5J. Destiny Of The Daleks

  • Script Editor: Douglas Adams;
  • Writer: Terry Nation;
  • Produced by: Graham Williams;
  • Director: Ken Grieve;
  • Designer: Ken Ledsham;
  • Incidental Music: Dudley Simpson;

Programme Description

The Doctor is having slight problems with his two companions: K-9 seems to have, somehow, caught laryngitis. Romana is somewhere in the TARDIS, and when she appears she has regenerated into the same body as Princess Astra. The Doctor tells her to try again, but she later settles on the Princess Astra body.

The TARDIS materialises on a radioactive planet. The Doctor and Romana take the necessary precautions and venture outside. They find sections of concrete, and judging by the vibrations there is some serious drilling going on somewhere.

Looking inside the remains of a city the Doctor becomes trapped by a pillar, and Romana goes back to the TARDIS for K-9. Meanwhile the stone pillar is effortlessly lifted off the Doctor by what appears to be an ordinary man.

The Doctor learns that he has been rescued by the Movellans, who are here to stop the Daleks from getting to Davros. Both sides are robotic and logical, and can easily anticipate each others moves as each move is logical. If the Daleks rescue Davros he could introduce random elements giving the Daleks the advantage.

At the same time the Movellans realise that if they use the Doctor the advantage can be theirs. The Doctor realises that the Movellans are no better than the Daleks. With the aid of a human captive the Doctor manages to prevent the Movellans from destroying Skaro, and also manages to defeat the Daleks. Davros is taken prisoner by the Humans.

Regular Cast

  • Voice of K-9: Roy Skelton (1) (uncredited);
  • Romana: Lalla Ward;

Guest Cast

  • Engineer Tyssan: Tim Barlow;
  • Commander Sharrel: Peter Straker;
  • Agella: Suzanne Danielle;
  • Lan: Tony Osoba;
  • Dalek Operators: Mike Mungarvan, Cy Town;
  • Dalek Voices: Roy Skelton, David Gooderson (uncredited);
  • Davros: David Gooderson (2-4);
  • Jall: Penny Casdagli (2,4);
  • Veldan: David Yip (2,4);

  • UNCREDITED CAST:
  • Tall Romana: Maggy Armitage (1);
  • Voluptuous Romana: Yvonne Gallager;
  • Alien Romana: Lee Richards (1);
  • Dalek Extras: Toby Byrne (2-4), Tony Starr (2,4);
  • Double for Romana: Sue Crossland (2);
  • Prisoners: Mark Boyden, Toby Byrne, Malcolm Clarke, Peter Coleclough, Venicia Day, Sue Dorning, Harold Gasnier, Sandra Kneller, Tara Lightborne, David Lockner, Susan Lyle, Chris Marx, Leroy Mitchell, Hazel O'Mara, Margaret Pilleau (1-3), Denise Potter, Marcus Powell, Clinton Price, Leslie Rae, Sharon Richardson, Gito Santana (1-3), Errol M Shaker, Tony Starr, Lewis St Juste, Ron Tarr, Erroll Turner, Julian Woods, Huntley Young;
  • Movellans: Bruce Callender, Inga Daly, Wilson M George, Chrissi Hewett, Ken Kajadhar, Tawny Sands;

Transmissions

ChannelEpisodeTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 506 Episode One Sat 1 Sep 1979 118:10 - 18:35 13.0M 28th
BBC 1 507 Episode Two Sat 8 Sep 1979 818:10 - 18:35 12.7M 39th
BBC 1 508 Episode Three Sat 15 Sep 1979 1518:10 - 18:35 13.8M 28th
BBC 1 509 Episode Four Sat 22 Sep 1979 2218:15 - 18:40 14.4M 27th

Repeat Transmissions

ChannelTitleDateViewersPosition
BBC 1 Episode One Tue 5 Aug 1980 18:25 - 18:50 4.9M 91st
BBC 1 Episode Two Wed 6 Aug 1980 18:20 - 18:45 5.8M 59th
BBC 1 Episode Three Thu 7 Aug 1980 18:25 - 18:50 7.1M 33rd
BBC 1 Episode Four Fri 8 Aug 1980 18:25 - 18:50 6.5M 41st

Locations

  • Winspit Quarry, Swanage, Dorset;
  • Binnegar Heath, Wareham, Dorset;

Studios

  • Television Centre Studio 1;
  • Television Centre Studio 3;

Bloopers and Mistakes

This programme has no bloopers or mistakes. It's probably not perfect, just that they haven't been found or pointed out yet

Notes and Trivia

Each instalment of this story is called an Episode instead of Part, as with the other stories since Season Eleven.

David Brierley's K-9 voice is not heard in this story; when K-9 coughs in Episode One this is the voice of Roy Skelton.

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