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Episode One

Series Episode Number: 506

World Premiere: Sat 1 Sep 1979 - 6:13pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 11 Oct 1981 - 11:00pm CDT [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 3 seconds

13.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 67 (UK)

Chart Position: 28 () (UK)

Recorded on Mon 02 Jul 1979 in Television Centre 3



The TARDIS lands on the old Dalek homeworld of Skaro where the Doctor and the newly regenerated Romana discover that someone is digging deep beneath the planet's surface.


Characters hide uncredited
Doctor WhoTom Baker
RomanaLalla Ward
TyssanTim Barlow
Commander SharrelPeter Straker
AgellaSuzanne Danielle
LanTony Osoba
Dalek OperatorCy Town
Dalek OperatorMike Mungarvan
Dalek OperatorToby Byrne (uncredited)
Dalek OperatorTony Starr (uncredited)
Dalek VoiceRoy Skelton
Voice of K-9Roy Skelton (uncredited)Info
Romana (alternative 2)Lee Richards (uncredited)
Romana (alternative 1)Maggy Armitage (uncredited)
Romana (alternative 3)Yvonne Gallagher (uncredited)
Stunt Double for RomanaSue Crosland (uncredited)
MovellanPeter Coleclough (uncredited)
MovellanSusan Lyle (uncredited)
SlaveSandra Kneller (uncredited)
Double for Doctor WhoSteve Lucas (uncredited)Info
Double for RomanaBarbara Horne (uncredited)Info
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)
MovellanInga Daly (uncredited)
Movellan Jules (uncredited)
MovellanTawny Sands (uncredited)
MovellanChrissi Hewett (uncredited)
MovellanKen Kajadhar (uncredited)
MovellanWilson M George (uncredited)
MovellanBruce Callender (uncredited)
SlaveMaggie Pilleau (uncredited)
SlaveGito Santana (uncredited)