Synopsis
The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure yet — to prevent the creation of the Daleks.
1975 Directed by David Maloney
The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure yet — to prevent the creation of the Daleks.
Tom Baker Elisabeth Sladen Ian Marter Michael Wisher Peter Miles John Scott Martin Cy Town Keith Ashley Roy Skelton Dennis Chinnery Guy Siner John Franklyn-Robbins Richard Reeves Stephen Yardley James Garbutt Drew Wood Jeremy Chandler Pat Gorman Tom Georgeson Ivor Roberts Michael Lynch Hilary Minster Max Faulkner Harriet Philpin Peter Mantle Andrew Johns John Gleeson
Yeah yeah yeah it's good, whatever. The time lords should have sent 6 back instead of 4, he wouldn't have hesitated to blow the daleks up to fuck
Random Access Who, no. 45.
Part of the fascination I have with things that run as long as Doctor Who has is that it repeats; to you it might be repetitive, to me it's an endlessly fascinating series of variations that shapes the story. There may be, for instance, a parallel universe where only the nerdiest comic book collector can remember a one-off Batman villain from the 1940s who dressed up as a clown. In our universe, the Joker is Batman's principal nemesis, and we can all say why: he represents the chaos to Batman's order, just as the Daleks represent the totalitarianism and intolerance that the Doctor, the ultimate wanderer, rejects. True enough, but Batman has a lot of…
The Time Lords send the Doctor (Tom Baker), Sarah-Jane (Elisabeth Sladen), and Harry (Ian Marter) to Skaro to prevent the creation of the Daleks. There, they encounter Davros (Michael Wisher), their creator, for the first time.
Without a doubt, Baker is the pillar that holds up this solid gold classic, with its engaging storyline and iconic moments, making it unequivocally one of the greatest serials in the show's history.
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Re-watched on Blu-Ray on 10th October 2022 as part of Bakerthon, a marathon of mid-to-late 1970s Doctor Who, and for 'Hellwatch' of 2022, a marathon of Halloween-related media in October
‘To hold in my hand a capsule that contained such power. To know that life and death on such a scale was my choice. To know that the tiny pressure of my thumb … enough to break the glass would end everything. Yes, I would do it! That power would set me up above the Gods … and through the Daleks, I shall have that power!’
Terry Nation’s Revenge of the Sith; a nihilistically doom-laden origin tragedy that never…
Doctor Who would be so much better if instead of the Daleks rampaging across the universe it was Davros’ second monster of the Giant Shitty Clams destroying the universe every second week
One of the highest peaks in one of the longest shows, Genesis of the Daleks is as good as Doctor Who gets. Tom Baker’s Doctor is solidified, blending his chaotic charisma with his brooding nature.
I forgot how dark this story gets immediately. The Doctor, Harry, and Sarah Jane are taking gas masks off corpses to wear within 10 minutes. Michael Wisher gives one of the greatest Who villain performances as Davros, the creator of the Daleks.
You can't always judge from external appearances.
I finished listening to the fantastic audio series I, Davros earlier today, covering Davros' early life and a few years before the events of this story. I highly recommend the 4 part series as it serves as a great companion piece to this already brilliant story. After listening to it, I had an inherent desire to rewatch this and frankly, this still holds up almost 45 years later.
The Doctor's iconic enemies, the Daleks, have been inextricably linked to Doctor Who almost since its inception. After each story, they were definitively killed, and yet the metal monsters always found a way to return. Genesis of the Daleks was Terry Nation's third Dalek story…
Watched on Blu-Ray
The origin story for one of the greatest aliens in science fiction - The Daleks - told to near-perfect effect by Terry Nation and company in a serial that showcases why Tom Baker is just as beloved a Doctor as he is, putting in his strongest performance thus so far as someone who's forced to question whether or not he has the right to destroy his greatest enemy before their creation.
It's an idea that Doctor Who would return to, but arguably, not better since - and although this isn't the first time the Daleks were created - they've been around almost as long as the show itself - it arguably has them at their scariest even…
" Listen, if someone who knew the future pointed out a child to you and told you that that child would grow up totally evil, to be a ruthless dictator who would destroy millions of lives, could you then kill that child?" - The Doctor
This is top drawer Doctor Who without a doubt - the performances (Michael Wisher's Davros is utterly brilliant), the music, the atmosphere, the compelling story and Tom Baker at his very best .. you don't get any more iconic than this stone-cold classic!
Given that this was my first encounter with the Daleks I must say I’m quite impressed, I wasn’t quite getting their vibe till that last episode. They are pretty scary fellas.
I see a lot of people saying that this is pinnacle for classic who, saying Tom Baker is at his best, I don’t really have anything else to really base those claims off but I wouldn’t be surprised that it might be the case. This was quite something, it ticked off all the boxes and all that stuff, just some real goofy and wacky space nonsense which I quite enjoyed.