The Power of the Daleks

030 – *The Power of the Daleks*
030 – The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who serial
Cast
	Doctor Patrick Troughton – Second Doctor;
	Companions Anneke Wills – Polly; Michael Craze – Ben Jackson;
	Others Bernard Archard – Bragen; Peter Bathurst – Hensell; Robert James – Lesterson; Nicholas Hawtrey – Quinn; Pamela Ann Davy – Janley; Martin King – The Examiner; Edward Kelsey – Resno; Richard Kane – Valmar; Steven Scott – Kebble; Peter Forbes-Robertson, Robert Russell, Robert Luckham – Guards; Gerald Taylor, Kevin Manser, Robert Jewell, John Scott Martin – Daleks; Peter Hawkins – Dalek Voices;
Production
Directed by	Christopher Barry
Written by	David Whitaker; Dennis Spooner (uncredited)
Script editor	Gerry Davis
Produced by	Innes Lloyd
Music by	Tristram Cary
Production code	EE
Series	Season 4
Running time	6 episodes, 25 minutes each
Episode(s) missing	All 6 episodes
First broadcast	5 November 1966
Last broadcast	10 December 1966
Chronology
← Preceded by; The Tenth Planet	Followed by →; The Highlanders

The Power of the Daleks is the completely missing third serial of the fourth season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 5 November to 10 December 1966. It is the first full story to feature Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor.

In this serial, the new Doctor (Troughton) and his travelling companions Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze) land on the planet Vulcan. There they find an Earth colony, where the lead scientist Lesterson (Robert James) discovers a 200-year-old alien capsule containing three inactive Daleks. Once brought back to life, the Daleks act as the colony's servants, but all they really want is power.

Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no full episodes are known to have survived. In 2016, a full-length animated reconstruction of The Power of the Daleks was released to coincide with the serial's fiftieth anniversary, with an updated "special edition" following in 2020.