Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday
| Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday | |
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Promotional poster for Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday
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| Written by | Terrance Dicks |
| Date premiered | 16 December 1974 |
| Place premiered |
Adelphi Theatre London, England |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| The Seven Keys to Doomsday | |
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| Big Finish Productions audio drama | |
| Series | Doctor Who: The Stageplays |
| Release no. | 2 |
| Featuring |
Trevor Martin as The Doctor Jenny Jimmy |
| Written by | Terrance Dicks |
| Directed by | John Ainsworth |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nicholas Briggs Jason Haigh-Ellery |
| Production code | BFPDWSPCD02 |
| Release date | October 2008 |
Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The play ran at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England for four weeks, beginning on 16 December 1974.
Originally, the part of the Doctor was to be played by Jon Pertwee, but the role went instead to character actor Trevor Martin. Martin had previously appeared in Doctor Who as a Time Lord in the 1969 serial, The War Games. In the play, it is stated that Martin's version of the Doctor is regenerated from Pertwee's; this makes him an alternate version of the Fourth Doctor. (The play premiered about two weeks before Tom Baker began his television tenure as the Fourth Doctor).
Appearing as the Doctor's companions were Wendy Padbury as Jenny, and James Matthews as Jimmy. Padbury had previously played the Doctor's companion Zoe Herriot in the television series. Future The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy star Simon Jones appeared as the Master of Karn as well as Dalek extra.
The plot centres on the Daleks, who are trying to take over the universe with the help of their crab-like slaves, the Clawrantulars. The play was directed by Mick Hughes and written by Terrance Dicks, former script editor for the Doctor Who television series. Dicks would later use some of the plot elements in his Fourth Doctor story The Brain of Morbius.
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