The Daleks' master plan

Episode of the Doctor Who series
Original title	The Daleks' master plan
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
length	12x25 minutes
classification	Season 3, episodes 10–21 ; 91st - 102nd episode overall ( list )
First broadcast	November 13, 1965 to ; January 29, 1966 on BBC
Rod
Director	Douglas Camfield
script	Terry Nation (episodes 1-5, 7) ; Dennis Spooner (episodes 6, 8-12)
production	John Wiles
music	Tristram Cary
camera	Peter Hamilton
cut	Keith Raven
occupation
	William Hartnell : The doctor ; Peter Purves: Steven Taylor; Adrienne Hill: Katarina; Jean Marsh: Sara Kingdom;
chronology
← Predecessor ; The Myth Makers	Successor → ; The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

The Daleks' Master Plan ( English pronunciation: / ðe dɑːleks mɑːsterplæn / dt about. The master plan of the Daleks ) is 21 plotline of the British science fiction - television series Doctor Who . It consists of a total of 12 parts (excluding the prequel Mission To The Unknown ), which were broadcast between November 13, 1965 and January 29, 1966. Thus it is to date the longest Doctor Who episode, one counts the 23 season of the series, The Trial Of A Time Lord (dt. The verdict ), as four individual episodes. Currently only episodes 2, 5 and 10 are in the possession of the BBC , the other 9 are considered lost.

action

In the year 4000, an alien race called the Daleks plans to conquer the solar system . In doing so, they use weapons that are even able to destroy time itself. Only Doctor Who and his companions can prevent an intergalactic catastrophe. To do this, however, they must risk their lives.

actor

Kert Gantry: Brian Cant
Bret Vyon: Nicholas Courtney
Lizan: Pamela Greer
Roald: Philip Anthony
Mavic Chen: Kevin Stoney
Interviewer: Michael Guest
Voices of the Daleks: Peter Hawkins, David Graham
Daleks: Kevin Manser, Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, John Scott Martin, Jack Pitt
Zephon: Julian Sherrier
Trantis: Roy Evans
Kirksen: Douglas Sheldon
Bors: Dallas Cavell
Garge: Geoffrey Cheshire
Karlton: Maurice Browning
Daxtar: Roger Avon
Borkar: James Hall
Froyn: Bill Miles
Rhynmal: John Herrington
Constable: Clifford Earl
Police Officer: Norman Mitchell
Policeman: Malcolm Rogers
Detective: Keneth Thornett
Man in the raincoat: Reg Pritchard
Blossom Lefavre: Sheila Dunn
Darcy Tranton: Leonard Grahame
Steinberger P. Green: Royston Tickner
Ingmar Knopf: Mark Ross
Deputy director: Conrad Monk
Arab Sheikh: David James
Vampire: Paula Topham
Clown: Robert G. Jewell
Professor Webster: Albert Barrington
Set designer: Buddy Windrush
Cinematographer: Steve Machin
The Meddling Monk: Peter Butterworth
Trevor: Roger Brierley
Scott: Bruce Wightman
Khepren: Jeffrey Isaac
Tuthmos: Derek Ware
Hyksos: Walter Randall

Audience ratings

The Nightmare Begins - 9.1 million viewers
Day Of Armageddon - 9.8 million viewers
Devil's Planet - 10.3 million viewers
The Traitors - 9.5 million viewers
Counter plot - 9.9 million viewers
Coronas Of The Sun - 9.1 million viewers
The Feast Of Steven - 7.9 million viewers
Volcano - 9.6 million viewers
Golden Death - 9.2 million viewers
Escape Switch - 9.5 million viewers
The Abandoned Planet - 9.8 million viewers
Destruction Of Time - 8.6 million viewers

Publications

Official BBC publications

The surviving episodes 2, 5 and 10 were released along with a few other orphan episodes on the Lost In Time DVD box . The entire episode is also available as an audio book, with the prequel and a narrative commentary by Peter Purves, who subsequently portrays the companion Steven, and in book form by John Peel.

Unofficial publications

Several large reconstruction teams, including Loose Cannon and Masterplan Productions, reconstructed the episode in a variety of ways and thus made it tangible again.

Web links

The Daleks' Master Plan on the official BBC website with photonovel with Telesnaps to illustrate the episode
The Daleks' Master Plan - Detailed summary in the Doctor Who Reference Guide.
The reconstruction of The Daleks' Master Plan on the Loose Cannon's side.