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Death to the Daleks
Death to the Daleks is the third serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 February to 16 March 1974.
In the serial, the Daleks and a human expedition both arrive on the planet Exxilon to seek a mineral found in abundance there. This was the last serial to have an episode's master tape wiped, but all episodes now exist in their original 625 line colour in the archives.
The TARDIS suffers an energy drain and lands on the planet Exxilon. The Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith go to investigate and become separated. The Doctor is captured by the planet's inhabitants, the Exxilons, but escapes. A party of humans from the Marine Space Corps find the Doctor and take him to their ship, which has also been stranded. They are on an expedition to mine "Parrinium," a mineral which can cure a deadly space plague. Sarah Jane is attacked by one of the creatures and flees towards a city with a flashing beacon. She is captured and taken to the Exxilons' caves to be sacrificed by their High Priest.
Another ship arrives, and four Daleks emerge. Their ship and weapons have also been affected by the energy drain. The Daleks claim that several of their planetary colonies are suffering from plague; thus they need Parrinium for the same reason as the humans. The Daleks, the Doctor, and the humans form an uneasy alliance to obtain Parrinium and escape Exxilon. While making their way to the humans' mining dome, the Exxilons ambush them. A battle ensues and the Exxilons kill a human and a Dalek and capture the others. The prisoners are taken to the caves where the Doctor interrupts Sarah Jane's sacrifice; therefore, he is also condemned to death. When the dual sacrifice commences, a second party of Daleks arrive with projectile weapons unaffected by the energy drain. The Daleks kill a number of Exxilons, then force the survivors and humans to mine Parrinium.
The Doctor and Sarah Jane flee underground and meet a group of fugitive Exxilons. Their leader, Bellal, explains that the city was built by the Exxilons' ancestors, who were once capable of space travel. They built the city to be capable of maintaining, repairing, and protecting itself. Fitting the structure with a brain meant that the city no longer needed its creators. On realising this, the Exxilons had tried to destroy the city, but the city destroyed most of them. Bellal's people seek to destroy the city and ensure their race's survival. Bellal explains that the city supports itself through underground "roots" and the aerial beacon. The Doctor realises that the beacon must be the cause of the energy drain. He and Bellal go to the city to resolve the problem.
The Daleks come to the same conclusion and create two timed explosives to destroy the beacon. One Dalek supervises two humans placing the explosives, but one of the humans, Galloway, secretly keeps one bomb. Two other Daleks enter the city to investigate the superstructure just behind the Doctor and Bellal. The two parties proceed through the city, passing a series of intelligence tests. On reaching the central chamber, the Doctor begins to sabotage the city's computer brain; the machine responds by creating two Exxilon-like "antibodies" to "neutralise" the Doctor and Bellal. They are saved when the Daleks enter and fight the antibodies, and the Doctor and Bellal escape as the city's sabotaged controls begin to malfunction. The two Daleks inside are destroyed.
When the bomb on the beacon explodes, all power is restored. The Daleks order the humans to load the Parrinium onto their ship. The Daleks intend to fire a plague missile onto the planet, destroying all life and making future landings impossible, so that they will have the only source of Parrinium. Their true intention for hoarding Parrinium is to blackmail the galactic powers to accept their demands; refusal would mean the deaths of millions. As their ship takes off, Sarah Jane reveals that the Daleks have only bags of sand while the real Parrinium is on the Earth ship. Galloway has smuggled himself and his bomb aboard the Dalek ship; he detonates the bomb, destroying the Dalek ship before it fires the plague missile. Back on Exxilon, the City disintegrates and collapses.
Working titles for this story were The Exilons and The Exxilons.[citation needed] The incidental music for this serial was composed by Carey Blyton and performed by the London Saxophone Quartet.
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Death to the Daleks
Death to the Daleks is the third serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 February to 16 March 1974.
In the serial, the Daleks and a human expedition both arrive on the planet Exxilon to seek a mineral found in abundance there. This was the last serial to have an episode's master tape wiped, but all episodes now exist in their original 625 line colour in the archives.
The TARDIS suffers an energy drain and lands on the planet Exxilon. The Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith go to investigate and become separated. The Doctor is captured by the planet's inhabitants, the Exxilons, but escapes. A party of humans from the Marine Space Corps find the Doctor and take him to their ship, which has also been stranded. They are on an expedition to mine "Parrinium," a mineral which can cure a deadly space plague. Sarah Jane is attacked by one of the creatures and flees towards a city with a flashing beacon. She is captured and taken to the Exxilons' caves to be sacrificed by their High Priest.
Another ship arrives, and four Daleks emerge. Their ship and weapons have also been affected by the energy drain. The Daleks claim that several of their planetary colonies are suffering from plague; thus they need Parrinium for the same reason as the humans. The Daleks, the Doctor, and the humans form an uneasy alliance to obtain Parrinium and escape Exxilon. While making their way to the humans' mining dome, the Exxilons ambush them. A battle ensues and the Exxilons kill a human and a Dalek and capture the others. The prisoners are taken to the caves where the Doctor interrupts Sarah Jane's sacrifice; therefore, he is also condemned to death. When the dual sacrifice commences, a second party of Daleks arrive with projectile weapons unaffected by the energy drain. The Daleks kill a number of Exxilons, then force the survivors and humans to mine Parrinium.
The Doctor and Sarah Jane flee underground and meet a group of fugitive Exxilons. Their leader, Bellal, explains that the city was built by the Exxilons' ancestors, who were once capable of space travel. They built the city to be capable of maintaining, repairing, and protecting itself. Fitting the structure with a brain meant that the city no longer needed its creators. On realising this, the Exxilons had tried to destroy the city, but the city destroyed most of them. Bellal's people seek to destroy the city and ensure their race's survival. Bellal explains that the city supports itself through underground "roots" and the aerial beacon. The Doctor realises that the beacon must be the cause of the energy drain. He and Bellal go to the city to resolve the problem.
The Daleks come to the same conclusion and create two timed explosives to destroy the beacon. One Dalek supervises two humans placing the explosives, but one of the humans, Galloway, secretly keeps one bomb. Two other Daleks enter the city to investigate the superstructure just behind the Doctor and Bellal. The two parties proceed through the city, passing a series of intelligence tests. On reaching the central chamber, the Doctor begins to sabotage the city's computer brain; the machine responds by creating two Exxilon-like "antibodies" to "neutralise" the Doctor and Bellal. They are saved when the Daleks enter and fight the antibodies, and the Doctor and Bellal escape as the city's sabotaged controls begin to malfunction. The two Daleks inside are destroyed.
When the bomb on the beacon explodes, all power is restored. The Daleks order the humans to load the Parrinium onto their ship. The Daleks intend to fire a plague missile onto the planet, destroying all life and making future landings impossible, so that they will have the only source of Parrinium. Their true intention for hoarding Parrinium is to blackmail the galactic powers to accept their demands; refusal would mean the deaths of millions. As their ship takes off, Sarah Jane reveals that the Daleks have only bags of sand while the real Parrinium is on the Earth ship. Galloway has smuggled himself and his bomb aboard the Dalek ship; he detonates the bomb, destroying the Dalek ship before it fires the plague missile. Back on Exxilon, the City disintegrates and collapses.
Working titles for this story were The Exilons and The Exxilons.[citation needed] The incidental music for this serial was composed by Carey Blyton and performed by the London Saxophone Quartet.