, which he deduces from the old 2164 calendar he finds in the disused warehouse. A local states that the bombardment started ten years ago, but the current year is not known with precision from the [[serial]] alone. In ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', the Doctor claims the invasion took place in 2157, which is still plausible. Terry Nation once suggested it took place in 2142,{{fact}} but this seems to be an attempt to link the invasion to [[the Blitz]], the event on which it was supposedly based. The [[2014 (releases)|2014]] audio story ''[[Masters of Earth (audio story)|Masters of Earth]]'' uses 2164, being set in [[2163]] itself. In the [[2000 (releases)|2000]] audio story [[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|''The Mutant Phase'']] the Doctor says that the ''"The Dalek occupation of Earth was foiled in [[2167]],"'' implying that this story was set in that year. | |||
== Motion picture adaptation == | == Motion picture adaptation == | ||
