The Daleks' Master Plan

021 – The Daleks' Master Plan
Doctor Who serial
The Daleks confer with Guardian of the Solar System Mavic Chen
Cast
Doctor William Hartnell (First Doctor)
Companions Peter Purves (Steven Taylor) Adrienne Hill (Katarina) Jean Marsh (Sara Kingdom)
Others Peter Butterworth — The Monk Nicholas Courtney — Bret Vyon Brian Cant — Kert Gantry Kevin Stoney — Mavic Chen Maurice Browning — Karlton Julian Sherrier — Zephon Roy Evans — Trantis Bryan Mosley — Malpha / Prop Man Terence Woodfield — Celation Pamela Greer — Lizan Philip Anthony — Roald Douglas Sheldon — Kirksen Dallas Cavell — Bors Geoffrey Cheshire — Garge Roger Avon — Daxtar James Hall — Borkar Bill Meilen — Froyn John Herrington — Rhynmal Robert Jewell, Kevin Manser, John Scott Martin, Gerald Taylor — Daleks David Graham, Peter Hawkins — Dalek Voices Michael Guest — Interviewer Clifford Earl, Norman Mitchell, Malcolm Rogers, Kenneth Thornett — Policemen Reg Pritchard — Man in Mackintosh Sheila Dunn — Blossom Lefevre Leonard Grahame — Darcy Tranton Royston Tickner — Steinberger P. Green Mark Ross — Ingmar Knopf Conrad Monk — Assistant Director David James — Arab Sheik Paula Topham — Vamp Robert G. Jewell — Clown Albert Barrington — Professor Webster Steve Machin — Cameraman Roger Brierley — Trevor Bruce Wightman — Scott Jeffrey Isaac — Khepren Derek Ware — Tuthmos Walter Randall — Hyksos May Warden — Elderly Sara Kingdom
Production
Directed by	Douglas Camfield
Written by	Terry Nation (episodes 1–5, 7) Dennis Spooner (episodes 6, 8–12)
Script editor	Donald Tosh
Produced by	John Wiles
Executive producer(s)	None
Incidental music composer	Tristram Cary
Production code	V
Series	Season 3
Length	12 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing	9 episodes (1, 3, 4, 6–9, 11 and 12)
Date started	13 November 1965
Date ended	29 January 1966
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → The Myth Makers The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Mission to the Unknown

Author	John Peel
Cover artist	Alister Pearson
Series	Doctor Who book: Target novelisations
Release number	141
Publisher	Target Books
Publication date	21 September 1989
ISBN

The Mutation of Time

Author	John Peel
Cover artist	Alister Pearson
Series	Doctor Who book: Target novelisations
Release number	142
Publisher	Target Books
Publication date	19 October 1989
ISBN

The Daleks' Master Plan is the mostly missing third serial of the third season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in twelve weekly parts from 13 November 1965 to 29 January 1966. This twelve part serial is the longest with a single director and production code: The Trial of a Time Lord was longer but was made in three production blocks, with separate codes, and with four separate story lines each with their own authors and working titles.

This serial marks the final appearance of Adrienne Hill as companion Katarina, the only appearance of Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom and the first ever death of a companion. Episode 1, "The Nightmare Begins", marks the first appearance of Nicholas Courtney in Doctor Who, here playing space security agent Bret Vyon.

It was the second Doctor Who story never to be screened in Australia, as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation judged the story to be unsuitable for minors. Only three of the twelve episodes (two, five and ten) are held in the BBC archives; nine remain missing.

Some six months after the events of "Mission to the Unknown", the TARDIS arrives on the planet Kembel, and the Doctor leaves the TARDIS to try to find medical aid for the wounded Steven, leaving him with the Trojan servant girl Katarina. Meanwhile, a Space Agent, Bret Vyon is also on the planet trying to find out what happened to Agent Marc Cory. After a less-than-amicable meeting with the TARDIS travellers in which he holds them at gunpoint and demands to be taken away from the planet, Vyon cures Steven and agrees to work with them to escape and warn Earth of the massive Dalek-led alliance that is amassing on the planet. Part of this alliance is the treacherous Guardian of Earth, Mavic Chen, who has brought a sample of the extremely rare Taranium, which will become a part of the Daleks' ultimate weapon, the Time Destructor. The Daleks soon learn of their presence on the planet and the Dalek Supreme gives the command that Operation Inferno is to be carried out- burning down the jungle. The travelers shelter at the Dalek city. The Doctor manages to steal the Taranium by impersonating delegate Zephon, and he, his companions and Bret escape on Chen's ship, termed a Spar.