Main Cast-
The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
Jo - Katy Manning
Main Guest Cast-
Vaber - Prentis Hancock
Taron - Bernard Horsfall
Rebec - Jane How
Codal - Tim Preece
Marat - Hilary Minster
Latep - Alan Tucker
Synopsis-
Continuing on from the ending of Frontier in Space, The Doctor has been gravely injured by The Master. The Doctor goes into hibernation to heal his wounds.
Jo, concerned for The Doctor, ventures forth onto the jungle planet that the Tardis has landed upon looking for help. Jo runs into a group of Thals, who have ventured to this planet to battle the Daleks, with whom they share their homeworld of Skaro.
It turns out the Daleks have created an army of Daleks armed with the power of invisibilty taken from the native inhabitants known as Spiridons. The Daleks intend to unleash this army upon the universe.
The Doctor, Jo and the Thals team up to thwart the Daleks plans. They do so by sealing the Dalek army in ice from one of the planet's ice volcanoes.
Review-
An improvement over Frontier in Space, but that isn't saying much. One has to wonder why the BBC (or Barry Letts) felt that it would be a good idea to try to take two rather mismatched stories like Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks and try to make them into an epic.
Classic Doctor Who has had a mixed record with epic length storylines. Some have been great, like the War Games and the Key to Time. Others have been decent or average like the Dalek's Master Plan. Dalek War, sadly, falls into the latter category of major mistake, just like the much later Trial of a Time Lord.
Still, it was interesting seeing the return of the Thals, absent from the program since the first Dalek story. The Thals are no longer pacifists, like they were in the original story and The Doctor is know mentioned in their history.
The Thals' reappearance, along with a much more interesting storyline make for a much improved viewing experience. It still isn't anywhere near as good as The Three Doctor or Carnival of Monsters, but at least it closes the Dalek War storyline on a higher note.
