The Doctor and Peri arrive on the planet Necros where, in a facility called Tranquil Repose, presided over by Mr Jobel and his assistant Tasembeker, the wealthy can have their newly-deceased bodies cryogenically frozen until such time as medical science can revive them as healthy individuals. The Doctor wishes to pay his last respects to his friend Professor Arthur Stengos, and also to investigate the suspicious nature of the man's death. His suspicions proved to be justified, as it turns out Stengos' death was a lure to lead him inot a trap.
The Great Healer, responsible for Tranquil Repose is Davros, who is using the bodies stored at the facility as the raw material for the synthetic food, Necros's biggest export, and also to create a new army of Daleks. The ambitious Kara, Davros's business partner, has sent Orcini, an ex-knight of Oberon to assassinate the scientist. Both the Doctor and Orcini fail to defeat Davros, but Daleks loyal to the Dalek Supreme aarive on Necros, they take him prisoner. Orcini sacrifices his life to destroy Davros's Daleks and the Doctor suggests to the planet's inhabitants a new basis for the their economy.
CAST:
The Doctor (Colin Baker), Peri (Nicola Bryant), Kara (Eleanor Bron), Jobel (Clive Swift), D.J. (Alexei Sayle), Davros (Terry Molloy), Tasambeker (Jenny Tomasin), Orcini (William Gaunt), Bostock (John Ogwen), Grigory (Stephen Flynn), Natasha (Bridget Lynch-Blosse), Takis (Trevor Cooper), Lilt (Colin Spaull), Vogel (Hugh Walters), Head of Stengos (Alec Linstead), Mutant (Ken Barker), Dalek Voices (Roy Skelton, Royce Mills), Dalek Operators (John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Tony Starr, Toby Byrne), Computer Voice (Penelope Lee).
FACTS:
Davros and his Daleks are seen for the first time to be able to hover some distance from the ground.
The doubt over whether the series would return for a new series and the end speech by the Doctor was freeze-framed so that the word Blackpool, the destination for a holiday for Peri and him would be travelling to was repalced with a freeze-frame.
Comedy actor Alexei Sayle appears as the D.J who entertains the frozen patients of Tranquil Repose by playing them records.
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