ESSENTIAL INFO
Broadcast: 23 November 2023 (on BBC Four)
Starring: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford, Alan Wheatley, John Lee, Philip Bond, David Graham, Peter Hawkins, Nicholas Briggs
Written by: Terry Nation
Directed by: Christopher Barry, Richard Martin
IN A NUTSHELL...
On the planet Skaro, Dr Who, Ian, Barbara and Susan encounter a race of deadly genetic mutations.
QUOTE, UNQUOTE:
IAN: I’m trying to imagine what sort of people these are.
DOCTOR: They’re intelligent, anyway. Very intelligent.
IAN: Yes, but how do they use their intelligence? What form does it take?
DOCTOR: Oh, as if that matters.
SUSAN: The thing that’s ticking, it’s over here. It’s a Geiger counter.
IAN: But look at the needle! It’s past the danger point.
DOCTOR: Yes, yes, that explains a lot of things, doesn’t it? A jungle turned to stone, the barren soil, and the fact that we’re not feeling well.
IAN: Radiation sickness?
DOCTOR: Yes, I’m afraid so. The atmosphere here is polluted with a very high level of fallout… and we’ve been walking around in it completely unprotected.
ON TARGET:
Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, novelisation written by David Whitaker. First published by Frederick Muller Ltd, 12 November 1964.