"Doctor Who"
Remembrance of the Daleks: Part 2 (1988)

Director:

Andrew Morgan

Writer:

Ben Aaronovitch (writer)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (1963)

Original Air Date:

12 October 1988 (Season 25, Episode 2)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Second Part | Space Hero | Scientist Hero | Extraterrestrial

Cast

Sylvester McCoy	...	The Doctor
Sophie Aldred	...	Ace
Simon Williams	...	Gilmore
Dursley McLinden	...	Mike
Pamela Salem	...	Rachel
Karen Gledhill	...	Allison
George Sewell	...	Ratcliffe
Michael Sheard	...	Headmaster
Peter Halliday	...	Vicar
Joseph Marcell	...	John
William Thomas	...	Martin
Jasmine Breaks	...	The Girl
Derek Keller	...	Kaufman
John Scott Martin	...	Dalek Operator
Hugh Spight	...	Dalek Operator

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

John Nodes Funeral Service - 180 Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Trivia:

As Ace is leaving the boarding house, the television is on, and the BBC announcer says "And Saturday viewing continues with an adventure in the new science fiction series, Doc-" and is cut off, referencing the fact this serial takes place in 1963, the year "Doctor Who" first aired.

Average Dalek story.

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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks: Part Two starts as the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) & Ace (Sophie Aldred) escape from the Dalek, get hold of an anti tank missile & destroy it (!). The Doctor is convinced that there are two different warring Dalek factions who want to do battle on Earth, he convinces Gilmore (Simon Williams) not to make any rash moves as so to alert either side. Meanwhile Ace finds herself in trouble again as in an effort to help she goes back to the school & finds more Daleks there waiting for her...

Episode 2 from season 25 this Doctor Who adventure originally aired here in the UK during October 1988, directed by Andrew Morgan this has been OK so far but not exactly anything to write home about. The script by Ben Aaronovitch is still in self-referential mode & there's a particularly geeky scene in which while just as Ace goes out the TV is switched on & tuned into the BBC where the announcer says that it's a quarter past five & the first episode of a new science fiction series is about to start called Doc.. & then it cuts, now if that isn't the ultimate in self reference then I don't know what is. Then there are character's who recognise the name Doctor but thought he was 'older & grey haired', this is all well & good but beyond these little moments dotted throughout the episode there isn't much else happening in Remembrance of the Daleks. The story isn't great, apart from the end there's not really any Dalek action & while it's still fun & watchable to my eyes it's not any sort of classic.

Again not much in the way of special effects although I do like the gold & grey colour scheme of the Daleks first seen in the Colin Baker story Revelation of the Daleks (1985) & also used here. The Doctor makes reference to the planet Spiridon from the Jon Pertwee story Planet of the Daleks (1973) but doesn't pronounce it correctly, yet another sloppy production error I suppose. In reality the location for Coal Hill School was St. John's School in Hammersmith which was between terms.

Remembrance of the Daleks: Part Two is alright, I didn't think too much of it but then I don't particularly like this era in Doctor Who's history. It's watchable enough but far from a classic, Dalek fans might like it more than I do though.