Resurrection of the Daleks is the fourth serial of the 21st season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on BBC1 between 8 February and 15 February 1984.
A group of humanoids in 1984 London are shot by policemen led by Commander Lytton. Two, Galloway and Stien, escape into the adjacent Butler’s Wharf where a time corridor is situated, but Galloway is killed. Lytton transports back to his battle cruiser in the far future and prepares to attack a prison space station whose only prisoner is Davros.
The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, and Turlough are being dragged down a time corridor in the TARDIS following on from the events at the end of Frontios. They emerge in the London Docklands.
The station crew, led by Dr. Styles and Lt. Mercer, fight the Daleks. Lytton persuades the Dalek Supreme to use poisonous gas, and the Daleks take over the ship. Lytton and an engineer break then release Davros from his cryogenic imprisonment.
The Doctor and friends meet Stien, and all return to the warehouse to hunt for the time corridor. They meet a military bomb disposal squad, called in by builders. Turlough stumbles into the time corridor, ending up on the Dalek ship.
Having learned that the Doctor is in the warehouse, the Supreme Dalek orders a Dalek to detain him. It travels through the time corridor and kills several men before the Doctor advises them to focus their fire on its eyestalk, blinding it. Then they push it out window, and it explodes on hitting the ground.
Davros vows to take his revenge on the Doctor. Lytton explains that the Daleks lost their war against the Movellans because of a virus that attacks Dalek tissue. They have awakened Davros to find a cure. He demands that he remain on the ship while working on the virus. When Lytton leaves to discuss this with the Supreme Dalek, Davros uses a hypodermic-like mind control device to take control of Kiston.
The Doctor and the bomb disposal squad find the Kaled mutant that was housed inside the destroyed Dalek and kill it when it wounds one of the men. The Doctor and Stien head into the TARDIS to see what is happening at the other end of the time corridor. The TARDIS materialises inside the Dalek ship, and the Doctor tells Stien that they should find Turlough and leave. But Stien reveals that he is an agent of the Daleks. A Dalek patrol closes in to exterminate the Doctor, but Lytton tells them that the Supreme Dalek has ordered that the Doctor be taken alive.
The Daleks plan to clone the Doctor and his companions, using them to assassinate the Gallifrey High Council. Davros demands tissue to find a cure. After consulting The Supreme Dalek, they agree, but Davros uses the mind-control device to take control of them.
In the duplication chamber, Stien becomes confused: the Doctor tries to reawaken his ability to think for himself. As the mind-copying sequence nears completion, Stien breaks his conditioning and stops the process, freeing the Doctor.
The Doctor finds Turlough and Tegan, and they return to the TARDIS. Rather than depart, the Doctor decides to destroy Davros. With Stien and Lt. Mercer, he heads to the station lab, leaving Tegan and Turlough in the TARDIS. The Doctor loses his chance to kill Davros when Stien’s conditioning re-asserts itself long enough to let Lytton’s troops kill Mercer.
Davros dispatches his Daleks to Earth. Anticipating resistance from the Daleks not loyal to him, Davros opens a capsule of the Movellan virus. Two Daleks enter with the intention of killing him but are killed by the virus. At the warehouse, Davros’ Daleks battle those loyal to the Supreme Dalek. The Doctor returns through the time corridor, realising that the “unexploded bombs” discovered earlier contain the Movellan virus. He opens one and places it behind the Daleks, who start to die.
Davros prepares to flee, but the Movellan virus apparently kills him. Just as Stien activates the self-destruct sequence that destroys the station and the Dalek ship, he is exterminated.
The Doctor calls for them all to leave, but Tegan refuses, saying she no longer enjoys her adventures, and runs off. As the TARDIS vanishes, she runs back, remembering the Doctor’s old admonition: “Brave heart, Tegan.” She calls out to the air that she will miss him.
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