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Episode 2 Into The Dalek 7.30pm to 8.15pm Trailer
Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 2 Into The Dalek
From the BBC press centre…
Saturday 30 August
7.30pm to 8.15pm
A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, and only the Doctor can help them now… with the Doctor facing his greatest enemy, he needs Clara by his side.
Confronted with a decision that could change the Daleks forever he is forced to examine his conscience. Will he find the answer to the question, am I a good man?
obey the whispermen
August 24th, 2014 - 8:28amThe daleks actually look scary. Cant wait.
WendySueWho
August 24th, 2014 - 8:19amI say if they must use them once a year, use them for a flashback at some point during the season and be done with them. They are way too old fashioned and boring.
alex
August 25th, 2014 - 6:07pmTrue too common too be scary or interesting now!
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
August 23rd, 2014 - 10:17pmnot sure what the storyline is
Sam (UDWF1)
August 24th, 2014 - 9:08amSurely you wouldn’t want to be until you watch the episode. That’s the whole point.
Dalek Supreme, with extra Onions
August 23rd, 2014 - 9:41pmI’m definitely looking forward for this one! With the Daleks being my favourite Dr. Who villain, I hope this is a good one. The Marine/Soldiers look like standard Dalek Fodder, but the trailers make it look interesting.
I’m not saying Deep Breath was bad, it was fuctional, but could have been great. Hopefully this one on premise alone seems far more interesting, after being somewhat underwhelmed by Deep Breath. EXTERMINATE!
daleksean
August 21st, 2014 - 7:04pmThey made such a fuss about the new paradigm daleks in series 5 they were only in a few episodes then they went back to the old version and now the old version is on all of the time
Daleklover
August 23rd, 2014 - 11:02pmThat’s because of the reboot of the universe at the end of series 5 isn’t it? I believe the daleks were rebooted as well.
Dalek The Supreme
August 24th, 2014 - 11:23pmNo, the New Paradigm Daleks still exist, just as an officer class. They show up in the Parliament scenes in Asylum of the Daleks, and there’s a dead Supreme in the background of the Asylum scenes. I really do hope they actually show Daleks of the New Paradigm killing people. It might give the fans more reason to fear them.
daleksean
August 26th, 2014 - 8:56pmI hope they bring back the ones that escaped in the end of the ww2 episode it would be interesting to see how they made a come back
Macster
August 19th, 2014 - 11:59amMore Daleks, Dull,dull,dull,
With the frequency at which The Daleks keep turning up the Doctor should be yawning like the rest of us! Let’s face it they need a rest for a while just like the audience,
Lately they’ve been about as frightening as cold custard, and don’t get me started on The Tele-Tubby Daleks,
All together now “Uh-Oh!”
Don’t get me wrong the Daleks are a Great Foe but they need to be used sparingly, The Best Story of course being Genisis of The Daleks!
The Moffat Paradox
August 19th, 2014 - 2:20pmAs others have said apparently it’s a stipulation of the Terry Nation estate that their used yearly or so which I think is fair enough as in other Sci-Fi like Star Trek nobody complains about the Klingons appearing too often.
But your right that they need to be more orginally used in a way this forthcoming episode hopefully promises and more of a fear factor put back into them or it wouldn’t seem so out of place for the Doctor to say:
“OH NOT YOU AGAIN!!!”
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 19th, 2014 - 6:47pmDon’t forget, that apart from the very brief appearance of a damaged Paradigm Supreme Dalek in ‘The Wedding of River Song’, the Daleks did not actually have a story during series 6 back in 2011, so they did have a year off.
The Werewolf
August 19th, 2014 - 8:21pmYou do know that the Daleks legally have to appear every year don’t you?
Anonymous
August 20th, 2014 - 10:22amYeah thats why there was that Dalek Cameo in The Wedding of River Song
Macster
August 21st, 2014 - 12:12pmSometimes Less is More!
The Big Friendly Button
August 23rd, 2014 - 9:47pmI think what the daleks need is a long running story arc that sort of gives a feeling of progression over the course of the series.
For example from series 1 in 2005 it was established that the daleks were extinct per say and needed to revive themselves and thus for years onward we got the daleks trying to bring back their race every year and thus this made a perfect story arc for the daleks that could be picked up in the next year.
The reason why it feels inconstant is because the dalek episodes are stand alone and do not really connect to the next there needs to a thread from this years dalek episode to when another one is shown with it either being next year or the year after.
The Moffat Paradox
August 24th, 2014 - 1:07amWell if Gallifrey is out of their reach there can be no resumption of the Time War which can also mean that apart from Dealing with the Doctor (as this episode maybe also hints) Skaro’s finest recreated by the Progenior Device can refocus once more on being a threat to everyone else in the universe.If done more originally there should be a basis for good threaded stories with that.
The Moffat Paradox
August 24th, 2014 - 11:25amDid also think that the latest design of Cybermen would be now a more formidable opponent for Skaro’s finest in any protrayal of a protracted conflict.But then it was only Skaro’s finest that ended the deadlock at Trenzalore.
DalekSec123
August 17th, 2014 - 8:57pmI am glad that the Daleks are returning to the series because they are my favourite villains
DalekSec123
August 17th, 2014 - 8:53pmI am glad that the Daleks are returning the series
The Moffat Paradox
August 16th, 2014 - 7:22pmThink manipulating the pathweb must be involved here.
This also seems a bit reminiscient of the “I Borg” episode of Star Trek Next Generation when the crew of the Enterprise D come across a Borg drone they nickname Hugh that has become disconnected from the Borg collective’s consciousness creating the opportunity to upload a devastating virus Captain Picard eventually vetoes as being unethical as it’s destructiveness would make them no better than the Borg.
Anonymous
August 17th, 2014 - 8:30pmit sounds like a fantastic voyage to me
Anonymous
August 17th, 2014 - 10:56pmHave you read the script to this episode? I think it’smore like the opposite of the STNG episode you’re describing
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 18th, 2014 - 7:10amAgreed, I’Borg.
DalekSec
August 18th, 2014 - 10:30amI love that episode!
The Moffat Paradox
August 18th, 2014 - 1:37pmGave an answer to anonymous but seems to be deemed too episode spoiling.
Professor Peacock
August 16th, 2014 - 6:57pmJust out of interest, does anyone know if the BBC are releasing those movie- style posters as they did for Series 7?
BritishRowan
August 17th, 2014 - 5:39pmLets hope so because they are fantastic!
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:47pmBooboo are you not letting my comments appear? I havnt posted anything spoiler, just my theory? π
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:47pmOh wait I can see them now! Must be my internet! Sorry π
booboo
August 15th, 2014 - 8:48pmno its just all the key words to stop spoilers, nothing to do with you personally
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:59pmOh ok, that’s why two of my comments are the same down there π
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:21pmPeople the title isn’t inside a dalek, it’s into the dalek, that could be the daleks mind, it could be psychological, they go into a daleks mind, and a “choice that could change the daleks” does the doctor have the choice to turn the daleks GOOD!? But who is he to turn them good, when he doesn’t even know if he’s a good man himself
Just a theory π
Anonymous
August 16th, 2014 - 3:13pmIts an Excellent theory! π
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:15pmBtw I think by inside the a dalek, it maybe more psychological, so they share a mind with a dalek, see what a dalek thinks and sees, see the world through the blue eye stalk, and change the daleks for ever? Maybe the chance to turn them good, but who had the right to turn a dalek good, when the doctor doesn’t even know if he’s good himself?
Just a theory π what ya think?
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:11pmONE MORE WEEK TILL DOCTOR WHO SERIES 8 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH π
Cyber10Dalek
August 15th, 2014 - 6:55pmMy god i just realised…if the Doctor and Clara do indeed go inside a Dalek (maybe through the use of something similar to the miniturisation ray on board the teselecta)then can you imagine what the dalek mutant will look like?!It would be like the kraken!XD
The Surgeon
August 15th, 2014 - 6:17pmI love the Paradigm Daleks. I hope they return, with an explanation of the Eternal’s function.
Dalek The Supreme
August 24th, 2014 - 11:25pmI 100% agree.
Creative Whovian
August 15th, 2014 - 4:39pmI love the daleks but I’m beginning to see what everyone means. We need to give them a break. Infact, a better way of doing things would be to finally re-introduce the paradigm. It had so much potential!
The TARDIS
August 15th, 2014 - 7:01amAwful synopsis, great title. Let’s hope the episode is far better than it is described as. (From the preview clips of it, it looks great)
The Surgeon
August 15th, 2014 - 6:19pmReally? I think the title is poor, and the synopsis. And I really hope the Paradigm Daleks at least make a cameo.
Am I a Good Man?
August 14th, 2014 - 7:25pmI think that the Daleks have gone just about as far as they can have gone in the show so far. Going into a Dalek isn’t unique as such as it is sort of repeating what happened in Asylum of the Daleks.
It’ll be good to see a fully kitted out Dalek fleet again though as lately they have either been on the brink of extinction (Victory of the Daleks, Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks) or the Dalek episodes have focused too much on individual Dalek/group of Daleks (such as in Dalek, The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End).
I’d personally like to see a decent Dalek episode where once again the action fits in with the classic Daleks music.
Anonymous
August 14th, 2014 - 9:21pmWell said π
Dalek Supreme, with extra Onions
August 23rd, 2014 - 9:44pm‘Dalek’ is still probably one of my favourite episodes, just because it’s so weird seeing a Dalek out of it’s comfort zone, being tortured and with emotions other than hate. Hopefully we’ll see something like that it this one.
Doctor Stu
August 14th, 2014 - 4:59pmGod if they’re going inside a Dalek I hope Steven Moffat realises that a Dalek is not a robot that can be manoeuvred around in like the teselecta but has a Dalek mutant inside……because to be honest if your going inside a Dalek the eye stalk is like the furthest you can walk until there’s a massive drop down into a Dalek mutant fiddling with its little computer screen…….I hope this episode doesn’t paint the Daleks as robots
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 14th, 2014 - 5:18pmHe knows what a Dalek is bud, after all, don’t forget, it was Moffat who wrote ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ which revealed that Oswin Oswald sadly became a Dalek Mutant.
the astronaut of death
August 14th, 2014 - 5:38pmmaybe we will get a new kind of dalek
or maybe the doctor does not actually go in side the dalek body but its mind
Anonymous
August 14th, 2014 - 6:16pmYou do know this isn’t Written by Steven Moffat? Its Written By Phil Ford
Anonymous
August 14th, 2014 - 7:18pmYeah
thedaleksdeath
August 18th, 2014 - 12:55amThey are indeed going inside a Dalek! (Won’t spoil how but it would be nice to see your theories!)
Tardisnt
August 14th, 2014 - 4:28pmI hope they bring the paradigm daleks back for this one. They seem to have forgotten them.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 14th, 2014 - 5:21pmI highly doubt we will see them again in this new era.
They was largely hated by fandom as it was, and I like to think every Paradigm Dalek was wiped out by the Doctor in ‘The Time of the Doctor’ with all of them on that huge Emperor Dalek like mothership.
From now on, it’s Time War Daleks all the way, and hopefully, the Paradigm Daleks will be a long forgotten, and bad, memory in the back of our minds.
Tardisnt
August 14th, 2014 - 7:57pmI just want to see their end on screen. I didn’t mind them, but if they did want to get rid of them, they should do it in an episode.
The Other
August 15th, 2014 - 9:18amI loved the Paradigm Daleks, especially with their AOTD tweaks, and would love to see them return!
As for the idea that they were wiped out in TOTD, since bronze Daleks were the only ones seen attacking the planet then it would probably just be them on the ship, not paradigm
The Moffat Paradox
August 15th, 2014 - 11:43amSteven Moffat`s also said as a fallback position that the Paradigms are the officer class which would suggest the Time War design is used for Daleks who have the same pure Paradigm DNA for the infantry/footsoldiers(So to speak.) as there were no non pure DNA Daleks left after Victory.
Theres nothing wrong with them in my view as they are still essentially Dalek and they would have gained more popularity if they were used more effectively earlier and better as it’s been suggested their supposed to have things like hidden weaponary.The red designated warrior ones are maybe to be seen as special forces if they don’t fully assume the role of the ones in the Time War design.
Professor When
August 16th, 2014 - 12:43pmI love the Paradigm to bits, and have a theory myself; at the end of ‘Victory’ the Paradigm ventured out into space, locating rogue Time War (or previous) ships. They then pretend to forge an alliance with these groups, taking advantage of their drone forces and machinery before exterminating them (as they are impure Daleks), thus killing two Bane with one stone. Perhaps we saw this in practise in ‘Asylum’…? It would explain why a Dalek team so obsessed with purity would approve of Dalek-Human hybrids; they are merely humouring the Inferior Daleks so they can take advantage of their technologies, before, in time exterminating them, as seen in ‘Victory’.
It’s a shame that Moffat seemed to bow down to whining fans to be honest. Not to insult those who don’t like the Paradigm, I just think we should have given them a chance before he demoted them. :/
The Moffat Paradox
August 16th, 2014 - 1:51pmWell I interpted Victory as meaning that with activation of the Progenitor Device the remaining Time War Daleks had served their purpose which is why they so readily assented to their own extermination.With that and the ship the Paridgms had everything they needed to create a new Dalek Empire
But I agree that Moffat should have stuck to his guns with the new design as were supposed to be the deadliest Daleks with those casings yet.
“All hail the new Daleks! All hail the new Daleks!”
Dalek The Supreme
August 24th, 2014 - 11:31pmThe New Paradigm Daleks had potential, but so far, they haven’t taken advantage of this potential after The Big Bang. They had a victory over the Doctor and shot him in Series 5, but they haven’t been used well ever since. Before they’re replaced entirely, they should really elaborate on the purpose of the Eternal Dalek and make use of the rear hatch weapons.
Anonymous
August 14th, 2014 - 4:21pmThis sounds terrible.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 14th, 2014 - 3:36pmNot the most interesting title or synopsis, but at least won’t have to wait long for the Daleks to face the new Doctor, since a lot of fan’s probably feel that when there is a new man playing the Doctor, his acting ability is really put to the test when faced against the Dalek’s.
On the other hand, this story is called ‘Into the Dalek’ . . . what if inside one of the Daleks was his holy evilness himself ? . . . . the 1 true creator, god and Emperor of the Daleks !!!!.
SIMON COWELL !! . . . . no, only joking, and I can’t stand the guy anyway . . . .
DAVROSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!.
StetsonDoctor
August 14th, 2014 - 2:12pmAs much as I like this synopsis, I have to say that I think it’s badly worded. If it was me I would have done this:
“A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, BUT only the Doctor can help THE REBELS ONBOARDβ¦ with the Doctor facing his greatest enemy, he needs Clara by his side.
Confronted with a decision that could change the Daleks forever he is forced to examine his conscience. Will he find the answer to the question: “Am I a good man?”
100,000BC
August 14th, 2014 - 7:11pmIt sounds like only the doctor can save the daleks from the lone rebel ship.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
August 14th, 2014 - 1:54pmstill not sure what the proper storyline is. with deep breath it was clear, but it does sound interesting. great title
the astronaut of death
August 14th, 2014 - 1:36pmWouldn’t it be awesome if we get a play set of inside the dalek
Da Big Freindly Button
August 14th, 2014 - 4:26pmMind Blown!
the astronaut of death
August 14th, 2014 - 1:35pmBooboo can you get met me an enlarged image of the liitle article image
booboo
August 14th, 2014 - 1:38pmits actually a poster i only have a small image here you go
http://news.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/images/poster-12.jpg
there are hardly any promo images from series 8 available to use at the Moment
the astronaut of death
August 14th, 2014 - 1:40pmThanks booboo!
Anonymous
August 14th, 2014 - 2:09pmWhere can you buy it?
booboo
August 14th, 2014 - 2:38pmno where at the Moment
Nathan
August 14th, 2014 - 1:34pmI can’t wait too watch it
Nathan
August 14th, 2014 - 1:33pmSounds good
the astronaut of death
August 14th, 2014 - 1:28pmThis sounds amazing!
I know people are starting to get sick of the daleks
But thus one sounds different
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 14th, 2014 - 3:33pmNever sick of them me π
Da Big Freindly Button
August 14th, 2014 - 4:42pmThere is a funny story behind it, you see the Daleks from what I know are not owned by the BBC but the terry nation estate and there was an agreement that the Daleks need to be featured in some way or they would never be in the series again. That’s what I heard at least.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 14th, 2014 - 5:24pmFar as I know, the Terry Nation estate was just worried the Daleks redesign would be messed up so that they would not be recognizable. Who knows, I’m just glad the BBC got them back in time for good old series 1 π
The Werewolf
August 17th, 2014 - 8:12pmThe Terry Nation Estate legally requires the Daleks to appear at least once every year or they won’t be able to use them at all.