August 23rd, 2014
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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?
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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 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!!!”
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 18th, 2014 - 1:37pmGave an answer to anonymous but seems to be deemed too episode spoiling.
DalekSec
August 18th, 2014 - 10:30amI love that episode!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
August 18th, 2014 - 7:10amAgreed, I’Borg.
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!)
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
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
Anonymous
August 17th, 2014 - 8:30pmit sounds like a fantastic voyage to me
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.
BritishRowan
August 17th, 2014 - 5:39pmLets hope so because they are fantastic!
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.
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?
Anonymous
August 16th, 2014 - 3:13pmIts an Excellent theory! 😀
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!”
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. :/
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:59pmOh ok, that’s why two of my comments are the same down there 🙂
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 - 8:47pmOh wait I can see them now! Must be my internet! Sorry 🙂
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:47pmBooboo are you not letting my comments appear? I havnt posted anything spoiler, just my theory? 🙁
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 🙂
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 🙂 what ya think?
DALEKSKITTLES
August 15th, 2014 - 8:11pmONE MORE WEEK TILL DOCTOR WHO SERIES 8 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 😀
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 - 6:19pmReally? I think the title is poor, and the synopsis. And I really hope the Paradigm Daleks at least make a cameo.
The Surgeon
August 15th, 2014 - 6:17pmI love the Paradigm Daleks. I hope they return, with an explanation of the Eternal’s function.
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 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.