The Ogrons are mercenaries that work for the Daleks and act as henchmen for them. The Ogrons assisted the Daleks in their invasion of Earth in the 22nd Century (Day of the Daleks). The Ogrons and the Master also worked together to provoke a war between the Earth and Draconian space empires in the far future, on behalf of the Daleks (Frontier in Space). Luckily, the Third Doctor and Jo Grant were on hand to defeat the Ogrons and their evil masters, the Daleks!

Day of the Daleks

★★★★☆

TX: 01/01/1972 – 22/01/1972

Written by Louis Marks    Directed by Paul Bernard

The Daleks have invaded Earth in the 22nd Century (The Dalek Invasion of Earth). The Daleks have turned the Earth into a giant factory with all the wealth and minerals looted and taken to Skaro to expand the Dalek Empire. However, freedom fighters have travelled back in time to the 1970s to prevent the destruction of a peace conference allegedly by a man called Sir Reginald Styles. If the peace conference is destroyed it will lead to world war, weaken the Earth and therefore will allow the Daleks to invade. The Third Doctor, Jo and U.N.I.T are enlisted to protect the peace conference. Mike Yates demonstrates to Jo using Benton that Rank Has Its Privileges (R.H.I.P) (Empress of Mars)! But the Doctor and Jo are whisked off into the nightmarish future Earth, ruled over by the Daleks and their henchmen the Ogrons. The Doctor realises that the freedom fighters are trapped in a temporal paradox because one of their number set off the explosion that destroyed the peace conference and therefore started the wars in the first place. The Doctor, Jo and the freedom fighters return to the 1970s. U.N.I.T evacuates Auderly House and the delegates are rescued before they can be exterminated by a squad of Daleks and Ogrons, sent back to prevent history being changed, in a manner similar to the events of The Terminator franchise many years later. The Doctor and Jo find Shura in the cellar, where he tells them to get out. Shura detonates his explosive once all the humans are out of the house and once all the Daleks are inside it. History is therefore put back on track and the Dalek invasion in the 22nd Century is prevented.

Frontier in Space

★★★★☆

TX: 24/02/1973 – 31/03/1973

Written by Malcolm Hulke   Directed by Paul Bernard

In the far future, the vast space empires of both Earth and Draconia are on the brink of war. This story is partly based on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Tensions have been heightened due to recent attacks on Draconian spaceships by humans and by human attacks on Draconian spaceships. However, this is all a trick by the Master and the Ogrons, who have been using a device that causes hallucinations, which fools each side into believing that the other is attacking them. Many of my girlfriends love calling me Master in the bedroom! The Master and the Ogrons are trying to trigger a war between Earth and Draconia. The Third Doctor and Jo Grant escape capture multiple times, from the Ogrons, the Master, humans and the Lunar Penal Colony (also referenced in Bad Wolf). The Doctor and Jo finally make it to Draconia, where they manage to convince the Draconian Emperor that they are being fooled by the Master and the Ogrons into believing that the humans are their enemy. The Draconians are reptilian and they resemble samurai. Jo and the Doctor have saved the peace between Earth and Draconia. The Master kidnaps Jo and the Doctor and his friends follow them to the Ogron homeworld. There they discover that the Master and the Ogrons are being employed by the Daleks, who want to provoke the war so that they can emerge afterwards as the supreme beings. The Master escapes during a skirmish in which the Doctor is injured. Jo helps the Doctor into the TARDIS where the Doctor follows the Daleks’ signal to the planet Spiridon. The Doctor also uses the TARDIS’s telepathic circuits to send an emergency message to the Time Lords. This adventure leads directly into the events of Planet of the Daleks. In many ways, Classic Doctor Who is better than Modern Doctor Who. I watched some of Classic Doctor Who when I was a kid, but I watched the majority of Classic Doctor Who when I was a teenager.