The Power of the Daleks
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The Power of the Daleks is the completely missing third serial of the fourth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 5 November to 10 December 1966. It is the first full story to feature Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.
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Directed by | Christopher Barry | ||
Written by | David Whitaker Dennis Spooner (episode 1, uncredited)[1] | ||
Script editor | Gerry Davis | ||
Produced by | Innes Lloyd | ||
Executive producer(s) | None | ||
Music by | Tristram Cary[2] | ||
Production code | EE | ||
Series | Season 4 | ||
Running time | 6 episodes, 25 minutes each | ||
Episode(s) missing | All 6 episodes | ||
First broadcast | 5 November 1966 (1966-11-05) | ||
Last broadcast | 10 December 1966 (1966-12-10) | ||
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In this serial, the new Doctor (Troughton) and his travelling companions Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze) land on the planet Vulcan. There they find an Earth colony, where the lead scientist Lesterson (Robert James) discovers a 200-year-old alien capsule containing three inactive Daleks. Once brought back to life, the Daleks act as the colony's servants, but all they really want is power. Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived.
This is the sixth incomplete Doctor Who serial released with full-length animated reconstructions of its six missing episodes. All six episodes were released on the BBC Store from 5 November–10 December 2016 in weekly order, 50 years after the serial's original broadcast dates.[3]