Resurrection of the Daleks marked Doctor Who's first encounter with his most famous foe since 1979's Destiny of the Daleks five years earlier, and Peter Davison's only full-scale battle with the cybernetic aliens. Weakened by a Movellan virus, the Daleks assault a space station prison where Davros is being held. The Daleks plan to use duplicates of the Doctor and his companions to assassinate leading Time Lords, and further duplicates to take over the Earth. The action is split between the space station and abandoned London riverside warehouses, and is notable for its grim tone and high body count. The duplicate police-assassins recall the Autons from the Jon Pertwee Spearhead from Space adventure (1970) and proved controversial on original broadcast. Also notable is that although the show was designed as a four-part adventure, it was televised in two double-length episodes.

Brave heart, Tegan

Resurrection of the Daleks marked the return of the Doctor's oldest enemies for the first time in four years. This story is set on two opposing ends of a time corridor generated by the Daleks. One end is in 1984 London, where the Daleks are keeping samples of the deadly Movellan virus that has wiped out untold numbers of Daleks. The other end is aboard the Daleks' command ship several centuries into the future where their creator Davros has been imprisoned aboard a space station for the last 90 years. The Daleks' plan is to rescue Davros and free him from his cyogenic chamber, then force him to develop a cure for the Movellan virus. The Doctor's TARDIS gets caught in the time corridor and is dragged to London, where the Doctor begins to seek out what's being guarded in the warehouse nearby, and why it is so important. We see some great performances from several supporting cast members in this story, including Rula Lenska (as Styles) and Rodney Bewes (Stein), Lesley Grantham (Kiston) and, of course Terry Molloy as Davros. Resurrection is one of the stronger Dalek stories during the latter years of the classic Doctor Who series, and one of the best DW stories of the 80's. It also represents the beginning in the turnover in DW's cast which took place during the show's twenty-first season as Tegan Jovanka (played by Janet Fielding) leaves the series at the end of this story. The following story Planet of Fire included the introduction of Nicola Bryant as Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown as well as the departure of Mark Strickson as Turlough. And then of course, The Caves of Androzani sees the departure of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and the introduction of Colin Baker as Doctor Number Six. Resurrection of the Daleks was one of the strongest stories of what was arguably the best season of Peter Davison's run as the Doctor.

Davros up to no good

Great locations, very moody, daleks, lots of action, time travel, did I mention daleks plus davros-classic who stuff. What is there not to like. Great entertainment.

The Doctor & The Daleks

Decent "Dr. Who" story with the fifth incarnation of The Doctor (Peter Davidson), has The Doctor, once again, battling the show's most popular enemy, Davros & The Daleks.

The Doctor, with his companions Tegan & Turlough time travel, in the TARDIS, to the year 1984 & land in the abandoned docks of London, England, after narrowly escaping being trapped in a time corridor. After some investigating The Doctor discovers that the time corridor stint wasn't an isolated incident.

In the far future, a starship is under sudden attack by an unknown alien vessel and is taking on serious casualties. The wounded ship is boarded and the alien attackers reveal themselves to be The Daleks. The Daleks have come to retrieve their former scientist/leader, Davros, being held in a cryogenic style prison cell aboard the starship. The time corridor was produced by The Daleks in an attempt, not only to trap The Doctor, but also to retrieve a possible cure, hidden on Earth, for The Daleks & their deadly plague. Its up to The Doctor, his companions, & the survivors of the prison ship to stop The Dalek horde and Davros.

After the successful run with the fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) I lost interest with "Doctor Who" way back in 1981, & never really caught any of the fifth Doctor adventures (or any others for that matter). I took a leap of faith when I saw this on "Amazon". The problem that I had was trying to find a definitive list of the best serials of "Doctor Who", but, I couldn't find any. "Resurrection Of The Daleks" got quite a few thumbs up, so I gave it try.

With all "Doctor Who" shows its the stories that drive the show not the effects (still BBC cheesy) or costumes (these were really weird, & kinky, even for this show!).

Peter Davidson does a decent turn as the Doctor, but I wasn't to impressed with Tegan & especially Turlough (I was hoping he would "TERMEENATED" by The Daleks).

The DVD doesn't dissapoint. There are 4 different audio options. 5.1 Dolby Digital, 2.0 Dolby Stereo, Commentary w/ cast, and an isolated music score in 2.0 stereo. A look back at the making of the show & a look at the London docks today where the show was originally shot back in 1983. TARDIS Cam no. 4, is also included. Worth a rental.