Production
| Episode | Broadcast date | Run time | Viewership |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Part One" | 23 March 1985 (1985-03-23) | 44:31 | 7.4 |
| "Part Two" | 30 March 1985 (1985-03-30) | 45:27 | 7.7 |
Eric Saward got around the BBC's policy against script editors commission stories from themselves by writing the script during a six-week period between his contracts. Saward was on holiday on Rhodes at the time and many of the names (such as Lilt and Orcini) come from places, products and people he encountered there. Tasambeker was named after a Greek saint. The story is loosely based on the book The Loved One and the information text on the DVD release of the story also states that Soylent Green was also an influence to it. However, writer/script editor Eric Saward has said in the DVD commentary that he had not seen Soylent Green when he wrote Revelation of the Daleks.
Eric Saward thought up the idea of blue 'mourning' suits for Necros in order to cover up Colin Baker's costume, which he considered inappropriate for a drama series, for as long as possible. Portions of the story were filmed at the IBM UK headquarters in Cosham, Portsmouth This was the final Doctor Who serial to be produced using film for outdoor sequences and video for interior scenes. Beginning with The Trial of a Time Lord, production moved to all-video. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant appear entirely on film in Part One and have no interaction with the actors portrayed in the video segments.
This was the final serial to use Peter Howell's arrangement of the "Doctor Who Theme" that had been introduced in 1980. Following the broadcast of this serial, the BBC suspended work on the series for 18 months; production resumed a year later with the next new episode airing in September 1986.
This story was first aired in the U.S. and some other countries in four 25-minute episodes. The first cliffhanger sees Natasha and Grigory hiding in the catacombs as Takis and Lilt are wheeling a body through the tunnels, while the cliffhanger in "Part Three" features either the Doctor telling Peri that she's in great danger, or, in some edits of the story, Davros ordering his Daleks to kill the DJ. All VHS and DVD releases of the story have been in its original two-part form.
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