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Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

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6.7/10 • 3

1974-03-161h 40m

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An energy drain traps the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith on the planet Exxilon with its hostile natives, causing the travellers to make an uneasy alliance with a Marine Space Corps expedition and a squadron of Daleks. The key to escape for all of them lies at the heart of a powerful and mysterious lost city, but only after a series of deadly traps.

Directors
Michael E. Briant
Writters
Terry Nation
Editors
Terry Nation, Bob Rymer

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Jon Pertwee

    Jon Pertwee

    The Doctor

  2. Elisabeth Sladen

    Elisabeth Sladen

    Sarah Jane Smith

  3. Duncan Lamont

    Duncan Lamont

    Dan Galloway

  4. John Abineri

    John Abineri

    Richard Railton

  5. Joy Harrison

    Joy Harrison

    Jill Tarrant

  6. Julian Fox

    Julian Fox

    Peter Hamilton

  7. Neil Seiler

    Neil Seiler

    Commander Stewart

  8. Arnold Yarrow

    Arnold Yarrow

    Bellal

  9. Roy Heymann

    Roy Heymann

    Gotal

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CinemaSerf

Jun 24, 2024

6/10

I reckon the TARDIS must be related to the shopping trolley - it never goes where it's supposed to! This time the "Doctor" (Jon Pertwee) and his new pal "Sarah Jane" (Elisabeth Sladen) are planning some leisure time in the sun when they find themselves directed to a planet where technology doesn't work! That doesn't put folks off coming there though as it's the main source of the rare mineral "Parrinium" which has remarkable medical properties. When a ship full of "Daleks" arrives too - unable to exterminate anyone, an uneasy truce breaks out as they must ally themselves against the warrior-like indigenous population. It's one of those people, "Bellal" (Arnold Yarrow) who tries to help the doctor explore the legendary city of "Exxilon" so they can disable it's power-draining beacon and maybe get out alive. It takes four episodes to tell the tale and even the presence of the "Daleks" doesn't really set the thing alight. It lacks that usual sense of mischief and depth of characters that the "UNIT" scenarios deliver and the logical puzzles at the end aren't designed to include the viewer at all. Someone had some fun setting fire to a load of polystyrene at the end, and it's quite fun watching a "Dalek" go for an unwanted dip, but otherwise this isn't really very good.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
time travel