Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks poster

Movie · 1972

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Released 22 January 1972 More from 1972 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Guerillas time-jump back from the 22nd century to assassinate Sir Reginald Styles - a diplomat working for World Peace, The Doctor discovers they are from a future where the Daleks have invaded the Earth (Following wars precipitated by Styles's destruction at the peace conference). With the Daleks desperate to maintain their version of history, The Doctor and Jo find themselves in a totalitarian future, where they must discover who really happened and prevent it.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
William Hartnell
as The Doctor (1) (picture) (uncredited)
64
Jon Pertwee
as The Doctor
52
Patrick Troughton
as The Doctor (2) (picture) (uncredited)
51
Aubrey Woods
as Controller
43
Katy Manning
as Jo Grant
22
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
42years between the oldest and youngest billed
64William Hartnell — oldest on the call sheet
22Katy Manning — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast
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