Premise: The Daleks rescue Davros from his prison in space. However, he is just one part of a plan to replace the High Council of the Time Lords with killer duplicates.
Notes: This serial was originally scheduled to be part of Season 20, but was pushed back due to a strike with minor modifications. Michael Wisher, who played Davros in Genesis of the Daleks was scheduled to return but he was unable to do the role when the serial was moved to a later date. Terry Molley took over the role instead and would return in both Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks. The story was produced as four parts but when the schedule clashed with the Winter Olympics, it was made into two double-length episodes (a format which would then be used in the next season of the show) and shown on two consecutive Wednesdays.
Verdict: A mess of good ideas clumsily realised which is weighed down even more by it's obsession with continuity. Both the Daleks and Davros have improved a bit since their last appearance, with Terry Molley giving a satisfactory performance. Tegan's goodbye is squeezed onto the end and there are a lot of poorly acted death scenes. Among all this there is some fun to be had if you try hard enough but overall it's a poor production 5/10
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