Victory of the Daleks (17 Apr. 2010)

The TARDIS takes The Doctor and Amy to war-torn Britain in the middle of World War Two. Not only do they meet Winston Churchill himself, but the Doctor comes face to face once again with his greatest enemy of all.

Director:

Andrew Gunn

Writers:

Mark Gatiss, Terry Nation (characters: "Daleks")

Stars:

Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Ian McNeice

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Matt Smith	...	The Doctor
Karen Gillan	...	Amy Pond
Ian McNeice	...	Churchill
Bill Paterson	...	Bracewell
Nina De Cosimo	...	Blanche
Tim Wallers	...	Childers
Nicholas Pegg	...	Dalek 1
Barnaby Edwards	...	Dalek 2
Nicholas Briggs	...	Dalek (voice)
Susannah Fielding	...	Lilian (as Susanah Fielding)
James Albrecht	...	Todd
Colin Prockter	...	Air Raid Warden

Storyline

The Doctor and Amy travel back in time at the request of Prime Minister Winston Churchill who needs the doctor's help. It's the early years of World War II and London is under constant aerial attack from Nazi Germany. Churchill is proud of his new weapon and wants to show it off but the Doctor is shocked when he realizes that it's actually a Dalek. There are three of them and Dr. Bracewell claims to be the sole inventor. It's not all that simple however and the Doctor uncovers a plot to re-create the Dalek race. He races to stop them before they can escape and once again become the scourge of the universe.

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Plot Keywords:

winston churchill | world war two | 1940s | spitfire aircraft | android | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 April 2010 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Terry Nation, the writer who created the Daleks, has said he consciously based them on the Nazis. Interestingly, in this episode we see the Daleks fight directly against the Nazis.

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Goofs

The distance between the doctor and the newly created White Dalek varies between shots inside the Dalek ship and when viewed through the screen present in the London war room.

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Quotes

White Dalek: We are the paradigm of a new Dalek race. Scientist, Strategist, Drone, Eternal, and the Supreme.
The Doctor: Which would be you, I'm guessing? Well, you know, nice paint job. I'd be feeling pretty swish if I looked like you. Pretty *Supre-eme*!

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Connections

Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: War Games (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Doctor Who Theme"
(uncredited)
Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

User Reviews

As much as I'd like to say, "I loved it..."

I can't.

This was honestly one of the more contrived episodes since the series' reprisal five years ago.

Moffat has brought back the Daleks, the villains that have been run into the ground over and over again!

The previous week's episode had the same type of fear with the smiling faces in the carnival booths that one would typical expect of Moffat's writing; however, the only "victory" in this week's episode is surprisingly with Amy and The Doctor as these two actors start sliding into their respective roles.

Not the actors' fault here, just a thin plot.