WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 And now the final piece is in the hands of the Doctor. 00:05.000 --> 00:13.000 Destroy Daleks! 00:15.000 --> 00:21.000 The Daleks Masterplan was the first Doctor's last encounter with his deadliest enemies. 00:21.000 --> 00:28.000 But Dalek creator Terry Nation planned to take the Daleks solo in their own series. 00:28.000 --> 00:31.000 Devised, written and produced by himself. 00:31.000 --> 00:35.000 With this he hoped to make his mark in the television industry. 00:35.000 --> 00:44.000 As far back as Tuesday the 3rd of August 1965, Nation had mentioned the idea of a spin-off series to the Sun newspaper. 00:44.000 --> 00:50.000 During May 1966, only four months after Masterplan finished airing on BBC1, 00:50.000 --> 00:56.000 a provisional agreement was reached between Nation's company, Linstead Film Productions Ltd, 00:56.000 --> 01:03.000 and the BBC to collaborate equally on a filmed television series entitled The Daleks. 01:03.000 --> 01:12.000 Throughout 1967, Nation attempted to secure backing for the series from an American network, notably NBC. 01:12.000 --> 01:17.000 However, the two amicus Dalek films had performed badly in America, 01:17.000 --> 01:22.000 and the Doctor's TV incarnation had yet to reach American shores. 01:22.000 --> 01:27.000 Factors that effectively sealed the fate of the spin-off series. 01:27.000 --> 01:35.000 The pilot episode was entitled The Destroyers, and charted the adventures of a band of Space Security Service agents, 01:35.000 --> 01:40.000 like those seen in Mission to the Unknown and The Daleks Masterplan. 01:40.000 --> 01:44.000 Indeed, an integral character was Sara Kingdom. 01:44.000 --> 01:52.000 And it seems likely Nation would have asked Gene Marsh to reprise this role, as he greatly admired her performance in Masterplan. 01:52.000 --> 02:04.000 Other characters were to be Mark Seven, a humanoid robot as Nation calls him, Captain Jason Corey, and Sara's brother David Kingdom. 02:04.000 --> 02:13.000 With many appearances in the Dalek annuals of the 60s and 70s, Mark Seven remains The Destroyers' most enduring legacy. 02:13.000 --> 02:21.000 But join us now as we construct a brief overview of the episode that could have been. 02:43.000 --> 02:49.000 The Destroyers 03:13.000 --> 03:19.200 Oh, Tom, concerning you, I thought I heard something. 03:19.200 --> 03:20.640 Carson, relax will you? 03:20.640 --> 03:28.200 That force field goes around the whole compound, nothing can get through. 03:28.200 --> 03:30.200 There is something out there. 03:30.200 --> 03:36.200 What's going on out there? 03:36.200 --> 03:39.200 We're under attack! 03:39.200 --> 03:40.200 Attack! 03:40.200 --> 03:41.200 Destroy! 03:41.200 --> 03:42.200 Exterminate! 03:42.200 --> 04:10.400 Captain Jason Corey of the Space Security Service and his comrades David Kingdom and Mark Seven 04:10.400 --> 04:12.400 survey the destruction. 04:12.400 --> 04:17.400 David is worried about his sister Sarah and he and Mark Seven clash over her possible 04:17.400 --> 04:18.400 fate. 04:18.400 --> 04:19.400 Quiet! 04:19.400 --> 04:20.400 Both of you! 04:20.400 --> 04:21.400 Attacked! 04:21.400 --> 04:22.400 Killed! 04:22.400 --> 04:23.400 Carson! 04:23.400 --> 04:24.400 Tom! 04:24.400 --> 04:25.400 Wayne! 04:25.400 --> 04:26.400 Killed them! 04:26.400 --> 04:27.400 Took prisoners! 04:27.400 --> 04:28.400 Took prisoners! 04:28.400 --> 04:41.400 Attacked! 04:59.400 --> 05:02.400 Report! 05:02.400 --> 05:12.400 A fight base is prepared. 05:12.400 --> 05:13.400 Two prisoners killed. 05:13.400 --> 05:14.400 All other humans exterminated. 05:14.400 --> 05:15.400 The prisoners revealed nothing of value. 05:15.400 --> 05:16.400 Only one prisoner is required. 05:16.400 --> 05:17.400 Exterminate the inmates! 05:17.400 --> 05:28.400 Murderers! 05:28.400 --> 05:48.400 Murderers! 05:48.400 --> 05:58.400 Mark Seven, Jason Corey and David Kingdom detect the approaching patrol and hide in bushes. 05:58.400 --> 06:00.400 However, the bushes are carnivorous at attack. 06:00.400 --> 06:01.400 They cannot fight. 06:01.400 --> 06:07.400 All the Dalek patrol will hear, but Mark Seven makes a noise. 06:07.400 --> 06:14.400 Corey and David free themselves with their knives, but Mark Seven has been damaged. 06:14.400 --> 06:18.400 The blast has fused one of his solenoids. 06:18.400 --> 06:46.400 Jason repairs it. 06:46.400 --> 06:51.400 Disarmament initiated killing. 06:51.400 --> 07:12.400 Watch for the Daleks barrel momentum. 07:12.400 --> 07:13.400 Control. 07:13.400 --> 07:17.400 and you will be exterminated! 07:20.400 --> 07:24.400 Keeping ahead of the Dalek patrol, David, Corey and Seven, 07:24.400 --> 07:28.400 following Dalek tracks on the jungle floor, reach the cave entrance. 07:28.400 --> 07:35.400 David stays to watch for the patrol, while Corey and Mark head deeper into the caves. 07:35.400 --> 07:39.400 Mark speculates about what lies ahead. 07:39.400 --> 07:46.400 A creature considered by the ancients to be a force of total evil. 07:46.400 --> 07:50.400 They called them the Daleks, he says. 07:50.400 --> 07:54.400 A chasm halts their progress just as David arrives. 07:54.400 --> 07:55.400 Take cover! 07:55.400 --> 07:58.400 The patrol is close behind. 07:58.400 --> 08:11.400 They take cover. 08:11.400 --> 08:13.400 Assistance required! 08:13.400 --> 08:41.400 The patrol is close behind. 08:41.400 --> 08:45.400 Only one prisoner is required! 08:45.400 --> 08:48.400 No... 08:48.400 --> 08:51.400 You are a fear prisoner! 08:51.400 --> 08:55.400 You know nothing of value! 08:55.400 --> 08:57.400 No! 08:57.400 --> 09:01.400 Dalek saucer, prepare for launch! 09:01.400 --> 09:07.400 Switch all base systems to automatic. 09:07.400 --> 09:11.400 This base must continue to function! 09:11.400 --> 09:13.400 I obey! 09:13.400 --> 09:16.400 Base one completed! 09:16.400 --> 09:22.400 The destruction of Earth and its colony worlds is assured! 09:22.400 --> 09:27.400 The Daleks will dominate your galaxy! 09:27.400 --> 09:31.400 Nothing in the universe can halt our progress! 09:31.400 --> 09:32.400 Nothing! 09:32.400 --> 09:33.400 Nothing! 09:33.400 --> 09:34.400 Nothing! 09:34.400 --> 09:37.400 Nothing! 09:37.400 --> 09:48.400 The Daleks! 09:48.400 --> 09:51.400 David is delighted to see Sara alive. 09:51.400 --> 09:55.400 The SSS men blow the control doors. 09:55.400 --> 09:56.400 The room is deserted. 09:56.400 --> 10:00.400 The Daleks have gone, taking Sara with them. 10:00.400 --> 10:09.400 The ship, they discover, is on its way to begin the invasion and destruction of Earth. 10:09.400 --> 10:35.400 The Daleks conquer and destroy!