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{{Infobox Doctor Who episode
| number = 148
| serial_name = Remembrance of the Daleks
| show = DW
| type = serial
| image =
| caption =
| doctor = [[Sylvester McCoy]] – [[Seventh Doctor]]
| companion = [[Sophie Aldred]] – [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]]
| guests =
* [[Terry Molloy]] – The Emperor Dalek/[[Davros]]
* [[Simon Williams (actor)|Simon Williams]] – Group Captain Gilmore
* [[Pamela Salem]] – Professor Rachel Jensen
* [[Karen Gledhill]] – Allison
* [[Dursley McLinden]] – Sgt. Mike Smith
* [[George Sewell]] – Ratcliffe
* [[Harry Fowler]] – Harry
* [[Jasmine Breaks]] – The Girl
* [[Joseph Marcell]] – John
* [[Peter Hamilton Dyer]] – Embery
* [[Michael Sheard]] – Headmaster
* [[Peter Halliday]] – Vicar
* [[William Thomas (actor)|William Thomas]] – Martin
* [[Derek Keller (actor)|Derek Keller]] – Kaufman
* [[Hugh Spight]], [[John Scott Martin]], [[Tony Starr]], [[Cy Town]] – Dalek Operators
* [[Roy Skelton]], [[Royce Mills]], [[Brian Miller (actor)|Brian Miller]], [[John Leeson]] – Voices{{efn|Leeson voiced the Dalek Battle Computer in Parts 1–3, and Skelton, Mills and Miller voiced the Daleks. An uncredited fourth Dalek voice appears in Parts 3–4.}}
| director = Andrew Morgan<br>[[John Nathan-Turner]] (uncredited)
| writer = [[Ben Aaronovitch]]
| script_editor = [[Andrew Cartmel]]
| producer = John Nathan-Turner
| executive_producer = None
| composer = [[Keff McCulloch]]
| production_code = 7H
| series = [[Doctor Who (season 25)|Season 25]]
| length = 4 episodes, 25 minutes each
| started = {{Start date|1988|10|5|df=y}}
| ended = {{End date|1988|10|26|df=y}}
| preceding = ''[[Dragonfire (Doctor Who)|Dragonfire]]''
| following = ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]''
}}
'''''Remembrance of the Daleks''''' is the first serial of the [[Doctor Who (season 25)|25th season]] of the British [[science fiction television]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The serial was first broadcast in four weekly episodes from 5 to 26 October 1988. It was written by [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and directed by Andrew Morgan. The serial contains many references to the history of the show, featuring settings from the first ''Doctor Who'' episode, ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', such as [[Coal Hill School]] and the junkyard at 76 Totter's Lane.
In the serial, alien time traveller [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] and his [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]] travel back to 1963 to retrieve the Hand of Omega, a powerful device created by the Time Lords, and keep it from the [[Dalek]]s. The serial is the final appearance of the Daleks in the original run and the only occasion in which the [[Seventh Doctor]] encountered them on television.
In reader polls conducted by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' from 1998 onwards, ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' has consistently been voted as one of the greatest ''Doctor Who'' stories.<ref name="1998poll"/><ref name="2003poll"/><ref name="mighty200"/><ref name="2013poll"/><ref name="2023poll"/>
==Plot==
[[File:Filming Remembrance of the Daleks 1988.jpg|thumb|left|On ___location during filming of ''Remembrance of the Daleks'']]
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]] arrive in [[Shoreditch]] in 1963. They meet a military unit led by [[Group Captain]] Gilmore and Sergeant Smith, tracking abnormal local magnetic fluctuations, originating mainly from [[Coal Hill School]] where a [[teleportation|transmat]] device in its basement is tied to a [[Dalek]] ship in [[geostationary orbit]]. A second, weaker fluctuation is emitted by a nearby Dalek. There are two Dalek factions: [[Dalek variants#Imperial Daleks|Imperial Dalek]]s on the orbiting [[mothership]], controlling the school, and [[Dalek variants#Renegade Daleks|Renegade Daleks]], who reject the [[Dalek variants#Imperial Dalek Emperor|Emperor]]'s authority, controlling the junkyard. Both sides seek the Hand of Omega, a [[Time Lord]] device the Doctor left on Earth during his first visit to 1963.
Smith is a secret associate of Ratcliffe, leader of a group of [[fascism|fascists]], reporting to a Renegade battle computer, which uses a schoolgirl as its eyes and ears. The Doctor has the Hand buried in a local cemetery, but Ratcliffe finds it, tipped off by Smith. Imperial Daleks arrive to seize it from the Renegades, but the Doctor and Ace defeat them and destroy their transmat. Anticipating a siege, the Doctor has Gilmore fortify the school while he disables the Renegade "time controller", fleeing with Daleks in pursuit, returning to the school just as the Imperial Daleks land. The Imperials eventually defeat the Renegades after deploying a Special Weapons Dalek, wiping out all but the Supreme Dalek, allowing Ratcliffe and Smith to escape with the controller, pursued by the schoolgirl, who kills Ratcliffe.
The Imperial Daleks take the Hand to the mothership, leaving for their home planet, [[Skaro]]. Ace follows Smith to recover the controller. The Doctor establishes communication with the Dalek Emperor, who is really their creator, [[Davros]], who means to destroy the Time Lords with the Hand. The Doctor mocks him but then feigns fear. Davros launches the Hand, Skaro's sun goes [[supernova]], and Skaro is destroyed, the force of the explosion also destroying the mothership. The Hand returns to [[Gallifrey]], and Davros flees in an escape pod.
Smith captures Ace, but the schoolgirl finds them and kills Smith. The Doctor convinces the Supreme Dalek that it is the last of its species and it has no purpose anymore. The Supreme Dalek self-destructs, and the girl screams and faints, but is still alive. At Smith's funeral, The Doctor and Ace slip away contemplating that time will tell if they "did good".
===Continuity===
An undertaker says that he thought the Doctor was supposed to be an "old geezer with white hair," referring to his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]].<ref name="fact of fiction"/>
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[[File:Cartmel, Andrew (2008).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Script editor Andrew Cartmel (''pictured'') assigned the script to writer Ben Aaronovitch, and intended for the story to show the Doctor as a commanding centre.]]
Producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] wanted to start ''Doctor Who''{{'s}} [[Doctor Who (season 25)|twenty-fifth anniversary]] season "with a bang", a story with the Doctor's most famous adversaries, the Daleks. Nathan-Turner and script editor [[Andrew Cartmel]] hired 25 year old [[Ben Aaronovitch]] to write the story, who had not written for television before. He initially developed a story idea which later became ''[[Battlefield (Doctor Who)|Battlefield]]'' (1989), before Cartmel then commissioned Aaronovitch to write the Dalek story, originally titled ''Nemesis of the Doctor''.<ref name="information text"/> According to deals made with [[Terry Nation]], the creator of the Daleks, he had to approve a Dalek story if he was not writing it. Despite initial concerns, the storyline was approved.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> One of Cartmel's goals with the story was to have the Doctor be a commanding centre, rather than being "pushed and pulled" by the story as he felt had been happening recently. As such, Aaronovitch wanted there to be a spirit of the Doctor just wanting to tackle the Daleks.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> Two of the first things Aaronovitch thought of when creating the story was the 1963 setting and a Dalek climbing up stairs. He decided to reveal the Daleks in the middle of the first episode instead of as its cliffhanger, and then have a Dalek levitating up stairs to surprise viewers.<ref name="remembrances"/> The inability of Daleks to climb stairs was an urban myth and a joke, with the Doctor even joking about it in ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'' (1979). ''Remembrance'' was intended to put it to rest, though Cartmel noted that the joke was still prevalent.<ref name="remembrances"/> The Dalek civil war seen in ''Remembrance'' was intended to be an outcome of the previous Dalek story, ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' (1985).<ref name="remembrances"/> Aaronovitch felt that destroying Skaro at the end seemed like a logical conclusion, but he noted that it might not be the best decision in the long run.<ref name="remembrances"/>
[[File:Remembrance of the Daleks ___location.jpg|thumb|right|Filming ''Remembrance'' on ___location]]
''Remembrance of the Daleks'', the first story in ''Doctor Who''{{'s}} [[Doctor Who (season 25)|twenty-fifth anniversary season]],<ref name="anniversary"/> contains many references to the series' past, something Aaronovitch felt was fun.<ref name="remembrances">{{cite video|people=[[Ben Aaronovitch|Aaronovitch, Ben]], [[Sophie Aldred]], [[Andrew Cartmel]], Karen Glendhill, [[Sylvester McCoy]] |date=2007 |title=Remembrances |medium=DVD |publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]] |___location=''Remembrance of the Daleks'' DVD }}</ref> It is set in the same time and place as the programme's first episode, "[[An Unearthly Child]]", where Coal Hill School employed original companions [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] and [[Barbara Wright (Doctor Who)|Barbara]] and the Doctor's granddaughter [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] was enrolled.<ref name="remembrances"/> The Totter's Lane junkyard also reappears, as it had in [[Doctor Who (season 22)|season 22]]'s ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'', though "I.M. Foreman" is misspelled "I.M. Forman".<ref name="discontinuity">{{cite book |title=The Discontinuity Guide |last1=Cornell |first1=Paul |author-link1=Paul Cornell |last2=Day |first2=Martin |author-link2=Martin Day (writer) |last3=Topping |first3=Keith |author-link3=Keith Topping |via=reprinted on BBC ''Doctor Who'' website |year=1995 |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |___location=London |isbn=0-426-20442-5 |pages=105–107 |chapter=Remembrance of the Daleks |chapter-url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/remembrancedaleks/detail.shtml |title-link=The Discontinuity Guide }}</ref> It originally read "L.M.", though that was changeable in production.<ref name="information text"/> In one of the classrooms, Ace picks up a book on the [[French Revolution]] just as Susan had in "An Unearthly Child"; Aldred studied the original to try to mimic [[Carole Ann Ford]]'s stature.<ref name="remembrances"/> The Doctor references the events of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' (1964), ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' (1975), ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' (1975), and ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' (1968), as well as likening a device to something he used in ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' (1973).<ref name="information text"/><ref name="remembrances"/> The Doctor mistakenly calls Group Captain Gilmore "Brigadier", a reference to [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], who had headed [[UNIT]], an organisation similar to Gilmore's. Rachel, a scientific advisor from [[Cambridge]], is similar to [[Liz Shaw]], and she shares a conversation with Gilmore that is reminiscent of a conversation between the Brigadier and Liz in ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' (1970).<ref name="remembrances"/> Rachel also bears a physical resemblance to Barbara.<ref name="remembrances"/> ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' is also contains a [[meta-reference]]; a television continuity announcer says, "This is BBC television, the time is quarter past five and Saturday viewing continues with an adventure in the new science fiction series ''Doc''—", but is cut off by a scene change before completing the title. Aaronovitch "couldn't resist" the reference, and clarified that it was meant as a joke and was not to be taken seriously.<ref name="remembrances"/> Originally, it was intended that the show that was introduced would be called ''Professor X''.<ref name="information text"/> Alison and Rachel make mention of a "Bernard" from the "British Rocket Group". This is a reference to [[Bernard Quatermass]] and his British Experimental Rocket Group, of the [[Nigel Kneale]]-penned ''Quatermass'' science-fiction television serials.<ref name="discontinuity" />
Several scenes from ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' were cut or edited in production. McCoy's favourite scene, in which the Doctor muses to a worker at a café, was cut by about half.<ref name="deleted scenes"/> As originally shot, Ace defused the tension between her and the Doctor when he left her at the boarding house.<ref name="deleted scenes"/> Also cut was the Doctor curing Ace's leg at the beginning of the third episode, and the issuing of instructions from the Dalek controller through an earpiece.<ref name="deleted scenes"/> In a notable deleted line, the Doctor tells Davros that he is "far more than just another Time Lord".<ref name="deleted scenes">{{cite video|people=[[Sophie Aldred|Aldred, Sophie]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] |date=2007 |title=Deleted and Extended Scenes |medium=DVD |publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]] |___location=''Remembrance of the Daleks'' DVD }}</ref> This, along with the Doctor's hints that he was present at the creation of the Hand of Omega, was part of the so-called "[[Cartmel Masterplan]]" by script editor [[Andrew Cartmel]] to restore some of the mystery to the Doctor's origins.<ref name="scriptdoctor">{{cite book |title=Script Doctor: The Inside Story of ''Doctor Who'' 1986–89 |last=Cartmel |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Cartmel |year=2005 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn |___location=London |isbn=1-903111-89-7 |pages=134–135}}</ref> However, as the programme ceased production in 1989, the intended revelations never came to pass.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Handbook|author1=Howe, David J |author2=Stammers, Mark |author3=Walker, Stephen James |publisher=Telos|year=2005|page=726|author1-link=David J. Howe }}</ref> The original script also had the Doctor blowing up a Dalek with the anti-tank missile in episode two, but McCoy felt this was out of character and suggested Ace should do it instead.<ref name="DVDdoc"/>
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[[File:Sylvester_McCoy_and_Sophie_Aldred_1988_(filter_balance).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] on ___location]]
To protect the secret of Davros' presence in the story, Terry Molloy was credited in part three under an anagram, "Roy Tromelly".<ref name="discontinuity"/><ref>{{cite web|first=William|last=Gallagher|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-03-27/doctor-whos-secret-history-of-codenames-revealed|title=Doctor Who's secret history of codenames revealed|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=27 March 2012|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref> [[Ian Ogilvy]] was approached for the role of Gilmore, but did not accept;<ref name="DVDdoc"/> [[Neil Stacy]] was also considered.<ref name="information text"/> The role went to [[Simon Williams (actor)|Simon Williams]], who was known for his role as [[James Bellamy (Upstairs, Downstairs)|James Bellamy]] in ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''. [[Sophie Aldred]] and Karen Gledhil, who had watched the programme when they were younger, were awed to work with him.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> Williams had trouble handling the character's gun and also misunderstood a stage direction in the script describing it, which earned him the nickname of "Chunky".<ref name="DVDdoc"/><ref name="information text"/> This nickname was carried on into the character, with McCoy adding the line, "...why his men call him 'Chunky' I've no idea."<ref name="DVDdoc"/>
The computer was voiced by [[John Leeson]], who previously played [[K-9 (Doctor Who)|K-9]]. Leeson was asked to make his voice sound like Davros', to trick viewers into thinking the computer was Davros, and watched past episodes for reference.<ref name="information text"/> [[Michael Sheard]] was chosen to play the headmaster as he would be familiar to children.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> Sheard had to be released from his work on ''[[Grange Hill]]'' to participate; [[Peter Tilbury]] was briefly considered for the role if Sheard could not make it.<ref name="information text"/> Sheard had previously appeared in ''[[The Ark (Doctor Who)|The Ark]]'' (1966), ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' (1971), ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' (1975), ''[[The Invisible Enemy (Doctor Who)|The Invisible Enemy]]'' (1977), and ''[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]]'' (1982).<ref name="information text"/> [[Peter Halliday]], who played the blind Vicar, had also appeared in various ''Doctor Who'' stories.<ref name="information text"/> [[Stratford Johns]], who had previously appeared in ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'', was originally considered for Ratcliffe.<ref name="information text"/> [[Mark McGann]], the brother of [[Eighth Doctor]] actor [[Paul McGann]], was originally considered for the role of Mike Smith.<ref name="DVDdoc"/><ref name="information text"/> [[Pamela Salem]] had roles in two [[Fourth Doctor]] serials, as one of the Xoanon voices in ''[[The Face of Evil]]'', and as Toos in ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' (1977).<ref name="information text"/> Simon Williams, Karen Gledhill, and Pamela Salem reprised their roles in this serial in an audio spin-off series for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] titled ''[[Counter-Measures (audio drama)|Counter-Measures]]'', which details the adventures of the group after this story.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigfinish.com/releases/v/counter-measures-series-1-boxset-665|title=1. Counter-Measures: Series 1 Boxset|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|access-date=21 January 2013}}</ref>
''Remembrance of the Daleks'' was the first story in which [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]] was a regular companion,<ref name="DVDdoc"/> having joined at the end of ''[[Dragonfire (Doctor Who)|Dragonfire]]''.<ref name="information text">{{cite video|people=Richard Molesworth (compiler)|date=2007 |title=Remembranceof the Daleks with Information Text |medium=DVD |publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]] |___location=''Remembrance of the Daleks'' DVD }}</ref> Cartmel worked with Aldred to make Ace different from most companions: less of a "screamer" and more [[tomboy]]ish.<ref name="aldred interview"/> Aldred recalled that taking on the Daleks made her feel like a "real assistant".<ref name="aldred interview">{{cite web|first=Simon|last=Brew|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/doctor-who/19406/the-den-of-geek-interview-sophie-aldred|title=The Den of Geek Interview: Sophie Aldred|publisher=Den of Geek|date=14 February 2008|access-date=2 February 2013}}</ref> Aldred did many of her own stunts, bonding with the new stunt coordinator, [[Tip Tipping]]. She found the experience "terrifying" at first.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> Aldred has said that she is proud of the scene where Ace beats up a Dalek with a baseball bat, calling it one of the best things she has done in her life.<ref name="DVDdoc"/><ref name="aldred interview"/> Aldred was also trained in firing guns for the scene where she shoots a Dalek.<ref name="DVDdoc"/>
===Filming and effects===
[[File:010413-057 CPS (8642830229).jpg|thumb|right|upright|This episode debuted the [[Special Weapons Dalek]], shown here at the Doctor Who Experience]]
The director, Andrew Morgan, wanted to improve upon his last effort, ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' (1987). Feeling that the script was worth it, extra money was put into the production.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> However, production went over-budget by £13,000, and as a result Morgan was barred from directing for the programme again.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Remembrance of the Daleks – Archive Extra|first=Andrew|last=Pixley|journal=Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The Complete Seventh Doctor|date=13 April 2005|pages=47|issue=Special Edition #10}}</ref> Filming took place in April 1988.<ref name="Radio Times"/> St John's School in [[Hammersmith]] was used as Coal Hill School.<ref name="information text"/> The [[Kew Bridge Steam Museum]] in [[Brentford]] was used as the I.M. Forman junkyard.<ref name="information text"/><ref name="Radio Times"/> Filming at this ___location was occasionally interrupted by a radio traffic news helicopter circling overhead.<ref name="information text"/> John Nodes Funeral Service in [[Ladbroke Grove]], London was used for the funeral parlour the Doctor retrieves the Hand of Omega from, and the graveyard where he buries the Hand is Willesden Lane Cemetery.<ref name="information text"/> The cemetery filming was attended by some ''Doctor Who'' fans who came to watch.<ref name="information text"/>
For the levitating Dalek, a scaffolding was built over the stairs, and the Dalek prop was placed in a tray that was hoisted up by a rail-mounted trolley.<ref name="DVDdoc"/><ref name="information text"/> Two of the six Renegade Daleks were reused props from the 1960s.<ref name="information text"/> Imperial Daleks were built with bigger wheels that would roll easier on ___location.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> Aaronovitch expected the Dalek ship to be cheap-looking and achieved with [[chroma key|colour-separation overlay]], and was surprised when a model ship was constructed and "landed" with the help of a crane.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> For the final battle sequence between the Renegade and Imperial Daleks, the BBC Effects Department's pyrotechnics were so loud and the explosions so realistic that the [[London Fire Brigade]] was dispatched to the scene by local residents who feared that an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb had gone off. McCoy recalled that after the first explosions, a number of car alarms in the neighbourhood went off, and the emergency services drivers were surprised when they arrived to see Daleks coming at them from out of the smoke.<ref name="DVDdoc">{{cite video |people=[[Ben Aaronovitch|Aaronovitch, Ben]], [[Sophie Aldred]], [[Andrew Cartmel]], Karen Glendhill, [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Simon Williams (actor)|Simon Williams]] |date=2007 |title=Back to School: The Making of Remembrance of the Daleks |medium=DVD |publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]] |___location=''Remembrance of the Daleks'' DVD }}</ref> The junkyard gate was part of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s storage facility, and the pyrotechnics not only destroyed it for the effect of the Special Weapons Dalek blowing it up, but also smashed windows in the nearby building.<ref name="DVDdoc"/> A [[thermal imaging camera]] was used for Dalek perspective shots.<ref name="information text"/>
===Post-production===
The first episode begins with a [[cold open]], the second serial to have a specially-shot pretitles sequence after ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' (1987), though ''[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]]'' (1982) began with a reprise of ''[[Logopolis]]'' (1981) and "[[The Five Doctors]]" (1983) featured a clip from ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' (1964) before the title sequence.<ref name="fact of fiction"/> ''Remembrance''{{'s}} cold open features a shot of the Earth with audio clips from 1963, including [[John F. Kennedy]]'s [[American University speech]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech. Other clips from the early 60s were planned but did not make the final cut.<ref name="fact of fiction"/> Many songs from the time period can be heard in the background during several scenes in the serial.<ref name="fact of fiction"/>
==Themes and analysis==
[[James Chapman (media historian)|James Chapman]], in his book ''Inside the TARDIS'' (2006), reported that the plot to revisit the Doctor's past and origins has been compared to a comic book trend in the 1980s to reinterpret the origin stories of comic-book characters. He also noted that the many continuity references in the story displayed a knowledge of the series' history, but that ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' was "neither a celebration of the ''Doctor Who'' legacy" like "[[The Five Doctors]]" (1983), "nor an exercise in fan-obsessive continuity" as was displayed in ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'' (1985).<ref name="chapman">{{cite book|first=James|last=Chapman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znJkigd6PIQC&q=doctor+who|title=Inside the TARDIS: The Worlds of Doctor Who|year=2006|publisher=I.B. Tauris|pages=165–166|isbn=1-84511-163-X}}</ref>
The battle between Dalek factions has been likened to racism, which is apparent in the 1960s setting as Ace sees a sign that says "No Coloureds".<ref name="patheos">{{cite web|first=James F|last=McGrath|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/04/doctor-who-remembrance-of-the-daleks.html|title=Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks|publisher=[[Patheos]]|date=9 April 2012|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="DVDtalk2002"/> The subtext was intentional, as Aaronovitch drew on the Daleks' [[Nazism|Nazi]] theme and applied it to the setting. Cartmel was particularly proud of the scene and, when it was screened to BBC Head of Drama [[Mark Shivas]], rewound the tape because Shivas had missed the sequence due to a phone call. Shivas felt that Ace should have torn the sign up, and Cartmel agreed it was a missed opportunity.<ref name="DVDdoc"/>
==Broadcast and reception==
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This was the first time the programme was transmitted – albeit only in the London region – with [[NICAM]] [[stereo sound]].<ref name="discontinuity"/>
Reviews were mostly positive. [[Paul Cornell]], [[Martin Day (writer)|Martin Day]], and [[Keith Topping]] wrote in ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'', "The best ''Doctor Who'' story in some considerable time, ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' reintroduced mystery and magic into the series with much intelligence and revisionist continuity".<ref name="discontinuity"/> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' reviewer Christopher Bahn, despite noting that the production had not aged well visually, called ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' "the Seventh Doctor era at its best". He was positive towards how going back to ''An Unearthly Child'' allowed Aaronovitch and Cartmel to "showcase their new, more devious master-planner version of the Doctor", as well as the action and the character moments for Ace.<ref name="AV Club">{{cite web|first=Christopher|last=Bahn|url=https://www.avclub.com/doctor-who-classic-remembrance-of-the-daleks-1798173740|title=Remembrance of the Daleks|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=5 August 2012|access-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> [[DVD Talk]]'s J. Doyle Wallis, reviewing the original DVD release, gave the story three and a half out of five stars, calling it "a good ... adventure" and noting the shift in the Doctor's personality.<ref name="DVDtalk2002">{{cite web|first=J. Doyle|last=Wallis|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/4445/docotor-who-remembrance-of-the-daleks/|title=Docotor Who – Remembrance of the Daleks|date=23 August 2002|publisher=[[DVD Talk]]|access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref> Alasdair Wilkins of [[io9]] called ''Remembrance'' "by a pretty wide margin the best anniversary special the show has ever done", praising the return to the 1960s and the various continuity references.<ref name="anniversary">{{cite web|first=Alasdair|last=Wilkins|url=http://io9.com/5962840/the-complete-guide-to-every-single-doctor-who-anniversary-special-ever|title=The Complete Guide to Every Single Doctor Who Anniversary Special Ever|publisher=[[io9]]|date=23 November 2012|access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>
Patrick Mulkern of ''[[Radio Times]]'' praised the serial for "attempting to honour the programme's roots, even if, sadly, the effect is more of the present clomping all over the past", and questioned how the Doctor could have known about the Daleks in 1963 if he did not meet them until he left. He was also critical of the supporting characters and McCoy and Ace; he felt McCoy "struggles to convey gravitas" in the changes that had been made to his character, and while Aldred brought "gusto", Ace was "a peculiarly safe, middle-class rendering of a streetwise kid". Mulkern wrote that the action scenes were handled well, but some of the Daleks looked "fragile" and destroying Skaro was double genocide.<ref name="Radio Times">{{cite web|first=Patrick|last=Mulkern|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blog/2012-08-25/remembrance-of-the-daleks|title=Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks|work=[[Radio Times]]|date=25 August 2012|access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref> John Sinnot, reviewing the second DVD release on DVD Talk, gave the serial three and a half out of five stars. He praised the action, references, and the Doctor's active involvement in the plot, but criticised the music and also questioned how the Doctor would have been able to plant the Hand of Omega for the Daleks. Sinnot also felt the Daleks acted "stupid" in some scenes, and wrote that the relationship between Ace and Mike was "clumsy and awkward".<ref name="DVDtalk2010">{{cite web|first=John|last=Sinnott|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/40905/doctor-who-remembrance-of-the-daleks/|title=Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks|publisher=[[DVD Talk]]|date=11 April 2010|access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref> In 2010, [[Charlie Anders|Charlie Jane Anders]] of ''[[io9]]'' listed the cliffhanger to the first episode – in which the Dalek levitates up the stairs – as one of the greatest cliffhangers in the history of ''Doctor Who''. However, Anders felt that the execution was "pants, with Sylvester McCoy pulling some dreadful faces".<ref>{{cite web|first=Charlie Jane|last=Anders|url=http://io9.com/5625151/greatest-doctor-who-cliffhangers-of-all-time|title=Greatest Doctor Who cliffhangers of all time!|work=io9|publisher=[[io9]]|date=31 August 2010|access-date=24 March 2013|archive-date=2 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902145526/http://io9.com/5625151/greatest-doctor-who-cliffhangers-of-all-time|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, ''Den of Geek''{{'}}s Andrew Blair selected ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' as one of the ten ''Doctor Who'' stories that would make great musicals.<ref name="Blair 2013">{{cite web|first1=Andrew|last1=Blair|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/26832/doctor-who-10-stories-that-would-make-great-musicals|title=Doctor Who: 10 stories that would make great musicals|work=Den of Geek|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]]|date=28 August 2013|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
In the ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' 1988 season poll, ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' was voted as the best story of season twenty-five with 64% of the vote, 46% ahead of ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]''.<ref name="1998poll">{{cite journal |journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |issue=265 |publisher=[[Panini Comics]] |title=6: Remembrance of the Daleks |pages=16–17 |date=3 June 1998}}</ref> Ten years later, the magazine conducted a poll of readers to find the most popular ''Doctor Who'' stories of all time for the programme's 35th anniversary; ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' was voted 6th.<ref name="1998poll"/> In 2003, the magazine conducted a poll for the programme's 40th anniversary – this time, ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' finished 7th.<ref name="2003poll">{{cite journal|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|issue=Special Edition 6: We Love Doctor Who|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|title=Remembrance of the Daleks|page=21|date=2003}}</ref> ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' placed 14th in the magazine's 2009 "Mighty 200" reader survey, which ranked the 200 ''Doctor Who'' stories made up to that point.<ref name="mighty200">{{cite journal|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|issue=413|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|title=The Mighty 200!|last=Griffiths|first=Peter|date=14 October 2009}}</ref> In the magazine's 50th anniversary poll, released in 2014, it placed 10th.<ref name="2013poll">{{cite magazine|title=The Top 10 Doctor Who stories of all time|url=https://doctorwhomagazine.com/news/the-top-10-doctor-who-stories-of-all-time/|access-date=21 August 2014|magazine=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|date=21 June 2014}}</ref> In 2023, the story finished in 9th position in the magazine's 60th anniversary poll.<ref name="2023poll">{{cite journal|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|issue=597|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|title=Magnificent Heaven|last=Spilsbury|first=Tom|date=October 2023}}</ref>
The 2021 [[Channel 4]] drama ''[[It's a Sin (TV series)|It's a Sin]]'' contains a mocked-up scene of a fictional ''Doctor Who'' serial involving a Dalek attack in tribute to the actor [[Dursley McLinden]], who appeared in ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' and whose life and early death from [[AIDS]] partially inspired the drama's main character played by [[Olly Alexander]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/its-a-sin-doctor-who-daleks/ | title=Russell T Davies filmed a surprise Doctor Who scene for new drama It's a Sin }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/2021/02/its-a-sin-remembering-lost-friends/ | title=It's a Sin: Remembering lost friends | date=4 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.overyourhead.co.uk/2021/01/its-sin-has-daleks-in-it-tribute-to.html | title="It's a Sin" has #Daleks in it! Tribute to @DoctorWho actor Dursley McLinden (SGT Mike Smith) who died of AIDS }}</ref>
==Commercial releases==
===In print===
{{Infobox book
| name = Remembrance of the Daleks
| image = Doctor Who Remembrance of the Daleks.jpg
| caption =
| author = [[Ben Aaronovitch]]
| cover_artist = [[Alister Pearson]]
| series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' book:<br />[[List of Doctor Who novelisations|Target novelisations]]
| release_number = 148
| release_date = 21 June 1990
| publisher = [[Target Books]]
| isbn = 0-426-20337-2
| exclude_cover = yes
}}
[[Ben Aaronovitch]]'s novelisation was published by [[Target Books]] in June 1990. Its use of a "darker Doctor and more modern approach" influenced the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'', a series of more adult original novels that continued the ''Doctor Who'' story after the series was cancelled.<ref name="fact of fiction">{{cite journal|title=The Fact of Fiction: Remembrance of the Daleks|first=Jason|last=Arnopp|journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|___location=Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent|issue=464|pages=56–67|date=22 August 2013}}</ref> The ancient Gallifreyan figure known as "[[Other (Doctor Who)|The Other]]" first appears here, who had been instrumental to the Cartmel Masterplan,<ref name="ahistory">{{cite book |title=AHistory: An Unauthorized History of the ''Doctor Who'' universe |last=Parkin |first=Lance |author-link=Lance Parkin |year=2007 |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Mad Norwegian Press]] |___location=Des Moines, Iowa |isbn=978-0-9759446-6-0 |page=380}}</ref> and whose storyline continued into the ''New Adventures''.<ref name="fact of fiction"/> The novelisation also references [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]], who became a recurring character in the ''New Adventures''.<ref name="fact of fiction"/> Certain phrases are also translated into the Daleks' language which refer to the Doctor as the "Ka Faraq Gatri" and is variously translated as "Bringer of Darkness" or "Destroyer of Worlds". The phrase is used throughout the ''Virgin New Adventures'' series to refer to the increasingly dark actions of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and is referred to again in "[[Journey's End (Doctor Who)|Journey's End]]" where Davros condemns the [[Tenth Doctor]] as the "Destroyer of Worlds".
The novelisation was rereleased in 2013 as part of a 50th anniversary collection of novels reprinted for each Doctor. ''Remembrance of the Daleks'' was the only novelisation in the range.<ref>{{cite web|first=Andy T|last=Coombs|url=http://whatculture.com/tv/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-novels-7-remembrance-of-the-daleks.php|title=Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Novels #7 – Remembrance of the Daleks|publisher=WhatCulture|date=4 September 2013|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref>
===Home media===
''Remembrance of the Daleks'' was released on [[VHS]] with ''[[The Chase (Doctor Who)|The Chase]]'' in September 1993 as a special Dalek tin set titled ''The Daleks: Limited Edition Boxed Set''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Limited-Edition-Remembrance/dp/B00008T4UR/ref=sr_1_1?s=video&ie=UTF8&qid=1385679516&sr=1-1&keywords=remembrance+of+the+daleks|title=Doctor Who – The Daleks (Limited Edition tin: The Chase (1965)/Remembrance of the Daleks(1988)) (VHS)|date=September 1993 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="programmeguide">{{cite book|first=Jean-Marc and Randy|last=Lofficier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-60i_3373McC&q=doctor+who|chapter=Seventh Doctor|title=The Doctor Who Programme Guide|date=1 May 2003|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=0-595-27618-0|page=223}}</ref> It was re-released in 2001 as part of ''The Davros Collection'', which was a limited-edition box set, exclusive to UK retailer WH Smith.
The serial was released on [[DVD]] in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2001, remastered by the [[Doctor Who Restoration Team|''Doctor Who'' Restoration Team]]. The original [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]] DVD release has some video effects missing from episode 1 and the start of episode 2. This was an unforeseen consequence of the Restoration Team using earlier edits of these episodes to minimise generational quality loss, made before certain effects were added.<ref name="2001DVD">{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Roberts|url=http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/remembrancedvd.htm|title=Remembrance of the Daleks – DVD|publisher=[[Doctor Who Restoration Team]]|date=4 March 2001|access-date=28 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111084328/http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/remembrancedvd.htm|archive-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> The problem was corrected with subsequent DVD releases, including Region 1. This DVD also was not able to include two songs by [[The Beatles]], "[[Do You Want to Know a Secret]]" and "[[A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey]]", due to copyright; the former was replaced by the [[Billy J. Kramer]] and [[The Dakotas (band)|the Dakotas]]' version, while the latter was replaced with "generic production music".<ref name="fact of fiction"/><ref name="2001DVD"/>
The story was included as part of a limited run box set in 2003 with ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' and ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]''.<ref>[http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?1091 The TARDIS Library: 40th Anniversary Dalek box set]</ref> A remastered version of this story was released on Region 2 in November 2007, as part of ''The Complete Davros Collection'' and as a two-disc standalone release (including the 'Davros Connections' documentary from the boxset) on 20 July 2009. It includes the effects that were mistakenly left out and songs by The Beatles that weren't clearable for the original release but subsequently fell under a blanket music licensing agreement for the UK. There is also a newly remastered stereo and 5.1 surround sound mix. In the original Davros Boxset release version, there were two total mutes of the 5.1 soundtrack during episode one. 2entertain fixed the master within a few days of release and faulty copies could be exchanged for fixed ones via mail-in. The standalone version of the release uses the fixed version. The two-disc Special Edition was delayed due to clearance issues and was held off until it was released in the United States and Canada on 2 March 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-Remembrance-of-the-Daleks-SE/12922#ixzz1o84cuS00 |title=Doctor Who – Remembrance of the Daleks: Special Edition Re-Announced: Date, Details, New Box Art |date=5 November 2009 |first=David |last=Lambert |work=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415082647/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-Remembrance-of-the-Daleks-SE/12922#ixzz1o84cuS00 |archive-date=15 April 2012}}</ref>
This serial was also released as part of the [[Doctor Who DVD Files]] in issue 29 on 10 February 2010, the first of the classic series to be released on the [[partwork]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dwfiles.com/|title=Doctor Who DVD Files: DVDs|work=[[Doctor Who DVD Files]]|access-date=3 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824025525/http://www.dwfiles.com/|archive-date=24 August 2010}}</ref> This marks the fourth different separate release of the serial on DVD.
In 2013, (in the USA and Australia) it was released on DVD for another time as part of the "Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 5–8" box set, alongside ''[[Earthshock]]'', ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'', and the [[Doctor Who (film)|TV movie]].
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv39/sts-remembrance.html ''Script to Screen: Remembrance of the Daleks'', by Jon Preddle (''Time Space Visualiser'' issue 39, May 1994)]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020105174617/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1990/remembra/90rememb.htm On Target – ''Remembrance of the Daleks'']
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