"The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (Doctor Who #10)

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	The Dalek Invasion of Earth Doctor Who, episode 10 (2.2)

Last Modified: 28 Jun 2006 13:30:03


Cast:
William Hartnell	IMDB	The Doctor
Jacqueline Hill	IMDB	Barbara Wright
William Russell	IMDB	Ian Chesterton
Carole Ann Ford	IMDB	Susan Foreman
Guest Cast:
Bernard Kay	IMDB	Carl Tyler
Director:
Richard Martin	IMDB
Published
DVD	Doctor Who DVD #010: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises in London sometime after the year 2164. Dalek invaders are now ruling the Earth with the aid of humans converted into zombie-like Robomen, but they are opposed by a group of resistance fighters led by the wheelchair-using Dortmun.

The travellers discover that the Daleks have established a huge mine in Bedfordshire, their aim being to remove the Earth's core using a huge bomb and replace it with a powerful drive system so that they can pilot the planet around the galaxy. Ian manages to create a barrier in the shaft in order to intercept the bomb. The resulting explosion destroys the Daleks and their mine and creates a huge volcanic eruption.

Susan has fallen in love with resistance fighter David Campbell, and the Doctor decides to leave her on Earth to find a new life with him, while he continues on his travels with Ian and Barbara.

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By The Television Companion on 23 Oct 2003 21:47:34

While Planet of Giants must be deemed a partial failure, the same certainly cannot be said of The Dalek Invasion of Earth, which surely ranks as one of the series' all-time greats.

Terry Nation's scripts are impressive, presenting an action-packed good-versus-evil struggle. The return of the Daleks was very much by popular demand and generated considerable excitement amongst viewers at the time, as is apparent from the following description in the BBC's Audience Research Report on the first...

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