Here is an old interview from Doctor Who Magazine in which Jean Marsh talks about playing Sara Kingdom in The Dalek’s Masterplan and her return to Doctor Who in the 7th Doctor story Battlefield.

The Daleks obviously didn’t like the children’s TV series “Playschool”… Brian Cant played Kert Gantry (an SSS agent) in The Daleks Masterplan – and was killed by the Daleks. Chloe Ashcroft played Professor Laird in Resurrection of the Daleks – and was shot by a Dalek controlled soldier. There were rumours that Hamble, Jemmima, Dobbin and [...]

Vaaga / Varga Plants – Allies of the Daleks Species Type – Plant-Animal  mutation Home planet   -  Skaro First appearance     Mission to the Unknown Latest appearance – City of the Daleks (game) The Varga plants (sometimes spelt Vaarga) originally appeared in the First Doctor episode Mission to the Unknown the single-episode prologue to  the serial The [...]

“Mission to the Unknown”, sometimes known as the “Dalek Cutaway”, is both a standalone episode and also serves as an introduction to the 12 part story The Daleks’ Master Plan. You can read a fan-made graphic novel adaptation of the Mission to the Unknown here Mission to the Unknown is notable for the complete absence [...]

The Outlaw Planet This text story was featured in “The Dalek Outer-Space Book” way back in the 1960s. It (re)introduces Sara Kingdom (who appeared in “The Dalek Master Plan” and was played by Jean Marsh) as well as other characters from the SSS (Space Security Service) set up to combat the Dalek threat. Several of [...]

Terry Nation, the (real life) creator of the Daleks attempted to launch his creations in their own TV series several times. This sadly never quite happened, although in the 1960s the Daleks did have a successful run of stories without the appearance of the Doctor in the “TV21″ comic as well as in annual-type books [...]