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destiny of the daleks

story 104 : season 17 : serial 5J : 4 episodes

Producer: Graham Williams
Director: Ken Grieve
Writer: Terry Nation
Script Editor: Douglas Adams
Designer: Ken Ledsham

cast information

Tom Baker (Doctor Who); Lalla Ward (Romana); David Gooderson (Davros); Tim Barlow (Tyssan); Suzanne Danielle (Agella); Peter Straker (Commander Sharrel); Tony Osoba (Lan); Cy Town (Dalek Operator); Mike Mugarvan (Dalek Operator); Roy Skelton (Dalek Voice); Penny Casdagli (Jall); David Yip (Veldan); Cassandra (Movellan Guard);

crew information

David Tilley (Assistant Floor Manager); Anthony Root (Assistant Floor Manager); June Hudson (Costumes); Philip Law (Film Cameraman); Kevin Rowley (Film Cameraman); Fred Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Dick Allen (Film Editor); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Cecile Hay-Arthur (Make-Up); Henry Foster (Production Assistant); John Nathan-Turner (Production Unit Manager); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); John Dixon (Studio Lighting); Clive Gifford (Studio Sound); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Peter Logan (Visual Effects);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 Episode One 1 September 1979 at 18:10 24'03" 13.0mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
2 Episode Two 8 September 1979 at 18:10 25'14" 12.7mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
3 Episode Three 15 September 1979 at 18:10 24'32" 13.8mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
4 Episode Four 22 September 1979 at 18:15 26'05" 14.4mil PAL 2 inch colour videotape
  1. Episode One
    » Always held by the FVTL
  2. Episode Two
    » Always held by the FVTL
  3. Episode Three
    » Always held by the FVTL
  4. Episode Four
    » Always held by the FVTL

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Number 021 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
1979 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in hardback
With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter
ISBN: 0 491 02640 4
20 November 1979 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter
ISBN: 0 426 20096 9
July 1990 Published by Goldmann Verlag, Germany in paperback
Translated into German by Peter Tuscher
With cover artwork by: Chris Achilleos
ISBN: 3 442 23625 8
16 July 1992 Published by Virgin Publishing Ltd, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20096 9

plot synopsis

With the TARDIS now fitted with a Randomiser, so that the Black Guardian will not be able to trace their flight paths, the first landing the Doctor makes is on Skaro. They explore and eventually become separated, with the Doctor meeting the Movellans, and Romana becoming the prisoner of the Daleks. The Daleks are trying to excavate the bunker where Davros was burled as they are at war with the Movellans, and their battle computers have reached stalemate. Both factions have realised that human intuitions would give one side an advantage, and Davros is the ideal scientist to induce this in either of the robotic races. The Doctor has to try and stop them finding Davros, but time is running out.

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