Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

The Time Lords send the Doctor, Sarah and Harry to the planet Skaro at a time when the war between Thals and Kaleds is reaching its final stage. The Doctor's mission is to prevent the birth of the dreaded Daleks who evolved out of this war. Hunted by both sides in a war-torn world, the Doctor eventually becomes the prisoner of Davros, the brilliant crippled Kaled scientist. Davros has invented a travel machine to house the creature into which the Kaleds, genetically crippled by centuries of warfare, will eventually mutate. But Davros is obsessed by his own creation and is giving it destructive powers and a ruthless intelligence which were not part of the original design. These travel machines are destined to become the Daleks! The Doctor helps to lead a revolt of Kaled scientists, horrified by what Davros is doing. But Davros, in his determination to preserve the Daleks, helps the Thals to destroy his own people with a super-missile. Then he uses the Daleks, now fully operational, first to wipe out the Thal City, then to destroy those remaining Kaleds who oppose him. Some Thals survive. The Doctor manages to entomb Davros in the fortified bunker which has become his final refuge. Here the Daleks turn on Davros, destroying their creator. The Doctor refuses to destroy the Daleks when he has the chance on the grounds that it would be genocide; he says that even from the Daleks a greater good will eventually emerge. Whisked away from Skaro by the Time Lords, the travellers disappear.

The Time Lords intercept the transmat beam from Earth to Nerva and strand the Doctor (Tom Baker), Sarah Jane and Harry on the planet Skaro in an era before the Daleks evolved. Before the travellers are to be allowed to return to the TARDIS, the Doctor must fulfil a daunting mission - to change the course of evolution itself. Originally transmitted March 8 - April 12, 1975.

Cast
The Doctor................................Tom Baker
Harry Sullivan.............................Ian Marter
Sarah Jane Smith........................Elisabeth Sladen
Bettan ....................................... Harriet Philpin
Dalek Operator .......................... John Scott Martin
Dalek Operator............................. Cy Town
Dalek Operator.............................Keith Ashley
Dalek Voice...................................Roy Skelton
Davros.........................................Michael Wisher
Gerrill...........................................Jeremy Chandler
Gharman..................................... Dennis Chinnery
Kaled Guard................................ Peter Mantle
Kaled Leader......????????.Richard Reeves
Kavell?????????????...Tom Georgeson
Kravos?????????????..Andrew Johns
Mogran?????????????..Ivor Roberts
Nyder?????????????... Peter Miles
Ravon?????????????...Guy Siner
Ronson?????????????.James Garbutt
Sevrin??????????????Stephen Yardley
Tane??????????????..Drew Wood
Thal Guard???????????..Max Faulkner
Thal Politician??????????Michael Lynch
Thal Soldier??????????...Pat Gorman
Thal Soldier??????????...Hilary Minster
Thal Soldier??????????...John Gleeson
Time Lord???????????..John Franklyn-Robbins
Produvtion Credits
Director?????????????...David Maloney
Assistant Floor Manager?????..Karilyn Collier
Costumes????????????...Barbara Kidd
Davros Mask???????????.John Friedlander
Designer?????????????.David Spode
Film Cameraman????????...Elmer Cossey
Film Editor????????????.Larry Toft
Incidental Music????????...Dudley Simpson
Make-Up????????????...Sylvia James
Producer????????????? Philip Hinchcliffe
Production Assistant??????...Rosemary Crowson
Production Unit Manager????...George Gallacio
Script Editor???????????.Robert Holmes
Special Sounds?????????...Dick Mills
Studio Lighting??????????.Duncan Brown
Studio Sound??????????...Tony Millier
Title Music????????????..Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, arranged by Delia Derbyshire
Visual Effects???????????.Peter Day
Writer??????????????...Terry Nation