Five years after their seeming monochrome demise with the Skaro civil war, those iconic Daleks were back with a vengeance, and in colour for the first time on TV, with
Day of the Daleks, an Earth-based UNIT adventure mixing an intriguing and intelligent time travel concept by Louis Marks (with the Daleks inventively added to the mix by script editor Terrance Dicks) and action. The story, opening the show's ninth season in January, 1972, was a ratings success that guaranteed the return of the Doctor's greatest baddies across the next three years.
Enjoy this selection of famous action posed publicity images of Pertwee with the scene-stealing Daleks (and their Ogron servants) taken on location (presumably by regular BBC stills man Don Smith) during the location filming of the 1971-made story at Dropmore House (Buckinghamshire), so effectively used in marketing and merchandising over the remainder of the Third Doctor's era.
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| On site enemies! |
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| Image colourised by Deborah Brown. |
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| Ready for battle. |
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| It's behind you! |
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| Surrounded! |
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