Doctor Who Guide: The Power of the Daleks

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Four

Series Episode Number: 138

World Premiere: Sat 26 Nov 1966 - 5:49pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sat 10 Dec 2016 - 11:00pm EST [BBC America]
Running Time: 24 minutes 23 seconds

Appreciation Index: 47 (UK)

Chart Position: 50 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 12 Nov 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

Lesterson is driven insane when he discovers that the Daleks are reproducing themselves, and are preparing to seize control of the colony.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Lesterson		Robert James
Bragen		Bernard Archard
Valmar		Richard Kane
Ben		Michael Craze
Polly		Anneke Wills (credit only)
Guard		Peter Forbes-Robertson
Hensell		Peter Bathurst
Janley		Pamela Ann Davy
Kebble		Steven Scott
Quinn		Nicholas Hawtrey
Dalek Operator		Gerald Taylor
Dalek Operator		Kevin Manser
Dalek Operator		Robert Jewell
Dalek Operator		John Scott Martin
Dalek Voice		Peter Hawkins

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Director		Christopher Barry
Additional material		Dennis Spooner (uncredited)
Producer		Innes Lloyd
Designer		Derek Dodd
Story Editor		Gerry Davis
Incidental Music		Tristram Cary
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Costumes		Sandra Reid (uncredited)
Make-up		Gillian James (uncredited)
Lighting		Graham Sothcott (uncredited)
Sound		Buster Cole (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Marjorie Yorke (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Michael E Briant (uncredited)
Film Cameraman		Peter Sargent (uncredited)
Film Editor		Jim Latham (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Daleks created by		Terry Nation (uncredited)