‘I’ve been restored…without it I couldn’t survive.’ Before the astonished eyes of his companions Ben and Polly, the Doctor’s entire body has apparently been changed. Now they may be faced with a stranger who statements to be their older friend – but how can they understand whether to trust him? The TARDIS’s arrival for the swamp world of Vulcan brings its own problems; the Doctor is usually mistaken for an official come to resolve the planet earth colony’s in-fighting, and quickly he and his companions are embroiled about Doctor Who: The Power Of The Daleks (TV Soundtrack) in political wranglings. However, a far more serious threat lurks inside the colony. The scientist Lesterson provides found out a crashed space capsule, within it a group of inert metallic animals which the Doctor recognizes as Daleks. Refusing to heed the Doctor’s warnings, Lesterson materials power to the Daleks and revives them. The awakened Daleks claim to be faithful servants of mankind – but could such a thing ever become possible? By covert means they seek an increasing degree of energy, but also for what? By the time the physician and his friends uncover the Daleks’ accurate plan for the colony, it looks as if it could already end up being too late to avoid them… Anneke Wills, who takes on Polly in the story, narrates this debut story for the next Doctor, Patrick Troughton, initial broadcast in 1966 and lengthy since missing from the television archives.