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| type = serial
| image = [[File:Daleks Master Plan.jpg|275px250px]]
| caption = A photograph{{efn|The only extant visuals from the seventh episode, "The Feast of Steven", are from home photographs of [[Robert Jewell]], who portrayed [[Bing Crosby]] in the episode.<ref name="DWM 559"/>}} of [[First Doctor|the Doctor]]'s [[Fourth wall|address to the audience]] in the seventh episode, a self-contained comedic story broadcast on [[Christmas Day]], which drew criticism from the production crew, viewers, and critics.{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=110, 133–134, 145}}<ref name="Radio Times Review"/>
| caption = The Daleks confer with Mavic Chen, Guardian of the Solar System
| doctor = [[William Hartnell]] – [[First Doctor]]
| companions =
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* [[Jean Marsh]] – [[Sara Kingdom]]
| guests =
* [[Kevin Stoney]] – Mavic Chen
* [[Peter Butterworth]] – The Monk
* [[Nicholas Courtney]] – Bret Vyon
* [[Brian Cant]] – Kert Gantry
* [[Kevin Stoney]] – Mavic Chen
* [[Maurice Browning]] – Karlton
* [[Julian Sherrier]] – Zephon
* [[Roy Evans (actor)|Roy Evans]] – Trantis
* [[Bryan Mosley]] – Malpha / Prop Man
* [[Terence Woodfield]] – Celation
* [[Pamela Greer]] – Lizan
* [[Philip Anthony]] – Roald
* Michael Guest – Interviewer
* [[Doug Sheldon|Douglas Sheldon]] – Kirksen
* [[DallasJulian Cavell]]Sherrier – BorsZephon
* [[GeoffreyRoy CheshireEvans (actor)|GeoffreyRoy CheshireEvans]] – GargeTrantis
* [[Douglas Sheldon]] – Kirksen
* Dallas Cavell – Bors
* Geoffrey Cheshire – Garge
* [[Maurice Browning]] – Karlton
* [[Roger Avon]] – Daxtar
* [[James Hall (British actor)|James Hall]] – Borkar
* [[Bill Meilen]] – Froyn
* [[John Herrington (actor)|John Herrington]] – Rhynmal
* [[RobertClifford JewellEarl]], [[KevinNorman ManserMitchell]], [[JohnMalcolm Scott Martin]]Rogers, [[GeraldKenneth Taylor (actor)|Gerald Taylor]]Thornett – [[Dalek]]sPolicemen
* Reg Pritchard – Man in Mackintosh
* [[David Graham (actor)|David Graham]], [[Peter Hawkins]] – Dalek Voices
* [[Michael Guest (actor)|Michael Guest]] – Interviewer
* [[Clifford Earl]], [[Norman Mitchell]], [[Malcolm Rogers (actor)|Malcolm Rogers]], [[Kenneth Thornett]] – Policemen
* [[Reg Pritchard]] – Man in Mackintosh
* [[Sheila Dunn]] – Blossom Lefevre
* [[Leonard Grahame]] – Darcy Tranton
* [[Royston Tickner]] – Steinberger P. Green
* [[Mark Ross (actor)|Mark Ross]] – Ingmar Knopf
* [[Conrad Monk]] – Assistant Director
* David James – Arab Sheik
* [[Paula Topham]] – Vamp
* [[Robert Jewell|Robert G. Jewell]] – Clown
* [[Albert Barrington]] – Professor Webster
* [[SteveBuddy MachinWindrush]] – CameramanProp Man
* Steve Machin – Cameraman
* Terence Woodfield – Celation
* [[Roger Brierley]] – Trevor
* [[Bruce Wightman]] – Scott
* [[Jeffrey Isaac (actor)|Jeffrey Isaac]] – Khepren
* [[Derek Ware (actor)|Derek Ware]] – Tuthmos
* [[Walter Randall]] – Hyksos
* [[Peter Hawkins]], [[David Graham (actor)|David Graham]] – Dalek Voices
* [[May Warden]] – Elderly Sara Kingdom (uncredited)
* [[Kevin Manser]], [[Robert Jewell]], Gerald Taylor, [[John Scott Martin]] – [[Dalek]]s
* [[May Warden]] – Old Sara (uncredited){{sfn|Wright|2017|p=126}}
| director = [[Douglas Camfield]]
| writer = {{ubl|[[Terry Nation]] (episodes 1–5, 7)<br/>|[[Dennis Spooner]] (episodes 6, 8–12)}}
| script_editor = [[Donald Tosh]]
| producer = [[John Wiles]]
| executive_producer = None
| composer = [[Tristram Cary]]
| production_code = V
| series = [[Doctor Who (season 3)|Season 3]]
| length = {{nowrap|12 episodes, 25 minutes each}}
| missing_eps = {{idp|9 episodes {{nowrap|(1, 3, 43–4, 6–9, 11 and 1211–12)}}}}
| started = {{start date|1965|11|13|df=y}}
| ended = {{end date|1966|1|29|df=y}}
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'''''The Daleks' Master Plan''''' is the fourth [[DoctorSerial Who(radio missingand episodestelevision)|mostly missingserial]] fourth serial of the [[Doctor Who (season 3)|the third season]] inof the British [[Science fiction on television|science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Written by [[Terry Nation]] and [[Dennis Spooner]] and directed by [[Douglas Camfield]], whichthe originallyserial airedwas broadcast on [[BBC1]] in twelve weekly parts from 13 November 1965 to 29 January 1966. ThisIt twelve-partwas the show's longest serial isuntil 1986 and remains the longest with a single director and [[production code]].{{efn|name=Trial}} In the serial, the [[First Doctor]] ''([[TheWilliam TrialHartnell]]) ofand ahis Timetravelling Lord[[Companion (Doctor Who)|companions]]'' was[[Steven longerTaylor but(Doctor wasWho)|Steven madeTaylor]] in([[Peter threePurves]]) productionand blocks,Katarina with([[Adrienne separateHill]]) codes,become andembroiled within fourthe separate[[Dalek]]s' storyscheme linesto eachdesign withthe theirultimate ownweapon. authorsThey are joined by Bret Vyon ([[Nicholas Courtney]]) and working[[Sara titlesKingdom]] ([[Jean Marsh]]).
 
The serial was commissioned due to the Daleks' popularity, and was preceded by a prequel episode, "[[Mission to the Unknown]]". Nation shared the workload by writing six episodes while former [[script editor]] Spooner wrote the other six. The seventh episode's [[Christmas Day]] broadcast prompted the production team to write a self-contained comedic story, which ends with the Doctor [[Fourth wall|addressing the audience]]. ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' is the first story to feature companion deaths: Katarina, proving difficult to write, was killed and replaced by Sara, who was also later killed. It marks Courtney's first appearance in ''Doctor Who''; he returned in 1968 to portray recurring character [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]].
This serial marks the final appearance of [[Adrienne Hill]] as [[companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] Katarina, and the only appearance of [[Jean Marsh]] as [[Sara Kingdom]]. Katarina and Sara Kingdom both die during the serial, marking the first two companion deaths in the show. Episode 1, "The Nightmare Begins", marks the first appearance of [[Nicholas Courtney]] in ''Doctor Who'', here playing space security agent Bret Vyon.
 
''The Daleks' Master Plan'' received an average of 9.35 million viewers across the twelve episodes, an increase from [[The Myth Makers|the preceding serial]] but lower than the previous year. Contemporary reviews were mixed, with interest in the Daleks waning as the serial progressed and some viewers critical of its violence. Retrospective reviews praised the direction, writing, and production design, but criticised the serial's length, incongruous seventh episode, and violent deaths of female companions. The serial's videotapes were [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|wiped]] by the BBC in the late 1960s; three episodes were subsequently discovered and released on DVD, but the rest remain [[Doctor Who missing episodes|missing]] besides off-air audio recordings. The story was novelised in two volumes by [[John Peel]], and the off-air recording was used in audiobooks.
It was the second ''Doctor Who'' story never to be screened in Australia; the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] judged the story to be unsuitable for children. Only three of the twelve episodes (two, five and ten) are held in the BBC archives; nine [[Doctor Who missing episodes|remain missing]].
 
== Plot ==
Some six months afterOn the eventsplanet ofKembel, "[[Mission toFirst Doctor|the UnknownDoctor]]", the ([[TARDIS]]William arrives on the planet Kembel, and the [[First DoctorHartnell]]) leavessearches the TARDIS to try to findfor medical aid for the wounded [[Steven Taylor (Doctor Who)|Steven Taylor]] ([[Peter Purves]]), leavingwho himhe leaves with the Trojan servant girl Katarina ([[Adrienne Hill]]). Meanwhile,The aDoctor Space Agent,encounters Bret Vyon is([[Nicholas alsoCourtney]]), ona the planet trying to find out what happened toSpace Agent Marc Cory. The two parties cross paths and agree to work together, whereupon theyThey discover that the [[Dalek]]s have putestablished together a grandan alliance with various galactic powers to conquer humanity by use ofusing a Time Destructor, a weapon withthat the potential tocan destroy all life on a planet by accelerating the flow of time. The traitorous Guardian of the Solar System, Mavic Chen ([[Kevin Stoney]]), has provided the weapon's power core, made up ofwhich the rare element taranium. The Doctor infiltratessteals abefore meetingescaping ofin the DaleksChen's allianceship and steals the taranium core, before he,with his companions, and Vyon escape by stealing Chen's ship, termed a SparBret.
 
The ship temporarily lands on a prison planet. After it takes off, a stowaway takes Katarina hostage. Katarina activates the airlock door and ejects them both into space, where they die. The ship returns to Earth, where Bret contacts his old friend Daxtar ([[Roger Avon]]), who unwittingly reveals he is working with Chen. Bret kills Daxtar, before being killed by his own sister, Space Agent [[Sara Kingdom]] ([[Jean Marsh]]). The Doctor, Steven, and Sara are transported to the distant planet Mira. Sara agrees to work with them, and they steal a Dalek ship. The Daleks force the ship to return to Kembel. The Doctor and Steven create a fake core, which they dupe the Daleks into accepting before fleeing in the TARDIS with Sara. They briefly land in a police station, a [[silent-era]] film set, and [[the Oval]], and celebrate [[Christmas]].
The Daleks force the Spar to crash-land on the nearby prison planet of Desperus, only for the pursuing Dalek ship to suffer an even worse crash, allowing the Doctor time to repair the Spar and take off again. As soon as they take off, however, they discover that they picked up a convict named Kirksen, who takes Katarina hostage. While they try to talk Kirksen down, Katarina activates the outer airlock door and ejects her and Kirksen into space, where they both die, leaving the shocked and saddened Doctor and Steven to contemplate whether her actions were deliberate.
 
The TARDIS travels to Ancient Egypt, followed by Chen and Daleks, as well as the Monk ([[Peter Butterworth]]), who seeks revenge after the Doctor left him stranded.{{efn|As depicted in ''[[The Time Meddler]]'' (1965){{sfn|Wright|2017|p=94}}}} The Monk is forced to work with Chen and the Daleks, and they take Steven and Sara captive, forcing the Doctor to relinquish the real core. The Doctor steals the Monk's directional control, leaving him stranded. On Kembel, the Daleks end their alliance with Chen. He captures Steven and Sara and takes them to the Dalek base. When he tries to give orders to the Daleks, they kill him. The Doctor steals the Time Destructor, which activates. Sara is aged into dust and killed, while Steven and the Doctor survive and reach the TARDIS. The Daleks try to destroy the Time Destructor but it kills them, wiping out all life on the planet. The Doctor and Steven remark on the senseless deaths of Bret, Katarina, and Sara.
After the Spar returns to Earth, the group makes contact with Vyon's old friend Daxtar, who unwittingly reveals that he is working with Chen. Vyon kills Daxtar, only to then be killed himself by his sister, fellow Space Agent [[Sara Kingdom]]. Kingdom unwittingly chases the Doctor and Steven into an experimental teleportation chamber, where they are transported to the distant planet of Mira. After the Doctor and Steven persuade her of Chen's treachery, she agrees to work with them, and helps them fend off an attack by the planet's savage, invisible natives, before the three steal a Dalek ship that has been sent to retrieve them. The Daleks force this ship to return to Kembel, but the Doctor and Steven manage to create a fake taranium core, which they dupe the Daleks into accepting before they and Sara flee in the TARDIS.
 
== Production ==
In an interlude from the main storyline, Doctor, Steven, and Sara land in a police station in Liverpool, and then a film set in silent-era Hollywood, leading to many comedic misunderstandings in both locations, before the Doctor [[breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] to wish viewers at home a [[Merry Christmas]].
=== Conception and writing ===
In early 1965, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' script editor [[Dennis Spooner]] asked [[Terry Nation]] to write a six-part serial featuring the [[Daleks]], wanting to recreate the success of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' (1964).{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=109}} The return of the Daleks was expected to boost sales of related toys in the [[Christmas period]].<ref name="Lancashire Evening"/> Nation was granted an additional episode in February to act as a "trailer" for the serial, which eventually became "[[Mission to the Unknown]]" (1965). Spooner subsequently departed ''Doctor Who'' in April to work with Nation on ''[[The Baron (TV series)|The Baron]]'' (1966–1967); his successor, [[Donald Tosh]], commissioned Nation's six-part serial under the provisional title ''Dr Who and the Daleks'' in May. The [[BBC]]'s director of television, [[Kenneth Adam]], suggested the serial be expanded to thirteen episodes; head of drama [[Sydney Newman]] formally requested an expansion to twelve episodes, to which producer [[Verity Lambert]] agreed if Nation and Spooner could share writing duties due to their work on ''The Baron''.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=109}} The twelve-part serial was confirmed by mid June. Lambert's successor, [[John Wiles]], was unhappy with the extension and threatened to resign; Tosh, who was also unhappy, persuaded him to stay.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=110}}
 
Following the extension, in July, Tosh commissioned Nation to write the first six episodes, and Spooner to write the remaining six; they soon swapped the sixth and seventh episodes, allowing each to write a [[cliffhanger]] for the other to resolve.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=113}} Tosh advised Spooner to write standalone sequences to link to Nation's cliffhangers later.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=119}} Nation and Spooner met to discuss the storyline but mostly worked independently;{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=110}} their outline varied in length, with two pages for the first episode, a paragraph for the tenth, and a brief sentence for the twelfth.<ref name="DWM Special 57"/>{{rp|p=22}} Nation's six draft scripts ran to 150 pages;<ref name="DWM Special 57"/>{{rp|p=49}} however, Tosh recalled that Nation's drafts were short—running to around 15 minutes each, with the seventh episode at 21 pages (far shorter than the average 45)—and required expansion.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=113}}{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=117}} Spooner had more time to work on his scripts,{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=117}} and Tosh felt they required less work as Spooner was a former script editor.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=119}} Nation's scripts were delivered in August, and Spooner's in September.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=121}} The planet of Desperus, dubbed "Devil's Planet", is a reference to the French [[penal colony]] [[Devil's Island]].{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=114–115}}
The TARDIS then lands on a volcanic planet, and is followed there by the Doctor's old enemy the Meddling Monk, who is out for revenge after the Doctor tried to strand him in Medieval England by sabotaging his TARDIS. The Monk damages the door lock of the Doctor's TARDIS, but the Doctor makes temporary repairs and manages to travel to Ancient Egypt; the Monk follows him there, as does Chen and a squadron of Daleks, who by now have deduced that the Doctor gave them a fake core. Chen and the Daleks force the Monk into working with them, and he gets the idea of taking Steven and Sara captive and using them as hostages. Without the time to create another fake core, the Doctor is forced to hand the real one over to Chen, though he at least manages to steal the directional circuit from the Monk's TARDIS, ensuring that the Monk cannot control its destination, and thereby can no longer pursue the Doctor.
 
The seventh episode's scheduled broadcast on [[Christmas Day]] prompted the production team to write a self-contained comedic story, believing viewers would be disinterested in a complex narrative. Tosh was inspired to make the episode a parody of the [[police procedural]] series ''[[Z-Cars]]'' after one of its writers, [[Keith Dewhurst]], turned down his request to write for ''Doctor Who''.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=110}} Camfield enquired about using four ''Z-Cars'' cast members ([[James Ellis (actor)|James Ellis]], [[Brian Blessed]], [[Joseph Brady (actor)|Joseph Brady]], and [[Colin Welland]]) and production designer [[Raymond Cusick]] asked to use its set; ''Z-Cars'' producer [[David Rose (producer)|David Rose]] declined as the production schedules overlapped and he felt a festive story did not match ''Z-Cars''{{'}}s tone.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=126}} The Doctor's [[Fourth wall|address to the audience]] at the end of the seventh episode—in which he says "Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home"—was written in the camera script, though Tosh and Wiles later claimed it was improvised by Hartnell.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=133}} Tosh criticised the address and felt it broke the audience's [[suspension of disbelief]].{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=133–134}} 40 years later, ''Doctor Who'' introduced annual [[List of Doctor Who Christmas and New Year's specials|Christmas specials]] with "[[The Christmas Invasion]]" (2005).<ref name="Den of Geek Christmas"/>
Using the Monk's directional control (which is destroyed in the process), the Doctor is able to pilot the TARDIS back to Kembel, where Steven and Sara discover that the Daleks have deemed their fellow alliance leaders, including Chen, surplus to requirements and have imprisoned them. Steven and Sara free them so that they can ensure their races end their alliances with the Daleks, only to then be captured by Chen, who has been driven insane by the Daleks' betrayal and has deluded himself into believing that he is immortal and the leader of the Daleks. He marches Steven and Sara into the Dalek base and tries to give orders to the Daleks, who react by killing Chen. The Doctor takes advantage of the resulting commotion to steal and activate the Time Destructor itself, threatening to bring it to full power and destroy all life on Kembel if the Daleks do not let him and his companions go.
 
By June 1965, [[Douglas Camfield]] was assigned to direct ''The Daleks' Master Plan''. Tosh persuaded Wiles to maintain Camfield as the sole director after the serial was extended to twelve episodes.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=112}} Camfield often rewrote elements of the scripts during rehearsals;{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=127}} Tosh felt Camfield's work on the scripts made the serial a success.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=122}} Camfield asked [[Tristram Cary]] to compose music for the serial in July; Cary had worked on ''[[The Daleks]]'' (1963–1964) and the two had collaborated on ''[[Marco Polo (Doctor Who)|Marco Polo]]'' (1965).{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=121}} Music was recorded at [[IBC Studios]] for the first six episodes on 13 October,{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=127}} and for the final six on 23 October.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=131}} [[Brian Hodgson]] of the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] created 48 sound effects for the serial in September 1965.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=122}} Production assistant Viktors Ritelis was credited for the final episode at Camfield's request, as he felt he had helped immensely.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=136}} Exhausted from production, Camfield decided he would not return to direct ''Doctor Who'' for some time.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=138}} Production designers Cusick and Barry Newbery collaborated on the serial due to its length; it was Cusick's final story for ''Doctor Who'', as he wanted to return to drama.{{sfn|Bentham|1986|p=148}}
Steven is able to get back to the TARDIS before the Time Destructor reaches full power of its own accord, but the Doctor and Sara are not, and Sara is killed and aged into dust. Steven manages to help the Doctor back into the TARDIS, restoring them both to their proper ages, after which the Daleks arrive and, after trying and failing to destroy the Time Destructor, become the victims of their own weapon as it wipes out all life on the planet. Later, once the weapon has burned itself out, the Doctor and Steven emerge from the TARDIS, with Steven distraught at the senseless deaths of Bret, Katarina, and Sara, and the Doctor remarking on the "terrible waste" that has taken place.
 
=== Casting and characters ===
==Production==
[[File:Nicholas Courtney, Invasion 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|''The Daleks' Master Plan'' marked the first appearance of [[Nicholas Courtney]] ''(pictured in 2010)'' in ''Doctor Who''. He returned in 1968 to portray a different character, [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], who became a prominent recurring character.{{sfn|Muir|1999|p=120}}<ref name="Telegraph Courtney"/>]]
 
Wiles and Tosh decided the serial should kill new [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] Katarina for [[shock value]], as writers of subsequent stories faced difficulty fitting her in, and they felt viewers may be unable to identify with her. They decided she would be replaced by another woman, Sara Kingdom, who would be killed in the serial's climax.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=115}} Katarina and Sara were the first companions to be killed in ''Doctor Who'', and the only ones to do so on-screen until ''[[Earthshock]]'' (1982).{{sfn|Muir|1999|p=119}} Nation had intended for Sara to feature in an American spin-off series with the Daleks, but added her to ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' instead when the series did not emerge.{{sfn|Kistler|2013|p=62}} Inspired by the character [[Cathy Gale]] of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', the scripts described her as "about twenty-five, very beautiful".{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=115}} She was originally written as Bret's lover, but was rewritten as his sister.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=115}} Nation envisioned Bret Vyon as "the [[007]] of space".{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=110}} The frequent cast changes left Purves worried for his role; he felt he might be replaced by Nicholas Courtney.<ref name="DWM Companions"/>{{rp|p=18}}
===Script===
According to the credits, the serial was written by [[Terry Nation]] (episodes 1–5 & 7) and [[Dennis Spooner]] (episodes 6 & 8–12), with the credit "From an idea by Terry Nation" on Spooner's episodes. Script editor [[Donald Tosh]] claimed in an interview that the work done by Nation on the serial amounted to less than 20 pages of work, and that he wrote most of Nation's episodes. However, ''Doctor Who'' historian David Brunt has disputed this, saying that Nation submitted over 30 pages of script for each of his episodes (apart from "The Feast of Steven") and that Tosh only polished the dialogue and/or cut scenes out for time or budget reasons.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
 
Courtney, who had earlier been considered to play [[Richard I of England|King Richard]] in ''[[The Crusade (Doctor Who)|The Crusade]]'' (1965), was cast as Bret in September.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=122}} Courtney returned in the 1968 serial ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' to play [[Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart]], who later became a prominent recurring character in ''Doctor Who''.{{sfn|Muir|1999|p=120}}<ref name="Telegraph Courtney"/> The week after Courtney's casting, Jean Marsh—who had played [[Joan of England, Queen of Sicily|Joanna]] in ''The Crusade'', for which Adrienne Hill had been considered—was cast as Sara.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=122}} Hill and Marsh's casting was announced in November 1965.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=140}} Some character names were altered to reflect the story's futuristic setting; Bret Vyon was originally Brett Walton, and Bors was originally Breton.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=122}} Khepren, Hyksos, and Tuthmos were named after [[Chephren]], [[Hyksos]], and [[Thutmose]], respectively.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=120}} Make-up artist Joan Barrett shaved the heads of six actors portraying Technix, for which they were paid double.<ref name="Reading Evening"/><ref name="Western Daily"/>
Another controversy involves the title of the serial. Perhaps because of the multiple authors and/or typists, virtually every conceivable variant of the title ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' was used in contemporary documents, though this version is on a plurality of camera scripts. During production the story was referred to as ''Twelve Part Dalek Story'' on some documents.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
 
Tosh expanded Mavic Chen's role when adding to Nation's draft scripts.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=113}} Spooner requested the reintroduction of the Monk from ''[[The Time Meddler]]'' (1965), which he had written;{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=112}} he felt the character could provide humour and Butterworth's performance could alleviate Hartnell's work. Butterworth was keen to reprise his role.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=119}} James Hall (cast as Borkar) had previously appeared in ''[[The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who)|The Reign of Terror]]'' (1964),{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=130}} while Malcolm Rogers (a policeman) was in ''[[The Chase (Doctor Who)|The Chase]]'' (1965),{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=132}} and Roger Avon, Reg Pritchard, and [[Bruce Wightman]] (Daxtar, Man in Mackintosh, and Scott, respectively) had appeared in ''The Crusade''.{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=130, 132, 134}} [[Sheila Dunn]], who portrayed Blossom Lefavre, was Camfield's wife; they had married the preceding August.{{efn|Camfield and Dunn's wedding was covered by media outlets, which has been attributed to the anticipation surrounding ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' and its director.{{sfn|Rigelsford|1994|p=47}}}} The cowboy was portrayed by William Hall, the ''[[The Evening News (London newspaper)|Evening News]]''{{'}}s film critic who had been Camfield's [[best man]] at his wedding; the role was uncredited. Hall later married Jean Pestell, who portrayed a saloon bar girl in the episode.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=132}}
The original intention was that the police station scenes of the Christmas episode would feature a crossover with the characters and location of the BBC's popular police drama ''[[Z-Cars]]''. However, the ''Z-Cars'' production team vetoed the idea, although the [[Liverpool]]-area location of the police station survived in the transmitted episode.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Who: The Weird Anomaly of the 1965 'Christmas Special' |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who-the-weird-anomaly-of-the-1965-christmas-special/ |url-status=live |date=2 December 2020 |access-date=10 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210910221815/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who-the-weird-anomaly-of-the-1965-christmas-special/ |archive-date=10 September 2021}}</ref> [[John Peel (writer)|John Peel]]'s novelisation of the serial references this plan by using the cast names of the ''Z-Cars'' actors for the police characters' names.
 
=== Filming ===
According to the liner notes for the CD release{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} the fictional mineral taranium was originally called "vitaranium", but was shortened during production because of concerns about William Hartnell's ability to pronounce it. Also, it was felt that "vitaranium" sounded too much like "vitamin".{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
[[File:BBC Television Centre.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The serial was filmed at the [[BBC Television Centre]] ''(pictured in 2005)'' from October 1965 to January 1966.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=138}}]]
 
Early [[35 mm film]]ing began on Stage 3A/B of the [[BBC Television Film Studios]] on 27 September 1965, including Katarina's death in the evening—Hill's first work on the series.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=124}}{{sfn|Keen|2010|p=106}} Much of the model filming was delayed due to unavailability of props and sets.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=125}} In filming Sara's death scene on 6 October, Camfield was inspired by Ayesha's death in [[H. Rider Haggard]]'s novel ''[[She: A History of Adventure|She]]'' (1887).{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=126}} Rehearsals for the serial started on 18 October,{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=127}} and weekly recording began on 22 October in the [[BBC Television Centre]]'s Studio 3.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=128}} The first episode's recording ran under schedule, which Wiles attributed to difficulty in timing special effects.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=129}}
====Christmas episode====
Tosh and producer [[John Wiles]] later claimed that the scene where the Doctor and his companions celebrate Christmas was not originally in the script, and that either the scene was hastily written by director [[Douglas Camfield]] when the episode ran short or that Hartnell made an unscripted ad lib. However, it appears on Camfield's camera script, and it was common practice at the time for BBC shows to have a direct address to camera for a Christmas episode; editing would have allowed for the removal of the line if necessary.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide – The Daleks' Master Plan - Details |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/daleksmasterplan/detail.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917231621/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/daleksmasterplan/detail.shtml |archive-date=17 September 2019 |access-date=25 December 2019 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
 
Filmmakers at [[MGM-British Studios|MGM Borehamwood]], who were working on [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968), contacted the production team after the fifth episode's broadcast to enquire about Camfield's special effects shots, including floating corpses in space.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=134}} [[Sam Rolfe]], the American screenwriter known for creating ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' (1964–1968), attended camera rehearsals for the ninth episode, and noted Daleks would likely be popular in the United States.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=135}} Marsh became known for laughing during rehearsals; she was once banished from the studio until she gathered herself.{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=129–130}}
===Cast notes===
Katarina, an inhabitant of ancient [[Troy]], was conceived as a permanent companion and thus introduced at the end of the previous serial, ''[[The Myth Makers]]''. However, the plans for the character were quickly re-evaluated by the writers and Wiles, who realised the writing challenges that came with such an unworldly character. As it was impractical to remove the character from upcoming scripts at short notice it was decided to write out Katarina by killing her early in ''The Daleks' Master Plan'', making her the first companion in the series to die. Katarina's death was the first scene Adrienne Hill filmed for the series.<ref>{{cite book|first=Antony|last=Keen|chapter=It's About Tempus: Greece and Rome in 'Classic' Doctor Who|title=Space and Time: Essays on Visions of History in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television|editor=David C. Wright and Allan W. Austin|year=2010|publisher=McFarland & Company|page=106}}</ref>
 
Hartnell's worsening health and sadness from Lambert's departure led to difficulties in his relationship with Wiles, prompting the latter to remove him from filming where possible;{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=122}} the Doctor was removed from most of the eleventh episode and his dialogue inherited by Steven.{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=136–137}} Hartnell became irritable during production, partly due to the removal of his usual chair during rehearsals; when he upset his [[Dresser (theater)|dresser]], the crew performed a temporary [[walkout]].{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=130}} Hartnell was upset by a last-minute script change explaining the Doctor opened the TARDIS lock using his ring, as he felt it had not been established in prior stories.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=134}} On 13 December, Hartnell announced he would retire from the role at the end of the season;<ref name="Manchester Evening"/> he backtracked the following day, stating he would be willing to stay for another two-and-a-half years, at which point he hoped the programme would be broadcast in colour.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=135}}<ref name="Guardian Journal"/>
Jean Marsh had previously played Princess Joanna in ''[[The Crusade (Doctor Who)|The Crusade]]'' (and later played Morgaine in ''[[Battlefield (Doctor Who)|Battlefield]]''). She had also been married to future [[Third Doctor]] actor [[Jon Pertwee]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Marsh - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp144167/jean-marsh}}</ref> The character of Sara was created to fulfil the function of companion in Katarina's absence, with no intention for her to continue in the series beyond ''The Daleks' Master Plan''.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Howe
| first = David J.
| author-link = David J. Howe
|author2=Stammers, Mark
|author2-link=Mark Stammers
|author3=Walker, Stephen James
|author3-link=Stephen James Walker
| title = Doctor Who The Handbook - The First Doctor
| publisher = [[Virgin Publishing Ltd]]
| year = 1994
| isbn = 0-426-20430-1
| page = 297 }}</ref>
 
The final episode was recorded on 14 January 1966.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=137}} Recording underran, which Wiles attributed to "policy reasons" requiring the removal of two shots of Sara's death.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=138}} Both Tosh and Wiles had submitted their resignations from ''Doctor Who'' by the end of production in January 1966,{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=136}} Wiles partly due to his his strained relationship with Hartnell and desire to return to writing and directing, and Tosh partly out of loyalty to Wiles and desire to do other work.{{sfn|Howe|Walker|Stammers|1994|p=216}} The serial was granted an additional sum of {{GBP|4,310}}, which was allocated to the first two episodes in addition to the standard {{GBP|2,500}} budget.{{sfn|Howe|Walker|Stammers|1994|p=210}} Recording for the twelve episodes cost a total of {{GBP|31,596}}{{efn|The twelve episodes cost {{GBP|5,318}}, {{GBP|4,031}}, {{GBP|2,268}}, {{GBP|2,448}}, {{GBP|2,194}}, {{GBP|1,914}}, {{GBP|2,562}}, {{GBP|2,265}}, {{GBP|2,398}}, {{GBP|2,391}}, {{GBP|1,919}}, and {{GBP|1,888}}, respectively.{{sfn|Howe|Walker|Stammers|1994|pp=210–216}}}} ({{Inflation|UK|31596|1965|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).{{sfn|Howe|Walker|Stammers|1994|pp=210–216}}
Kevin Stoney returned as [[List of Doctor Who villains#Tobias Vaughn|Tobias Vaughn]], another villain working with an alien force – the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] — against the Earth, in the [[Second Doctor]] serial ''[[The Invasion (Doctor Who)|The Invasion]]'' (1968). Additionally, Stoney also played Tyrum in the [[Fourth Doctor]] serial ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' (1975).
 
== Reception ==
The lead actress of the film seen in "The Feast of Steven" was played by [[Sheila Dunn]], who was Douglas Camfield's fiancée at the time the episode was in production. The two married just before the serial completed production. Camfield later cast her in a minor voice role in ''[[The Invasion (Doctor Who)|The Invasion]]'' and a major screen role in ''[[Inferno (Doctor Who)|Inferno]]''.
=== Broadcast and ratings ===
 
The alien delegates at the Daleks' conference on Kembel differ from those seen in "[[Mission to the Unknown]]", and as that episode is lost, there is some confusion over which is which. Those that reappear here had all been recast (see [[Ronald Rich]]), while some are new to ''Master Plan'' and some seen in "Mission" are missing – this only came to light when "Day of Armageddon" was returned to the BBC archives.
 
Reg Pritchard, who appears in "The Feast of Steven" as "Man in Mackintosh" had previously played Ben Daheer in ''[[The Crusade (Doctor Who)|The Crusade]]'' (1965), and the Doctor seemingly mistakes him for this character. Brian Cant later played Chairman Tensa in ''[[The Dominators]]'' (1968).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_101202_01/Step_Back_in_Time_Congratulations_Brian |title=Blogs – Doctor Who |publisher=BBC |access-date=2013-10-09 |archive-date=5 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205031326/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_101202_01/Step_Back_in_Time_Congratulations_Brian |url-status=live}}</ref> Royston Tickner later played Robbins in ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' (1972).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-guide/the-sea-devils/ | title=The Sea Devils ★★★★★}}</ref>
 
Nicholas Courtney returned in the 1968 serial ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' as series regular [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart|Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]](initially here a Colonel but later to be Brigadier). He went on to appear regularly as the Brigadier over the years until ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode, ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]''.
 
===Missing episodes===
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''The Daleks' Master Plan'' was broadcast on [[BBC1]] in twelve weekly parts from 13 November 1965 to 29 January 1966.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=147}} It was the longest serial in the show's history until 1986's ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and remains the longest with a single director and [[production code]].{{efn|name=Trial|''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' (1986) is a fourteen-part serial but was produced as four separate storylines within three production blocks, each with different directors and [[production code]]s.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=94}}<ref name="BBC Fourth Dimension"/>}} "The Feast of Steven" aired in a later timeslot than usual on Christmas Day,{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=143}} and "Escape Switch" was the 100th episode of ''Doctor Who'' broadcast on [[BBC1]].{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=137}} Viewership saw an increase over the previous serial, ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', but did not match the previous year's figures;{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=144}} the third episode received the most with 10.3 million viewers, while the seventh was lowest with 7.9 million.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=147}} The [[Appreciation Index]] for the serial was considered "reasonable" overall, with the twelfth episode ranked the highest at 57; the seventh was ranked 39, the lowest for the series to date.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=147}}{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=144}}
Currently, only episodes 2, 5, and 10 are known as extant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/g24950/doctor-who-missing-lost-episodes-found-animated/|title=How to watch Doctor Who's 97 missing episodes|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|date=18 March 2019|website=Digital Spy|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225031718/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/g24950/doctor-who-missing-lost-episodes-found-animated/|url-status=live}}</ref> All 12 episodes were recorded on and transmitted from videotape. Subsequently, [[BBC Worldwide|BBC Enterprises]] had 16mm film [[telerecording]]s made for potential overseas sales. However, Episode 7 ("The Feast of Steven"), the Christmas episode, was excluded from this and the story offered for sale was an 11-part version.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blair |first=Andrew |date=2020-12-02 |title=Doctor Who: The Weird Anomaly of the 1965 'Christmas Special' |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who-the-weird-anomaly-of-the-1965-christmas-special/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref> The original videotapes of Episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 are listed among the first ''Doctor Who'' episodes ever ordered to be [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|wiped]], on 17 August 1967. At this point, "The Feast of Steven" became the first episode of ''Doctor Who'' to be seemingly lost forever.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Molesworth |first1=Richard |title=Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes |date=2013 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-080-9 |page=52}}</ref> Episodes 3 and 6 were wiped on 31 January 1969, and 10, 11 & 12 were wiped on 17 July 1969.<ref name=Complete>{{cite journal |last1=Wright |first1=Mark |title=Galaxy 4, Mission to the Unknown, The Myth Makers, The Daleks' Master Plan |journal=Doctor Who: The Complete History |date=2017 |issue=6 |pages=146-147 |publisher=[[Panini Comics]], [[Hachette Book Group|Hachette Partworks]]}}</ref>
 
Until January 1973, [[BBC Enterprises]] offered an eleven-part version of the serial for overseas sale, omitting "The Feast of Steven", though no markets purchased it.<ref name="Den of Geek Christmas"/>{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=146}} Australia showed interest in purchasing the serial in September 1966 and considered editing out offensive material, but by November cancelled the purchase as it considered censorship too laborious.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=146}} The [[405-line]] videotapes of the first, second, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth episodes were among the first ''Doctor Who'' episodes ordered to be [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|wiped]], on 17 August 1967. The third and sixth episodes were wiped on 31 January 1969, followed by the final three on 17 July.{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=146–147}}
[[BBC Enterprises]] retained their film copies, although the story was never purchased by any overseas broadcasters.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Molesworth |first1=Richard |title=Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes |date=2013 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-080-9 |page=115}}</ref> A set of viewing prints was sent to the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], but the story was declined (as it was judged to be A (suitable for adults) on the basis of its overall storyline, rather than cuttable scenes) and the fate of these prints is unknown.<ref name=Complete/> BBC Enterprises ultimately withdrew it from sale in 1972. In 1974, the [[BBC]]'s film copies were junked.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Molesworth |first1=Richard |title=Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes |date=2013 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-080-9 |pages=172-173}}</ref>
 
Extracts from the third episode was aired on ''[[Blue Peter]]'' in October 1971. A [[16&nbsp;mm film]] of the fourth episode was loaned from the BBC Film Library to ''Blue Peter'' in November 1973 but never returned. The BBC retained 35&nbsp;mm film sequences from the twelfth episode; it was found to have gone missing by December 1991, but later returned under an [[amnesty]] in October 1993. 16&nbsp;mm film prints of the fifth and tenth episodes were discovered in the basement of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] in [[Wandsworth]] in July 1983;{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=147}}<ref name="Telegraph Missing"/> they were screened at the [[National Film Theatre]]: the tenth in October 1983 and the fifth in August 1989. Former BBC engineer Francis Watson returned the complete twelfth episode to the BBC in January 2004.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=147}} The only extant visuals from "The Feast of Steven" are from home photographs of [[Robert Jewell]], who portrayed [[Bing Crosby]] in the episode.<ref name="DWM 559"/>
A film copy of Episode 4 ("The Traitors") wound up in the BBC Film Library.<ref name=Wiped289>{{cite book |last1=Molesworth |first1=Richard |title=Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes |date=2013 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-080-9 |page=289}}</ref> In 1973, the episode was loaned to the ''[[Blue Peter]]'' production office for a feature on ''Doctor Who'' and never returned. Its ultimate fate remains unknown.<ref name=Complete/> However, Episodes 5 ("Counter Plot") and 10 ("Escape Switch") were returned in 1983 from the basement of a Latter-day Saint church. The circumstances of how they got there remain unclear.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Molesworth |first1=Richard |title=Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes |date=2013 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-080-9 |pages=209-211}}</ref> Episode 2 ("Day of Armageddon") was returned to the [[BBC]] in early 2004 by Francis Watson, a former BBC engineer.<ref name=Complete/> Given that this is one of only two Hartnell stories that were never screened outside of the UK (the other being "[[Mission to the Unknown]]"), the recovery of the missing episodes from overseas sources remains unlikely.
 
=== Critical response ===
Various clips from Episodes 1, 3, and 4 also survive:
As the serial aired, some viewers shared their concerns over the depiction of violence,{{sfn|Bignell|O'Day|2004|p=55}} such as the Daleks in the opening episodes<ref name="Daily Mirror 1"/> and the violent deaths of Katarina and Bret in the fourth episode,<ref name="Daily Mirror 2"/> and ''[[Junior Points of View]]'' viewers criticised Sara's death in the twelfth.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=145}} ''[[The Stage and Television Today]]''{{'}}s Bill Edmunds criticised the seventh episode, particularly the Hollywood sequence, noting it "would have been much better with more chases, a few custard pies ... and less chat".{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=143}} After the eleventh episode, Edmunds wrote he was "losing [his] respect and awe of the Daleks" due to their consistent but unfulfilled threats.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=144}} Following the twelfth episode, ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Daily Worker]]''{{'}}s Stewart Lane felt the programme was "definitely showing signs of age".{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=145}} Audience Research Reports demonstrated that audiences enjoyed the Daleks' return in early episodes,{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=144}} though interest began waning by the eighth.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=146}} Hartnell's performance was criticised in the third episode,{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=144}} but his chemistry with Butterworth was praised in the tenth.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=146}} Some enjoyed the festivities of the seventh episode but one viewer called it "one of the worst programmes I have ever seen".{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=145}} The twelfth was generally praised as a satisfying conclusion.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=146}} ''[[Daily Express]]'' named Mavic Chen the "Villain of the Year" in 1965.<ref name="DWM 310"/> Public obsession with the Daleks, dubbed "Dalekmania", saw a decline following ''The Daleks' Master Plan''.{{sfn|Chapman|2014|p=49}}{{sfn|Howe|Walker|1998|p=94}}
* Episode 1 ("The Nightmare Begins") – In late 1991, a mute copy of the pre-filmed inserts for the story was discovered in a film can in the BBC archive.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Molesworth |first1=Richard |title=Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes |date=2013 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-080-9 |page=293}}</ref> In 1998, these inserts were combined with the off-air soundtracks. A colourised version of this footage, made by [[Stuart Humphryes]] (AKA YouTube's Babelcolour) and James Russell was included as part of "The Dalek Tapes", a featurette on the ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' DVD.
* Episode 3 ("Devil's Planet") – A clip of around 90 seconds was screened in a 1971 edition of ''Blue Peter'' (then co-presented by [[Peter Purves]], who played the Doctor's companion [[Steven Taylor (Doctor Who)|Steven Taylor]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Molesworth |first1=Richard |title=Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes |date=2013 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-080-9 |pages=294-296}}</ref>
* Episode 4 ("The Traitors") – A 1973 edition of ''Blue Peter'' featured another item on ''Doctor Who'' and included a clip of the scene leading up to Katarina's ejection from the airlock.<ref name=Wiped289/>
* In addition, prior to the recovery of the episode itself, the prefilmed inserts for Episode 2 ("Day of Armageddon"), including the raw soundtrack, were retained by the BBC Film Library and never junked. In 1991, the archive copy was discovered to be missing, but it was recovered in 1993. In 1998, these inserts were combined with the off-air soundtracks to reproduce the scenes as transmitted.
 
In ''A Voyage Through 25 Years of Doctor Who'' (1988), [[Ian Levine]] called the story "an all-round masterpiece", praising the combination of Camfield's direction and Nation and Spooner's writing,{{sfn|Howe|Walker|1998|pp=114–115}} while Kim Newman of ''[[The Independent]]'' (1997) considered it "the most ambitious serial ever attempted by ''Doctor Who''{{px2}}".<ref name="Independent 1997"/> In ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' (1995), [[Paul Cornell]], [[Martin Day (writer)|Martin Day]], and [[Keith Topping]] appreciated the story's "epic" ambition but felt its plot "was worthy of six episodes at most".{{sfn|Cornell|Day|Topping|1995|pp=44–60}} In ''The Television Companion'' (1998), [[David J. Howe]] and Stephen James Walker lauded the direction, writing, and set designs, though felt the story occasionally meanders due to its length.{{sfn|Howe|Walker|1998|p=115}} [[John Kenneth Muir]], writing in ''A Critical History of Doctor Who'' (1999), considered the story notable for its dark qualities and felt it proved the Daleks' viciousness.{{sfn|Muir|1999|p=119}} In ''Through Time'' (2005), [[Andrew Cartmel]] lauded Marsh's performance but found the story padded and the Egyptian set unconvincing.{{sfn|Cartmel|2005|p=48}} Mark Braxton of ''[[Radio Times]]'' (2009) felt Hartnell "gives one of his best performances" in the story and called Mavic Chen "one of the great villains" of ''Doctor Who'', praising Stoney's subtle performance; conversely, he criticised the Doctor's address to the audience in the seventh episode and the cricket scenes in the eighth.<ref name="Radio Times Review"/> Deborah Stanish, writing in ''Chicks Unravel Time'' (2012), found the serial "clunky, tedious and nonsensical" but lauded its scope and ambition.{{sfn|Stanish|2012|p=225}}
"The Feast of Steven" is the only episode to have existing home photographs, captured by [[Robert Jewell]], who played [[Bing Crosby]] in the episode. The only surviving photographs that exist for the other missing episodes are production stills. Since there are so few of them for the individual episodes, clips and screenshots from the surviving episodes - mainly focusing on the Daleks - are often used in fan-made reconstructions.
 
''The Daleks' Master Plan'' was voted the third-best First Doctor story by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' readers in 2014 and 2023;<ref name="DWM 2014"/><ref name="DWM 2023"/> it previously ranked fifth in 1998 and second in 2009.<ref name="DWM 1998"/><ref name="DWM 2009"/> ''[[Comic Book Resources]]''{{'}}s Sean Bassett found Mavic Chen a problematic depiction of [[yellowface]],<ref name="CBR Chen"/> and [[Tat Wood]] considered his name reflective of Chinese and Mongol names.{{sfn|Wood|2009|p=223}} The violent deaths of the two female companions in the serial received critical commentary.{{sfn|Powers|2016|pp=115–116}}{{sfn|Frankel|2018|p=11}}{{sfn|Frankel|2018|pp=88–89}} R. Alan Siler thought Katarina's sacrifice was inspired by the Doctor's helping nature.{{sfn|Siler|2015|p=7}} Rosanne Welch recognised Katarina's helplessness but felt her sacrifice gave her agency.{{sfn|Welch|2014|loc=9:45}} Conversely, Valerie Estelle Frankel found Katarina's death the result of incomprehension rather than intention, describing her as "an exaggerated version of helpless companion".{{sfn|Frankel|2018|p=11}} Frankel similarly appreciated Sara Kingdom's individual strength but wrote that "her top quality is that she accepts orders unquestioningly", which ultimately overshadows her abilities and results in her death.{{sfn|Frankel|2018|pp=88–89}} Tom Powers found the deaths of companions like Katarina and Sara contributed to a disproportionate number of female deaths in science fiction, though recognised it was less noticeable in ''Doctor Who'' considering most companions are women.{{sfn|Powers|2016|pp=115–116}}
==On stage==
The serial was adapted as a charity stage production in October 2007 by Interalia Theatre in Portsmouth, UK, as a finale to their run of previous ''Doctor Who'' stage shows. It was adapted and directed by Nick Scovell and produced by Rob Thrush. Scovell starred as the Doctor, as in the company's previous productions. Nicholas Briggs guest starred as the voice of the [[Dalek variants#The Dalek Masterplan (2007)|Daleks]] and also, briefly, as the Doctor following a regeneration scene at the play's end.<ref name=Complete/>
 
==Commercial releases==
 
===In print===
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| name = Mission to the Unknown
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| cover_artist = [[Alister Pearson]]
| series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' book:<br />[[List of Doctor Who novelisations|Target novelisations]]
| release_number = 141
| release_date = 21 September 1989
| publisher = [[Target Books]]
| isbn = 0-426-20343-7
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== Commercial releases ==
{{See also|Mission to the Unknown#Commercial releases}}
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The Australian Doctor Who fanzine ''[[Zerinza]]'' had published a novelisation of the story in 1980, as issue #14/15/16 (thereafter reprinted a few times), but it was not novelised by [[Target Books]] for almost ten more years, when it finally appeared in two volumes. The first, ''Mission to the Unknown'', consisted of an adaptation of "[[Mission to the Unknown]]" and Episodes 1–6 of ''Master Plan''. The second, ''The Mutation of Time'', adapted Episodes 7–12. Both were written by [[John Peel (writer)|John Peel]] at the request of Terry Nation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.followingthenerd.com/ftn_news/interview-ftn-interviews-tv-show-novelist-extraordinaire-john-peel/|title=INTERVIEW: FTN interviews TV show novelist extraordinaire John Peel|website=followingthenerd.com|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613205159/http://www.followingthenerd.com/ftn_news/interview-ftn-interviews-tv-show-novelist-extraordinaire-john-peel/|url-status=live}}</ref> and were published in September and October 1989, respectively.
 
''The Daleks' Master Plan'' was novelised in two volumes—''Mission to the Unknown'' and ''The Mutation of Time''—by [[John Peel]] with covers from [[Alister Pearson]], published in paperback by [[Target Books]] and [[W. H. Allen & Co.|W. H. Allen]] on 21 September and 19 October 1989; the first volume also novelised "Mission to the Unknown". An unabridged reading of the book was published by [[BBC Audiobooks]] in two five-disc sets on 6 May and 3 June 2010, read by Purves and Marsh with Dalek voices by [[Nicholas Briggs]];{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=148}}{{sfn|Smith|2021|pp=35–36}} it was re-released as part of the ''Dalek Menace!'' set on 4 October 2012 and ''The Dalek Collection'' on 18 June 2020.{{sfn|Smith|2021|pp=35–36}}
Peel had intended to write the novelisation as a single, long book, but at the time Target Books had a page-limit maximum that required splitting the manuscript into two parts.
 
The fifth and tenth episodes of ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' were included on ''Daleks – The Early Years'', released on [[VHS]] in July 1992, with an introduction by [[Fifth Doctor]] actor [[Peter Davison]]. The second, fifth, and tenth episodes were included on the DVD set ''[[Lost in Time (Doctor Who)|Lost in Time]]'', released in November 2004, featuring an audio commentary by Purves, Stoney, and Cusick.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=148}}
Peel made one major change to the televised storyline by placing a six-month gap between the first and second volumes; he later stated that this was to enable future writers to develop original storylines involving the character of Sara Kingdom. Other minor changes include a brief resolution to events in Ancient Egypt and forty-first century Earth.
 
Using off-air recordings, an audio version of the story was released as a five-disc set in October 2001, with narration by Purves; it was included in ''The Lost TV Episodes: Collection 2'' by BBC Audiobooks in February 2011.{{sfn|Wright|2017|pp=148–149}} It featured a CD with copies of the original scripts.{{efn|The original release of the set did not contain the scripts due to a pressing error; purchasers could request a replacement CD with the scripts included.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=149}}}} [[BBC Music]] released the score as part of ''Doctor Who: Devils' Planet – The Music of Tristram Cary'' in September 2003, and sound effects as part of ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1: The Early Years 1963–1969]]'' in May 2005. Some music tracks were included on ''[[Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Collection]]'' (2013) by Silva Screen.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=149}}
In May 2010 unabridged readings of both volumes by Peter Purves and Jean Marsh, with Dalek voices supplied by [[Nicholas Briggs]], were released by BBC Audiobooks. The titles were slightly modified to ''Daleks – Mission to the Unknown'' and ''Daleks – The Mutation of Time''.
 
''The Daleks' Master Plan'' was adapted into a stage version by Nick Scovell, which was staged by Internalia Theatre at the [[New Theatre Royal]] in October 2007. Scovell portrayed the Doctor, while Briggs voiced the Daleks.{{sfn|Wright|2017|p=147}}<ref name="DWM Special 50"/>
===Home media===
Episodes 5 and 10 were released on [[VHS]] on the tape ''Daleks – The Early Years'' in July 1992, which also included the silent pre-filmed inserts, which had been then-recently recovered (see above). In November 2004, all three surviving episodes were released on [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]] [[DVD]], in the three-disc ''[[Lost in Time (Doctor Who)|Lost in Time]]'' [[box set]], along with all extant clips from the story.
 
== Notes ==
Soundtracks of all the episodes survive due to several fans recording the original transmissions. In 2001, the entire story (together with ''Mission to the Unknown'') was released on [[CD]] with additional narration by Peter Purves, combining the best quality sections from various fan recordings and surviving master copies of the original music and sound effects.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ayres |first1=Mark |title=The Daleks' Master Plan |url=http://www.impossiblethings.net/restorationteam/masterplan.htm |website=The Doctor Who Restoration Team |access-date=20 January 2019 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120094005/http://www.impossiblethings.net/restorationteam/masterplan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> On 15 February 2019, in a new range called "Vinyl Who", the BBC released this story through [[Demon Music Group]] (again alongside ''Mission to the Unknown'' and with Peter Purves's narration) as a 7 x Heavyweight LP vinyl in both translucent blue and "Splatter Vinyl" editions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2019/daleks-master-plan-vinyl|title=The Daleks' Master Plan comes to vinyl in a first for Doctor Who|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131164932/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2019/daleks-master-plan-vinyl|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2019, it was announced that another collection of high quality audio recordings, dubbed "The Randolph Tapes", had been discovered.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Chuck |title=New high quality audio recordings of missing episodes discovered |url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2019/01/randolph-tapes.html |access-date=20 January 2019 |publisher=Doctor Who News |date=2 January 2019 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120093910/http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2019/01/randolph-tapes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== References ==
The music from this serial was released as part of ''[[Doctor Who: Devils' Planets – The Music of Tristram Cary]]'' in 2003.
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