THE STRANGER DREW HIMSELF UP TO HIS FULL HEIGHT. "I AM THE DOCTOR," HE ANNOUNCED. Disorientated after his regeneration, the Doctor takes the TARDIS to the Earth Colony Vulcan. Ben and Polly are disturbed - the Doctor isn't the man he used to be. The Doctor too is worried. The colonists have found the remains of two Daleks - which they plan to retrieve. Once revived, the Daleks claim that they are content to serve humanity. Can it really be true? Or do they have their own, more sinister plans?

Audio Book

Patrick Troughton regenerates into the guise of the Doctor for his first deadly encounter with his deadliest enemy ...

When a mysterious capsule is found lying in a mencury swamp on the planet Vulcan, the inquisitive scientist who breaks it open, is completely unaware of the danger of its contents - three strange inert metal objects. He begins hus experiments at once- much to the horror of the newly arrived Doctor and his companions Polly and Ben. Posing as the examiner from Earth on an inspection, the Doctor must stop the scientist's meddling attempts to reactivate mankind's greatest threat. For only he knows the awesome terror of the Daleks ...
 

Script

THE FIRST REGENERATION... A mercury swamp on a distant Earth colony. A crashed spacecraft holding a deadly secret. An impostor in the TARDIS? Polly and Ben watch in stunned disbelief as the unconscious body of The Doctor changes in front of their eyes. Before they can decide if he is genuine or fake, they are plunged into a deadly encounter with The Doctor's greatest foes... The Daleks! Read the complete script of this classic Doctor Who story, together with background and technical information.

Second Doctor, Ben and Polly

Writer: David Whitaker

Serial EE (6 Episodes)
Season: 4
Original Screening: 5 November 1966 to 10 December 1966
Writer: David Whitaker
Director: Christopher Barry
Producer: Innes Lloyd
Script Editor: Gerry Davis

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Cast:
Template (The Doctor),
 

Also featuring The Daleks

Also by David Whitaker
Also by John Peel