Standoff at Totter's Lane | Remembrance of the Daleks | Doctor Who

It's 1963 and The Doctor and Ace travel with Dr Rachel Jensen and Sgt. Mike Smith to Trotter's Lane Junkyard where Group Captain Gilmore's men have been attacked by an unidentified assailant. Private Matthews has been killed by a "Death Ray" which has "scrambled" his insides, but who or what is behind it? Classic Doctor Who clip first broadcast 05/10/1988
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[@logon900]

Imagine if Hartnell was still around and accidentally landed at Totter's Lane during all of this. That would have made for one hell of a story.

[@ThePathStrider]

I think storywise, the first Doctor had just left. The Dalek at Totter's Lane knew this, but couldn't interfere in events that could threaten its own survival. This is why that Dalek had to let the first Doctor leave before beginning its search for the Hand of Omega.

[@metalmugen]

@@TotallyFknAliens no

[@CacoQueen]

I can imagine him seeing this, saying "nope" and peacing out

[@Cybermat47]

@@CacoQueen ‘this shit is whack, hmm?’ [clutches lapels, giggles, and goes back inside TARDIS]

[@J_C_CH]

3:41 the last time a Dalek would be shown exterminating someone until 2005

[@fattestboyslimmer2403]

Really ?

[@Trainlover1995]

@@fattestboyslimmer2403 They were too busy exterminating each other.

[@sidneychannel]

But it’s also the first time a skeleton showed when the delak exterminated a solider that came back in 2005

[@foxmulder6303]

"You must be with the military" " How do you know" "Your in bloody uniform you pillock, "Sorry how rude of me" " I'm very perceptive"

[@CAPATURE]

The music was actually quite creepy when the DALEK was watching the solders and the dalek gun shot was a real step forward so much so it was later adapted for the the new series

[@Kryojenix]

I think they over-adapted it in the new series - it looks good here.

[@Mooch-qo6yp]

30 years later, this is still the coolest extermination in Doctor Who. Not just because of the effects and stunt work, but also the buildup and direction. The new production teams are so busy trying to make me cry, that they forget to be this awesome.

[@hothemeep1219]

The soldier's extermination in Resolution was creepy and amazing

[@sonicology]

Also have to give a shout-out to my boy Thompson in Dalek's Invasion of Earth 2150 AD.

[@PhilDrury]

It's the first Sniper Dalek in hindsight.

[@its-morbintime]

No question, my favourite Dalek story.

[@archive9796]

+Stefano Pavone I find it odd how the last two seasons are two of the strongest in the whole show It just shows you when people leave them and don't care about doctor who they make fantastic doctor who

[@archive9796]

I've not listed to the missing season storys on audios but I've listened to some stuff like The Fearmonger,Coldtizs and Dust Breeding and they are amazing I'm happy with the audios we've got

[@soundbelch1600]

It didn't need a rest. It had some superb writers who were taking it into new areas and it had a real sense of direction and purpose. What it needed was some respect from certain areas of the BBC, being taken out of the soap slot time, and a far bigger budget. I remember something from Doctor Who Magazine where it was stated that the visual effects for one episode of Red Dwarf at the time cost the same amount as an entire season of Who. That's just mental. Rather interesting to think that for all the funding RD got, it's now on a different channel and yet Who is still going. Perhaps what Doctor Who needs next is to leave the BBC and to go elsewhere.

[@archive9796]

Soundbelch well the only reason it took a rest was because Moffat was busy and the BBC didn't plan ahead and neither didn't anyone working on the show also they don't have the money to show the Olympics and DW Also having a whole year break especially in this current climate of cut throat TV and Netflix is a very very bad thing plus taking them off Netflix and not doing there own worldwide service

[@RopeDrink]

I can't say I agree (not fully, anyway). The show was on such a clear downward spiral, yes, yet this era of ClassicWho was on the verge of heading towards themes of mystery and personal darkness even before McCoy took over. We only got the tip of the iceberg in his last two seasons, so if you can picture for a moment your favourite McCoy episodes while ramping the personal Ace/Doc dynamic up, splicing the show with 7's very noticable dark and manipulative ways, along with relatable themes that people could have appreciated, I still think that just good writing and focus on solving alien mysteries to compliment it may have been enough. The budget was most definitely one of the most noticeable hurdles, but it's clear from episodes like Ghost Light (just the look and atmosphere alone) that they could have made some exceptional looking episodes with the bare minimum, even if it meant sacrificing huge-alien stuff in place of a more 'Dark Doctor Detective' style (focusing more on acting and mystery than big effects every second episode). Imagine if Ghost Light wasn't a confusing mess - the look and style of it, the Doc/Ace chemistry playing on her fears // dislike of Doctors path to darkness, some alien mysteries that dig up more backstory on the Doctor, who has delved so deep into his chess-master role that nobody can suss him out anymore. It'd have been simple, but quite possibly brilliant. Just my 2cents.

[@jenaizakideviant3092]

3:41 lol that was an awesome effect!

[@VinchVolt]

Jenaizaki deviant Too bad it was only used in that one scene. If the effect was good enough to become a standard for the Daleks in the new series, then it should've been used more in _Remembrance of the Daleks_.

[@brigadier-tc8565]

Agreed

[@AubreySciFi]

@@VinchVolt - I have a feeling it was probably too expensive or time consuming to do multiple times in 1988. Classic Who was always on a budget and usually had strict time constraints too, so you notice that any really cool effect generally is only done once.

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@AubreySciFi Is it not still on a budget now? Anyway, I can't see that that effect would have been too expensive to do, just very time consuming. I'd imagine that using effects with lots of explosions would be more expensive whereas this is mainly video work maybe with some kind of overlay recorded onto the film over what was there before? (I don't know much about how you overlay cartoon images for example over what has already been recorded on film). Actually I think these would be recorded on some kind of video cassette, not regular film? I might be wrong. But I'm assuming whilst this might not be CGI it can't be that expensive to record another graphic onto a video recording.

[@AubreySciFi]

@@bangerbangerbro -Then it was time constraints because if it was a digital or early CGI effect they took ages to render in those days.

[@Daniel_McGarry_Paolini]

Ace taking out a Dalek with an RPG in this episode is possibly the greatest Who moment ever

[@ben6993]

“I aimed for the eyepiece” 😂

[@DoctorWhoKage]

​​@@ben6993 If I were there, I'd be like, "Suuuurrreee. And the rocket *certainly* had nothing to do with it."

[@LewysC]

2:09 "Iv'e been here before!" (First ever Doctor Who episode)

[@ozmomine8029]

The Unearthly Child, 1963

[@BeeTeeGee]

Don't forget about Sixie's revisit in the first episode of 'Attack of the Cybermen'.

[@COwens]

My first (and favourite) Doctor Who story. Still think it's amazing. Also, nice to see Sgt. Mike Smith being paid homage to in 'It's a Sin.'

[@ste9281]

He and Russell T Davies were good friends and so it made sense he would want to pay homage to his friend that was lost to AIDS

[@Cybermat47]

@@ste9281 I had no idea that the actor had died of AIDS… terrible end for a talented actor. He managed to portray a racist fascist in a way that humanised the character without making them sympathetic. Severely underrated performance.

[@lintonkenneally7954]

R.I.P. Tip Tipping (13 February 1958 - 5 February 1993).

[@christopherhowe4947]

something more eerie and classic about this doctor who episode then the way it is now

[@Crrrow]

I think it's because this incident predates multiple Dalek Attacks that happened in the UK in the 1960s in which UNIT would be involved this group of soldiers were a proto UNIT team called the Intrusion Counter Measures Group. So in a way we're kinda seeing the build up event that led to the adventures of the Doctors First Three iterations with UNIT in this little industrial area in 1963.

[@lapelcelery42]

Four episodes in a serial meant much more time to build atmosphere and character in the classic series.

[@ifyousayso1466]

Rest in peace Dursley 💖

[@WolfieRich1]

3:01 Whoops, forgot the E in Foreman on the gates there ;)

[@drrock1957]

I started watching this today again and noticed this too . First time I had realised they had missed the E out lol.

[@MrShannonite]

I'm pleased that McCoy got this storyline, he really did have to put up with some dire material. This one was probably one of the greatest Doctor Who stories out there, along with Genesis, etc. (at least IMHO)

[@Crrrow]

As someone who is more of a fan of 3,4,9 and 10. I have to agree, this story was a action intense driven storyline that felt very much like a U.N.I.T. story despite not having the Brigadier or Sergeant Benton or Mike Yates present. That and Ace swinging that bat of hers willy nilly on that Dalek was probably one of the most kickass moments of mine in doctor who history.

[@brenthennessy7903]

This is the story where the doctor changed from being a clown to being the dark chessmaster. When davros scolded the doctor for being just a simple timelord, he fixed him a pityful but steely expression and said, " oh davros, I'm far from being just an ordinary timelord" and for some reason, they cut that scene out of the transmitted version!

[@michaelwhiles5282]

I returned to Dr Who because of stories like this - then the BBC killed it! And they have killed it again during the past couple of years.... Enough said.

[@rachelar]

McCoy was a clown 🤡

[@c0nvict_pleb174]

Because JNT thought that likening the doctor to a god would be “very offensive”

[@heymikey4025]

@@c0nvict_pleb174I think the cut scene was likely in reference to The Doctor supposedly being a reincarnation of The Other (somewhat seen in the Lungbarrow novel)… The Other is as much a god as Rassilion is… Though to other civilizations the Time Lords were their gods…

[@TGM_Productions]

This is my favourite story from the Classic run. Sylvester McCoy is my favourite Classic Doctor and Ace is my favourite classic companion. Basically, series 25 and 26 to me, is a second golden age of Doctor who. And, it begins here in Remembrance Of The Daleks.

[@Fluffykeith]

When the Doctor didn’t need “psychic paper” to get people to pay attention to him.

[@DucksFor4]

Fluffykeith This is a bit nit picky

[@Fluffykeith]

@@DucksFor4 More a comment about how the resurrected series keeps doing things because the story needs it even though they don't make much sense and ignore stuff that's gone before. The Psychic Paper thing is just idiotic...especially since the Doctor never needed it before. It's just lazy writing.

[@hothemeep1219]

@@Fluffykeith stop saying "its lazy writing". When you will write better than RTD or any dr who writer, then you will be able to say "lazy writing"

[@Fluffykeith]

@@hothemeep1219 Uh, no...I don't need to write "better" than them to be able to spot that it's lazy writing. I just need to have watched Dr Who since 1981 and seen MULTIPLE versions of the Doctor manage just fine without such a lazy shorthand device. Also, as a writer, I can spot lazy writing. I don't need to write BETTER than someone else, that's a weird standard. I have to be able to spot it when I do something like that, so I can spot it when others do it too. This is how criticism works. If you have to shorthand past the interactions that the Doctor has with others by just having him wave around "psychic paper", you're being lazy, imho. And yes, I can hold that opinion.

[@hothemeep1219]

@@Fluffykeith being a long term fan doesn't make you a writer or allows you to judge the quality of the writing. The Psychic Paper is useful. In the classic, the doctor had just to say something like "I'm here to help" and that was it. At least, the psychic paper justifies why people can trust the doctor until they manage to find out the trick

[@thefartydoctor]

These Daleks have the best Dalek voices in history. :P

[@Kryojenix]

They had 4 guys do the voices in this story - double the usual two, and quadruple the usual Nickbriggssolo of these days (though Nick does it well)

[@robadams8057]

"I've been here before."

[@felinusfeline5559]

God bless this story, it was the last hurrah for the daleks of the classic series and it really did a good job reversing the fatigue they had since the 60s. Daleks are actually threatening again and Davro's finally takes a back seat.

[@AndrewChapman]

"Remembrance of the Daleks" was broadcast nearly 5 months after I was born, making it the first Doctor Who serial to be shown after my birth.

[@TheMoonRover]

First episode after I was born was the TV movie.

[@sillygoose635]

uh k

[@murrayjones694]

there should be more remembrance of the daleks clips on here

[@RopeDrink]

The first cliffhanger + Ace whacking two daleks with the bat / cliffhanger at the very least.

[@JackLongbridge]

McCoy had Remembrance,Greatest Show In The Galaxy,Ghost Light & Curse Of Fenric during his run. Four of the greatest stories in the whole who pantheon. Even the lesser stories such a Dragonfire,Battlefield & Survival had great merit. Season 24 was poor, but the final 2 years were classics.

[@alunjones6823]

Remembrance of the Daleks was the very first classic Doctor Who episode I watched, and it's still my favourite to this day.

[@logos1.618]

3:20 "They can deal with anything, provided they can see it" what a classic

[@stevemichaelexecutivethera9984]

PIT

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I haven't seen any of his Audios, but his last two seasons produced sheer brilliance, in my opinion.

[@SamJLance]

The greatest story ever written for Doctor Who. Prove me wrong, go on, I dare you.

[@brendansheerin8980]

Greater than Genesis? Although i adore this story

[@christopherwall2121]

Caves of Androzani?

[@c0nvict_pleb174]

Pyramids of mars?

[@PetersonZF]

2:30 The guy at the back isn't ready and stands at ease, rather than attention. I remember noticing that when I originally saw it on telly. :)

[@JackLongbridge]

Rememberence of the Daleks. Class from start to finish. The best story since Caves of Androzani, and possibly the greatest Dalek story of all time.

[@c0nvict_pleb174]

Nah Genesis steals that title of being the best Dalek story ever?

[@nifralo2752]

McCoy's outfit is fine if not for that damn jumper.

[@altyfc2010]

I can't wait till the blue ray box set lands so I can sit down and watch all these again

[@DalekTheSupreme]

They were absolutely brilliant in Terror of the Zygons. I recommend it highly, along with most of Tom Baker's run.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Thank you, it has been far more enjoyable than most of the conversations I find myself in on comment sections of KZbin videos.

[@aperson22222]

For someone who's so aware of the terrible consequences of crossing his own time stream, the Doctor tends to be pretty calm about returning to Totter's Lane.

[@CacoQueen]

I think it's established that this story takes place the day after 1 kidnaps Ian and Barbara

[@DoctorWhoKage]

​@@CacoQueenin fact, the events of two episodes during Sylvester McCoy's tenure of being The Doctor (Battlefield and Remembrance of the Daleks) only took place because of mistakes the 1st Doctor made (according to the 7th Doctor) presumably before he even met Barbara and Ian.

[@brucewayne7838]

this was sylvestor mccoys best story as the doctor !!

[@brendansheerin8980]

This and the 10th planet are my 2nd favourite all time dr who stories. Genesis being my favourite

[@brucewayne7838]

@@brendansheerin8980 oh yes, genesis was amazing , with the best davros ever !

[@brendansheerin8980]

@@brucewayne7838 the best davros. Genesis was a game changer

[@brucewayne7838]

@@brendansheerin8980 its a shame that michael wisher was not available to play davros in destiny of the daleks as he would have added more credibility to the story. genesis is my favourite tom baker story.

[@brendansheerin8980]

@@brucewayne7838 its my fave too. I agree with what you said about michael fisher

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Good point about the repair yard thing, and you may be right. Either way, The Name of the Doctor is the best season finale since The Big Bang, hands down.

[@Caledonianpugofficial]

This one of my favorite dalek stories

[@24hoursayear]

I bloody love this episode

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I highly recommend them both. Tomb is not only my first Doctor Who story, but my first Cybermen one, and Earthshock has my favorite versions of the Cybermen.

[@jamieolberding7731]

1:10 to 1:46 Dalek Death Ray Guns! Still a VERY NASTY and HORRIBLE WAY to die! Trust me you do not want to mess with a Dalek as he/or she will kill you where you stand.

[@robotx9285]

This is some of the best music in McCoy's era.

[@alexanderfinch4432]

The shear psychological terror of seeing a Dalek being able to fly for the very first time.

[@thequietestengine]

Dursley Mclinden there, also known as the older Diamond Brother Tim/Herbert from 'Just ask for Diamond'.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I think you have him confused with 6 (Though I highly question the "poop" part). Sylvester McCoy's Doctor started out as friendly, eccentric, and bumbling, but from Remembrance of the Daleks onwards he became much darker and more manipulative, some of the more morally questionable things the Doctor's done on-screen has been in his Seventh incarnation, but he certainly makes it work.

[@paulkelly6691]

The sylvester mccoy years at their very best

[@peskybee22]

that was epic the BBC should show classic epsisodes like this on BBC 4 or something maybe BBC 2

[@gregorydalberg9817]

My very first Doctor Who

[@TimmyTwain]

well i think them two are the next classic doctor who's im gona buy, this convo has saved me loads of time standing in HMV trying to choose :P

[@theconfirmedbachelor8119]

One of the comments on you tube about Remembrance from a New Series fan had me on the floor laughing. They said something like "It was OK,but it was not as good as Daleks In Manhattan"! Kids eh,bless.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I guess that and Davros from Genesis and Resurrection of the Daleks will be the best we'll ever have to Classic Dalek scenes on this channel, unless they dedicate December to the Daleks. Still a great story, my all-time favorite Dalek story, my all-time favorite Seventh Doctor story, my all-time favorite Classic story, and my second all-time favorite Doctor Who story, not to mention the only Doctor Who DVD I myself own.

[@athirdprostitute2912]

Out of every dalek story, rememberance of the daleks is the best for me, it tops genesis too

[@thomasstevens2746]

One of my favourite stories

[@LinkTardis]

i wonder how far off they were from when the doctor left the first time

[@robertholman4634]

Link2006155 He pretty much just left.

[@lukesmith3546]

That's quite weird to think that the same dalek here was there when Ian and Barbra first found the Tardis. It was probably watching them

[@RopeDrink]

As far as I remember, this episode took place about a week (or more) after the first Doctor left. Not very long.

[@ZakJordan98]

RopeDrink Probably was something like that, considering the dialogue from the undertaker and the vicar

[@RopeDrink]

Exactly - if you compare the times, it adds up to about a week since 1st Doc left. They even visit the school in this episode and the book Ace picks up is the same one put down by Susan.

[@TheWizardyTimelord]

All Series 7? I hated 'The Power of Three.' The only real threat was a hologram and the Doctor saved the day with a wave of his sonic screwdriver.

[@JT5ingh]

My first classic who episode.

[@laurareid9456]

I hope one day I get dementia and forget about 'Asylum of the daleks' and only remember the classic dalek stories!

[@morningcoffeecat2271]

John 'Sepp' Schiltz I've always wished for selective amnesia

[@stevemichaelexecutivethera9984]

I have this as a DVD it’s real fun to watch (Rip Mathews ????-1988

[@DrBagPhD]

They used to. I remember coming home from school, having my tea and watching Pertwee-era Doctor Who that aired round around 6'o'clock. Good times :)

[@DalekTheSupreme]

One, that's your opinion, and two, wether or not someone is ugly hardly affects their character. Good acting and writing are what makes a character truly good.

[@RJones2000]

Best episode ever for me

[@MarsToVenuss]

There's a big "drama-mentury" set up for later this year called "Adventures in Time and Space", I do believe. So they are trying a little.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

In The Doctor's Wife, the Doctor admits to the TARDIS/Idris that when he first saw her he said she was the most beautiful thing he ever saw, and she said she was a museum piece when he found her. In The Name of the Doctor, he says nothing to her, only to Clara, and the TARDIS is in the repair ward. Still, I had to laugh when the Time Lord mechanic said "What kind of idiot would steal a faulty TARDIS?!"

[@DalekTheSupreme]

You should, it's the first one I ever saw, my Dad's first Classic DVD, he bought it a few years before the revival of the show. It's Troughton's best and I highly recommend it. The Invasion was another great.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Seven's a close second for me, with Troughton coming up third and Tom coming fourth (Coincidently). Glad to see someone else who likes Asylum, it's my second favorite Dalek story. Rings of Akhaten and A Town Called Mercy are my second and third favorites from Series 7, respectively. I'm glad to see someone with a good taste in both Doctors and Doctor Who episodes.

[@MondySpartan]

...Going back to where it all started

[@DalekTheSupreme]

All favorites for me except maybe The Snowmen. The Name of the Doctor's cliffhanger is unprecedented and is making me struggle which out of that, The Pandorica Opens, and Remembrance of the Daleks Part 1 is my all time favorite Doctor Who cliffhanger.

[@jayrox40]

7's best story. Classic Who in every sense.

[@JackLongbridge]

Not sure why you think that. The Gold channel has not shown classic stories for many years now. The last time they ran pre 2005 Doctor Who was a few Tom Baker stories back in 2007 when the channel was called G.O.L.D. That lasted for about 2 months. The last time the show had consistent repeats was during it's UK Gold era in the 90's. No UK TV channel is currently airing episodes of classic Doctor Who. WATCH repeats the modern series on an endless loop however...

[@TimmyTwain]

I'm really excited for the Zygons, i havnt seen them in their original serial yet (though if i see it in HMV il buy it), but i did enjoy them when they appeared in the book 'sting of the zygons'. And i feel the 50th anniversary would not be complete without the daleks and the cybermen.....

[@JaytheOstrich]

Looks like Hugh Laurie as the Bobbie at 0:37 a little! heh.

[@johngurnhill4633]

One the best stories ever

[@benjirose2369]

Love this episode

[@DalekTheSupreme]

There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where seas sleep, and rivers dream, with people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on Ace, we've got work to do!

[@aperson22222]

The destruction of Skaro didn't really stick. At any rate, it's not just Seven and the original who've been to Totter's Lane. Wasn't Six there in his Cybermen story? And Eleven is headed there later this year, very likely bringing Ten and maybe even Hurt with him.

[@SamJLance]

They're all on DVD apart from Terror of the Zygons and The Ice Warriors, which are being released soon.

[@aperson22222]

Just check it out on dailymotion . com. You can find most if not all Dr Who episodes there, if you dig around a bit.

[@guyfaux900]

The best last original Doctor Who episode imo

[@frozenlightthequietviking489]

This is where the trades was in an unearthly child.

[@snufkin84]

“That was your death ray”

[@sarahlee6641]

May have started out watching modern series in 2005 but have got in to watching old ones like this later on. This could explain why there are like the weak points in the rift, later on around the school. later on after the reboot, and the dalek from Witches familiar, I guessed it's origin having watched this older episode, several times before the stated story so realised some references, which go back decades. Not all stories may be scary or a good one but I find this to be in the enjoyable category, however bad old effects seem nowerdays.

[@brucewayne7838]

just wanted to say that the second soldier shot by the dalek and thrown against the fence was a stuntman/actor called " tip tippng" he has starred in lots of movies/tv shows , like death wish 3, return to oz and he even played one of the non speaking colonial marines in aliens to name a few..

[@FarNoGaming]

Ahahaha Dalek's in Manhattan is horrendous.

[@iain1969]

2:31 I think the soldier at the back left must have been away the day they learned 'Attention' at basic training

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Make it so! That cliffhanger at the end of Episode One is only matched by the end of The Pandorica Opens, in my opinion! Come on, BBC, you know Remembrance is absolutely brilliant, just show the younger generation that Doctor Who was just as good then as it is now!

[@DalekTheSupreme]

It should, Invasion was great, but trust me, if you watch Tomb of the Cybermen or Earthshock, you will be blown away from how awesome they are.

[@samalvey8168]

This would be the catalyst for the formation of UNIT.

[@TheWizardyTimelord]

'What a predictable spaz.' HAHAHAHA!!! Good one.

[@PerovNigma]

"What a predictable response," I think you'll find.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Mine are The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang and Remembrance of the Daleks, Eleven's my favorite Doctor, but The Curse of Fenric is on my top ten, and Battlefield, The Happiness Patrol, Survival, and Paradise Towers are pretty high up.

[@jampox101]

There are 10 classic dalek designs (not including supreme and special weapons) and A dalek was killed in planet of the daleks which was pure and the special weapons dalek wasd featured in the asylum and it was an impure dalek.

[@genisisarc]

Trotters Lane Junkyard? I didn't know Delboy owned that? LOL

[@TimmyTwain]

Well, as much as do like Tenant as the Doctor, once I look at 'The Doctors' objectively and avoid an emotional attachment to Christopher Ecclesson caused by him being the first doctor i ever saw, I'd say Hartnell's my favourite Doctor. Iv loved the other classic serials I'v seen, I just felt rememberance was a little flat, it lacked the atmosphere of say 'Genisis of the Daleks' or 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth', but i did enjoy it overall, and i did say i was prepared to give it a second chance

[@ShovelAndPick]

Cool, I haven't seen either yet but hope to at some point. Problem with that theory is that Planet of the Daleks is set after The Daleks as Thals history includes the Doctor being there when the Thals broke into the Dalek City and had three companions with him. Doctor Who continuity is unfortunately a big mess but I guess that's what you get when you have a show that's been around for 50 years.

[@TimmyTwain]

As soon as Hartnell turned up i was hooked!!!!!!! He's my favourite classic doctor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How come the seens got a hole though????

[@wj11jam78]

Projected Energy Weapon? PEW

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I sure was impressed, and I totally agree, my only problem with it was really the plot hole yet otherwise absolutely brilliant scene that was Clara's meeting with the First Doctor.

[@spencerbrus6343]

This had better be the episode they show for the 7th doctor special.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Indeed, and the episode itself was pretty good.

[@TimmyTwain]

That is a brilliant cliffhanger, but sadly I haven't been able to see the serial in full, only the clip of said clifhanger on youtube, iv always wanted to see it but its nevar in the classic who section of HMV (and i dont like buying things online). But on the subject of black and white cybermen serials, how about when they climbed out the sewers in the invasion??? I got goosebumps!!!!!

[@jadenlau9293]

0:21 was that the place where the Tardis first landed on Earth in 1963