The Power of the Daleks

030 – The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who serial
Two inactive Daleks lie dormant in the capsule
Cast
Doctor Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor)
Companions Anneke Wills (Polly) Michael Craze (Ben Jackson)
Others Bernard Archard — Bragen Peter Bathurst — Hensell Robert James — Lesterson Nicholas Hawtrey — Quinn Pamela Ann Davy — Janley Martin King — The Examiner Edward Kelsey — Resno Richard Kane — Valmar Steven Scott — Kebble Peter Forbes-Robertson, Robert Russell, Robert Luckham — Guards Gerald Taylor, Kevin Manser, Robert Jewell, John Scott Martin — Daleks Peter Hawkins — Dalek Voices
Production
Directed by	Christopher Barry
Written by	David Whitaker Dennis Spooner (uncredited)
Script editor	Gerry Davis
Produced by	Innes Lloyd
Executive producer(s)	None
Incidental music composer	Tristram Cary
Production code	EE
Series	Season 4
Length	6 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing	All 6 episodes
Date started	5 November 1966
Date ended	10 December 1966
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → The Tenth Planet The Highlanders
List of Doctor Who serials

The Power of the Daleks

Author	John Peel
Cover artist	Alister Pearson
Series	Doctor Who book: Target novelisations
Release number	154
Publisher	Target Books
Publication date	July 1993
ISBN

The Power of the Daleks is the completely missing third serial of the fourth season in the 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. It is the 6th now-incomplete Doctor Who serial to be released with full-length animated reconstructions of its six missing episodes. All six episodes were released on the BBC Store from the 5 November 2016 till 10 December in weekly order, 50 years to the serials' original broadcast dates.

Ben and Polly watch the First Doctor collapse to the floor of the TARDIS and then change into a younger man. Initially in a state of intense, pained confusion, at last regaining calm by maintaining his focus on a single lever on the TARDIS control console, the new Doctor seems to ignore or deliberately misunderstand direct questions and sometimes refers to his previous self as though he were someone else. Despite this, Polly believes the man is still the Doctor, while Ben suspects he is an impostor. The TARDIS lands on the planet Vulcan where, on arrival, the Doctor witnesses the murder of the examiner, a man sent from Earth to check on the human colony located on the planet. After checking the body, the Doctor discovers a badge.

A security team, led by Bragen, escorts the Doctor, Ben and Polly (pretending to be, as the security team assumes, the examiner and his party) back to the colony, where they meet Hansell, the governor, and Quinn, his deputy. It is not clear why the examiner was summoned, nor by whom, at this point. There are indications of rebellion, which are not taken seriously by the governor. Then there is the two-hundred-year-old space capsule has been discovered by Lesterson, the colony’s scientist. The Doctor makes a cursory examination of the capsule and announces he is retiring for the evening. The same night, Ben and Polly see the Doctor heading towards Lesterson’s laboratory and enter the capsule. They follow him inside after seeing him open an inner compartment to find two Daleks inside. He deduces that the third Dalek is missing. Polly sees a small mutant crawling quickly across the floor, disappearing under a small opening. She screams.