BBCDVD 3483 Doctor Who - Death to the Daleks by Terry Nation


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Release details

DetailValue
Catalogue numberBBCDVD 3483
TitleDoctor Who - Death to the Daleks
Artist(s)Terry Nation
Cover conditionNear mint
Record conditionNear mint
BBC records label code-
Item deleted?No
Released1973
Distributed / printed by2 entertain
Country of originUK UK flag
Media typePrimary
Media genreDramas - Sci-fi
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Run-off codes / Shop bar codesA0101956943-B911 03 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
My rating*****
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Tracks

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Side & trackTrack and ArtistLength
A1Part 124.32
A2Part 224.25
A3Part 324.24
A4Part 424.35
A5Beneath the City of the Exxilons - Making Death to the Daleks26.47
A6Studio recording - From part 123.36
A7On the set of Doctor Who and the Daleks (ITV Movie magazine)7.50
A8Doctor Who stories - Dalek Men13.00
A9Photo gallery5.51
A10Radio Times billings [PDF]
A11Coming soon - The Krotons1.20
Total length of media 2:56:20.

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Starring


Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Duncan Lamont - Dan Galloway
John Abineri - Richard Railton
Joy Harrison - Jill Tarrant
Julian Fox - Peter Hamilton
Neil Seiler - Commander Stewart
Arnold Yarrow - Bellal
Roy Heymann - Gotal
Mostyn Evans - High Priest
Michael Wisher - Dalek Voices
John Scott Martin, Murphy Grumbar, Cy Town - Daleks

Incidental music composer


Carey Blyton

Written by


Terry Nation

Produced by


Barry Letts

Directed by


Michael E. Briant

Synopsis


A power failure in the TARDIS draws it off course, and the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith end up stranded on the bleak planet of Exxilon. Thjey soon meet members of an Earth expedition in a similar situation. The humans are searching for a rare mineral, but first they must find out what is draining their power and avoid what's inside another grounded spaceship - the Doctor's oldest enemies, trhe Daleks ...

Background


Jon Pertwee was famous for saying how much he despised the Daleks - he thought the iconic monsters looked primitive and never hid the fact he hated working with them. However, the metal-cased creatures, whose history takes us right back to the second-ever Doctor Who story, are always a safe bet when it comes to securing good ratings. Sp, when the production team were planning Season 11, it was decided that the Daleks would return midway through that year's run of stories to fight the Doctor once again - whether the lead actor liked them or not!

Death to the Daleks, along with its provocative title, is not a typical Third Doctor story. Far from the relative cosiness of alien invasions around UNIT HQ and without help from the Brigadier and his men, the TARDIS arrives on a bleak alien world - atmospherically filmed in a desolate Dorset quarry. Incidentally, the location used for the planet Exxilon is not too far from the quarries used for the Dalek home world Skaro and also Androzani - Doctor Who would return to film near the 'Exxilon' quarry during Destint of the Daleks (1979) and Caves of Androzani (1984) several years later.

It is not a typical Dalek story either. With the strange power from the Exxilon city rendering their weapons useless, we encounter helpless and vulnerable Daleks that are forced into an uneasy alliance with their oldest enemy.

Also, listen our for Michael Wisher's Dalek voices. The following year, he went on to play Dalek creator Davros in Genesis of the Daleks.

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