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Plot Outline from Wikipedia Ben and Polly have just watched the First Doctor collapse to the floor and have witnessed him change from one person to another. Polly is convinced that the man is the Doctor, but Ben believes the man is an impostor. The TARDIS brings the newly regenerated Doctor, Ben and Polly to the planet Vulcan where, on arrival, the Doctor witnesses the murder of the examiner, the man sent from Earth to check on the human colony located on the planet. After checking the body the Doctor discovers a badge that gives him access all the areas of the human colony, no questions asked. A security team lead by Bragen escorts the Doctor, Ben and Polly back to the colony. The examiner was summoned by Quinn, deputy governor to investigate the group of rebels. The governor regards the problem with the rebels as insignificant. Meanwhile, Lesterson, the colony’s scientist has discovered a crashed Dalek space capsule. The Doctor goes to investigate the capsule and after having a quick look inside he says that’s enough for one night and goes off to bed. Later that night, Ben and Polly see the Doctor heading towards Lesterson’s laboratory and go inside the Dalek capsule. They follow, and he opens an inner compartment to find two Daleks inside. He deduces that the third Dalek is missing from the capsule. Polly, who, along with Ben, had joined the Doctor in the capsule, spots a small mutant crawl across the floor. She screams. The Doctor, Ben and Polly leave the capsule to find Lesterson, who immediately starts questioning them on why they are in his lab. The Doctor says that his badge (the examiner’s badge) says that he can go anywhere in the colony. The Doctor questions Lesterson on where he has put the third Dalek. He is afraid that Lesterson might be trying to reactivate it. Once the Doctor, Ben and Polly have left, Lesterson opens a secret compartment were he has hidden the third Dalek. He gets his helpers Resno and Janley to help try and reactivate the Dalek. He is successful, but in the process the Dalek shoots Resno dead. Janley assures Lesterson that Resno will be fine, although she knows he is dead. At that point Lesterson removes the gun stick from the Dalek. Meanwhile, Quinn has been accused of sabotaging the communication console and summoning the examiner. Quinn is put on trial and the governor has given Bragen Quinn’s old job. The Doctor, Ben and Polly attend Quinn’s trial, during which Lesterson arrives with the reactivated Dalek, who claims to be the colony’s servant. The Dalek recognises the Doctor and from that point on Ben believes he really is the Doctor. Lesterson also reactivates the other two Daleks and removes the gun sticks from them. They also claim to be the colony’s servants, but one night when he goes inside the Dalek capsule he discovers that the three Daleks have designed a system that creates more Daleks. After a long fight between the humans and the Daleks, in which Governor Hensell is killed, The Doctor destroys the Daleks by turning their own power source against them. It turns out that Bragen sabotaged the communication console and killed the real examiner. Quinn has the charges against him dropped and Bragen is arrested. Quinn is made governor and the Doctor, Ben and Polly return to the TARDIS and set off on another adventure.
Analysis by Cuisle This was the first of Patrick Troughton's episodes as the Doctor.
This was the first time viewers had seen a reincarnation, so it was
something of a gamble. In hindsight we know it paid off. The producers
and programme planners though, in 1966 were on tenterhooks as it went
out on the traditional Saturday night slot. A lot of the viewer responses
showed that they didn't like the change from an eccentric but learned
old man to the whistle playing clown. But there was enough approval
for those with a vested interest to relax slightly and hope the rest
would find Troughton would grow on them. Starting with an episode
involving the classic Daleks must have helped. The highlight of the
show was universally agreed to be the view of the Dalek production
line, in which thousands of Daleks were seen at once. Compare the
scene with the warehouse of robots in the Will Smith I Robot, but
remember how much easier it is to do that sort of thing now. The 1966
production crew did it without CGI.
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