The Daleks
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| Story Code: B / Season 1 | UK Airdate: 21 Dec 1963 to 1 Feb 1964 | Doctor: William Hartnell |
| First airings by location | UK Repeats / Foreign Cable and Satellite | Previous Story / Next Story |
We have called this story by this title rather than "The Mutants", the one by which the BBC actively marketed the serial in 1964, to avoid confusion with the Jon Pertwee serial of the same name.
This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. If no month is noted, the actual airdate is not confirmed, and is a close approximate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)
| New Zealand | Oct 64 | b/w |
| Australia | Feb 65 | b/w |
| Canada | Feb 65 | b/w |
| Singapore | May 65 | b/w |
| Gibraltar | May 65 | b/w |
| Malta | Jun 65 | b/w |
| Aden | Aug 65 | b/w |
| Nigeria | Aug 65 | b/w |
| Rhodesia / Zimbabwe | Oct 65 | b/w |
| Zambia | Nov 65 | b/w |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Nov 65 | b/w |
| Bermuda | Jan 66 | b/w |
| Uganda | Feb 66 | b/w |
| Jamaica | Mar 66 | b/w |
| Cyprus | Apr 66 | b/w |
| Ghana | Apr? 66 | b/w |
| Barbados | May 66 | b/w |
| Hong Kong | May 66 | b/w |
| Kenya | Jul 66 | b/w |
| Thailand | Sep 66 | b/w |
| Mauritius | Nov 66 | b/w |
| Venezuela | Mar 67 | b/w |
| Tunisia | Apr 67 | b/w |
| Sierra Leone | May 67 | b/w |
| Mexico | Mar 68? | b/w |
| Morocco | 68? | b/w |
| Saudi Arabia | 68? | b/w |
| Iran | Jan 69? | b/w |
| Chile | Feb 69 | b/w |
| Jordan | 69? | b/w |
| Libya | Dec 69? | b/w |
| Ethiopia | Nov 70 | b/w |
| Costa Rica | Jul 71 | b/w |
| Algeria | Jan 74 | b/w |
- New Zealand sent its prints to Denmark in 1968, but the serial did not play there.
- It has been reported that Cyprus sent its prints to Uganda - and yet, Uganda screened the serial two months before Cyprus! (See Bicycling Chains for more on this...)
US TV Guide descriptions (1960s Hartnells on CBC)
More Information
Title:
- Episode 1: Dr. Who lands his rocket on a distant planet and finds that all the vegetation has been petrified.
- Episode 2: Dr. Who and his friends find themselves at the mercy of the Daleks, the only survivors of a neutron war.
- Episode 3: Dr. Who, Susan and their reluctant passengers escape from the Daleks.
- Episode 4: In their escape from the Daleks, the earthlings panic, and lose an important part of their equipment.
- Episode 5: Dr. Who and his friends ask the Thals to help them attack the Daleks.
- Episode 6: Ian enters the caves leading to the ciy of the Daleks.
- Episode 7: Dr. Who attempts to bribe the Daleks.
Reissue
- The serial was reissued by the BBC in late 1985, and sold to:
| United States | from Sep 85 | b/w |
- Newspapers occasionally refered to this serial as Day of the Daleks.
