The Power of the Daleks is easily one of the most important stories in Doctor Who's 60+ history. We've got a new Doctor, we've got the Daleks, and we've got an S tier story to go along with them. Ben's distrust of the Doctor is really well-played by Michael Craze, as he is initially suspicious of who he considers to be an imposter. Polly, on the other hand, is more willing to accept the Doctor's new incarnation and personality. After all, stranger things have happened...

The Daleks themselves are easily the highlight of this story. After being turned into a cheap joke in The Chase (1965), they felt like they had lost some of their menace. But this story shows the Daleks at their best; manipulating the human colonists of Vulcan to get their way. I have never been scared of the Daleks (personally I reckon the Cybermen are much more of a scary concept); but this story came close to making me scared of the Daleks. This really just goes to show that Dalek stories don't need some universe-ending threat to make us fear them.

Overall, The Power of the Daleks is a 10/10, 5 star, S tier story. Easily one of the greats of not just the 1960s, but Doctor Who itself. Only downside is that none of it exists for us to enjoy, making those glimpses that are the 8mm film clips all the more precious.