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Destiny of the Daleks
Destiny of the Daleks is the first serial of the 17th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 1 September to 22 September 1979. The story introduces Lalla Ward as the newly regenerated Romana.
It is set on the planet Skaro centuries after events of the 1975 serial Genesis of the Daleks. The Daleks arrive on Skaro to find their creator Davros (David Gooderson) in suspended animation. They seek his guidance to help them beat the Movellan race with whom the Daleks are in a stalemated war.
The TARDIS lands on a rocky planet which the Fourth Doctor and a newly-regenerated Romana decide to explore. They soon see a group of ragged-looking humanoids burying one of their dead, followed by the arrival of an alien spaceship which half-buries itself in a nearby valley. As the pair are about to investigate, underground explosions force them back towards the ruins, where the Doctor is trapped under a fallen concrete pillar. Romana, unaware that she’s being followed by a gaunt figure, returns to the TARDIS to reassemble K9 so he can assist, but further explosions half-bury the TARDIS in rubble. When she returns to the city she discovers the Doctor missing, and her path blocked by the gaunt man. Backing away, she falls down a rubble chute; when she regains consciousness, she is captured by three Daleks and taken away for interrogation.
Meanwhile, the Doctor is thanking the white-clad, silver-haired humanoids who have rescued him, remarking on their strength. Reluctantly, their leader, Commander Sharrel, informs him that they are on the planet designated D-5-Gamma-Z-Alpha, otherwise known as Skaro; the Doctor subsequently learns that the Movellans are here to wage war against the Daleks. Two Movellans bring in the gaunt stranger, a Starship Engineer called Tyssan who reveals that the Daleks used him as slave labour as part of a search operation.
Romana, who managed to fake her own death to escape the Daleks’ mining operation, is reunited with the Doctor as he, Tyssan and the Movellans make their way into the Dalek headquarters. There, the Doctor establishes that the Daleks are searching for something on a level that they have yet to access, and that he remembers an alternative route to this area. Although the accompanying Movellans are seemingly killed en route – by Dalek firepower and rockfalls – the Doctor, Romana and Tyssan manage to reach the location before the Daleks, just in time to witness Davros, the Daleks’ creator, awakening from suspended animation.
With Daleks rapidly approaching, the three move the revived Davros into a blocked-off room elsewhere in the ruins of the Dalek city, with Romana and Tyssan heading off to get help from the Movellans. However, the Daleks soon discover the two, with the Doctor holding Davros hostage with a makeshift explosive, bargaining with the Daleks to free all their prisoners and to let him escape. Romana, meantime, has learned that the Movellans are not as altruistic as they appear; they intend to use their Nova Device, which makes a planet’s atmosphere flammable, to kill all life on the planet. The Doctor meets up with Tyssan and, having disabled a female Movellan scout, confirms that the Movellans are robots.
Captured by the Movellans, the Doctor and Romana learn that they and the Daleks’ computer-controlled space battle fleets have been in a logical stalemate for centuries, with not a single shot being fired. Realising that the Movellans will want the Doctor to give them the same “irrational” advantage as he could give the Daleks, Davros orders a bomb-laden squad of his creations to attack and destroy the Movellan craft, unaware that Tyssan has taken over the vessel with the help of the freed prisoners and some reprogrammed Movellans. Romana, meantime, disables Commander Sharrel before he can set off the Nova Device.
Successfully destroying Davros’s lone bodyguard, the Doctor forces Davros to destroy the Dalek suicide squad before they reach the Movellan ship. Davros is put into the custody of the former slave workers, and placed in cryogenic suspension before the journey to Earth where he will be put on trial. The Doctor and Romana leave, remarking on the fact whoever makes mistakes often wins.
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Destiny of the Daleks
Destiny of the Daleks is the first serial of the 17th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 1 September to 22 September 1979. The story introduces Lalla Ward as the newly regenerated Romana.
It is set on the planet Skaro centuries after events of the 1975 serial Genesis of the Daleks. The Daleks arrive on Skaro to find their creator Davros (David Gooderson) in suspended animation. They seek his guidance to help them beat the Movellan race with whom the Daleks are in a stalemated war.
The TARDIS lands on a rocky planet which the Fourth Doctor and a newly-regenerated Romana decide to explore. They soon see a group of ragged-looking humanoids burying one of their dead, followed by the arrival of an alien spaceship which half-buries itself in a nearby valley. As the pair are about to investigate, underground explosions force them back towards the ruins, where the Doctor is trapped under a fallen concrete pillar. Romana, unaware that she’s being followed by a gaunt figure, returns to the TARDIS to reassemble K9 so he can assist, but further explosions half-bury the TARDIS in rubble. When she returns to the city she discovers the Doctor missing, and her path blocked by the gaunt man. Backing away, she falls down a rubble chute; when she regains consciousness, she is captured by three Daleks and taken away for interrogation.
Meanwhile, the Doctor is thanking the white-clad, silver-haired humanoids who have rescued him, remarking on their strength. Reluctantly, their leader, Commander Sharrel, informs him that they are on the planet designated D-5-Gamma-Z-Alpha, otherwise known as Skaro; the Doctor subsequently learns that the Movellans are here to wage war against the Daleks. Two Movellans bring in the gaunt stranger, a Starship Engineer called Tyssan who reveals that the Daleks used him as slave labour as part of a search operation.
Romana, who managed to fake her own death to escape the Daleks’ mining operation, is reunited with the Doctor as he, Tyssan and the Movellans make their way into the Dalek headquarters. There, the Doctor establishes that the Daleks are searching for something on a level that they have yet to access, and that he remembers an alternative route to this area. Although the accompanying Movellans are seemingly killed en route – by Dalek firepower and rockfalls – the Doctor, Romana and Tyssan manage to reach the location before the Daleks, just in time to witness Davros, the Daleks’ creator, awakening from suspended animation.
With Daleks rapidly approaching, the three move the revived Davros into a blocked-off room elsewhere in the ruins of the Dalek city, with Romana and Tyssan heading off to get help from the Movellans. However, the Daleks soon discover the two, with the Doctor holding Davros hostage with a makeshift explosive, bargaining with the Daleks to free all their prisoners and to let him escape. Romana, meantime, has learned that the Movellans are not as altruistic as they appear; they intend to use their Nova Device, which makes a planet’s atmosphere flammable, to kill all life on the planet. The Doctor meets up with Tyssan and, having disabled a female Movellan scout, confirms that the Movellans are robots.
Captured by the Movellans, the Doctor and Romana learn that they and the Daleks’ computer-controlled space battle fleets have been in a logical stalemate for centuries, with not a single shot being fired. Realising that the Movellans will want the Doctor to give them the same “irrational” advantage as he could give the Daleks, Davros orders a bomb-laden squad of his creations to attack and destroy the Movellan craft, unaware that Tyssan has taken over the vessel with the help of the freed prisoners and some reprogrammed Movellans. Romana, meantime, disables Commander Sharrel before he can set off the Nova Device.
Successfully destroying Davros’s lone bodyguard, the Doctor forces Davros to destroy the Dalek suicide squad before they reach the Movellan ship. Davros is put into the custody of the former slave workers, and placed in cryogenic suspension before the journey to Earth where he will be put on trial. The Doctor and Romana leave, remarking on the fact whoever makes mistakes often wins.