Episode Number: Episode Title: Transmission Date: Duration: Ratings (in Millions):
1 The Dead Planet 21/11/1963 24:22 Mins 6.9
2 The Survivors 28/11/1963 24:27 Mins 6.4
3 The Escape 4/1/1964 23:38 Mins 6.9
4 The Ambush 11/1/1964 25:10 Mins 8.9
5 The Expedition 18/1/1964 24:31 Mins 9.9
6 The Ordeal 25/1/1964 26:14 Mins 10.4
7 The Rescue 1/2/1964 22:24 Mins 10.4
Season: Doctor: Producer(s): Writer: Script Editor: Director(s):
One The 1st Doctor Verity Lambert,
Mervyn Pinfield
Terry Nation David Whitaker Christopher Barry,
Richard Martin

Further Information

Regular Cast
The Doctor - William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton - William Russell
Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
Susan - Carole Ann Ford
Cast
Temmosus - Alan Wheatley
Alydon - John Lee
Dyoni - Virgina Wetherell
Ganatus - Philip Bond
Antodus - Marcus Hammond
Kristas - Jonathon Crane
Elyon - Gerald Curtis
Thals - Chris Browning, Katie Cashfield, Vez Delahunt, Kevin Glenny, Ruth Harrison, Lesley Hill, Steve Pokol,
            Jeanette Rossini, Eric Smith
Daleks - Robert Jewell, Kevin Manser, Michael Summerton, Gerald Taylor, Peter Murphy
Dalek Voices - Peter Hawkins, David Graham
Crew
Designers - Raymond P. Cusick, Jeremy Davies
Costumes - Daphne Dare
Make-Up - Elizabeth Blattner
Incidental Music - Tristram Cary
Film Cameraman - Stewart Farnell
Studio Lighting - John Treays, Geoff Shaw
Studio Sound - Jack Clayton, Jack Brummitt
Production Assistant - Norman Stewart
Assistant Floor Managers - Michael Ferguson, Jeremy Hare
Synopsis
The TARDIS has brought the Doctor and his companions to the planet Skaro where they meet two indigenous races.
 
The Daleks are malicious mutant creatures encased in armoured travel machines; the Thals are beautiful humanoids with pacifist principals. Despite the Thal's peace loving ethos, the Doctor must convince them to fight the Daleks or risk annihilation.
Additional Information
Working Title(s):
The Mutants

Things to look out for:
The series' first monster is the dead Magneton in the petrified forest.

Archive:
All 7 episodes exist as 16mm telerecordings.

Bloopers:
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Merchandise Releases

DVD



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The Beginning - box-set


Manufactured by: BBC DVD / 2|Entertain (cat.#1882)

Format: DVD - Region 2 & 4 - PAL UK  Episodic

RRP: £34.99
Rating: 12

Released: January 2006

Notes:
Released as part of The Beginning box-set, together with An Unearthly Child & The Edge of Destruction.


Special Features:

■  Commentaries on various episodes by William Russell and Carol Ann Ford plus the show's producer Verity Lambert and directors Waris Hussein and Christopher Barry.
■  Unedited studio footage of the pilot episode.
■  Documentary detailing the origins of the show.
■  Condensed version of the (missing) fourth story Marco Polo.
■  Comedy sketches from the Doctor Who night broadcast on BBC 2.

Video

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The Daleks


Manufactured by: BBC Video (cat.#4252)

Format: VHS - PAL UK - Episodic

Released: 1989

Notes:
This was released as part of a two-tape set.


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The Daleks (Remastered)


Manufactured by: BBC Video (cat.#6960)

Format: VHS - PAL UK - Episodic
Rating: U

Released: 2001

Notes:
This is a re-release, and is part of a two-tape set.

Audio



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Doctor Who and The Daleks


Manufactured by: BBC Audio
Format:
MP3 Audio CD
Written by: David Whitaker

Released: 7th March 2005


Notes:
Read by William Russell with bonus interview.

Books



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Doctor Who and The Daleks


Manufactured by: Target
Format: Paperback Book
Written by:
David Whitaker

Published: 1973


Notes:
No.16 in the Target Doctor Who Library.




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Doctor Who and The Daleks


Manufactured by: Target
Format: Paperback Book
Written by:
David Whitaker

Published: 1975


Notes:
No.16 in the Target Doctor Who Library.




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Doctor Who and The Daleks


Manufactured by: Target
Format: Paperback Book
Written by:
David Whitaker

Published: 1977


Notes:
No.16 in the Target Doctor Who Library.




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The Daleks


Manufactured by: Target
Format: Paperback Book
Written by: David Whitaker

Published: 1992


Notes:
No.16 in the Target Doctor Who Library.


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