Doctor Who Guide: The Power of the Daleks

Last updated 24 March 2024

Episode Two

Series Episode Number: 136

World Premiere: Sat 12 Nov 1966 - 5:49pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sat 26 Nov 2016 - 8:25pm EST [BBC America]
Running Time: 24 minutes 29 seconds

Appreciation Index: 45 (UK)

Chart Position: 50 () (UK)

Recorded on Sat 29 Oct 1966 in Riverside 1
Archive State: Missing

Posing as an Examiner from Earth, the Doctor warns the scientist, Lesterson about the dire consequences of reactivating the dormant Daleks.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		Patrick Troughton
Lesterson		Robert James
Bragen		Bernard Archard
Valmar		Richard Kane
Ben		Michael Craze
Guard		Peter Forbes-Robertson
Hensell		Peter Bathurst
Resno		Edward Kelsey
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
and the		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)