Main menuDavid Whitaker / Dennis Spooner, Doctor Who - The power of the Daleks
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The power of the Daleks | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | David Whitaker / Dennis Spooner | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC3 - BBCDVD 4163 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1966 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | BBCDVD4163D1L1 02 BBCDVD4163D2L1 01 | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1514 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3215, rank in dvds is 201. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | - | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Friends and family | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Episode 1 | 25.43 | |||||||||
| A2 | Episode 2 | 24.29 | |||||||||
| A3 | Episode 3 | 23.31 | |||||||||
| A4 | Episode 4 | 24.23 | |||||||||
| A5 | Episode 5 | 23.38 | |||||||||
| A6 | Episode 6 | 23.46 | |||||||||
| B1 | Animation and photo gallery | 15.29 | |||||||||
| B2 | Animation test footage | 6.06 | |||||||||
| B3 | Original title sequence | 1.07 | |||||||||
| B4 | Servants & masters - The making of The Power of the Daleks | 22.36 | |||||||||
| B5 | Surviving material & original trailer | 7.44 | |||||||||
| B6 | Telesnap reconstruction | 148.49 | |||||||||
| B7 | Original Dalek recordings | 5.14 | |||||||||
| B8 | Camera scripts [PDF] | ||||||||||
| B9 | Production notes [PDF] | ||||||||||
| Total length of media 5:52:35. | |||||||||||
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| My rating | 3 | |
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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
StarringPatrick Troughton (Second Doctor) Anneke Wills (Polly) Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) 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 Written byDavid Whitaker Dennis Spooner Produced byInnes Lloyd Directed byChristopher Barry Synopsis50 years after its only UK broadcast on BBC One, one of Doctor Who's most celebrated, lost adventures is regenerated, with a brand new hand-drawn black and white animation, synchronised with a digitally remastered recording of the original 1966 audio. The six-part adventure takes place immediately after the first regeneration, as the Time Lord and his companions, Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze), do battle with an old foe on the mysterious planet Vulcan. Hoe will Polly and Bern cope with a new Doctor? How will the Doctor take to his new body? And how will they ever overcome the power of the Daleks? Background"There was never any thought that Doctor Who would end," produced Innes Lloyd recalled (The Doctor Who Review issue 5: April / May 1980). William Hartnell, who had played the series' lead character for three years, was unable to continue with the demanding schedule of weekly production. The solution: cast a younger actor as a rejuvenated Doctor, a transition possible thanks to the mystical powers of his futuristic, other-worldly origins and his amazing vessel, the TARDIS. "The regeneration was inspired directly from 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', a simple inspiration to get the change-over between actors," recalled story editor Gerry Davis (Doctor Who Magazine issue 124: May 1987). As to the actor who would replace Hartnell, the BBC's Head of Drama Serials Shaun Sutton had one person in mind: "I introduced Patrick Troughton (as) the second Doctor Who, and (Head of Drama) Syndey (Newman) wasn't a bit pleased about that. I was determined to have Patrick Troughton - I knew he was a great actor and I knew he was right for the role. Innes Lloyd agreed with me. Sydney wasn't very pleased but we talked him round!" (Doctor Who Magazine issue 260: 14 January 1998). "I was in Ireland doing (the Hammer Studios historical film, 'The Viking Queen') and they started phoning up from the BBC'" recalled Patrick Troughton (National Film Theatre: 30 October 1983). "I thought (the series) would play itself out and I thought it might last another six weeks if I did it, so I thought 'No'. But they kept on phoning and the money kept going up so eventually I said 'Yes'. I watched Doctor Who from the very first one and I had to be different to Billy because it wouldn't be right to follow exactly on." On Tuesday 2 August, Troughton was offered a contract for 26 episodes as the Doctor; starting with a six-part serial coded EE, these would be recorded from Saturday 15 October, running through fore more four-part serials (FF to JJ). "In Patrick Troughton we welcomed an actor of tremendous versatility and humour," Lloyd recalled. "Bill Hartnell said at the time that he couldn't think of any other actor he would rather hand over to." (The Doctor Who Review) "If we jumped back in time along the Doctor's life he would be a different person, but he'd still be the same inside," recall Gerry Davis (TARDIS Volume 3 Number 6: December 1978.) "We used the Daleks to help the new Doctor settle in as they would attract a large audience." Since the first appearance in 1963, the Daleks - the Doctor's massively popular arch enemies - has appeared in episodes either scripted or storylined by their creator, Terry Nation. However, by 1966, Nation was extremely busy as script supervisor on The Baron, a colour ATV-financed film series which had been sold to the American network ABC. Facing problems with scripts for 'The Baron', Nation was unable to spare time for another Dalek escapade. Thus the first scripts for the renewed Doctor were commissioned from David Whitaker, Doctor Who's original story editor from 1963 to 1964; Whitaker had worked closely with Nation on a number of Dalek-related projects from comic strips to stage plays. "Aware that the idea was to replace him with another actor, I wrote the Doctor's part as sketchily as possible, so that it could be easily altered. I then concerned myself with the rest of the story," David Whitaker told Gary Hopkins. The TARDIS' landing site on the planet Vulcan was a mercury geyser, akin to the featured in 'The Daleks' picture strip - written by Whitaker - in issue 15 of the comic TV Century 21 (20 March 1965). The six scripts for the serial, then entitled 'The Destiny of Doctor Who' and forming projects 2315/8520-3 and 2316/8743-4, were commissioned from David Whitaker on Saturday 22 July with a target delivery of Monday 8 August. The scripts were delivered on Monday 25 July, Monday 15 August, Wednesday 24 August, Thursday 30 August, Wednesday 31 August and Wednesday 5 September. Three revised scripts entitled 'Doctor Who and the Power of the Daleks' were delivered for Episodes Four to Six on Tuesday 20 September, Wednesday 21 September and Friday 23 September. | ||
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