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Yes, it’s fair to say that you will see the Daleks pop up a little bit more in classic Who! 😂 Remember it was the success of this story that really put the show on the map! The Daleks themselves were an overnight hit from their 1st appearance in the story’s 2nd episode, and it gave the BBC confidence that the show had a future.
I suspect that when the Dalek story had finished, producer Verity Lambert was probably already looking to find a way to bring the Daleks back! Either that or their creator, Terry Nation, came up with a sequel fairly quickly and submitted it to her. Either way, their 2nd story heralded in ‘Dalekmania’ in the UK, to the extent that two colour Doctor Who films, starring Hammer Horror actor, Peter Cushing, were made in 1965 and 1966, and each one was a cut down version of the first two Dalek TV stories!
If you can find these films somewhere I think you might like them if you saw them, as the budget is considerably improved for both films, compared to their TV counterparts, and the climax of both films are a lot more exciting than what we got with the Hartnell versions! The film titles are Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks: Invasion Earth. 2150 AD. (1966). In the 2nd film, the leading male hero character is played by Bernard Cribbins, who of course played Wilfred Mott in Tennant’s season 4 and his regeneration story! Both films are fun in their own way. Not as serious as the two TV versions, but you get lots more Daleks on screen, and what’s not to love about that?
Can’t wait for you to get onto a new story 😭 I enjoy The Daleks but it is just too long. Can’t wait for ur reaction to the next episode!
As someone else already pointed out it was The Daleks that made the show a hit without them I don't think this would had made it past the second serial they became the icon of science fiction kids watching back then weren't interested in the historicals or the romance they just wanted to see Daleks and monsters they immediately started making a big merchandise out of them toys, breakfast cereal boxes, comics it's no doubt you will see them again.
Some of the episodes did drag but however bear in mind these weren't made to be binged they were shown week to week every Saturday afternoon at tea time it looks like it drags now but back then it kept you hooked to what was going on and things like how would the Doctor and his companions get out of this situation things like that but it was clever and was fun times I love the old fashioned cliffhangers.
But overall it's a great serial there is also a remake of this serial that was released as a film/movie version called "Dr. Who and the Daleks"(1965) with Peter Cushing as Dr. Who in colour which was made only two years after the original serial came out however the film has no connection to the TV series but is definately worth a reaction in the future.
The stories were sometimes extended beyond their optimum length simply because of budgetary issues; stretching the story means the cost of sets, costumes and props can be spread over a longer period. This story would have been particularly costly to produce as they needed to have the Daleks manufactured (which was done by an external supplier) as well as the in-house costs of sets and costumes.
The tiny weekly budget meant not only that this story was probably at least a week too long but the budget was overspent and there was basically nothing left for the next (2 part) story!