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Hello readers! In this edition of the Death Count series, I will be counting up the deaths in the Fourth Doctor story Destiny of the Daleks.
About this Story
Title
Destiny of the Daleks
No. of Episodes
4
Season No.
Serial No.
Season 17
Serial 1
Broadcast Dates
1st Sep -
22nd Sep 1979
Run-Time
100' 10"
Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Companion
Romana
K-9 Mark II
The Doctor discovers a dormant Davros
Synopsis
The Doctor and Romana unwittingly land on Skaro where they plunge themselves into a war between the Daleks and the Movellans. They have reached a stalemate in their battle of logic, leading the Daleks to seek out Davros to reprogram the battle computers. Can the Doctor stop them?
The Death Count
Episode One
The Doctor and Romana witness a burial, however, the character died off-screen and we did not meet them beforehand.
Death Toll:
0
Death Rating:
0.00 (White)
Episode Two
Character
Time of Death
Description
Lan
17' 05"
Exterminated! (Later reactivated)
Agella
24' 02"
Crushed by collapsed ceiling (Later reactivated)
Romana is questioned by the Daleks
Death Toll:
2
Death Rating:
7.91 (White)
Episode Three
Character
Time of Death
Description
Worker
14' 02"
Exterminated!
Worker
14' 16"
Exterminated!
Dalek
17' 12"
Detonation of bomb by the Doctor
Dalek
17' 12"
Detonation of bomb by the Doctor
Dalek
20' 33"
Blown up by a Movellan
Movellan
21' 10"
Deactivated by the Doctor
The Doctor and Romana are held captive on the Movellan's ship
Death Toll:
6
Death Rating:
24.39 (Green)
Episode Four
Character
Time of Death
Description
Lan
9' 29"
Deactivated by Tysson (Reactivated for use of Workers)
Agella
12' 19"
Deactivated by Lan (Reactivated for use of Workers)
Movellan
14' 02"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Movellan
14' 04"
Deactivated by Tysson
Movellan
14' 07"
Deactivated by Agella
Movellan
14' 13"
Deactivated by Worker
Movellan
14' 21"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Worker
14' 24"
Killed by Movellan
Movellan
14' 37"
Deactivated by Romana
Movellan
14' 40"
Deactivated by Romana
Movellan
14' 43"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Worker
19' 42"
Exterminated!
Worker
19' 47"
Exterminated!
Worker
19' 50"
Exterminated!
Sharrel
20' 31"
Deactivated by Romana
Dalek
21' 34"
Bomb detonated by the Doctor
Dalek
21' 53"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 55"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 55"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 57"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 57"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 57"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 57"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 57"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Dalek
21' 59"
Bombs detonated by Davros
Davros instructs his Daleks to destroy the Movellan ship
Death Toll:
25
Death Rating:
95.60 (Red)
Overall
Death Toll:
33
Death Rating:
32.95 (Yellow)
Thank you for reading! Drop a comment with your thoughts or suggestions! They will be greatly appreciated!
The Ribos Operation
The Pirate Planet
Stones of Blood
The Androids of Tara
The Power of Kroll
The Armageddon Factor
Destiny of the Daleks
City of Death
The Creature from the Pit
Nightmare of Eden
The Horns of Nimon
The Leisure Hive
Meglos
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warrior's Gate
The Five Doctors
Mary Tamm played Romana's first incarnation
Lalla Ward played Romana's second incarnation
Overview
Romana I with K-9
Romana arrives in the TARDIS upon the instruction of the White Guardian in order to help the Doctor assemble the six segments of the Key to Time. Firstly, they arrive on the planet Ribos, followed by a trip to Zanak, where another planet turned out to be the second segment, and a trip to Earth, where Romana fought carnivorous stones for the third segment.
The search for the fourth segment took Romana to the planet Tara, where android doubles caused trouble. Romana is almost sacrificed to Kroll in the battle for the fifth segment on the planet Delta III. The final segment was found of the planet Atrios. Here, it was disguised as an actual person. Once the Key to Time was assembled, it was handed over to the White Guardian, but Romana continued travelling with the Doctor against the wishes of the Time Lords.
Romana is captured by Daleks
Now on the run, Romana changed her appearance, regenerating to her second incarnation. Romana was then caught up in the Dalek-Movellan war on the planet Skaro, before taking a trip to Paris in 1979, where Romana and the Doctor encountered Scaroth. On the planet Chloris, Romana came face to face with the creature from the pit.
Romana helped out when the collision of two spaceships uncovered a drug-smuggling plot involving the Mandrels. She also helped to put a stop to the evil Nimon, who was posing as a god to destroy worlds. At some point, the Doctor took Romana to Cambridge, and while there, were taken by a time scoop to the Death Zone on Gallifrey. However, they were caught in a time eddy and never arrived.
Romana and K-9 on Brighton Beach
In search of a holiday, the Doctor takes Romana to the leisure hive on the planet Argolis. On the planet Tigella, Romana claimed the TARDIS as her own to buy her life, before tricking her captives and rescuing the Doctor from Meglos.
The Time Lords once again asked for Romana's return, but before she could go back to Gallifrey, the TARDIS became trapped in E-Space, another smaller universe. Here, Romana visited Alzarius, meeting new companion Adric, and had a run in with some vampires. However, at the gate between E-Space and her home universe, Romana opted to stay behind, in order to help the enslaved Tharils free themselves.
Personality
Romana emulates her own version of
the Doctor's clothing
Romana shares many personality traits with the Doctor, which in her second incarnation, is seen through Romana's dress sense, wearing her own version of the Doctor's clothes.
Romana is exceptionally clever, often reaching the correct conclusion before the Doctor, due to her straight-forward attitude, especially during her first incarnation. This straight-forward attitude in her first incarnation often led to Romana being annoyed by the Doctor's eccentric attitudes.
Romana knew how to fix K-9
However, in her second incarnation, Romana became much more like the Doctor in the sense that she became more eccentric herself, often thinking up and going along with silly plans to fool the enemy.
Underneath the bubbly persona, however, there was a serious side to Romana. Like the Doctor, she would use violence and, only if absolutely necessary, she would be capable of killing.
Thank you for reading! Drop a comment with your thoughts or suggestions! They will be greatly appreciated!
