page_title: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: The Dalek Invasion of Earth / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Carole Anne Ford at an autograph table at "Whovent 86" in New Brunswick, NJ. I took this picture myself. It's not the most current picture, but in lieu of a more recent freeware picture, this will do I suppose.&#160;:)
context_page_description: The Dalek Invasion of Earth is the second serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from 21 November to 26 December 1964. It was the second appearance of the Daleks and thus the first time an enemy re-appeared.
  The serial is set on the Earth in the 22nd century, where the Daleks occupy the planet following a meteorite strike and a deadly plague. In the serial, the First Doctor, his granddaughter Susan Foreman, and teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright work with a human resistance group to travel to a Bedfordshire mine to stop the Daleks from mining out the Earth's core as part of their plan to pilot the Earth through space.
  This serial marks the final regular appearance of Carole Ann Ford as companion Susan.
context_section_description: This was the very first serial of Doctor Who that made extensive use of location filming, with London being chosen as the primary backdrop. The decision to use London also helped to keep the show within its production budget given that the BBC's Lime Grove studios where Doctor Who was produced were located at nearby Shepherd's Bush. Location filming took place in various parts of the city including extensive sequences at Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Bridge, Albert Embankment and The Royal Albert Hall, moving on to Kensington and the Albert Memorial with scenes involving the Dalek roadblock being filmed at Wembley. These scenes were shot in the early hours of Sunday mornings.  Other location scenes were filmed at the abandoned Wood Lane (Central line) tube station in West London and river sequences both shot besides the River Thames at St Katharine Docks in Wapping and at Kew Railway Bridge. The mine scenes were the first Doctor Who scenes to be filmed in a quarry, using the disused John's Hole Quarry at Stone, Kent.
  The music was composed and conducted by Francis Chagrin.
caption: The Dalek Invasion of Earth is the final regular appearance of Carole Ann Ford's character, Susan.
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