Dalek (Doctor Who episode)

161 – "Dalek"
161 – "Dalek"
Doctor Who episode
Cast
	Doctor Christopher Eccleston – Ninth Doctor;
	Companions Billie Piper – Rose Tyler; Bruno Langley – Adam Mitchell;
	Guest Corey Johnson – Henry van Statten; Anna-Louise Plowman – Diana Goddard; Steven Beckingham – Polkowski; Nigel Whitmey – Simmons; John Schwab – Owen Bywater; Jana Carpenter – De Maggio; Joe Montana – Commander; Barnaby Edwards – Dalek Operator; Nicholas Briggs – Dalek Voice;
Production
Directed by	Joe Ahearne
Written by	Robert Shearman
Script editor	Helen Raynor
Produced by	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies; Julie Gardner; Mal Young;
Music by	Murray Gold
Production code	1.6
Series	Series 1
Running time	45 minutes
First broadcast	30 April 2005
Chronology
← Preceded by; "World War Three"	Followed by →; "The Long Game"
	List of episodes (2005–present)

"Dalek" is the sixth episode of the revived first series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 30 April 2005. This episode is the first appearance of the Daleks in the 21st-century revival of Doctor Who; it also marks the first appearance of Bruno Langley as companion Adam Mitchell.

The episode is set in Utah in the year 2012, in the underground bunker owned by Henry van Statten (Corey Johnson), a rich collector of alien artefacts. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his travelling companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) encounter the bunker's only living exhibit: a Dalek, which breaks loose and attempts to exterminate everyone in the bunker after repairing itself.