Project: Who - Destiny of the Daleks
Destiny of the Daleks
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Ken Grieve
K9 has laryngitis. Seriously? Romana II comes out looking like Princess Astra. She has regenerated for some unknown reason.
Six's colorful umbrella is boldly positioned in the console room.
Romana goes through five potential regenerations in the span of three minutes. Since they only have 12 regenerations, this seems rather foolish. She quickly invents a costume that is a pink, girlish version of the Doctor's, complete with overlong scarf.
The randomizer sets the Tardis down on a planet of unknown name, but blessed with a rock quarry. The ground quakes beneath them as they scurry along.
Briefly, they discuss zombies while watching a funeral.
They explore, find an alien spacecraft landing, and get fired upon. A giant thingy falls on the Doctor, trapping him. Romana goes to find help as it's far too heavy to lift on her own. She returns, but he's gone.
She falls down a hole and passes out. A man ties a rope around his waste and follows her own.
The Doctor is on the spaceship. From the rescues, he finds out the planet is called Skaro, and for some reason he thinks that can't be a good thing.
Romana wakes up to find herself surrounded by Daleks. The man watches, hidden, as the Daleks take her away, where they interrogate her, learn nothing of value, and send her to be on a work force.
The man's name is Tyssan. He's human, was on a ship and was taken prisoner by the Daleks. He goes to the space ship for assistance.
Romana is suffering from extreme radiation. She pretends to die so she can escape later.
The Doctor and Romana meet at her gravesite. She's ok. They go exploring. He keeps saying he thinks he knows what the Daleks are after, but doesn't want to verbalize it. Naturally, when they discover a dust- and spiderweb-covered Davros, he isn't the least bit surprised.
The others look away and miss Davros stretching his hand and the blue eye lighting up.
The Doctor has a little chat with the resurrected Davros. The new actor is *terrible*. Was the casting director exceptionally high during the casting?
The Doctor pushes Davros down one hallway then another, avoiding th eDaleks. The aliens are called Movellans.
They find a room with a window looking outside. The Doctor orders Tyssan and Romana to climb through it and go to the Movellans' ship for help while he stays behind with Davros.
The Daleks find them in no time. The Doctor threatens Davros with an explosive evise and they back off.
Odd plot hole. During the interrogation in episode 2, Romana says she's never ehard of the Daleks, yet here she knows all about them and instantly recognizes Davros' picture in a wavy drawn form, among other knowledge she supposedly didn't have two minutes ago.
The Doctor strikes a deal with the Daleks. Freedom of all their human slaves in exchange for Davros. The Doctor leaves the room through the window, still bantering with the mad scientist.
Uh oh. The aliens are humanoid robots, and as usual, they are bent on destruction. But are they trying to destroy the Daleks or the Time Lord?
The Doctor finds Romana, passed out, in a large clear cylinder, with explosives and a timer counting down. The robots knock him out and take the two to their ship.
These Movellan robots have been fighting the Daleks for centuries, and neither side is close to winning. That's why the Daleks were trying so hard to find Davros. He's their ultimate weapon.
And the Movellans want the Doctor for exactly the same reason. It's funny, this centuries-long war has been by computer only, just simulations. Not one shot has been fired to date.
The Doctor goes back to taunt Davros. The Daleks have explosives tied to them and they are headed towards the ship, intending to blow it up. He tricks Davros into blowing them up early. Silly Davros.
The Doctor puts Davros into a cryogenic chamber, freezing him for a trial in the future.
* * *
Terry Nation can do a pretty good script when it's a four-parter. It isn't padded that much, and directly connects with the previous Dalek story.
Except, this David guy who plays Davros here is simply terrible. The makeup was shoddy (and I'm being kind). It's obvious all his lines were recorded later, as more than half the time his lips don't even move - including when he's screaming. Bring back Terry Malloy!
I cant' stand Lalla Ward here. Maybe it's because she's stepping into another actress's part, a far better actress, but she's just as terrible as David as Davros. Was she really the best they could get? I suppose for the 70s, someone thought she was pretty enough to look at, but she can't act her way out of a wet paper bag with directions, a blow torch, and a neon sign pointing the way.
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Ken Grieve
K9 has laryngitis. Seriously? Romana II comes out looking like Princess Astra. She has regenerated for some unknown reason.
Six's colorful umbrella is boldly positioned in the console room.
Romana goes through five potential regenerations in the span of three minutes. Since they only have 12 regenerations, this seems rather foolish. She quickly invents a costume that is a pink, girlish version of the Doctor's, complete with overlong scarf.
The randomizer sets the Tardis down on a planet of unknown name, but blessed with a rock quarry. The ground quakes beneath them as they scurry along.
Briefly, they discuss zombies while watching a funeral.
They explore, find an alien spacecraft landing, and get fired upon. A giant thingy falls on the Doctor, trapping him. Romana goes to find help as it's far too heavy to lift on her own. She returns, but he's gone.
She falls down a hole and passes out. A man ties a rope around his waste and follows her own.
The Doctor is on the spaceship. From the rescues, he finds out the planet is called Skaro, and for some reason he thinks that can't be a good thing.
Romana wakes up to find herself surrounded by Daleks. The man watches, hidden, as the Daleks take her away, where they interrogate her, learn nothing of value, and send her to be on a work force.
The man's name is Tyssan. He's human, was on a ship and was taken prisoner by the Daleks. He goes to the space ship for assistance.
Romana is suffering from extreme radiation. She pretends to die so she can escape later.
The Doctor and Romana meet at her gravesite. She's ok. They go exploring. He keeps saying he thinks he knows what the Daleks are after, but doesn't want to verbalize it. Naturally, when they discover a dust- and spiderweb-covered Davros, he isn't the least bit surprised.
The others look away and miss Davros stretching his hand and the blue eye lighting up.
The Doctor has a little chat with the resurrected Davros. The new actor is *terrible*. Was the casting director exceptionally high during the casting?
The Doctor pushes Davros down one hallway then another, avoiding th eDaleks. The aliens are called Movellans.
They find a room with a window looking outside. The Doctor orders Tyssan and Romana to climb through it and go to the Movellans' ship for help while he stays behind with Davros.
The Daleks find them in no time. The Doctor threatens Davros with an explosive evise and they back off.
Odd plot hole. During the interrogation in episode 2, Romana says she's never ehard of the Daleks, yet here she knows all about them and instantly recognizes Davros' picture in a wavy drawn form, among other knowledge she supposedly didn't have two minutes ago.
The Doctor strikes a deal with the Daleks. Freedom of all their human slaves in exchange for Davros. The Doctor leaves the room through the window, still bantering with the mad scientist.
Uh oh. The aliens are humanoid robots, and as usual, they are bent on destruction. But are they trying to destroy the Daleks or the Time Lord?
The Doctor finds Romana, passed out, in a large clear cylinder, with explosives and a timer counting down. The robots knock him out and take the two to their ship.
These Movellan robots have been fighting the Daleks for centuries, and neither side is close to winning. That's why the Daleks were trying so hard to find Davros. He's their ultimate weapon.
And the Movellans want the Doctor for exactly the same reason. It's funny, this centuries-long war has been by computer only, just simulations. Not one shot has been fired to date.
The Doctor goes back to taunt Davros. The Daleks have explosives tied to them and they are headed towards the ship, intending to blow it up. He tricks Davros into blowing them up early. Silly Davros.
The Doctor puts Davros into a cryogenic chamber, freezing him for a trial in the future.
* * *
Terry Nation can do a pretty good script when it's a four-parter. It isn't padded that much, and directly connects with the previous Dalek story.
Except, this David guy who plays Davros here is simply terrible. The makeup was shoddy (and I'm being kind). It's obvious all his lines were recorded later, as more than half the time his lips don't even move - including when he's screaming. Bring back Terry Malloy!
I cant' stand Lalla Ward here. Maybe it's because she's stepping into another actress's part, a far better actress, but she's just as terrible as David as Davros. Was she really the best they could get? I suppose for the 70s, someone thought she was pretty enough to look at, but she can't act her way out of a wet paper bag with directions, a blow torch, and a neon sign pointing the way.