Destiny of the Daleks

Destiny of the Daleks begins with a bit of housekeeping. First we find out that K9 has laryngitis, which is both meant to excuse his absence from the rest of the serial and explain away the fact that a different actor will be performing his lines. Then we find out that Romana has regenerated. Mary Tamm, who had portrayed Romana during the Key to Time season, had chosen not to continue on with the show and was replaced by Lalla Ward. Lalla had played Princess Astra during The Armageddon Factor, which required a little bit of business up front to explain why Romana had changed and why she looked like someone we'd already seen elsewhere. And finally, we get a reminder that the Doctor installed a randomizer in the TARDIS at the end of the Key to Time season, so that he could avoid being followed by the Black Guardian. The randomizer is a fun return to form for the show as the first two Doctors never knew where they were going. The Fourth Doctor and his newly regenerated companion end up on Skaro, the Dalek homeworld. They soon encounter a group of robots called the Movellans, sworn enemies of the Daleks. Together, though for different reasons, the Doctor, Romana and the Movellans try to stop the Daleks from finding and reviving Davros, the creator of the Daleks.

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