The Power of the Daleks

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The Power of the Daleks is a 1966 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor’s first full adventure, in which he confronts a seemingly servile group of Daleks on a human colony world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Doctor Who serial
science fiction television serial
television story
animatedReconstructionMedium Blu-ray
DVD
digital download
animatedReconstructionReleaseYear 2016
broadcastBy BBC
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Christopher Barry
featuresAntagonist Daleks
featuresCharacter Ben Jackson
Polly Wright
Second Doctor
featuresConcept regeneration of the Doctor
featuresEvent First full story of the Second Doctor
featuresOrganization Daleks
surface form: Dalek race
firstBroadcastEndDate 1966-12-10
firstBroadcastStartDate 1966-11-05
follows The Tenth Planet
format black-and-white
franchise Doctor Who
genre science fiction
hasAnimatedReconstruction yes
includesElement Dalek production line
political intrigue on a colony world
language English
musicBy Tristram Cary
notableFor early exploration of post-regeneration instability
first full appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Doctor
high critical reputation among Doctor Who fans and scholars
numberOfEpisodes 6
originalMedium television
originalNetwork BBC One
partOf Doctor Who
plotFocus seemingly servile Daleks manipulating human colonists
precedes The Highlanders
producer Innes Lloyd
productionCode EE
scriptEditor Gerry Davis
seasonNumberInClassicSeries 4
setting human colony on the planet Vulcan
stars Anneke Wills
Michael Craze
Patrick Troughton
statusOfOriginalEpisodes missing from BBC archives
storyNumberInClassicSeries 30
writer David Whitaker

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The Tenth Planet followedBy The Power of the Daleks
Anneke Wills appearedIn The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who season 4 includesStory The Power of the Daleks
subject surface form: Doctor Who season 4 (1966–1967)
Polly appearsInSerial The Power of the Daleks
Ben Jackson appearsInSerial The Power of the Daleks
David Whitaker workOn The Power of the Daleks
this entity surface form: The Power of the Daleks (Doctor Who serial)