Sometime in the future, the newly regenerated Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) land on Vulcan, one of Earth's mining colonies only to discover that one of the Doctor's most dreaded enemies is also on the planet. As the Second Doctor's first outing, this serial is a must see for Who-fans and the animated recreation is most welcome. Troughton does a good job of 'rebranding' the 'regenerated' Time-lord and manages to lighten up the tetchiness and stilted-formality of the original Doctor (William Hartnell) without completely breaking with the entertaining and popular character Hartnell (and his writers) had created. While it takes a bit of time to get moving, the complicated storyline is good: full of double-dealing and deceit as corrupt internal politics wrack the station's crew while the resurrected Daleks deceive everyone about their true aims (other than the Doctor of course). One episode features dead bodies littering the floor following a major extermination event, a surprisingly brutal scene considering that at the time Doctor Who was seen by the BBC as kid-targeted programming. As with the other recreations of missing episodes, the animation is not particularly sophisticated but serves to add visuals to the original audio, giving fans a chance to see at least an approximation of this pivotal episode of the BBC's beloved sci-fi series.