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the daleks' masterplan

story 21 : season 3 : serial V : 12 episodes

Producer: John Wiles
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Terry Nation
Writer: Dennis Spooner
Script Editor: Donald Tosh
Designer: Raymond Cusick
Designer: Barry Newbery

cast information

William Hartnell (Dr. Who); Peter Purves (Steven Taylor); Adrienne Hill (Katarina); Jean Marsh (Sara Kingdom); Nicholas Courtney (Bret Vyon); Kevin Stoney (Mavic Chen); Brian Cant (Kert Gantry); Pamela Greer (Lizan); Philip Anthony (Roald); Michael Guest (Interviewer); Peter Hawkins (Dalek Voice); David Graham (Dalek Voice); Kevin Manser (Dalek); Robert Jewell (Dalek); Gerald Taylor (Dalek); John Scott Martin (Dalek); Julian Sherrier (Zephon); Roy Evans (Trantis); Douglas Sheldon (Kirksen); Dallas Cavell (Bors); Geoff Cheshire (Garge); Maurice Browning (Karlton); Roger Avon (Daxtar); James Hall (Borkar); Bill Meilen (Froyn); John Herrington (Rhymnal); Clifford Earl (Station Sergeant); Norman Mitchell (First Policeman); Malcolm Rogers (Second Policeman); Keneth Thornett (Detective-Inspector); Reg Pritchard (Man in Macintosh); Sheila Dunn (Blossom Lefevre); Leonard Grahame (Darcy Tranton); Royston Tickner (Steinberger P Green); Mark Ross (Ingmar Knopf); Conrad Monk (Assistant Director); David James (Arab Sheikh); Paula Topham (Vamp); Robert G Jewell (Clown); Albert Barrington (Professor Webster); Buddy Windrush (Prop Man); Steve Machin (Cameraman); Terence Woodfield (Celation); Peter Butterworth (The Meddling Monk); Roger Brierley (Trevor); Bruce Wightman (Scott); Jeffrey Isaac (Khepren); Derek Ware (Tuthmos); Walter Randall (Hyksos); Bryan Mosley (Malpha);

crew information

Catherine Childs (Assistant Floor Manager); Caroline Walmsley (Assistant Floor Manager); Mervyn Pinfield (Associate Producer); Daphne Dare (Costumes); Tony Pearce (Costumes); Derek Ware (Fight Arranger); David Anderson (Fight Arranger); Peter Hamilton (Film Cameraman); Keith Raven (Film Editor); Tristram Cary (Incidental Music); Sonia Markham (Make-Up); Viktors Ritelis (Production Assistant); Michael Briant (Production Assistant); George Pollock (Special Photographic Transparencies); Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement);

episode information

  Title First UK Transmission Duration Ratings Archive Status
1 The Nightmare Begins 13 November 1965 at 17:50 22'55" 9.1mil does not exist
2 Day of Armageddon 20 November 1965 at 17:50 24'25" 9.8mil does not exist
3 Devil's Planet 27 November 1965 at 17:50 24'30" 10.3mil does not exist
4 The Traitors 4 December 1965 at 17:50 24'42" 9.5mil does not exist
5 Counter Plot 11 December 1965 at 17:50 24'03" 9.9mil 16mm telerecording
6 Coronas of the Sun 18 December 1965 at 17:50 24'45" 9.1mil does not exist
7 The Feast of Steven 25 December 1965 at 18:35 24'36" 7.9mil does not exist
8 Volcano 1 January 1966 at 17:50 24'42" 9.6mil does not exist
9 Golden Death 8 January 1966 at 17:50 24'38" 9.2mil does not exist
10 Escape Switch 15 January 1966 at 17:50 23'37" 9.5mil 16mm telerecording
11 The Abandoned Planet 22 January 1966 at 17:50 24'34" 9.8mil does not exist
12 Destruction of Time 29 January 1966 at 17:50 23'31" 8.6mil does not exist
  1. The Nightmare Begins
    » Clips exist as 35mm filmed inserts
  2. Day of Armageddon
    » Clips exist as 35mm filmed inserts
  3. Devil's Planet
    » Clip exists from Blue Peter
  4. The Traitors
    » Clip exists from Blue Peter
  5. Counter Plot
    » Recovered from a church basement in October 1983
  6. Coronas of the Sun
  7. The Feast of Steven
  8. Volcano
  9. Golden Death
  10. Escape Switch
    » Recovered from a church basement in October 1983
  11. The Abandoned Planet
  12. Destruction of Time

release information

In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who -- The Mutation of Time
Written by: John Peel
Number 142 in the Target Doctor Who Library

Versions
21 September 1989 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20343 7
19 October 1989 Published by W. H. Allen, UK in paperback
With cover artwork by: Alister Pearson
ISBN: 0 426 20344 5

plot synopsis

Six months has passed since Marc Cory's death, when the TARDIS materialises on Kembel, and SSS Agent, Bret Vyon, is looking into his death. Mavic Chen, the Guardian of the Solar System, has betrayed his position and joined forces with the Daleks, who now have an awesome weapon in the shape of a Time Destructor, but need a Taranium Core to power it. Both Vyon and Katarina die in the early stages of the race to stop the Daleks, and Bret's sister, Sara Kingdom joins the TARDIS crew as the Doctor successfully steals the core. The vast Dalek forces set off after him in pursuit. The chase moves through the earth of the 1920s and on to ancient Egypt, where the travellers come across the Meddling Monk. In the end, Chen is killed by the Daleks when his usefulness is at an end, and Sarah Kingdom sacrifices her life to switch the Time Destructor off, once it has been energised

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