CELEBRATING 'THE DALEKS' - IN ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR!

The Daleks in their city on Skaro. Original colour image enhanced by Clayton Hickman.

A new 75 minute, specially colourised version of the story that put Doctor Who firmly on the must-see TV history map back in 1964, The Daleks, is airing tomorrow (23rd November, 2023) on BBC 4 and iPlayer, as part of the show's landmark Sixtieth Anniversary. I'm sure the finished results will be splendid, but let's see how the story really looked when filmed back in the day, thanks to the sterling on set photography captured by the story's inventive and popular then in-house BBC talent, Raymond Cusick...

The Daleks to land once again on Doctor Who 60th Anniversary

Believed to be the very first colour still ever taken for the series, as the Daleks destroy the Dalek casing which they believe stills holds Ian Chesterton, during episode four, The Ambush.

Surveying the empty Dalek shell. The Daleks were played by Robert Jewell, Kevin Manser, Gerald Taylor and Michael Summerton.

Some generic shots of the Daleks inside their city

The Doctor and Susan are held captive powerless to stop the Daleks in their control room, preparing to contaminate Skaro with radiation in episode six, The Ordeal.

The Daleks countdown to destruction continues.

As Barbara is caught under a shield door, Ian (William Russell), Alydon (John Lee) and another Thal try to keep it from closing, from the finale episode, The Rescue.

Racing against time, Barbara (Jaqueline Hill) watches as her Thal comrades (including Ganatus, played by Philip Bond) physically block the door with their bodies so as to gain further access into the Dalek city.

Susan (Carole Ann Ford) surveys the aftermath of the Dalek battle as Barbara and Ganatus help the wounded.

William Hartnell confers with actress Virginia Wetherell (as Dyoni), presumably during camera rehearsals for the conclusion to the story in 1964.

The Doctor with his planetary samples before the TARDIS crew departs Skaro.

The travellers prepare to depart, of which Susan is giving a cloak gift by the generous Thals.