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The Daleks

  • Episodes: 7 Episodes
  • Doctor: 1st Doctor
  • Companions: Susan, Ian, Barbara
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Skaro

The Daleks Synopsis

The Tardis lands in an alien, petrified jungle, beyond which lies a mysterious, deserted city. The Doctor insists on exploring, but before long the Tardis crew all begin experiencing the early effects of radiation sickness. And then they discover that the metal city isn’t as deserted as they first thought…

The Dalek Invasion of Earth

  • Episodes: 6 Episodes
  • Doctor: 1st Doctor
  • Companions: Susan, Ian, Barbara
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

The Dalek Invasion of Earth Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises beside the River Thames in the year 2167. The world to which they emerge, however, is eerily silent and signs of decay are rife. They soon discover that the streets are patrolled by zombie-like humans, flying saucer-like craft occupy the skies and that desperate rebels are hiding below ground in the disused Underground system. But worse is still to come!

The Daleks, thought destroyed by the Doctor, have invaded and enslaved humanity, having first bombarded it with cosmic storms. Why have the Daleks chosen Earth in particular? What is the significance of the giant mine in Bedfordshire to which they are shipping human slaves? And can the Doctor unite with the small band of resistance fighters to stop the Daleks before their plans wreck havoc with the Earth forever?

The Chase

  • Episodes: 6 Episodes
  • Doctor: 1st Doctor
  • Companions: Ian, Barbara, Vicki, Steven
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks, Aridians, Mechonoids
  • Setting: Aridius, Mechanus

The Chase Synopsis

The travellers are forced to flee in the TARDIS when they learn from the Time/Space Visualiser taken from the Moroks’ museum that a group of Daleks equipped with their own time machine are on their trail with orders to exterminate them.

Mission to the Unknown

  • Episodes: 1 Episode
  • Doctor: N/A
  • Companions: N/A
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Kembel

Mission to the Unknown Synopsis

Stranded in the jungles of Kembel, the most hostile planet in the Galaxy, Space Security agent Marc Cory has stumbled across the most deadly plot ever hatched – the Daleks are about to invade and destroy the Universe. Cory has to get a warning back to Earth before it’s too late – but the Daleks find him first.

The Daleks’ Master Plan

  • Episodes: 12 Episodes
  • Doctor: 1st Doctor
  • Companions: Steven, Katarina
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Kembel, Earth, Mira

The Daleks’ Master Plan Synopsis

In their quest to gain control of the Solar System, the Daleks have taken posession of the Time Destructor, a weapon which threatens the safety of all who stand in their way. As they head up an alliance of alien races bent on destroying the human race, in their midst is none other than the treacherous Guardian of the Solar System, Mavic Chen.

A dangerous chase ensues across volcanos, jungles, deserts and futuristic cities, as the Doctor and his companions struggle to prevent the Daleks’ plans coming to fruition. The stakes are high, and for the first time in the programme’s history the lives of two TARDIS travellers are lost…

The Power of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 6 Episodes
  • Doctor: 2nd Doctor
  • Companions: Ben, Polly
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Vulcan

The Power of the Daleks Synopsis

Landing on the planet Vulcan in 2020AD the Doctor, Polly and Ben are horrified to find two inanimate Daleks. They are even more alarmed when they discover that the colonists plan to reactivate the Daleks and use them as their slaves.

The Evil of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 7 Episodes
  • Doctor: 2nd Doctor
  • Companions: Jamie, Victoria
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Skaro, Earth

The Evil of the Daleks Synopsis

The TARDIS has been stolen from Gatwick Airport, and the Doctor and Jamie are hot on its trail. A series of cryptic clues lead them to an antiques shop owned by Edward Waterfield, and there it becomes clear that an elaborate trap has been laid for them – but by whom, and for what purpose? Only a journey back in time to the 1860s will reveal the answer…

The Daleks are in search of the Human Factor, something which they believe will help their quest for universal domination. In order to achieve their aim they need the Doctor’s help – and the use of his TARDIS.

Day of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 4 Episodes
  • Doctor: 3rd Doctor
  • Companions: Joe, Lethbridge-Stewart, Benton, Mike Yates
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks, Ogrons
  • Setting: Earth

Day of the Daleks Synopsis

UNIT is called in when an important diplomat is attacked in his own home – by a man who then vanishes into thin air. The Doctor and Jo spend a night in the ‘haunted’ house and meet the attackers – who have time-jumped back from the 22nd century in the hope of changing history.

Travelling forward in time, the Doctor and Jo find themselves trapped in a future world where humans are slaves and the Daleks have already invaded. Using their ape-like servants to Ogrons to maintain order, the Daleks are now the masters of Earth. As the Doctor desperately works to discover what has happened to put history off-track, the Daleks plan a time-jump attack on the 20th century.

Frontier in Space

  • Episodes: 6 Episodes
  • Doctor: 3rd Doctor
  • Companions: Joe
  • Aliens/Monsters: Ogrons, Draconians, Daleks
  • Setting: Earth, The Moon, Draconia

Frontier in Space Synopsis

When the TARDIS accidentally brings the Doctor and Jo aboard Earth cargo ship C982, they find it under attack. The crew perceive the Doctor, Jo and the attackers as Draconians, whose empire currently rivals Earth’s for control of the galaxy. But the Doctor and Jo see only Ogrons – brutish, simian mercenaries who steal the cargo, including the TARDIS, and head off into space.

The Doctor’s investigations take him to Earth, the Moon and then to Draconia itself. He discovers that the Ogrons are employed by his sworn enemy, the Master, who is attempting to provoke a war between the space empires. The Doctor suspects the scale of the plan is too grand for the Master, but even he is shocked to discover the identity of the far deadlier foe waiting in the wings…

Planet of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 6 Episodes
  • Doctor: 3rd Doctor
  • Companions: Joe
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks, Thals
  • Setting: Spiridon

Planet of the Daleks Synopsis

Injured after a shoot-out between his old nemesis the Master and the Ogrons, slaves to the evil Daleks, the Doctor sends a message to the Time Lords, asking them to pilot his TARDIS and follow the Daleks to their new base. After he slips into a coma, it falls to his assistant Jo Grant to explore the planet where the TARDIS finally materialises. She meets a party of Thals and is left in hiding aboard their crashed spaceship while they go to the Doctor’s aid. On his recovery, the Doctor learns of their mission to destroy a party of Daleks sent here to discover the native Spiridons’ secret of invisibility.

Not only must the Doctor contend with the Daleks’ new scheme, but he must try to stop them unleashing a plague that will exterminate all organic life. When a rescue ship of Thals arrive, they bring with them darker news still – somewhere on Spiridon 12,000 Daleks are waiting to emerge and take what they believe is their rightful place as the Universe’s supreme beings!

Death to the Daleks

  • Episodes: 4 Episodes
  • Doctor: 3rd Doctor
  • Companions: Sarah-Jane
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks, Exxilons
  • Setting: Exxilon

Death to the Daleks Synopsis

A power failure in the TARDIS draws it off course, and the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith end up stranded on the bleak planet of Exxilon. They soon meet members of an Earth expedition in a similar situation. The humans are searching for a rare mineral, but first they must find out what is draining their power and avoid what’s inside another grounded spaceship – the Doctor’s oldest enemies, the Daleks…

Genesis of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 6 Episodes
  • Doctor: 4th Doctor
  • Companions: Sarah-Jane, Harry
  • Aliens/Monsters: Thals, Kalads, Daleks
  • Setting: Skaro

Genesis of the Daleks Synopsis

The Doctor and his companions are transported back in time by the Time Lords who have decided that the Daleks need to be destroyed. The Doctor’s mission is to change history so that they have never existed. Soon they are separated and The Doctor and Harry are captured by the evil Elite of the mad scientist Davros, who is working to perfect his Mark 3 travel machine: the Dalek.

Destiny of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 4 Episodes
  • Doctor: 4th Doctor
  • Companions: Romana II, K9 II
  • Aliens/Monsters: Movellans, Daleks
  • Setting: Skaro

Destiny of the Daleks Synopsis

The Doctor and the newly-regenerated Romana land on a strangely familiar planet and investigate the drilling that is going on there. The Daleks are searching for their creator, Davros, in the hope that he can assist them in their war with the Movellans. The Doctor has to reach the evil Kaled scientist before the Daleks, but just who can he trust?

Resurrection of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 5th Doctor
  • Companions: Tegan, Turlough
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

Resurrection of the Daleks Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises in present day London within sight of Tower Bridge. Investigating some nearby warehouses, the travellers stumble into a trap that the Daleks have set for them…

Revelation of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 6th Doctor
  • Companions: Peri
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Necros

Revelation of the Daleks Synopsis

The Doctor and Peri arrive on Necros to attend the funeral of an old friend of the Doctor who has recently died. However, Tranquil Repose is not all it seems and an attempt is made on the Doctor’s life. Soon the Doctor comes face to face with the Great Healer, only to discover it is none other than Davros, the creator of the Daleks, intent on rebuilding the Dalek race decimated by the Movellans.

Remembrance of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 4 Episodes
  • Doctor: 7th Doctor
  • Companions: Ace
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

Remembrance of the Daleks Synopsis

London, 1963, and the Doctor returns to Coal Hill School with his new companion Ace, where he has unfinished business. His oldest foes, the Daleks, are on the trail of Time Lord technology – an artefact the Doctor himself left behind on Earth. Enlisting the assistance of the local military, the Doctor must protect the Gallifreyan secret of time travel as two opposing Dalek factions meet in an explosive confrontation, with the fate of the entire Universe at stake!

Dalek

  • Episodes: 1 Episode
  • Doctor: 9th Doctor
  • Companions: Rose, Adam
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

Dalek Synopsis

Beneath the Salt Plains of Utah, billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When The Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that The Doctor’s oldest, and most deadly, enemy is about to break free…

Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 9th Doctor
  • Companions: Rose, Jack, Mickey
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Satellite Five, Earth

Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways Synopsis

The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack, have to fight for their lives on board the Game Station, but a far more dangerous threat is lurking, just out of sight. The Doctor realises that the entire human race has been blinded to the threat on it’s doorstep, and Armageddon is fast approaching.

Army of Ghosts/Doomsday

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 10th Doctor
  • Companions: Rose, Mickey
  • Aliens/Monsters: Cybermen, Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

Army of Ghosts/Doomsday Synopsis

The human race rejoices as the ghosts of loved ones return home in the latest adventure from the nation’s favourite time traveller. But as the Doctor, Rose and Jackie investigate the Torchwood Tower, the whole of modern-day Earth threatens to fall to an almighty invasion force.

Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 10th Doctor
  • Companions: Martha
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks Synopsis

It’s Thirties New York and, in the midst of the Depression, people are disappearing off the streets, as Russell T Davies’s Doctor Who continues. Savage Pig Men hide in the sewers and, at the very top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor’s oldest enemies are at work, preparing their most audacious plan yet.

The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 10th Doctor
  • Companions: Donna, Rose, Martha, Jack, Sarah-Jane, K9 IV
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks, Judoon
  • Setting: Earth

The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End Synopsis

Earth’s greatest heroes assemble in a time of dire need. Can the Doctors secret army defeat the might of the new Dalek Empire? With battles on the streets and in the skies, the Doctor and Donna must brave the Shadow Proclamation to find out the truth. However, a fearsome old enemy waits in the shadows…

Victory of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 1 Episode
  • Doctor: 11th Doctor
  • Companions: Amy
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

Victory of the Daleks Synopsis

The Doctor has been summoned by an old friend, but in the Cabinet War Rooms far below the streets of blitz-torn London, it’s his oldest enemy he finds waiting for him, as the time-travelling adventures continue. The Daleks are back – but can Winston Churchill be in league with them?

The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 11th Doctor
  • Companions: Amy, Rory, River Song
  • Aliens/Monsters: Autons, Cybermen, Sontarans, Daleks
  • Setting: Earth

The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang Synopsis

The Doctor is once again reunited with River Song as the Pandorica opens and silence falls.

Asylum of the Daleks

  • Episodes: 1 Episode
  • Doctor: 11th Doctor
  • Companions: Amy, Rory
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks
  • Setting: Earth, Skaro, Asylum of the Daleks

Asylum of the Daleks Synopsis

Matt Smith returns as the oldest time-traveller in the universe. The Time Lord, Amy and Rory are kidnapped by their oldest foe the Daleks and forced on a seemingly impossible mission – to enter the Asylum, a planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of the deadly aliens’ kind.

They need an escape route, and fast – but with an army of mad Daleks closing in, and the Ponds’ relationship in meltdown, it is up to the Doctor to save not only their lives but his friends’ marriage. Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill co-star.

Dalek Facts and Asylum Guide

The Day of the Doctor

  • Episodes: 1 Episode (Special – 75 mins)
  • Doctor: 10th Doctor, War Doctor, 11th Doctor
  • Companions: Clara
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks, Zygons
  • Setting: Earth, Gallifrey‎

The Day of the Doctor Synopsis

The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure in this 50th anniversary special. In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.

The Time of the Doctor

  • Episodes: 1 Episode (Special – 60 mins)
  • Doctor: 11th Doctor
  • Companions: Clara
  • Aliens/Monsters: Daleks, Silents, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, Sontarans
  • Setting: Earth, Trenzalore‎

The Time of the Doctor Synopsis

Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, the Doctor.

Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.

Into The Dalek

  • Episodes: 1 Episode
  • Doctor: 12th Doctor

Into The Dalek Synopsis

A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, and only the Doctor can help them now… with the Doctor facing his greatest enemy, he needs Clara by his side.

Confronted with a decision that could change the Daleks forever he is forced to examine his conscience. Will he find the answer to the question, am I a good man?

The Magician’s Apprentice/The Witch’s Familiar

  • Episodes: 2 Episodes
  • Doctor: 12th Doctor

The Magician’s Apprentice Synopsis

Where is the Doctor? When the skies of Earth are frozen by a mysterious alien force, Clara needs her friend. But where is the Doctor, and what is he hiding from?

As past deeds come back to haunt him, old enemies will come face-to-face, and for the Doctor and Clara survival seems impossible…

The Witch’s Familiar Synopsis

Trapped and alone in a terrifying Dalek city, the Doctor is at the heart of an evil Empire: no sonic, no TARDIS, nobody to help. With his greatest temptation before him, can the Doctor resist?

And will there be mercy?