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Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks

Synopsis

Dalek Sec

1930’s New York, and on top of the Empire State Building, The Doctor’s oldest enemies are at work.

As a new Dalek Empire rises in 1930s New York, The Doctor must enter an unholy alliance.

Source: BBC DVD

General Information

Season:

Twenty Nine (New Series 3)

Production Code:

3-4/3-5

Story Number:

182 (New Series: 26)

Episode Numbers:

728 - 729 (New Series: 32 - 33)

Number of Episodes:

Percentage of Episodes Held:

100%

Production Dates:

October - December 2006

Broadcast Started:

21 April 2007

Broadcast Finished:

28 April 2007

Colour Status:

Colour

Studio:

BBC Wales (Upper Boat, Pontypridd)

Location:

New York City, USA: Empire State Building, The Statue of Liberty and The Majestic Theatre.
Cardiff: Cardiff Bay, Penarth and Bute Park.

Writer:

Helen Raynor

Director:

James Strong

Producer:

Phil Collinson

Executive Producers:

Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies

Script Editor:

Simon Winstone

Editor:

Mike Jones

Production Executive:

Julie Scott

Production Manager:

Patrick Schweitzer

Production Designer:

Edward Thomas

Director of Photography:

Ernie Vincze BSC

Casting Director:

Andy Pryor CDG

Costume Designer:

Louise Page

Make-Up Designer:

Barbara Southcott

Cameramen:

Steven Hall (2nd Camera (Episode 2 Only)) and Roger Pearce (Operator)

Visual Effects:

The Mill

Special Effects:

Any Effects

Prosthetics:

Millennium FX

Stunt Co-ordinator:

Tom Lucy

Stunt Performers:

Andy Smart, Guy List and Will Willoughby

Incidental Music:

Murray Gold

Special Sounds (SFX Editor):

Paul Jefferies

Sound Recordist:

Ron Bailey

Sound Supervisor:

Paul McFadden

Sound Editor:

Doug Sinclair

Music Performed By:

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Title Music:

Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Murray Gold

Daleks Originally Created By:

Terry Nation

Number of Doctors:

The Doctor:

David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor)

Number of Companions:

The Companion:

Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones)

Additional Cast:

Miranda Raison (Tallulah), Ryan Carnes (Laszlo), Hugh Quarshie (Solomon), Andrew Garfield (Frank), Eric Loren (Mr Diagoras), Flik Swan (Myrna), Alexis Caley (Lois), Earl Perkins (Man #1), Peter Brooke (Man #2), Ian Porter (Foreman), Joe Montana (Worker #1), Stewart Alexander (Worker #2), Mel Taylor (Dock Worker), Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Pegg (Dalek Operator), Anthony Spargo (Dalek Operator), David Hankinson (Dalek Operator), Nick Briggs (Dalek Voices), Paul Kasey (Hero Pig Man), Eric Loren (Dalek Sec), Ian Porter (Hybrid)

Setting:

Manhattan, New York City, USA (1930)

Villain:

Daleks

The Episodes

No.	Episodes	Broadcast (UK)	Duration	Viewers (Millions)	In Archive
728	Daleks in Manhattan	21 April 2007	46'52"	6.7	Yes
729	Evolution of the Daleks	28 April 2007	46'25"	7.0	Yes

Total Duration

1 Hour 33 Minutes

Audience Appreciation

Average Viewers (Millions)

6.8

Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2007)	67.74% (Position = 10 out of 10)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009)	61.43% (Position = 152 out of 200)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014)	58.64% (Position = 208 out of 241)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023)	Position = 30 out of 36

Archives

Both episodes exist and are held in the BBC's Film and Videotape Library.

Notes

This story marks the first that has ever been filmed partially in the USA, albeit for effects shots and without any of the principal cast due to budget constraints. The shots that were taken in the USA were made possible due to the behind-the-scenes programme Doctor Who Confidential planning to travel to the Big Apple with Helen Raynor for an on-location interview segment. This enabled Director James Strong to obtain various plate shots and establishing shots to be taken. Despite the illusion neither David Tennant and Freema Agyeman accompanied James Strong to New York City.

The scenes on the rooftops and those in Central Park and the Hooverville scenes were filmed in Bute Park, Cardiff. While The Laurenzi theatre was really the Parc & Dare Theatre in Treorch with backstage areas shot at Headlands School in Penarth.

This though is not the first story to be set in the USA. Both the Daleks and the First Doctor briefly visited the completed Empire State Building in "The Chase"; neither stayed long enough to appreciate any Dalek architecture that may have survived. The last time that The Doctor visited the USA, he was with Rose Tyler. On that occasion, he encountered what he believed to be the very last Dalek.

Among the classic horror films and novels that helped inspire this story are The Island of Doctor Moreau, Frankenstein and The Phantom of the Opera.

Tallulah's name and character were inspired by Jodie Foster's performance as Tallulah in the 1976 film Bugsy Malone.

The Great Depression was an economic low point for the world, which started after the Black Tuesday stock market crash on 29th October 1929. Beginning in the United States, it quickly spread to the rest of the world, with devastating effects. International trade fell rapidly, as did personal incomes, tax revenues, prices and profits.

"Happy Days Are Here Again", heard on the radio at the start of the second episode, was written in 1929 by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen. It was a hugely popular song in the 1930s and remains well known to this day.

Construction of the Empire State Building began on the 17th March 1930. Remarkably, it was officially opened just over a year later, on the 1st May 1931. 3,400 workers were involved in the project, of which five died during the construction. For 41 years, it stood proud as the tallest skyscraper in the world.

On average, the Empire State Building is struck by lightning a hundred times each year. Due to efficient lighting conductors and other precautionary measures, the vast majority of strikes occur without incident.

The Pig Men are the latest race of humanoid slaves used by the Daleks. Others have included Robomen ("The Dalek Invasion of Earth"), Ogrons ("Day of the Daleks") and also humans ("Resurrection of the Daleks").

Daleks acknowledged the advantage of defining the 'Human Factor' in the Second Doctor story "The Evil of the Daleks". In past stories it has been revealed that the Daleks abhor anything that is genetically different from themselves; so much so, that variations in Dalek DNA have been known to cause civil war to break out between differing Dalek factions (see "Revelation of the Daleks" and "Remembrance of the Daleks").

We first learned about Dalekanium, the powerful metal from which Dalek cases are formed, in the classic 1964 story "The Dalek Invasion of Earth".

Although this is the first time Daleks have appeared on stage in the television show, they are no strangers to trundling the boards. Three major theatre productions have featured the Daleks over the years: "Curse of the Daleks" (1965), "Seven Keys to Doomsday" (1974) and "The Ultimate Adventure" (1989).

Before the title sequence in episode two there is a brief recap of the main events that took place in the first episode.

Like the last two double episode stories in Season Twenty Eight (New Series 2), the first episode of this story includes a trailer for the next episode - this follows immediately after the end credits. The end credits also include a title card reading "To be continued...". The ending of the second episode of this story includes a trailer for the next story - This being "The Lazarus Experiment".

Following on immediately after each episode of this story, on BBC3, were the fourth and fifth chapters of the third series of Doctor Who Confidential. These being "A New York Story" and "Making Manhattan". Both were presented by Anthony Head.

First and Last

The Firsts:

The first time Doctor Who has been filmed in the USA - albeit only for effects shots and without any of the principal cast.

The first time Daleks have appeared on stage in the television series.

The first Doctor Who story to be written by Helen Raynor.

Story Images

Show Text

The Empire State Building

Tallulah the Showgirl

Tallulah and Laszlo

Manhattan

In Hooverville

The Doctor and Martha

A Cult of Skaro Dalek

Dalek Sec

Pig Slaves and a Dalek

A Pig Slave

Fighting Back

Lightening Strike

Quote of the Story

'Daleks are bad enough at any time, but right now they're vulnerable - and that makes them more dangerous than ever…'

The Doctor

Release Information

Format	Title	Release Date (UK)	Code Number	Cover Art	Remarks
DVD	Daleks in Manhattan - Evolution of the Daleks - The Lazarus Experiment - 42	June 2007	BBCDVD 2382	Photo-montage
DVD	The Complete Third Series (Standard Version)	November 2007	BBCDVD 2579	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 11 stories
DVD	The Complete Third Series (Amazon Version)	November 2007	BBCDVD 2579	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 11 stories
DVD	The Complete Third Series (Woolworths Version)	November 2007	BBCDVD 2579	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 11 stories
CD	Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3	November 2007	SILCD1250	Photo-montage	Music by Murray Gold
DVD	Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks	October 2009	BBCDVD 2998	Photo-montage	Part of the "The Dalek Collection" box set containing all Dalek stories
DVD	Series 1 - 4 Box Set	October 2009	BBCDVD 3058		Boxed set containing all 43 stories on 23 Discs
Blu-Ray	The Complete Series 1-7 Box Set (Limited Edition)	December 2013	BBCBD 0242	Photo-montage	Limited Edition Blu-Ray boxed set containing all Series 1-7 stories at full 1080p high definition
DVD	The Complete Third Series (2014 Re-release)	August 2014	BBCDVD 3967	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 11 stories
DVD	The Complete David Tennant Years Box Set	November 2014	BBCDVD 4000	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 37 stories on 26 Discs
Blu-Ray	The Complete Third Series Box Set	August 2015	BBCBD 0263	Photo-montage	Blu-Ray boxed set containing 11 stories
Blu-Ray	The Complete Third Series Box Set (Limited Edition Steelbook)	May 2018	BBCBD 0436	Photo-montage	Limited Edition Blu-Ray Steelbook boxed set containing 11 stories
Blu-Ray	Series 1 - 4 & Specials Blu-Ray Collection	November 2023	BBCBD 0582	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all Ninth and Tenth Doctor stories upscaled to high definition

In Print

No Book Release

Doctor Who Magazine - Preview	Issue 381 (Released: May 2007)
Doctor Who Magazine - After Image	Issue 383 (Released: June 2007)
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team	Issue 460 (Released: June 2013)
Doctor Who Magazine - The Fact of Fiction	Issue 616 (Released: May 2025)
Doctor Who DVD Files	Volume 16 (Released: August 2009)
Doctor Who DVD Files	Volume 17 (Released: August 2009)

Photo Gallery

The Doctor and Companion

The Tenth Doctor

Martha Jones

On Release

DVD Cover

VIDEO

DVD Box Set
(Standard Version)

VIDEO

DVD Box Set
(Amazon Version)

VIDEO

DVD Box Set
(Woolworths Version)

VIDEO

Original Television Soundtrack Cover

AUDIO

The Dalek Collection Box Set

VIDEO

Series 1-4 DVD Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series 1-7 Ltd Edition Blu-Ray Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series DVD Box Set<BR>(2014 Re-release)

Complete Series DVD Box Set
(2014 Re-release)

VIDEO

Complete David Tennant Years DVD Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series Blu-Ray Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series Blu-Ray Limited Edition Steelbook Box Set

VIDEO

Series 1 - 4 & Specials Blu-Ray Collection Cover

VIDEO

Magazines

Doctor Who Magazine - Preview: Issue 381

Doctor Who Magazine - After Image: Issue 383

Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 460

Doctor Who Magazine - The Fact of Fiction: Issue 616

Doctor Who DVD Files: Volume 16

Doctor Who DVD Files: Volume 17

Who's Who

Who Me

Episodes of the
Tenth Doctor

Season 29 (New Series 3)

References

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