Planet of the Daleks

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*The story was originally commissioned as "Planet of the Daleks", but during production it briefly changed to "Destination: Daleks" before reverting.
*Episode 4 does not feature a reprise of the previous episode's cliffhanger ending, while the reprise in Episode 3 is a re-performance. Though this latter technique was commonplace in 1960s episodes, by this time in the programme's history it was an approach almost never used.
*The Dalek Supreme in this story was a modified prop from the film "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD" that had been given to Terry Nation. Its eye stalk has been replaced with a conventional torch, which flashes when it speaks.
*When the Doctor plays back Jo's recordings, Katy Manning's voice can be heard in the studio in addition to the sound of her voice in the recorder, suggesting that she was reading her lines live and an additional microphone picked up her untreated voice.
*Episode 3 of the serial exists in the BBC Archives only as a black-and-white 16mm telerecording, as the 625-line colour PAL transmission master videotape for that episode was wiped for reuse by the BBC Engineering Department in 1976. The colour masters for the other five episodes are still extant.
*This story was repeated on BBC1 in late 1993 as part of "Doctor Who"'s 30th anniversary celebrations. Each episode was preceded by a 5 minute documentary covering different aspects of the show's history, to fill up a half-hour slot. The documentary before the black and white episode 3 covered the missing episodes.

Continuity

*This serial follows directly on from "Frontier in Space", forming what some fans consider a rough twelve-part epic.
*The Thal race returns for the first time since "The Daleks". They would next be seen in "Genesis of the Daleks".
*In the second episode, a Dalek weapon is used for a purpose other than killing, for the second and so far last time in the show's history, and in both cases the purposes was paralysis of the legs - in this case, of the Third Doctor, making this the first of only two times a Dalek has shot the Doctor, the second being in "The Stolen Earth". (The other paralysis was the very first use of a Dalek weapon, which was on Ian Chesterton in "The Daleks".)
*In the Seventh Doctor serial "Remembrance of the Daleks", the Doctor improvises a Dalek-disabling device and adds, "I made something like it on Spiridon", in reference to the converted TARDIS recorder.
*In the Seventh Doctor "Doctor Who Magazine" comic strip story "Emperor of the Daleks" (DWM #197-#202), Davros reconditions the survivors of the Dalek army on Spiridon to be loyal to him, using them to conquer Skaro and set himself up as Emperor, leading into the events of "Remembrance of the Daleks". The audio drama "Return of the Daleks" has the Daleks attempting to awaken their army on Spiridon to assist their war effort, contradicting the strip. The canonicity of both the audios and strips are arguable.
*Daleks in this serial rely on gravitational disks to levitate, despite the fact that in the earlier serial "The Chase" it was implied that the Daleks were able to move independently between the decks of the "Marie Celeste". In the later serial "Revelation of the Daleks" and subsequent serials featuring the Daleks, they are clearly depicted as readily able to fly.

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks
series=Target novelisations
number=46
featuring=


writer=Terrance Dicks
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Chris Achilleos
isbn=0 426 11252 0
set_between=
pages=
date=21 October 1976
preceding=Doctor Who and the Space War
following=Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars|A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in October 1976. A German translation was published in 1980.

In 1995 the novel was also issued by BBC Audio as an audio book, read by Jon Pertwee.

Broadcast and VHS release

*This story, together with "Revelation of the Daleks" was released on VHS in a special Dalek tin set in 1999.

References

External links

*BBCCDW | id=planetofdaleks | title=Planet of the Daleks
*Brief |id=sss | title=Planet of the Daleks
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_3s | title=Planet of the Daleks

Reviews

*OG review | id=3s | title=Planet of the Daleks
*DWRG | id=pland | title=Planet of the Daleks

Target novelisation

*DWRG | id=plandnov | title=Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1976/planet/76planet.htm On Target — "Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks"]