Doctor Who/Genesis of the Daleks

Genesis of the Daleks
Season 12, Serial 4
Airdate	March 8, 1975
Production Number	4E
Written by	Terry Nation
Directed by	David Maloney
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Doctor Who — Season Twelve

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Genesis of the Daleks is the fourth serial of the twelfth season of Doctor Who, and the seventy-eighth serial overall.

Part One: Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan), Michael Wisher (Davros), Peter Miles (Nyder), Dennis Chinnery (Gharman), Guy Siner (Ravon), John Franklyn-Robbins (Time Lord), Richard Reeves (Kaled Leader), John Scott Martin (Dalek Operator)

Part Two: Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan), Michael Wisher (Davros), Peter Miles (Nyder), Dennis Chinnery (Gharman), Stephen Yardley (Sevrin), James Garbutt (Ronson), Drew Wood (Tane), Jeremy Chandler (Gerrill), Richard Reeves (Kaled Leader), Pat Gorman (Thal Soldier), John Scott Martin (Dalek Operator)

Part Three: Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan), Michael Wisher (Davros), Peter Miles (Nyder), Stephen Yardley (Sevrin), James Garbutt (Ronson), Guy Siner (Ravon), Richard Reeves (Kaled Leader), Tom Georgeson (Kavell), Ivor Roberts (Mogran), Michael Lynch (Thal Politician), Hilary Minster (Thal Soldier), Max Faulkner (Thal Guard), John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Keith Ashley (Dalek Operators), Roy Skelton (Dalek Voice)

Part Four: Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan), Michael Wisher (Davros), Peter Miles (Nyder), Stephen Yardley (Sevrin), James Garbutt (Ronson), Tom Georgeson (Kavell), Dennis Chinnery (Gharman), Harriet Philpin (Bettan), Michael Lynch (Thal Politician), John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Keith Ashley (Dalek Operators), Roy Skelton (Dalek Voice)

Part Five: Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan), Michael Wisher (Davros), Peter Miles (Nyder), Stephen Yardley (Sevrin), Harriet Philpin (Bettan), Dennis Chinnery (Gharman), Tom Georgeson (Kavell), Peter Mantle (Kaled Guard), John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Keith Ashley (Dalek Operators), Roy Skelton (Dalek Voice)

Part Six: Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan), Michael Wisher (Davros), Peter Miles (Nyder), Dennis Chinnery (Gharman), Stephen Yardley (Sevrin), Harriet Philpin (Bettan), Andrew Johns (Kravos), John Gleeson (Thal Soldier), John Scott Martin, Cy Town, Keith Ashley (Dalek Operators), Roy Skelton (Dalek Voice)

Plot Overview

The Time Lords send the Doctor, Sarah, and Harry to Skaro at a point in time shortly before the creation of the Daleks. The Doctor's mission is to destroy his greatest enemy. The Doctor finds that some of Davros's fellow Kaleds are unhappy with the development of the Daleks. Sarah is forced to load a Thal war rocket with radioactive explosives. The Doctor informs the Kaled government of Davros's experiments and they move to shut down the bunker. But Davros is one step ahead and prepares to take drastic action. When the Kaled dome is destroyed by the Thals' rocket, the war appears to be over and the Thals rejoice at their victory. But then, the Daleks appear and a massacre begins. With Harry and Sarah as his prisoners, Davros interrogates the Doctor, forcing him to reveal the future of the Daleks so that he can learn from their defeats to make them stronger. The Kaled scientific elite move to prevent the development of the Daleks while the Doctor prepares to destroy them forever.