Revelation of the Daleks ( TV story ) Revelation of the Daleks was the sixth and final story of Season 22 of " Doctor Who " . The story introduced a schism between the Dalek s into the Imperial and Renegade factions , featured the Sixth Doctor ' s first interactions with Davros , and the destruction of Davros ' s right hand . It was the last " Doctor Who " story to be produced in forty - five - minute episodes until " Rose " in 2005 . It was also the last televised two - parter until " Dimensions in Time " in 1993 , and the last full - lengthed two - parter until " Aliens of London " / " World War Three " in 2005 . It was also the last " Doctor Who " story to be produced in a mixture of video ( for interior studio scenes ) and film ( for exterior locations ) . This story was nearly the final " Doctor Who " serial ever made ; ultimately , the show was put on hiatus for the following eighteen months instead . The original ending had the Doctor tell Peri they were off to Blackpool , leading directly into " The Nightmare Fair " . The ending was frozen before the Doctor could complete the sentence , leaving his destination open . ( DOC : " The Lost Season " ) It was later adapted into a novel in 1989 , and eventually produced in the form of an an audio story in 2009 . Synopsis . The Doctor and Peri arrive on the planet Necros to visit a facility called Tranquil Repose , where the wealthy can have their newly deceased bodies cryogenically frozen until medical science can cure them of their ailment . The Doctor wishes to pay his last respects to his friend , Professor Arthur Stengos , but it turns out this is just a ruse to lure him into a trap . The Great Healer masterminding Tranquil Repose is in fact Davros , who has been using the organic material in cryogenic storage to create a whole new army of Dalek s to conquer the universe . Plot . Part one . The TARDIS lands on Necros , at the funeral home and suspended animation centre Tranquil Repose . The Sixth Doctor and Peri have come to visit a deceased acquaintance . On the way , the Doctor points out great numbers of flowers similar to the soybean in food versatility . The Doctor is attacked by a mutant , who Peri accidentally kills whilst trying to save the Doctor . Before he dies , the mutant tells the Doctor the Great Healer used him as a genetic experiment . His appearance and hostility were caused by the experiments . At Tranquil Repose , a disc jockey plays songs and chats to entertain those in suspended animation . He keeps them aware of current events , but saves for moments of private reflection the fact that cures for some of the afflicted were perfected decades ago . A couple , Natasha and Grigory , have illegally entered Tranquil Repose , also looking for the scientist the Doctor is visiting — Arthur Stengos , her father . They find his assigned suspended animation capsule empty . Shocked , they continue looking and proceed downward . They find a dark room filled with pulsating brains and other experiments . Grigory walks past a Glass Dalek casing with a mutating red creature inside it . It opens its eye and Grigory comments on how gruesome the thing is . When Natasha looks at it , the creature opens its mouth and starts saying , " Na . . tasha ? Natasha ? " . Natasha realises it is the head of her father and he is being changed into a Dalek . Kara , whose company distributes food throughout the galaxy , is a pawn of the Great Healer , in actuality Davros ( now apparently reduced to a disembodied head in a tank as a result of being infected by the Movellan virus ) who is leading the Imperial Daleks . He takes virtually all the money she makes . To dissolve this arrangement , she has hired the mercenary Orcini and his squire , Bostock . She has given Orcini a transmitter with a five - button passcode . This must be entered when Orcini enters Davros ' s headquarters . Orcini accepts the contract solely for the honour of killing Davros . With Davros eliminated , she believes she will have the power and the capital to control the galaxy . Arthur Stengos , who is now just a head with red flesh growing over him , explains to Natasha and Grigory what ' s going on . He tells them that the brains of everybody in Tranquil Repose are being used to change into new Dalek mutants . He says his mind has been conditioned to serve " the Great Healer " , but he can ' t remember who " the Great Healer " actually is . He orders his daughter to kill him before he fully mutates . While she hesitates , Grigory pulls his own gun , but Natasha stops him and shoots her father herself . The two are captured , thrown in a cell and questioned by Takis and Lilt , who try rum on Grigory as a truth serum . As they are about to enter the Tranquil Repose , the Doctor and Peri find a giant statue of the Doctor in the Garden of Fond Memories . He realises this means that he will die here in his current incarnation . Peri cries out in alarm as the statue topples over , falls towards the Doctor and collapses on top of him . . . Part two . Peri sees Mr Jobel , and tells him what has happened . He tells Peri the Doctor may be dead . However , the statue is not made of stone , so the Doctor isn ' t harmed . He believes somebody raised it to get his attention . Inside Tranquil Repose , he and Peri are greeted by Tasambeker . Intrigued by the DJ ' s recordings , Peri wants to meet him and the Doctor urges her to do so , despite having Jobel as a companion . The Doctor wants to see the person who erected the statue dedicated to his passing and suspects trouble . Orcini destroys a Dalek , and Davros is notified . He is convinced Kara has sent assassins , so he deploys Daleks to bring her to him . They arrive , kill her secretary and take her back . Peri departs and the Daleks capture the Doctor . He is thrown in a cell with Natasha and Grigory , who are soon rescued by Orcini . Orcini penetrates Davros ' s lair . He and Bostock empty their guns into Davros ' life - support system . Davros appears killed by the ensuing explosion , but Orcini realises the kill was too easy . Sure enough , the real Davros — who has survived the virus unscathed — appears with a group of Daleks . Orcini and Bostock try to shoot their way out , but they are quickly subdued , with one of Orcini ' s legs blown off in the fight . Kara is brought in and he betrays her motives to Davros . Shocked , Kara states that they are both dead . Orcini responds , " You before me , " and kills her for her betrayal — the " transmitter " was actually a bomb . Natasha and Grigory infiltrate the incubator room yet again . They plan to destroy the brains scheduled for metamorphosis . When Natasha tries to fire her gun , it dies for lack of power . Grigory reckons there ' s a self - destruct switch on the brain incubator console . He presses some buttons , but stops as Natasha sees a glass Dalek incubator materialise . The Doctor , via communicator , warns Peri to get back to the TARDIS and hail the President ' s ship , which is en route with the body of the deceased First Lady . The DJ persuades Peri to use his equipment . Overhearing the transmission , Davros orders the DJ killed and Peri captured . The DJ produces a sonar weapon . He blows up two Daleks as they enter his room , but is killed when a third Dalek enters . Peri is captured . The Doctor overhears the events via broadcast . He rushes to save her but is caught en route by two Daleks . Both meet in Davros ' laboratory where he reveals he has a new army of Daleks , hidden in catacombs somewhere underneath his laboratory . Natasha and Grigory plan to escape the incubator room before the Dalek fully grows . They make their way to the door , but Natasha turns around and notices the glass Dalek has disappeared . The two look up to see a Dalek machine flying high above the ground towards them . They try to open the door , but the flying Dalek exterminates them before self - destructing . Davros gleefully informs the Doctor of Natasha and Grigory ' s deaths , and reveals that even had they succeeded in destroying the laboratory , it would have achieved nothing , as his main force of Daleks is safely hidden elsewhere . As he goes to activate his Daleks , Bostock retrieves his gun and blows off Davros ' s hand . Bostock is immediately exterminated by a nearby Dalek , and a furious Davros vows to have the Doctor and Peri converted into Daleks , as revenge for all the problems the Time Lord has ever caused him . Meanwhile Daleks loyal to the Supreme Dalek and not to Davros arrive from Skaro , called by Takis who seeked to end the Imperial Daleks control over Necros after realising what has been going on . The Renegade Daleks demand to be taken to Davros , and Takis leads the way . Shortly , some of the Imperial Daleks appear and the two factions battle . The Skaro Daleks win and progress toward Davros . Davros is shocked when the newly arrived Daleks enter the room . He tries to persuade them to capture the Doctor , however they do not recognise the Doctor because of his regeneration . They take Davros back to Skaro to be put on trial for crimes against the Daleks . Orcini wants to explode the bomb before Davros ' s ship leaves — he hesitates and allows all to leave only because of the Doctor . The Doctor wants to set a timer , but Orcini says there is no time . They all rush out , and Orcini blows the bomb after hugging the body of Bostock . Unfortunately , the blast does not destroy the escaping Renegade Dalek ship , which causes Peri to think that Orcini threw his life away for nothing . The Doctor reassures her that Orcini died for something very honourable : the destruction of Davros ' s new generation of Daleks . With Tranquil Repose now devoid of its clients , and most of the facility having been destroyed by the explosion , the Doctor tells the surviving staff that they can continue to live their lives by cultivating the native weed plant , which can replace the food that Davros and Kara were supplying . Peri asks for a vacation , so the Doctor agrees , proclaiming " All right , I ' ll take you to - - " " ( A freeze - frame occurs before the Doctor can name the intended destination . ) " DVD and audio releases . DVD releases It was released : Contents : Notes : Differences between original and updated Visual FX . When " Revelation of the Daleks " was released on DVD , it included various new VFX sequences as optional replacements . Also , the soundtrack was remixed to 5 . 1 Surround Sound , with new Dalek voices in later scenes . In part one , one notable change was to the colour and intensity of the beam fired from a laser gun . In the second , there were a number of changes to special effects . In the scene where the men try to kill Davros , for instance , Davros ' lightning was replaced with slightly brighter CGI lightning . The explosion that occurs at the fake Davros ' tank was originally turned purple , but in the re - edit it was returned to normal . The colour after the explosion was changed from purple to blue . The Dalek extermination was replaced with a brighter effect , with the inverted area better selected . When Davros hovers , the effect under him is more defined . In later scenes , less subtle changes were made . One Dalek in the original was a model from the company Sevans , but it didn ' t give the right on - screen effect . It is replaced with another specially constructed model Dalek , with an explosion effect extensively different from the original . When a Necros Dalek visibly hovers , the angle is changed to make its levitation significantly easier for viewers to discern . The explosion of Orcini ' s bomb at the end of the episode also varied greatly from the original , having been changed from a green " swirling " effect to a red " glowing " effect .