History Recap / DoctorWhoS3E2MissiontotheUnknown

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Creator/TerryNation wrote this episode partially as an attempt to develop and sell the idea of a Dalek television series divorced from the larger Doctor Who universe. The proposed series would have followed the adventures of the Space Security Service, an elite organisation tasked with hunting Daleks.

'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''

* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run, and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.

Three dudes, one of whom is a security agent for the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire, crash in a jungle. They discover a Dalek plot to take over the solar system, and all end up very dead. Shades of JamesBond abound. Can be found restored with animation - albeit, unauthorized - [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxfzet_doctor-who-mission-to-the-unknown-levine-animation_shortfilms here.]]

Three dudes, one of whom is a security agent for the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire, crash in a jungle. They discover a Dalek plot to take over the solar system, and all end up very dead. Shades of JamesBond abound. Can be found restored with animation [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxfzet_doctor-who-mission-to-the-unknown-levine-animation_shortfilms here.]]

Three dudes, one of whom is a security agent for the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire, crash in a jungle. They discover a Dalek plot to take over the solar system, and all end up very dead. Shades of JamesBond abound.

* TakenALevelInBadass: The Daleks, and the whole point of this story. After 3 defeats at the hands of the Doctor and a failed attempt at playing the Daleks for laughs in their last outting how do you make the Daleks scary again? Put them up against James Bond and have Bond lose!

* TkenALevelInBadass: The Daleks, and the whole point of this story. After 3 defeats at the hands of the Doctor and a failed attempt at playing the Daleks for laughs in their last outting how do you make the Daleks scary again? Put them up against James Bond and have Bond lose!

A LowerDeckEpisode. A bottom deck episode, in fact... possibly the first [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E10LoveAndMonsters Doctor]]-[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E10Blink Lite]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E11TurnLeft episode]]? The Time Travel Team and TARDIS don't even appear at all - this is just a teaser for the later story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]".

* BackdoorPilot: After "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E1PlanetOfGiants Planet Of Giants]]" was shortened and a hole in the schedule was created, Terry Nation wrote this episode partially as a teaser for the upcoming "The Daleks' Master Plan" and partially to see if a Dalek spinoff show could work. (It could, but not until ''much'' later and in some [[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Abslom_Daak_-_Dalek_Killer_(graphic_novel) entirely]] [[http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/dalek-empire different]] media.)
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode's alternate title in production was "Dalek Cutaway", which tells you exactly what you're getting. This alternate title was often listed along with or in place of "Mission To The Unknown" as the title of the episode for years until some of the disputed episode titles were standardised.
* LowerDeckEpisode
* MauveShirt: Marc Cory.
* MissingEpisode: One of only two standalone episodes from the original run, and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.
* RedShirt: The other two guys.
* SequelHook: For "The Daleks' Master Plan".
* TheVirus: Varga plants.

* MissingEpisode: The only standalone episode from the original run, and managed to become one of the missing due to tape wiping.

* BackdoorPilot: After "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E1PlanetOfGiants Planet Of Giants]]" was shortened and a hole in the schedule was created, Terry Nation wrote this episode partially as a teaser for the upcoming "The Daleks' Master Plan" and partially to see if a Dalek spinoff show could work.

Watch it [[http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x1li53_matrixarchive_mission-to-the-unknown here]]

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode's alternate title in production was "Dalek Cutaway", which tells you exactly what you're getting. This alternate title was often listed along with or in place of "Mission To The Unknown" as the title of the episode for years until [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_story_title_controversy some of the disputed episode titles were standardised.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: An episode were neither the Doctor or his companion(s) appear (although WilliamHartnell is still credited as per contract) would be strange to audiences even nowadays. Imagine how it was to watch it in 1965, with little warning and experience of the idea.

!Tropes
* BackdoorPilot: After the preceding serial was shortened and a hole in the schedule was created, Terry Nation wrote this episode partially as a teaser for the upcoming "The Daleks' Master Plan" and partially to see if a Dalek spinoff show could work.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: An episode were neither the Doctor or his companion(s) appear would be strange to audiences even nowadays. Imagine how it was to watch it in 1965, with little warning and experience of the idea.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode's alternate title in production was "Dalek Cutaway", which tells you exactly what you're getting. This alternate title was often listed along with or in place of "Mission to the Unknown" as the title of the episode for years until [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_story_title_controversy some of the disputed episode titles were standardised]].
* LowerDeckEpisode
* MauveShirt: Marc Cory
* MissingEpisode: The only stand-alone episode from the whole original run, and its unfortunately among the missing because of tape wiping
* RedShirt: The other two guys
* SequelHook: for "The Daleks' Master Plan"
* TheVirus: Varga plants

A Main/LowerDeckEpisode. A bottom deck episode, in fact... possibly the first [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E10LoveAndMonsters Doctor]]-[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E10Blink Lite]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E11TurnLeft episode]]? The Time Travel Team and TARDIS don't even appear at all - this is just a teaser for the later story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]".

A Main/LowerDeckEpisode. A bottom deck episode, in fact... possibly the first [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E11LoveAndMonsters Doctor]]-[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E10Blink Lite]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E11TurnLeft episode]]? The Time Travel Team and TARDIS don't even appear at all - this is just a teaser for the later story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]".

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mission_TTU_4225.jpg
--> ''I'll tell you this: there's something very big going on here, and if the Daleks are involved, you can bet your life our whole galaxy is in danger.''

A Main/LowerDeckEpisode. A bottom deck episode, in fact... possibly the first Doctor-Lite episode? The Time Travel Team and TARDIS don't even appear at all - this is just a teaser for the later story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]".

Three dudes, one of whom is a security agent for the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire, crash in a jungle. They discover a Dalek plot to take over the solar system, and all end up very dead. Shades of Main/JamesBond abound.

* SequelHook: for "The Daleks' Master Plan" (not e

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode's alternate title is "Dalek Cutaway" (which was often listed along with or in place of "Mission to the Unknown" as the title of the episode for years until [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_story_title_controversy some of the disputed episode titles were standardised]].

* SequelHook