Stories Television Doctor Who Season 9 Serial: 1 2 3 4 5 Day of the Daleks 1 image Overview Episodes Characters How to Watch Reviews 7 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 4 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, January 1, 1972 Production Code KKK Written by Louis Marks Directed by Paul Bernard Runtime 100 minutes Time Travel Present, Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Blinovitch Limitation Effect, Doctor meets themself, Earth Invasion, Stranded on Earth, Time Travel Pivotal Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Exile on Earth, Working for UNIT Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Time Transmitter Location (Potential Spoilers!) Auderly House, Earth, England, London, UNIT HQ Synopsis Freedom fighters from the 22nd Century attempt to thwart a new Dalek invasion of Earth, by going back in time to the late 20th century to assassinate Sir Reginald Styles, a delegate to the second World Peace Conference, whose actions their history blames for the subsequent Dalek conquest. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save 4 Episodes Episode One First aired Saturday, January 1, 1972 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 9.8 million Synopsis When someone tries to assassinate diplomat Sir Reginald Styles, UNIT investigate the possibility his attacker came from the future. Episode Two First aired Saturday, January 8, 1972 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 10.4 million Synopsis Jo uses the guerrillas' time machine to travel to the 22nd century where the Controller tricks her into telling the Daleks where she's come from. Episode Three First aired Saturday, January 15, 1972 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 9.1 million Synopsis The Doctor forces the guerrillas to take him to the 22nd century where he is soon captured by the Controller. Episode Four First aired Saturday, January 22, 1972 Runtime 25 minutes Written by Louis Marks Directed by Paul Bernard UK Viewers 9.1 million Synopsis The guerrillas infiltrate the Daleks' base to rescue the Doctor and Jo and ask them to return to their own time and alter history before the 20th century is plunged into a Third World War. Show All Episodes Characters Third Doctor Jon Pertwee Jo Grant Katy Manning Daleks Ogrons First Appearance The Brigadier Nicholas Courtney John Benton John Levene Mike Yates Richard Franklin Maisie Hawke First Appearance UNIT Show All Characters (9) How to watch Day of the Daleks: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray The Collection – Season 9 DVD Day of the Daleks VHS The Day of the Daleks (VHS) (1st edition) VHS The Day of the Daleks (VHS) (2nd edition) VHS The Day of the Daleks (VHS) (3rd edition) Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 7 reviews 14 April 2025 · 75 words Review by Scottybguud Spoilers This review contains spoilers! A good start to season 9. The first appearance of the Daleks in 5 years/5 seasons. They don't do much until the last episode, but they're a constant overlord threat. The time travelling back and forth from the 20th to the 22nd century to prevent an oppressive future is cool, as those kind of stories usually are. I've usually said this is my favourite story from s9, let's see if it still is after my current rewatch. Scottybguud View profile Like Liked 0 13 April 2025 · 114 words Review by presidentdisastra Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This is a good episode with a nice balance of silly and intense moments. I'm pretty sure it's the first appearance of a clear precursor to the mind probe. I appreciate that among the (human) bad guys, morality is less clear than it seems at first—as is blame. Jo's innocent belief that anyone who treats her well must be in the right is sweet and believable. The Doctor's implied-torture scene is excellent. The timing of cut-aways is used to great effect. Yates and Benton are fantastic. There are great silly moments, like Ogrons chasing a fourwheeler, interspersed with more serious and intense ones. All around, a solid and enjoyable episode with good pacing. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 2 February 2025 · 139 words Review by mndy Spoilers 3 This review contains spoilers! A perfectly well-rounded story. If this was your first ever Doctor Who story, sure, 10/10. But for anyone else, it's too basic and predictable. Still, solid! Everything with the Controller was great, especially his conversation with the Doctor. Veeery funny to see the little montage with One and Two when the Daleks use a mindscanner thingy on the Doctor to check if he's really the Doctor. Like, yes, past Doctors!!! But there's only two of them. Makes you think about how much more Who is to come. The Brigadier was talking on 3 phones at once at some point, poor guy. I hope one day he's allowed to use swear words. He deserves it. Also slap a politician. I'm sure he dreams of it. AH! And! Doctor, I saw you!!! I saw you shooting those aliens and exploding them on purpose!!!! mndy View profile Like Liked 3 22 November 2024 · 10 words Review by Rock_Angel 1 Oh start of the crunchy dalek stories of the 70s Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 1 11 October 2024 · 72 words Review by Bongo50 1 I think that Day of the Daleks is a solid, entraining and well-paced serial with a nuanced and interesting plot. The use of time travel is interesting and I think that the Daleks play a more interesting role than many other Dalek stories. I watched the DVD special edition with remastered special effects and new Dalek voices (performed by Nicholas Briggs), both of which I felt were solid and fit in well. Bongo50 View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (7) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating459 members 3.46 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating529 votes 3.85 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 855 Favourited 50 Reviewed 7 Saved 6 Skipped 1 Related Stories Virgin Missing Adventures Who Killed Kennedy Rating: 4.01 Story Skipped Book More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Virgin Missing Adventures Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved DWM Brief Encounters Missing In Action Rating: ??? Story Skipped Short Story More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Brief Encounters (Doctor Who Magazine) Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Other adaptations of this story: We define an adaptation as a recreation of a similar story but on a different medium or with different characters. Target Collection Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks Rating: 3.78 Story Skipped Book Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Target Collection Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: You know, one thing you can be certain of with politicians, is that whatever their political ideas, they always keep a well-stocked larder. — Third Doctor, Day of the Daleks Show All Quotes (4) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking Episode One [Hallway] (It is evening. In a grand old house complete with tapestries on the wall and long case clock ticking away the decades, a UNIT soldier stands guard. An efficient middle-aged woman speaks to him.) PAGET: You will be sure that nobody disturbs him, won't you? (Miss Paget goes up the stairs.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window
