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The Power of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from November 5 to December 10, 1966. It is Patrick Troughton's first full story as the Doctor.

The serial begins with companions Ben and Polly being suspicious of the newly regenerated Doctor. The Doctor brings the TARDIS to the colony of Vulcan where he learns, to his horror, that a scientist has recovered three inert Dalek bodies from a crash and has reactivated them to serve the colony.