DESTINY OF THE DALEKS

Written by Terry Nation.

Directed by Ken Grieve.

Transmitted originally: 1 September 1979 to 22 September 1979.

"Seek - locate - exterminate!" - Daleks.

THE STORY

The Doctor and a newly-regenerated Romana arrive on Skaro and discover that the Daleks are using explosive charges and a group of humanoid slave workers to mine the planet in search of their creator Davros. A stalemate has arisen in an interplanetary war that the Daleks are waging against the robotic Movellans, and their hope is that Davros will be able to give them the edge. A force of Movellans has also arrived on Skaro, determined to stop their enemy's plans. Davros is found in the ruins of the old Kaled city and immediately revives, his life support systems having held him in suspended animation after his apparent 'death'.

He quickly deduces that the battle computers of the two opponents are locked in a logical stalemate and that he can break this by introducing the element of intuition into the Daleks. The Movellans, having reached the same conclusion, want the Doctor to do likewise for them. Davros attempts to destroy the Movellan ship using a suicide squad of Daleks, loaded with bombs, but the Doctor returns to the Kaled city and tricks him into detonating the bombs early. The Movellans are deactivated and Davros is cryogenically frozen on board their ship until the freed slave workers can take him to Earth and ensure he is tried for his crimes.

CAST:

The Doctor (Tom Baker), Romana (Lalla Ward), Tyssan (Tim Barlow), Commander Sharrel (Peter Straker), Agella (Suzanne Daniels), Lan (Tony Osoba), Dalek Operators (Cy Town, Mike Mungarvan), Dalek Voice (Roy Skelton), Davros (David Gooderson), Jall (Penny Casdagli), Veldan (David Yip), Movellan Guard (Cassandra).

FACTS:

Romana 'tries on' three alternative bodies before choosing her eventual new form. The alternative Romanas were played by Lee Richards, Maggy Armitage and Yvonne Gallagher.

Romana wears a pink and white parody of the Doctor's costume.

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