Revelation of the Daleks

142 – Revelation of the Daleks
Doctor Who serial
The damaged Davros and one of his new Daleks
Cast
Doctor Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor)
Companion Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown)
Others Terry Molloy — Davros Eleanor Bron — Kara Hugh Walters — Vogel Clive Swift — Jobel Jenny Tomasin — Tasambeker Trevor Cooper — Takis Colin Spaull — Lilt Alexei Sayle — DJ William Gaunt — Orcini John Ogwen — Bostock Stephen Flynn — Grigory Bridget Lynch-Blosse — Natasha Alec Linstead — Stengos Penelope Lee — Computer Voice John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Tony Starr, Toby Byrne — Daleks Royce Mills, Roy Skelton — Dalek Voices Ken Barker — Mutant
Production
Directed by	Graeme Harper
Written by	Eric Saward
Script editor	Eric Saward
Produced by	John Nathan-Turner
Executive producer(s)	None
Incidental music composer	Roger Limb
Production code	6Z
Series	Season 22
Length	2 episodes, 45 minutes each
Originally broadcast	23 March–30 March 1985
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → Timelash The Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet

Revelation of the Daleks is the sixth and final serial of the 22nd season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on 23 and 30 March 1985. This was the final serial to be broadcast in 45-minute episodes; this format would return 20 years later when the series resumed in 2005.

The TARDIS lands on Necros, the location of the funeral home Tranquil Repose. The Doctor is attacked by a mutant, which Peri kills. Before he dies, the mutant tells the Doctor that the Great Healer used him as a genetic experiment and his appearance and hostility were a result of the experiments.

At Tranquil Repose, a disc jockey plays songs and chats to entertain those who are in suspended animation. A couple, Natasha and Grigory, have illegally entered Tranquil Repose, looking for the man the Doctor is seeking – Arthur Stengos, Natasha's father. Upon finding his assigned suspended animation capsule, they discover it is empty. Shocked, they find a dark room filled with pulsating brains and other experiments. Grigory walks past a Glass Dalek casing with a mutating red creature inside it. Natasha realises it is the head of her father, and he is being metamorphosised into a Dalek.

Kara, who owns a company that distributes food, is a pawn of the Great Healer, in reality Davros. To dissolve this arrangement, she has hired the mercenary Orcini and his squire, Bostock. Orcini accepts the contract for the honour of killing Davros.

Arthur Stengos, who is now a head with red flesh growing over him, explains to Natasha and Grigory that the brains of everybody in Tranquil Repose are being used to metamorphosise into new Dalek mutants. He orders his daughter to kill him before he fully mutates. Natasha does, and then she and Grigory are captured and questioned by Takis and Lilt.

The Doctor and Peri are met by Mr. Jobel and his subservient assistant Tasambeker. The Doctor sends Peri off with Jobel to meet the DJ while he digs into the situation. Orcini destroys a Dalek, and Davros is notified. He is convinced Kara has sent assassins, so he deploys Daleks to bring her to him. Meanwhile, Tasambeker, who has been coerced by Davros to spy on Jobel, attempts to warn the Chief Embalmer out of misplaced love for him. When Jobel spurns her offer, Tasambeker fatally stabs him with a syringe. She is then exterminated by Daleks.

The Daleks capture the Doctor and throw him into a cell with Natasha and Grigory, who are rescued by Orcini. Davros appears with a group of Daleks, and they subdue Orcini and Bostock. When Kara is brought in, Orcini betrays her motives to Davros, then stabs her to death.