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Episode Three

Series Episode Number: 508

World Premiere: Sat 15 Sep 1979 - 6:08pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Fri 22 Jun 2001 - 10:30pm CDT [Prairie Public Television]
Running Time: 24 minutes 32 seconds

13.80 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 63 (UK)

Chart Position: 28 () (UK)

Recorded on Sun 15 Jul 1979 in Television Centre 1



Davros has awoken from his centuries-long slumber and is taken prisoner by the Doctor before the Daleks can reach him. But the Daleks will stop at nothing to recover their creator.


Characters hide uncredited
Doctor WhoTom Baker
RomanaLalla Ward
TyssanTim Barlow
Commander SharrelPeter Straker
DavrosDavid Gooderson
AgellaSuzanne Danielle
LanTony Osoba
Dalek OperatorCy Town
Dalek OperatorMike Mungarvan
Dalek OperatorToby Byrne (uncredited)
Dalek OperatorTony Starr (uncredited)
Dalek VoiceRoy Skelton
Dalek VoiceDavid Gooderson (uncredited)
MovellanPeter Coleclough (uncredited)
MovellanSusan Lyle (uncredited)
SlaveSandra Kneller (uncredited)
SlaveHazel O'Mara (uncredited)
SlaveDenise Potter (uncredited)
SlaveMark Boyden (uncredited)
SlaveClinton Price (uncredited)
SlaveErroll Turner (uncredited)
SlaveJulian Woods (uncredited)
SlaveHarold Gasnier (uncredited)
SlaveSue Dorning (uncredited)
SlaveSharon Richardson (uncredited)
SlaveLeslie Rae (uncredited)
SlaveMalcolm Clarke (uncredited)
SlaveDavid Lockner (uncredited)
SlaveVenicia Day (uncredited)
SlaveErrol M Shaker (uncredited)
SlaveRon Tarr (uncredited)
SlaveLeroy Mitchell (uncredited)
SlaveHuntley Young (uncredited)
SlaveLouis St Juste (uncredited)
SlaveMarcus Powell (uncredited)
MovellanTawny Sands (uncredited)
MovellanInga Daly (uncredited)
Movellan Jules (uncredited)
MovellanChrissi Hewett (uncredited)
MovellanKen Kajadhar (uncredited)
MovellanWilson M George (uncredited)
MovellanBruce Callender (uncredited)
SlaveMaggie Pilleau (uncredited)
SlaveGito Santana (uncredited)