41-508: Terence Joseph Nation (8 August 1930 – 9 March 1997) was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in British television science fiction , he created the Daleks and Davros for Doctor Who , as well as the series Survivors and Blake's 7 . Nation first made his name as a comedy writer before becoming a prolific writer for drama, working on many of
82-523: A ghost . The Third Doctor , Jo and the Brigadier go to Auderly House to investigate the mystery. The Doctor discovers a crude time machine and an ultrasonic disintegrator gun. He and Jo spend the night at Auderly House to monitor any activity. The machine turns out to be from the 22nd Century. As the Doctor tries to reactivate the time machine, three rebel fighters – Anat, Boaz, and Shura – appear from
123-477: A greater influence on those seasons. Nation didn't write any episodes in the fourth series of Blake's 7 . In the 1980s, Nation attempted, without success, to secure funding for a fifth series of Blake's 7 . During the 1970s, Nation wrote a children's novel for his daughter Rebecca (after whom he named the character of Rebec in the 1973 Doctor Who serial Planet of the Daleks ) titled Rebecca's World: Journey to
164-420: A group of criminals and political prisoners who are on the run from the evil "Terran Federation", piloting a stolen spaceship of unknown origin. Blake's 7 ran for four series from 1978 to 1981. Although Nation scripted the whole of the first series of Blake's 7 , his creative influence subsequently declined in the following two series despite writing some key episodes, as script editor Chris Boucher exerted
205-406: A powerful Controller, all under the command of Daleks. After escaping capture, they return to the 20th century, where the Doctor orders UNIT troops to evacuate the peace conference and lure the Daleks into Auderly House. Shura detonates a dalekanium bomb, destroying the house and the invading Daleks, and correcting the course of the future. The Doctor tells Styles that he must make the conference
246-505: A success, because they know what will happen in the future if they fail. Working titles for this story included The Ghost Hunters and Years of Doom . As originally written, the serial revolved around the Ogrons instead of the Daleks. It was planned to bring the Daleks back at the end of the season, in a serial called The Daleks in London by Robert Sloman. This plan was dropped when
287-742: Is for Killing" was known as "Color Him Dead" in the US 7 episodes (1975): 19 episodes (1978–1980): In 2013, Nation was commemorated with a blue plaque at the house in Cardiff where he was born. British television science fiction Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 215537255 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:49:44 GMT Day of
328-516: Is unclear which). Prior to his association with Hancock, Nation had declined an offer from scriptwriter David Whitaker to write for a new science-fiction programme that was entering production at the BBC ; Whitaker had been impressed by a script that Nation had written for the ABC anthology series Out of this World . Now unemployed, and with a young family to support, Nation contacted Whitaker and accepted
369-658: Is unusual because episodes two and three begin with the cliffhanger music that ended the previous episode being played again. Dropmore House was instead used as the location for the peace conference. Brentford Towers in Green Dragon Lane, Brentford was used to portray the Controller's futuristic base. Scott Fredericks later played Max Stael in Image of the Fendahl (1977). Jimmy Winston had previously been
410-488: The 12-part serial The Daleks' Master Plan , after which Nation, who still held the copyright to the Daleks, attempted to launch a Dalek spin-off TV series in the United States. Various other Dalek tie-in material appeared, including comic strips in the children's weekly TV Century 21 and annuals; such material was frequently credited to Nation, even when written by others. Over the next few years, appearances by
451-535: The BBC commissioned Nation to create a new science-fiction drama series. First broadcast in 1975, Survivors is the post-apocalyptic story of the last humans on Earth after the world's population has been devastated by plague. Although the series was well received, Nation's creative vision conflicted with that of producer Terence Dudley , and the final two series were produced without Nation's involvement. Meanwhile, screenwriter Brian Clemens claimed that he had related
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#1732780184807492-526: The Dalek voices for the series since the 2005 relaunch. The DVD features included an audio commentary, on-screen text notes, a documentary "Blasting the Past" in which the cast and crew, as well as fans of the series who are now writers, looked back over the making of the serial. In March 2023, the story was released again in an upgraded format for Blu-ray, being included with the four other stories from Season 9 in
533-544: The Daleks Day of the Daleks is the first serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 1 to 22 January 1972. It was the first of four Third Doctor serials to feature the Daleks , which returned to the series for the first time since The Evil of the Daleks (1967). In the serial, the Doctor and UNIT investigate
574-519: The Daleks the greatest Doctor Who story of all time. In the story, Nation introduced the character of Davros , the creator of the Daleks, who went on to appear in further storylines. Nation also wrote two non-Dalek scripts for Doctor Who , The Keys of Marinus in 1964, which introduced the Voord , and The Android Invasion in 1975, which introduced the Kraals . Nation's final script for Doctor Who
615-571: The Daleks at number 53 in "the 56 greatest stories and episodes", arguing that "the Daleks' apelike henchmen, the Ogrons, are well-designed and Jon Pertwee's Doctor runs the full gamut from one-man wine and cheese society to man of action, to stern authority in his scenes in the 22nd century". The novelisation of this serial, by Dicks, was published by Target Books in April 1974. There have been Dutch , Turkish , Japanese , Polish and Portuguese language editions. A Brazilian edition, separate from
656-458: The Daleks four out of five stars, writing that it "has everything" and that the time travel plot was refreshingly traditional science fiction. Ian Berriman of SFX also rated the serial four out of five stars, describing it as "a fascinating concept, played out as rollicking action-adventure". He wrote that its weaknesses were "mainly on a technical level", concerning the Daleks and the final battle. In 2018, The Daily Telegraph ranked Day of
697-603: The Daleks in Doctor Who became less frequent and were written by other authors (Whitaker wrote The Power of the Daleks (1966) and The Evil of the Daleks (1967), and Louis Marks wrote Day of the Daleks (1972)). In 1973, following an eight-year absence from the series, Nation returned to writing for the Daleks on Doctor Who with the Third Doctor serial Planet of the Daleks . In 1998, readers of Doctor Who Magazine voted Nation's 1975 serial Genesis of
738-842: The Forbidden Planet , as well as a novel based on Survivors . In 1980, Nation moved to Los Angeles , where he developed programme ideas and worked for various production studios. Little of his work from this time was as successful as that of his earlier period in Britain. He wrote scripts for the hit TV series MacGyver (1985) and A Fine Romance (1989). Nation died from emphysema in Los Angeles on 9 March 1997, aged 66. Shortly before his death, he had been collaborating with actor Paul Darrow on another attempt to revive Blake's 7 . 62 episodes (1963–1966, 1973–1975, 1979): 14 episodes (1964–1968): 6 episodes (1968–1969): "K
779-674: The Portuguese version, was published with the title Doutor Who e a Mudança da História ( Doctor Who and the Change in History ). This is the earliest story for which all the original PAL 2" videotapes exist. The story was first released on VHS and Betamax in an omnibus format in 1986 (with the story mistitled as The Day of the Daleks on the VHS box art) and re-released in episodic format in 1994. The previous VHS omnibus edition remained as
820-417: The attempted assassination of British diplomat Sir Reginald Styles, whose attacker apparently disappeared into thin air. A British diplomat, Sir Reginald Styles, is organising a peace conference to avert World War III . In his study at Auderly House he is held at gunpoint by a soldier wielding a futuristic looking pistol , who then mysteriously vanishes. The shaken Styles believes that he has been visited by
861-460: The complexities of time travel is handled well even if some of the international politics is moronic." In 2009, Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times awarded it four stars out of five. He noted that the Daleks were not at their best production-wise, but he praised the Ogrons, Pertwee, and the cliffhangers. While he acknowledged the production shortcomings of the final battle, he summed the story up as "pacey, thought-provoking entertainment [that] has stood
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#1732780184807902-698: The concept for Survivors to Nation in the late 1960s while they were working together on the final series of The Avengers , with Clemens claiming to have registered the Survivors concept with the Writers' Guild of Great Britain in 1965; Nation denied the allegations. Although the case was ultimately brought before the High Court , both sides withdrew from the proceedings after their legal costs mounted. The production of Nation's next BBC creation, Blake's 7 , experienced fewer problems. This series follows
943-474: The industry in 1955 after a (possibly apocryphal) incident in which Spike Milligan bought a sketch that he had written because he thought that Nation appeared hungry. During the 1950s, Nation worked with John Junkin and Johnny Speight for the writers' agency Associated London Scripts , where he collaborated on hundreds of radio plays for comedians such as Terry Scott , Eric Sykes , Harry Worth and Frankie Howerd . His career break came in 1962, when he
984-584: The keyboard player in the rock band Small Faces . The story was edited and condensed into a single omnibus edition for broadcast on BBC1 at 7 pm on 3 September 1973, with viewing figures of 7.4 million. Paul Cornell , Martin Day , and Keith Topping wrote of the serial in The Discontinuity Guide (1995), "A clever (if unoriginal) idea which is spoiled by the pointless inclusion of the Daleks themselves. The series' first proper look at some of
1025-553: The lab, and saw their earlier selves working on the TARDIS console as before, after which they would vanish. However, director Paul Bernard refused to film it, saying "Once it's over, it's over". Script editor Terrance Dicks would later restore the scene in his novelisation of the story. This story features the TARDIS console once more outside of the TARDIS itself, as in The Ambassadors of Death and Inferno . This serial
1066-700: The most popular British series of the 1960s and 1970s, such as The Avengers , The Baron , The Champions , Department S , The Persuaders! and The Saint . When Nation was commissioned to write The Daleks (1963) for Doctor Who , the villainous eponymous creatures established the series' early popularity. He later devised the recurring character of Davros in Genesis of the Daleks (1975). His series Survivors and Blake's 7 have been described as "much-loved cult TV classics". Born in Llandaff , Cardiff, Wales, Nation initially worked in comedy, entering
1107-424: The offer, writing the second Doctor Who serial, The Daleks (also known as The Mutants and The Dead Planet ). The serial introduced the eponymous extraterrestrial villains that would quickly become the series' most popular and enduring monsters, and resulted in a major merchandising success for Nation and the BBC. Nation contributed further scripts to Doctor Who . In 1965, he and Dennis Spooner co-wrote
1148-413: The production of this serial, so only three Daleks appear on screen at any one time. One of the Daleks is painted gold, so only two regular casings are seen in shot. Film editing is used to attempt the illusion of more than three Daleks. The final battle at Auderly House was disliked by viewers, as it was quite obvious that only three Daleks were attacking. On the 2011 DVD release, CGI and newly shot footage
1189-565: The production staff realised that the show would not have a hook to entice viewers (after the Third Doctor's introduction in Season 7 and that of the Master in Season 8), and Sloman's serial was allegedly shaping up to be too similar to The Dalek Invasion of Earth . Instead, writer Louis Marks was asked to alter his serial to include the Daleks. Osterley Park was originally proposed as
1230-454: The rebel attack itself will be the cause of the explosion, and that the rebels are caught up in a time paradox . The time machine contains a homing device which alerts the Daleks to the Doctor's location. They launch an attack, and the ensuing battle shifts back and forth between the 20th and 22nd Centuries. The Doctor and Jo discover a future world of an enslaved society, overseen by a military force of primitive humanoid Ogrons , supervised by
1271-507: The release for the United States and Canada. This story was released on LaserDisc twice, first in an omnibus format in the United States in 1992, and later in episodic format in the UK in 1996. A DVD was released on 12 September 2011. The 2-disc DVD contains both the original broadcast version and, on the second disc, a special edition version with new CGI effects, newly shot footage and new Dalek voices performed by Nicholas Briggs , who has provided
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1312-486: The series by Barry Letts "was perhaps worth my biting my lip". On the other hand, he enjoyed working with the story's guest cast. He also liked the Ogrons, as unlike the Daleks, their design allowed the actors' mouths and lips to be seen and thus he felt allowed the actors playing them to "come to grips" with their characters and "with an entire range of expressions available" make the viewers believe in their performance. Pertwee also recalled he persuaded Barry Letts to include
1353-410: The setting and location for Day of the Daleks . The name was changed to Auderly House in the finished programme and renamed Austerly House in the novelisation. Jon Pertwee, who would later say, "I have never liked the Daleks", felt that the monsters were very limited and could not understand their popularity. However, he would concede that the publicity which followed the announcement of their return to
1394-476: The story by Peter Phillips about a bed-bound science-fiction author who finds himself within one of his own fantasies after a mental breakdown. This would be the first time the Daleks had been shown in colour on television, although they had previously appeared in colour in the Peter Cushing films . Only production stills and low-quality audio extracts survive. Having returned to writing for Doctor Who ,
1435-439: The test of time better than some of its contemporaries". In Doctor Who: The Complete Guide , Mark Campbell awarded it nine out of ten, describing it as an "intelligently scripted Terminator prototype" with a "credible future world and an effective documentary-style approach to much of the present-day action." However, he believed that the downside was that "the Daleks seem oddly static". DVD Talk 's John Sinnott gave Day of
1476-439: The time vortex on a mission to assassinate Styles. It transpires that the rebels come from an alternate future in which a war-ravaged Earth has been enslaved by the Daleks . The outbreak of world war has been attributed to an explosion at the 20th-century peace conference, and the rebels believe that by assassinating Styles, they can alter future events and prevent the Dalek invasion from ever taking place. The Doctor surmises that
1517-466: The trikes seen in the story, reflecting his love of vehicles. However he considered the chase sequence involving them to be "one of the more dangerous stunts that I had insisted on doing" during his time on the series. Terry Nation , who penned the first story The Daleks in 1963, was given an on-screen credit at the end of all four episodes of this story as having originated them. The production team only had three Dalek props available for use during
1558-570: Was Destiny of the Daleks , broadcast in 1979. His work on Doctor Who was the subject of the documentary Terror Nation , a special feature on the BBC DVD release of Destiny of the Daleks . Nation's first work on the science-fiction anthology series Out of the Unknown was scripting an adaptation of Ray Bradbury 's short story The Fox and the Forest in 1965 for the show's debut series. It
1599-429: Was about a 21st-century couple taking a forbidden trip to Mexico in 1938, only to be followed by enforcers from the future. It is one of only two episodes from the first series to be considered lost , with only two photographs and the end titles known to exist. In 1969, when the show began to be produced in colour, Nation granted permission for the Daleks to be used in the series three episode Get Off My Cloud , based on
1640-446: Was commissioned to write material for Tony Hancock – first for Hancock's unsuccessful series for Associated Television broadcast on ITV in 1963, and then his stage show. Although Nation accompanied Hancock as his chief screenwriter on tour in 1963, Hancock would regularly neglect Nation's scripts in favour of recycling his old material. Following an argument over this, Hancock either sacked Nation, or Nation resigned (it
1681-413: Was used to revamp the scene, making it appear that more Daleks were attacking the house. Early in the first episode, there is a scene where the Doctor and Jo are working on the TARDIS console in the Doctor's lab. A mistake by the Doctor causes another Doctor and Jo to briefly appear at the entrance to the lab and then vanish. Originally the serial was to end with a scene where the Doctor and Jo went back to