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Mavic Chen and The Daleks
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 In their quest to gain control of the Solar System, the Daleks have taken possession of the Time Destructor, a weapon which threatens the safety of all who stand it their way. They have formed an alliance with the Outer Galaxies, all of them bent on destroying the human race, and called a council of delegates to their base on the planet Kembel. In their midst is none other than Mavic Chen, treacherous Guardian of the Solar System.
When The Doctor learns the extent of the Daleks’ plan, he steals the taranium core which powers the weapon - without it their conquest cannot begin. Together with two agents of the 41st century’s Space Security Service, the TARDIS crew is pursued across volcanoes and deserts, through jungles and futuristic cities, and to London. Egypt and even Hollywood. As the Daleks close in and the stakes become progressively higher, allies and enemies are won and lost. Shockingly, not all of The Doctor’s companions will escape with their lives…
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| | Source: BBC Audio | |
| Season: |
Three
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| Production
Code: |
V |
| Story Number: |
21
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| Episode Numbers: | 91 - 102 |
| Number of
Episodes: |
12 | | Number of Incomplete/Missing Episodes: | 9 | | Percentage of Episodes Held: | 25% | | Working Titles: | "There's Something Just Behind You" (episode 5), "Counter-plot" (episode 6), "Land of the Pharaohs" (episode 9), "Return to Varga" (episode 10) and "The Mutation of Time" and "A Switch in Time" (episode 12) |
| Production
Dates: |
September 1965 - January 1966 |
| Broadcast Started: | 13 November 1965 | | Broadcast Finished: | 29 January 1966 |
| Colour Status: |
B&W |
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Studio: |
Ealing Television Film Studios and BBC Television Centre (TC3 and TC4) |
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| Writers: | Terry Nation (Episodes 1-5, 7) and John Lucarotti (Episodes 6, 8-12) | | Director: | Douglas Camfield | | Producer: | John Wiles | | Story Editor: | Donald Tosh | | Production Assistants: | Michael Briant and Viktors Ritelis | | Assistant Floor Managers: | Caroline Walmsley and Catherine Childs | | Designers: | Barry Newbery and Raymond P Cusick | | Costume Designers: | Daphne Dare and Tony Pearce | | Make-Up Designer: | Sonia Markham | | Cameraman: | Peter Hamilton | | Lighting: | Geoff Shaw | | Visual Effects: | The BBC Radiophonic Workshop | | Fights Arranged By: | David Anderson and Derek Ware | | Incidental Music: | Tristram Cary | | Special Sounds (SFX Editor): | Brian Hodgson | | Studio Sounds: | Robin Luxford | | Title Sequence: | Bernard Lodge | | Title Music: | Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Delia Derbyshire | | Daleks Originally Created By: | Terry Nation | | Special Photographic Transparencies: | George Pollock |
| Number of
Doctors: |
1 | | The Doctor: |
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| Number of
Companions: |
3 | | The Companions: |
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Peter Butterworth (The Monk), Nicholas Courtney (Bret Vyon), Brian Cant (Kert Gantry) |
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| Additional Cast: |
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Kevin Stoney (Mavic Chen), Pamela Greer (Lizan), Philip Anthony (Roald), Michael Guest (Interviewer), Peter Hawkins (Dalek Voice), David Graham (Dalek Voice), Kevin Manser (Dalek), Robert Jewell (Dalek), Gerald Taylor (Dalek), John Scott Martin (Dalek), Julian Sherrier (Zephon), Roy Evans (Trantis), Douglas Sheldon (Kirksen), Dallas Cavell (Bors), Geoff Cheshire (Garge), Maurice Browning (Karlton), Roger Avon (Daxtar), James Hall (Borkar), Bill Meilen (Froyn), John Herrington (Rhymnal), Clifford Earl (Station Sergeant), Norman Mitchell (First Policeman), Malcolm Rogers (Second Policeman), Keneth Thornett (Detective-Inspector), Reg Pritchard (Man in Macintosh), Sheila Dunn (Blossom Lefevre), Leonard Grahame (Darcy Tranton), Royston Tickner (Steinberger P Green), Mark Ross (Ingmar Knopf), Conrad Monk (Assistant Director), David James (Arab Sheikh), Paula Topham (Vamp), Robert G. Jewell (Clown), Albert Barrington (Professor Webster), Buddy Windrush (Prop Man), Steve Machin (Cameraman), Terence Woodfield (Celation), Roger Brierley (Trevor), Bruce Wightman (Scott), Jeffrey Isaac (Khepren), Derek Ware (Tuthmos), Walter Randall (Hyksos), Bryan Mosley (Malpha) |
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Planet Kembel (4000), Planet Desperus (4000), Central City (Earth, 4000), Planet Mira (4000), Liverpool (1965)
Hollywood, 1920s; Planet Tigus; Egypt circa 2500 BC and an unnamed ice planet. |
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Villain: | Daleks
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| No. |
Episodes |
Broadcast
(UK) |
Duration |
Viewers
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In
Archive |
| 91 | The Nightmare Begins | 13 November 1965 | 22'55" | 9.1 | Missing | | 92 | Day of Armageddon | 20 November 1965 | 24'25" | 9.8 | 16mm telerecording | | 93 | Devil's Planet | 27 November 1965 | 24'30" | 10.3 | Missing | | 94 | The Traitors | 04 December 1965 | 24'42" | 9.5 | Missing | | 95 | Counter Plot | 11 December 1965 | 24'03" | 9.9 | 16mm telerecording | | 96 | Coronas of the Sun | 18 December 1965 | 24'45" | 9.1 | Missing | | 97 | The Feast of Steven | 25 December 1965 | 24'36" | 7.9 | Missing | | 98 | Volcano | 01 January 1966 | 24'42" | 9.6 | Missing | | 99 | Golden Death | 08 January 1966 | 24'38" | 9.2 | Missing | | 100 | Escape Switch | 15 January 1966 | 23'37" | 9.5 | 16mm telerecording | | 101 | The Abandoned Planet | 22 January 1966 | 24'34" | 9.8 | Missing | | 102 | Destruction of Time | 29 January 1966 | 23'31" | 8.6 | Missing |
| Total Duration |
4 Hours 51 Minutes |
| Average Viewers
(Millions) |
9.4 |
| Doctor Who Magazine Poll (1998) | 74.22%  (Position = 44 out of 159) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2003) | 361 Points (Position = 44 out of 159) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009) | 79.45%  (Position = 42 out of 200) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014) | 80.22% (Position = 48 out of 241) | | Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023) | Position = 3 out of 29 |
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Only episodes 2, 5, and 10 exist as 16mm telerecordings. Episodes 5 and 10 were recovered from a church basement in October 1983, while episode 2 was returned by a former BBC engineer in January 2004. Some 35mm folmed inserts or outtakes exists for parts of episodes 1, 3, 4 and 9. |
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