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- THE DALEKS. Written by Terry Nation. 7 Episodes.
- 21st December 1963 - 1st February 1964
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- The Dead Planet, The Survivors, The Escape, The Ambush, The Expedition,
- The Ordeal, The Rescue.
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- COMPANIONS:- Ian, Barbara and Susan
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- The TARDIS lands on a barren planet, in the midst of a petrified jungle.
- The Doctor concludes that the devastation is the result of neutronic war.
- Susan sees a city in the far distance but Ian and Barbara are reluctant to
- investigate. The Doctor tells them that the TARDIS fluid link needs topping
- up with mercury before they can leave and that they'll have to go to the
- city to get some. This later turns out to be a lie.
- The travellers make their way to the city, splitting up to investigate.
- Barbara is menaced by a strange creature and is taken captive. The others
- enter the city in a group to look for her and are also taken prisoner, Ian
- is shot in the legs whilst trying to escape.
- In their cell the crew begin to feel the effects of radiation and the
- Daleks decide to send Susan back to the TARDIS for drugs. Susan meets a
- native of the planet, a handsome, blonde man who gives her two batches of
- drugs. He also tells her that his tribe, the Thals, are starving and need
- help. When Susan returns to the city the Daleks find both supplies but
- uncharacteristically allow Susan to help the others, they also agree to
- provide the Thals with food but lay a trap in which a Thal leader is
- killed. The travellers escape with news of a Dalek plot.
- After finding the drug to be ineffective when used on Daleks, they
- decide to explode a massive neutron bomb to destroy the Thals and allow
- them to leave the city. The Daleks thrive on radiation.
- Meanwhile, the Doctor persuades the pacifist Thals to attack the city
- before they are wiped out. The Dalek control centre is destroyed, cutting
- off the Daleks source of power (static electricity) and killing them.
- The story is available as a BBC Video twin pack.
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