The Peter Davison story turns 40 in 2024. <\/p>
With its grim but so quintessentially \u201980s opening of a shabby and wet London docklands street that ends with a mass shooting of fleeing humanoid figures, Resurrection of the Daleks sets its tone with sheer glee.<\/p>\n
This lean and violent serial was part of a more experimental era for Doctor Who<\/a>, one that experimented with serialised plot lines and character arcs perhaps more than ever before.<\/p>\n We can\u2019t ignore the impact of the much-lauded Earthshock before this two-parter, which similarly took the Doctor to darker depths than before.<\/p>\n Penned by Earthshock scribe Eric Saward, Resurrection of the Daleks<\/a> was always due to be pivotal for this dramatic era for Who.<\/p>\n