"It can do many things, Lesterson. But the thing it does most efficiently is exterminate human beings."
Episode 30: The Power of the Daleks.
Companions: The 2nd Doctor, Polly Wright and Ben Jackson.
Air Date: Six episodes. 5th November to 10th December 1966.
Following the Doctor's regeneration into a new, younger body, the TARDIS lands at an Earth colony on the planet Vulcan in the far future. Mistaken for an official Earth Examiner, the Doctor discovers that a scientist called Lesterson is attempting to reactivate two inanimate, subservient Daleks found in a crashed space rocket. The colonists refuse to heed the Doctor's dire warnings that the Daleks are dangerous. Once reactivated, the Daleks secretly begin to reproduce themselves in a bid to seize control of the colony.
Unfortuantely the majority of the Patrick Troughton's stories have been lost by the BBC and this one is no exception. An audio recording does exist though from what I have read. I would have loved to see how the Doctor was portrayed following his first regeneration.
It is interesting that his very first story should involve the Daleks. These ones more resemble the static based ones from the very first Dalek story though if you have ever read the 8th Doctor novel War of the Daleks, you'll know where these ones came from.
As I mentioned above only a handful of the second Doctor's stories survive so other than those my experience with this incarnation comes the three multi-Doctor stories of the 1970's and 1980's. I much prefer the characters new personality and energy over the grumpy grandfather that William Hartnell played.
Hopefully one day this story will come to light intact and we can get to see it.
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