The Doctor fights Daleks in '60s London with a punk teen and a bazooka. Classic Who peaked HERE.
London, 1963: The Doctor returns to the place where it all began — alongside his latest companion, Ace, with unfinished business. Not for the first time, unusual events are unfolding at Coal Hill School. At 76 Totter's Lane, the Doctor discovers that his oldest foes — the Daleks — are on the trail of stolen Time Lord technology that he left on Earth long ago. The Daleks are planning to perfect their own time-travel capability, in order to unleash themselves across the whole of time and space.
Acting
Sophie Aldred's Ace redefined companions — no screaming, just explosives.
Practical Effects
Daleks vs. soldiers with actual bazookas. Practical effects supremacy.
Writing
Cartmel's masterplan hints and the Doctor's darker manipulations emerge.
Director
Andrew Morgan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This serial explicitly ties to the very first Doctor Who episode in 1963, filmed on the same street — 25 years of history collapsing into one story.
Script editor Andrew Cartmel's 'masterplan' aimed to restore mystery to the Doctor, hinting he was far more than a Time Lord — plans cut short by cancellation in 1989.
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