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War of the daleks
War of the daleks











war of the daleks war of the daleks

They then isolate a Dalek Factor and want to inject it into humans. The Second Doctor has to distill humanity – the Human Factor - and inject it into Daleks. This is a similarly on-the-nose title for a story about that quality which is more prevalent in Daleks than in their greatest foes. He then discovers a capsule containing two Daleks, and meets a scientist who is being tricked by a third into providing enough power to start manufacturing more. The newly-regenerated Second Doctor finds himself in a human colony on the planet Vulcan in the year 2020. This is not a story about political power, but one about electricity.

war of the daleks war of the daleks

This is definitely the point after which Doctor Who's scriptwriters realized that it's inelegant to find a title that encapsulates what the Daleks are up to – in this case, gathering an element called Taranium in order to make a weapon called the Time Destructor – if you have to use a possessive apostrophe. Ridding the planet of the Skaronian scourge costs the Doctor dearly, in that he has to say goodbye to his granddaughter, Susan. Sadly not titled "Invasion of the Daleks," which it undoubtedly would have been a year or two later, this is the story in which the First Doctor and friends arrive on Earth, only to find it half destroyed by meteorites and in the grip of Dalek control. While they are always their aggressive selves, it's actually the First Doctor who proves to be the greater fight-starter in this story, as he winds up teaching their pacifist rivals the Thals about the value of violence in order to beat their tank-like foes. Not only do we get to meet the Daleks for the first time, but we find out just how terrifying they are even though they can only travel on smooth, metallic flooring. Here’s a brief potted history of those chapters, starting at the very beginning:Ī perfect introduction to the tinpot rotters of Skaro, and the second ever of the Doctor's televisual adventures, airing in December 1963. In fact, from “Power of the Daleks” in 1966 to the end of the run of classic Who, every story that mentions the Daleks in the title has followed that format (with one notable deviation), making every new adventure look like the chapters in an on-going saga that they are. But looking back, in preparation for the Doctor Who New Year's Day special “ Revolution of the Daleks,” we’ve noticed a certain pattern.Īfter the First Doctor’s Dalek adventures, scriptwriters started to use the now familiar recurring suffix “…of the Daleks” for the title. To retell the complete story of the Doctor’s many involvements with the Daleks would take a long time - over 57 years (so far).













War of the daleks