Story #2 "The Daleks"

Season

1

Writer

Terry Nation

Book/CD

 X

Episodes

7

Director

Christopher Barry & Richard Martin

B

Producer

Verty Lambert

Episode Details

Episode

DR MM:SS

TX dd/mm/yy

RPT TX dd/mm/yy

In BBC Archive

1

24:22

21/12/1963

Y

2

24:27

28/12/1963

Y

3

25:10

04/01/1964

Y

4

24:37

11/01/1964

Y

Cast Details

Regular Cast:

William Hartnell (First Doctor) , Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman) , Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) , William Russell (Ian Chesterton)

Guest Cast:

Manser (Dalek) / Michael Summerton (Dalek) / Gerald Taylor (Dalek) / Peter Murphy (Dalek) / Alan Wheatley (Temnosus) / John Lee (Alydon) / Virginia Wetherell (Dyoni) / Philip Bond (Ganatus) / Marcus Hammond (Antodus) / Gerald Curtis (Elyon) / Jonathon Crane (Kristas) / Chris Browning (Thal) / Katie Cashfield (Thal) / Vez Delahunt (Thal) / Kevin Glenny (Thal) / Ruth Harrison (Thal) / Lesley Hill (Thal) / Steve Pokol (Thal) / Jeanette Rossini (Thal) / Eric Smith (Thal)

Synopsis

The TARDIS, now stuck in the shape of a police box because of it's faulty chameleon circuit, arrives on the planet Skaro inhabited by the blond Thals and the evil Daleks, both survivors of centuries of neutronic wars. After generations of mutation the Thals have become perfect human beings. The Daleks, who lost the use of arms, legs and bodies, are an evil intelligence housed in a protective metal casing. A Thal tells Susan that his race is starving. She asks the Daleks to help but they set a trap and the Thal leader, Temmosus, is killed. In a counterattack the Daleks - powered by static electrcity from their city floors - are defeated when the current is cut off, leaving them immobile.

Notes

The First appearance of the Daleks

The first visit to an alien planet