The Dalek Invasion of Earth


Parts: 6
Writer: Terry Nation
Airdates: 21 November 1964 - 26 December 1964
Production Code: K

Episode Titles: World's End; The Daleks; Day of Reckoning; The End of Tomorrow; The Waking Ally; Flashpoint

Doctor: first
Companions: Susan, Ian, Barbara

Creature Feature: Daleks

Story: To Ian and Barbara's delight, the TARDIS finally brings them to London. But it is a London strangely changed, almost derelict. While climbing a pile of rubble to scan the city, Susan falls and sprains her ankle. Barbara goes to get some Thames water to put on her ankle while Ian and the Doctor explore. They learn that the year is not 1963, but 2167. Upon their return, they find Susan and Barbara gone - they have been taken by members of the resistance.

London in this time has fallen under control of the Daleks, who are converting some humans to Robomen by fitting them with a control helmet, which turns them into zombies whose only purpose is to serve the Daleks. The other humans are being sent to work at a mysterious mining operation in Bedfordshire.

The Doctor and Ian are captured and taken to a Dalek saucer, where the Daleks intend to turn the Doctor into a Roboman. He is rescued in time and evacuated from the saucer, but Ian remains on board as it takes off for the mining complex. The Doctor and Susan make their way to the mine with the resistance, while Barbara, having befriended another member, travels there as well. If the TARDIS crewmembers make it to their destination, they must learn what the Daleks are planning to do with the mine and find a way to put a stop to it. But more monsters are lurking just around the corner...and Susan is falling in love.


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