The broadcast of The Evil of the Daleks, part 7, on July 1st brought to a close Doctor Who's
fourth season on television. The production block, however, would continue with The Tomb
of the Cybermen, which would be held over to start season 5. Only episode 2 of the story
exists in the archives, having been famously returned alongside episode 3 of The Faceless
Ones by Gordon Hendry after he bought them from a car boot sale. There also exists a
clip of the toy Daleks used in the serial, which begins with the toy being held, then
released, the end part of which may possibly have featured in episode 7. In addition, there
is footage of the Emperor Dalek and the model filming as taken by Tony Cornell which, whilst
not actual footage from the story, illustrates what would have been seen on screen. The story
was one of Troughton's favourites, and in the 80s he would even bandy about the idea
of it being made into a feature film. Terry Nation's plans for an American Dalek series
were never realised, so The Evil of the Daleks was the last appearance of the Daleks for
over four years, until they finally returned to face John Pertwee's Doctor in the 1972
The Day of the Daleks.