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Synopsis

Dalek Danger

Beneath the Salt Plains of Utah, the 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.

It’s a fight to the death, with Rose caught in the middle.

Source: BBC DVD

General Information

Season:	Twenty Seven (New Series 1)
Production Code:	1-6
Story Number:	161 (New Series: 5)
Episode Number:	702 (New Series: 6)
Number of Episodes:	1
Percentage of Episodes Held:	100%
Working Titles:	"Return of the Daleks" and "Creature of Lies"
Production Dates:	October - November 2005
Broadcast Date:	30 April 2005
Colour Status:	Colour
Studio:	BBC Wales (Unit Q2, Newport)
Location:	National Museum of Wales and Millennium Stadium (Cardiff).

Writer:

Robert Shearman

Director:

Joe Ahearne

Producer:

Phil Collinson

Executive Producers:

Julie Gardner, Mal Young and Russell T Davies

Associate Producer:

Helen Vallis

Script Editor:

Helen Raynor

Editor:

Graham Walker

Production Manager:

Tracie Simpson

Production Designer:

Edward Thomas

Director of Photography:

Ernie Vincze BSC

Casting Director:

Andy Pryor CDG

Costume Designer:

Lucinda Wright

Make-Up Designer:

Davy Jones

Cameraman:

Martin Stephens (Operator)

Visual Effects:

The Mill

Special Effects:

Any Effects

Prosthetics:

Millennium Effects

Stunt Co-ordinator:

Lee Sheward

Stunt Performers:

Derek Lea, Neil Finnigan, Stuart Clarke and Tony Lucken

Incidental Music:

Murray Gold

Special Sounds (SFX Editor):

Paul Jefferies

Sound Recordist:

Ian Richardson

Title Music:

Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Arranged by Murray Gold

Daleks Originally Created By:

Terry Nation

Number of Doctors:

The Doctor:

Christopher Eccleston (The Ninth Doctor)

Number of Companions: 2The Companions: Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) and Bruno Langley (Adam Mitchell) (Joins) Additional Cast: Steven Beckingham (Polkowski), Corey Johnson (Henry van Statten), Anna Louise Plowman (Goddard), Nigel Whitmey (Simmons), John Schwab (Bywater), Jana Carpenter (De Maggio), Joe Montana (Commander), Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Voice).Setting: The Vault, Utah, USA (2012) Villain: A Dalek

The Episodes

No.	Episodes	Broadcast (UK)	Duration	Viewers (Millions)	In Archive
702	Dalek	30 April 2005	45'20"	7.8	Yes

Total Duration

45 Minutes

Audience Appreciation

Average Viewers (Millions)

7.8

Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2005)	88.14% (Position = 3 out of 10)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2009)	84.10% (Position = 15 out of 200)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2014)	86.23% (Position = 15 out of 241)
Doctor Who Magazine Poll (2023)	Position = 3 out of 10

Archives

This story exists and is held in the BBC's Film and Videotape Library.

Notes

At long last the Daleks are back - or at least one lone Dalek.

This story very nearly didn't feature the Daleks, due to complex negotiations over the rights to use these iconic monsters. At one point an alternative creature was created by Russell T Davies for writer Rob Sherarman to use. This ultimately became the Toclafane featured in the Season Twenty Nine story "The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords".

The working title for this story was initially "Return of the Daleks" and then "Creature of Lies". It was also at one point jokingly referred to as "Absence of the Daleks".

The concept of a tortured Dalek was heavily based on writer Robert Shearman's popular Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio story "Jubilee".

Adam Mitchell (former Coronation Street star Bruno Langley) joins The Doctor and Rose Tyler at the end of the story.

Anna-Louise Plowman, who played Diana Goddard, is no stranger to Science Fiction. She previously guest starred as the Goa'uld Osiris in Stargate SG-1.

Nicholas Briggs became the new voice of the Daleks in this story, after several years of providing Dalek voices for the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio stories. Nicholas Briggs also provides the voices for other monsters, such as for the Cybermen and the Judoon.

At the beginning of this story it is revealed that the call sign for van Statten's personal helicopter was "Bad Wolf One", a recurrent phrase throughout Season Twenty Seven (New Series 1).

As well as a Dalek Van Statten's museum of alien artifacts also includes a Cyberman head from "Revenge of the Cybermen" and a Slitheen arm. The Dalek is initially refered to as a "Metaltron" as Van Statten does not know its real name.

Despite various articles (both on television and in newspapers) this story is not the first to show a Dalek going up a flight of stairs - this attribute was first revealed in the 1988 Seventh Doctor story "Remembrance of the Daleks". However, this story is the first to reveal a few other Dalek firsts - including the reason for all the half-domes on its lower casing.

Like the previous stories the ending contains a trailer for the next story. In this case "The Long Game".

Following on immediately after this story, on BBC3, was the sixth chapter of Doctor Who Confidential "Dalek" looking into the return of The Doctor's most feared foe.

This story was nominated for the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. It came third.

First and Last

The Firsts:

The first appearance of a Dalek in the revived television series and the first for 17 years - since the 1988 Seventh Doctor story "Remembrance of the Daleks".

The first 'Dalek' story to contain a lone Dalek.

The introduction of short lived companion Adam Mitchell played by Bruno Langley.

The first appearance of a Cyberman (albeit just its head) in the revived television series.

The first Doctor Who story to be written by Robert Shearman.

The first Doctor Who story to be directed by Joe Ahearne.

Nicholas Briggs' first involvement in the show providing the voice of the Dalek.

Story Images

Show Text

Exploring the Museum

Henry van Statten

Adam Mitchell

Dalek Incarcerated

Dalek Danger

Death by Dalek

A Concerned Rose

Rose's Helping Hand

Stairs? No Problem

Death Dalek Style

Exterminate!!

Suicide Dalek Style

Quote of the Story

'Whatcha gonna do to me? If you can’t kill, then what are you good for Dalek, what’s the point of you? You’re NOTHING!'

The Doctor

Release Information

Format	Title	Release Date (UK)	Code Number	Cover Art	Remarks
DVD	Aliens of London - World War Three - Dalek	June 2005	BBCDVD 1756	Photo-montage
DVD	The Complete First Series	November 2005	BBCDVD 1770	Photo-montage	TARDIS Boxed Set containing all 10 stories
CD	Original Television Soundtrack - Series 1 and 2	2007		Photo-montage	Music by Murray Gold
DVD	Dalek	October 2009	BBCDVD 2998	Photo-montage	Part of the "The Dalek Collection" box set containing all Dalek stories
DVD	Series 1 - 4 Box Set	October 2009	BBCDVD 3058		Boxed set containing all 43 stories on 23 Discs
Blu-Ray	The Complete Series 1-7 Box Set (Limited Edition)	December 2013	BBCBD 0242	Photo-montage	Limited Edition Blu-Ray boxed set containing all Series 1-7 stories at full 1080p high definition
DVD	The Complete First Series (2014 Re-release)	August 2014	BBCDVD 3965	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all 10 stories
Blu-Ray	The Complete First Series Box Set	August 2015	BBCBD 0261	Photo-montage	Blu-Ray boxed set containing 10 stories
LP	Original Television Soundtrack - Series 1 and 2	2016		Photo-montage	Music by Murray Gold
DVD	The Complete First Series Box Set (Limited Edition Steelbook)	March 2017		Photo-montage	Limited Edition DVD Steelbook boxed set containing 10 stories (Amazon Exclusive)
Blu-Ray	The Complete First Series Box Set (Limited Edition Steelbook)	March 2017	BBCBD 0343	Photo-montage	Limited Edition Blu-Ray Steelbook boxed set containing 10 stories (Amazon Exclusive)
Blu-Ray	Series 1 - 4 & Specials Blu-Ray Collection	November 2023	BBCBD 0582	Photo-montage	Boxed set containing all Ninth and Tenth Doctor stories upscaled to high definition

In Print

Format	Title	Release Date (UK)	Publisher	Author	Cover Art	Remarks
Novel	Dalek	March 2021	BBC Books	Robert Shearman		Target Collection. ISBN: 978-1-78594-503-8
CD	Dalek	March 2021	BBC Audio	Robert Shearman		Audio version of the Target Novel read by Nicholas Briggs

Doctor Who Magazine - Preview	Issue 356 (Released: May 2005)
Doctor Who Magazine - After Image	Issue 357 (Released: June 2005)
Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team	Issue 435 (Released: June 2011)
Doctor Who Magazine - The Fact of Fiction	Issue 449 (Released: July 2012)
Doctor Who DVD Files	Volume 3 (Released: February 2009)

Photo Gallery

The Doctor and Companions

The Ninth Doctor

Rose Tyler

Adam Mitchell

On Release

DVD Cover

VIDEO

Complete Series DVD Box Set

VIDEO

Original Television Soundtrack Silva Screen CD Cover

AUDIO

The Dalek Collection Box Set

VIDEO

Series 1-4 DVD Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series 1-7 Ltd Edition Blu-Ray Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series DVD Box Set<BR>(2014 Re-release)

Complete Series DVD Box Set
(2014 Re-release)

VIDEO

Complete Series Blu-Ray Box Set

VIDEO

Original Television Soundtrack Vinyl Cover

AUDIO

Complete Series DVD Limited Edition Steelbook Box Set

VIDEO

Complete Series Blu-Ray Limited Edition Steelbook Box Set

VIDEO

Series 1 - 4 & Specials Blu-Ray Collection Cover

VIDEO

In Print

BBC Books Target Collection Cover

NOVEL

BBC Books Target Collection Audio CD Cover

Magazines

Doctor Who Magazine - Preview: Issue 356

Doctor Who Magazine - After Image: Issue 357

Doctor Who Magazine - Time Team: Issue 435

Doctor Who Magazine - The Fact of Fiction: Issue 449

Doctor Who DVD Files: Volume 3

Who's Who

Who Me

Episodes of the
Ninth Doctor

Season 27 (New Series 1)

References

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