September 11th, 2012
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What did you Think of Asylum of The Daleks?
What did you Think of Asylum of The Daleks
The first episode of series 7a has finally aired so what did you think?, was it the best episode ever or just average. Vote below.
Matt Smith returns as the oldest time-traveller in the universe. The Time Lord, Amy and Rory are kidnapped by their oldest foe the Daleks and forced on a seemingly impossible mission – to enter the Asylum, a planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of the deadly aliens’ kind.
From the official site…
Steven Moffat, Head Writer and Executive Producer, thanked fans and the press for keeping the secret:
“I hope you all got a nice surprise when Jenna popped up in Doctor Who several months early. If so, that surprise came to you courtesy of the frankly magnificent ladies and gentlemen of the press, and of the many Doctor Who forums and blogs too. This show has been seen at four separate screenings, across four different countries and yet not one person gave one spoiler. From all of us on Doctor Who, a heartfelt thank you for helping us tell our story.”
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RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:01pmthat explains why they filmed eps 2 and 3 before ep 1. they hadnt announced jenna yet
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:55amexsterminate
using that now really good
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:56amexterminate[spelt it wrong
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:54amnate
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:53amegg
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:54amstermi
tom
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:15pmnate
CYBERMEN97000
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:29amThat was a fantastic episode by my standard and was amazing written,and im sure it has scared some younger children which is good
Now the lack of classic Daleks was a bit of let down but still those mad daleks and the props were amazing the end was a massive bombshell 1 being oswins story which im sure will evole and will all amke total sense soon and 2nd being the daleks forgetting the Doctor now some people may frown upon this and that is understandable from some points of view but now they can build on to better stories for the Daleks and can bring them in more of a sinister way as performed tonight im also sure there is a Dalek that still remembers him so be prepared for the best 🙂
Whovian
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:06amAll you people are NEVER satisfied! It was a good epidoe that made the daleks properly creepy again!!
Anonymous
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:16amIt was good. But this annoyed me. The classics never spoke, when I heard the mention of Spiridon and Exilon I was excited, The Doctor turns the corner and of they are all NSD design. What a lie it didn’t contain every single type of dalek at all!!!! And this annoyed me the most The Special Weapon Dalek didn’t move at all!!
Jason doctorwhoone
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:21amI agree with Anonymous. It fairness thou Whovian, we can be satisfied, it’s just that we don’t like things mucked around when it comes to continuity and such.
Takes yesterdays cock up. Oswin said the Daleks in the cages came from Spiridon, Kembel etc, but they are Time War Daleks, only classic Daleks featured in the stories the planets got mentioned.
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:31ambooboo who is nsd[NSD]
Jason doctorwhoone
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:43amNSD stands for [N]ew [S]eries [D]alek.
The TARDIS
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:33pmI wondered why Oswin said Spiridon, Kembel, Exxilon and loads of Classic Series Daleks stories and then they were Time War Daleks. Doesn’t make sense.
The Moffat Paradox
September 3rd, 2012 - 4:02amPeople on sites like You Tube have used CGI for Dalek designs going back to William Hartnell.
“Every Dalek ever” means exactly that if being said to the real Whovians (of whom Moffat claims to be) or thats like a breach of the Trade Descrptions Act.
Guess that might become more literally true in any future remastered version.
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:03amI can imagine the Doctor and Clara talking in the Xmas special
CLARA: What happened to your little friends? The Scottish one and Nina?
DOCTOR: Don’t. Just don’t.
CLARA: What?
DOCTOR: I lost them. Just like everyone else. I knew it would happen. I sent them home. I came back for them, I knew I shouldn’t. But they were like family to me. I lost them. Just like I will with you.
CLARA: I’m sorry?
DOCTOR: Never mind. -walks off-
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:02pmDont forget, the doctor hasnt seen her face yet….
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:46pmHe could recognise her voice.
tom
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:23pmi was thinking that & her name is oswin, thats the new companions surename ‘Clara Oswin’ but its a different character to the new companion. judging by her performance in the episode i think she will be a brilliant companion
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:49amit was good but i think it could have been better
Hector Sandler
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:33amThe new Companion is nice & goddess.
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:50amwhat do you mean goddess
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:08amwhat do you mean!!!what is godess,someone explain
or you will be
egg
egg sterm
egg stermi nate
ex stermi nated
exterminated
thye supreme
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:16amin the canary islands, cant watch it 🙁 but i no that matt smith is quitting next year!!!!!!!! 🙁 it was on the front page off a paper. So dissapointed. HE WILL MISS ANNERVESIRY. he said he couldnt take it any more. this shocked me how about you??????
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:18amMATT SMITH IS NOT QUITTING! My God, does everyone believe what they read in the paper?! Smith has CONFIRMED he is the 50th anniversary and there’ll be NO regeneration and Smith said he would still be the Doctor in 2014!
Jason doctorwhoone
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:31amEsterath is right, Matt is staying till 2014, thou I did learn that from the Sun newspaper.
DrMentiras
September 3rd, 2012 - 3:15amSmith is leaving 2015, in “The fall of the eleventh” remember that.
Bigger on the Inside
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:14amWhen Oswold said remember me at the end before she got blown up maybe she means remember me so come back for me in her past.
Also Moffat said after the titles we will meet a haracer who is very important to the first let of the series, so maybe she comes back. Also Jenna has seemed to imply she would be back very soon…..
Can’t wait for her return But there is a link here to pics of her if you want them: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/09/jenna-louise-coleman-photos-020912000008.html?m=1
Jason doctorwhoone
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:05amAN ABSOLUTE BLOODY SHAMBLES 😛
Moffat should never write a Dalek story every again. He clearly lied about featuring ever Dalek ever just to get more viewers, and he should never have has Oswin erase the Daleks memories of the Doctor.
SHAMBLES of the Daleks – 2/10.
BRING BACK DAVROS !! 😀
BRING BACK DAVROS !! 😀
BRING BACK DAVROS !! 😀
BRING BACK DAVROS !! 😀
BRING BACK DAVROS !! 😀
BRING BACK DAVROS !! 😀
BRING BACK DAVROS !! 😀
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:08amAlways one person who was to complain.
Jason doctorwhoone
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:10amHey, look at all the other comments mate, I’m not the only one who’s complaining 😛
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:24ammaybe they should bring back every dalek ever without dust for the 50th anniversary
Jason doctorwhoone
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:30amNow that I agree with 🙂
If it was me who wrote last nights episode, I would have made sure it was possible to feature every incarnation of the classic Daleks before writing the episode, if not then I would not have bothered.
If I was to write a story featuring every incarnation of the Cybermen, I would do it, maybe in some sort of space museum, and show each one in glass tubes standing up, but not moving, like shop window dummies [NOT AUTON’S]and show each one in close up, and the Doctor then comes face to face with Cybermen from every era who suddenly show up in this space museum.
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:51amif i did it the daleks would not be dusty the only one that stood out was special weapons and i think i saw a paradigm dalek
The 14th Doctor
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:03amI think that they all might come back in the 50th or another episode. Moffat dosen’t want to use his new Telytubby team too much, so I think he’ll just use all the designs.
whofan4ever
September 3rd, 2012 - 5:51pmso lets think of another way to impliment all of the daleks without ripping apart the time-space continum. Moffat wrote this very well and the idea of having every dalek made sense since there always would be war survivors from every era of daleks. The reason there was so many bronze ones was because they were the daleks used during the time war. Why the special weapons dalek was there makes no sense to me because there was one of those(if im correct) and the chances of that one surviving is pretty minimal. There was a few different daleks in ‘intensive care’ if you looked hard enough
WOBWOBWOB
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:57amSilence will fall when the question is asked, so whenever someone asks DOCTOR WHO? they forget about him, therefore, silence falls. And he’s gonna go around and make people ask DOCTOR WHO?
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:04amnope clara[oswin]erased the daleks memories,it stops the daleks remebering him across the universe
Jake……………………………………………………………hi.
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:55amI liked it but Steven just made the daleks forget all of the doctor dalek hate each other this could be a tricky thing for steven if he ever wants a dalek story again was this episode really worth perhaps getting rid of the daleks as they won’t remember the doctor please give me ur ideas
JAKE…………………………..bye
crazy guy
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:04amplease it is moffat there will be a way
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:54amim sure trenzalore may answer it,it is the moff master plan to make everyone forget him and to think he is dead,because moff thinks he has been to big after the time war,and if he is forgotten his enemies ask questions,doctor who?which will lead to trenzalore and the fall of the 11th and the terrible events which shall happen
Whovian
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:56amMaybe this will make ALL the daleks mad… That could be very bad in the futre!
The TARDIS
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:46amMy mum complained about how it was a bit too slick and perfect. Which I thought sounded a bit weird. But then she said that it had “Lost it’s Britishness” which I actually agreed with. I think the beeb is thinking too much about the American viewers (no offence to any Americans) rather than focusing on the British viewership and the British nature of the show. It did feel just a little bit too Hollywood.
Jake……………………………………………………………hi.
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:56amI completely agree with u doctor who is British and should stay British like Harry potter
Jake……………………………………………………………hi.
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:58amI also think Amy and Rory should leave in Britain not America but I think angels in manhattan will be great I’m British by the way
JAKE
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:56amno it might be britain,because leadworth and young amelia in the trailer plus the moff said something in the eleventh hour is to do with them leaving
RoastyRhino
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:32amDalek Agents! Watch Ressurection and you will find out.
Blackadder The Whovian
September 4th, 2012 - 10:11amWhat I was thinking.
The TARDIS
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:25amHas anyone else noticed – when the Daleks say “Doctor Who?” they aren’t asking his name, they mean “who is the Doctor?” So Moffat’s big “Doctor Who?” Story arc will probably be about his soul rather than his name.
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:27amthe valeyard is coming,i hope so,search valeyard on google
The TARDIS
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:06amDon’t worry, I’ve seen the Trial of a Time Lord. Valeyard meaning “Doctor of the Law”.
Dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:55amWell we know this story is setting up the fields of Trenzalore,fall of the 11th and the questionMthe silence may return soon.
Proffesor When
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:49amI loved the episode! I do have one nit-pick though…
Why did moffat let people bully him into bringing the bronzies back! I think the paradigm could have been great in this episode, and bringing the short teapots back just made it that one bit less scary. i don’t care if poeple don’t like the colours, you would have realised had he let there be a room of red drones.
Other than that, I loved the episode. The new companion looks great aswell, and I am getting a little tired of Amy’s ‘Generic Feistyness’.
Dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:51amWe might see that some time ,50th
Anonymous
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:54amThe only classic daleks I saw were the:
Special Weapons Dalek
1970s grey dalek e.g. From Genesis of the Daleks
Evil of the Daleks emperor guard
Ressurection supreme
And i also saw daleks sec
The 14th Doctor
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:53amThat’s a load of rubbish. He brought the bronze ones back because they are true to the original design, they look like proper war machines rather than sweets, and the new ones are hated by most fans. I read my TV guide yestarday, and apparently even Matt Smith hates them.
crazy guy
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:07amwhat tv guide do you get
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:08amOh really, what did Matt say then?
The 14th Doctor
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:39amTV Choice
The 14th Doctor
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:50amAnd he didn’t exactly say he hated them, what he said is that his faves are the original Daleks and that he isn’t a fan of the new ones, he thinks that they should have been much better.
Proffesor When
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:23pmIt’s only my opinion 14th Doc. Im sorry that you disagree, but I really meant no offence. I just think that had we all givin him a chance, moffat could of unleashed the true force of the paradigm. Things do change, and I would argue that the paradigm are also true to the originals. One Eyestalk, One Extermination gun, One Manipulator Plunger, two bulbs, many domes… it’s all there as far as I can tell! 😀
The 14th Doctor
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:59pmYh I know mate, you are entitled to your opinion, but in all seriousness, what is there to love about the Paradigms? They would sort of work if they had less vibrant colours, lost the hunchback, and the middle section was sorted out, but as they are they just look like a joke. However if I were Moffat, I would keep them, but I’d have them as like an elite class, leaving the Bronze ones as the foot soilders.
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 5:12pmIt’s my opinion. You’ll just have to respect that.
The Moffat Paradox
September 4th, 2012 - 12:16amSteven Moffat also said something about giving the Daleks an “officer class” in the Paradigms and I agree that the design is faithful to the classic lineage.
I personally would have had only Paradigms outside of the others in the Asylum.
I think there is no real point to the Paradigms unless your going to be resolute that they now ARE the Daleks!
Thought the point was it’s supposed to be an upgrade in overall Dalek capabilities.
“You think the unclean that called themselves Daleks were bad.Wait to you see us at work”.
That’s how they get accepted.
For that reason I also thought the new design when first seen in Victory was also supposed to be a statement of revitalised power.
Reminiscient to me of when the Romulans return in STNG with their new and more powerful D’deridex Class Warbirds and say very assertively to Captain Picard:
“We are back!”
Commander Strax
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:35amI am annoyed with the use of classic Daleks. I only saw two!
But I think Steven Moffat has successfully made the Daleks SCARY.
I don’t now how the new companion appears in the episode. And if its the same person, how is she alive? And shes a dalek! I’m suprised that it took ages for any to turn into a a human one.
6/10
RoastyRhino
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:34amBecause she’s from the future.
Commander Strax
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:01amAlso it was brilliant to see Skaro, but how is it there? It was destroyed by The Hand Of Omega! I am bow watching it on iPlayer again!
Commander Strax
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:08amIt is less confusing than other Moffat stories too. I think the opening needs to be brighter.
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:14am@Commander Strax You realise this show is about TIME TRAVEL?
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:28amthey were not scary
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:56amI found them scary. Escpecially the Boris style eyestalks coming out of head and hands thing. Eeurgh.
Commander Strax
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:05pmAlso the Teletubby Daleks weren’t a darker coulour AND they didn’t have a fleshy eyeball.
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:49pmYes they did.
Commander Strax
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:14pmThere was a over use of bronze Daleks.
the astronaut of death
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:26amhay guys dose any one have any theyories on whats going on the jenna louise colman
Mongoose
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:48amMaybe she was tricking the Doctor
Whovian
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:00amShe wasn’t playing the part of the new companion, she was playing the human-dalek ( sorry I forgot her characters name) It’s just the same actor playing a different part!
joe
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:18amNo, she is playing the same character.
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:37amyeah she is playing new companion else she would not be in it
tom
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:42pmno joe, her name in AOTD is Oswin Ozwald & in the Xmas special her name is Clara Oswin.
John Smith
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:12amSteven Moffat is driving the series into the ground. He is becoming the next John Nathan Turner just like Lee Adams posted before. I’ve had enough of his over complicated story plots and random plot twists just for the sake of keeping people hooked on the show for the next 5 minutes. He’s going to stuff up the 50th Anniversary and the BBC should give him the sack before the show gets canceled like it did in the 80’s. The show has all the right actors and all the right fan support but the stories are letting the series down and so are Mr Moffat’s decisions. I would of thought that the late 80’s was a perfect example of what happens when you screw something like Doctor Who up which is exactly what Moffat has done. He wrote some good stories during the RTD era. The Empty Child, the Doctor Dances, the Girl in the fire place, Blink and not to forget Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead. They were all my favorite stories from that particular era of Doctor Who. Bring Russel T Davies back! Asylum of the Daleks is a perfect example of how to screw things up. So whos with me? That’s my daily rage face for today.
DoctorWho4eva
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:48amI completely disagree with that. He made the Daleks terrifying which is something RTD never did.
Dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:49amYeah bring Russell back Steven do the story arc and Russell the action
Dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:49amThe daleks did not scare me
John Smith
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:54amGet your comments posting on this! I like hearing other people’s opinions.
Jake……………………………………………………………hi.
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:48amI don’t know I like both of them but Stevens stories r more gripping but Russell’s have a sort of likeable thing about them.
The 14th Doctor
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:57amDisagree. Moffat did indeed make a bit of a mess of the first half of series 6 but this episode was actually good. Not too complicated, dark, and guess what, America is in love with it as well now. If it’s as bad as you are saying, America and the other countries wouldn’t continue buying it.
dr who
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:41amsteven can do the story arc and scaryness and plot twist but russel can make it more epic,more battle,more time lords
Andrew Hall
September 2nd, 2012 - 1:12pmHow were the Daleks scary this time around???
There was hardly any Dalek action and they certainly didnt appear scary.
Feel a bit conned concerning every single Dalek appearing too, all lies and just an excuse for some publicity.
American Doctor Who Fan
September 2nd, 2012 - 6:20amDoctor Who just gets better and better!
Hopefully this ends up being another explosive Doctor Who year in America. Last year, the show was the best selling tv show on the American iTunes charts and helped make bbc America the fastest growing prime time and all day network compared to all other American networks.
The show has also come a long way in terms of visual and special effects since Steven Moffat took over.
Steven Moffat has made the show darker and more appealing. I can definatly say that this is by far the best Dalek episode of the revived series.
Finally, who agrees with me that since the Wedding of River Song, Steven Moffat has been effectively rebooting the last 50/1100 years of Doctor Who?
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:48amI agree|! RTD never made the Daleks scary.
Whovian
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:01amDefinatley!!!
CG
September 2nd, 2012 - 5:06amI liked the episode and glad the bronze daleks came back as I CAN’T STAND the new “rainbow race” but sort of confused how the bronze ones came back. Also was it dalek caan or some other weirdo???
CG
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:30amOh and did anyone else realise that the asylum daleks in intensive care didn’t have any exterminator guns so all they really could have done to the doctor was to suck the life out of him!
Anonymous
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:42amThe intensive care daleks could have tried self destructing
Dalek Strategist
September 2nd, 2012 - 3:26amDOC-TOR WHO?! This episode is fantastic, and replaced Remembrance of the Daleks as my most favorite story ever! My only problem is the lack of classic Daleks, but still, it doesn’t detract from the overall story in any way
Oliver
September 2nd, 2012 - 3:11amI found it rather disappointing. First off i found it very predictable that Souffle girl was a Dalek. Second, I didn’t like the fact that the dales were actually begging the doctor for help. It is just so not them. Third, the fact of rory and Amy wanting a divorce really surprised me because if the fact that they spent such a long time together, had a child together and rory waited for Amy for over 2000 years. Finally, I didn’t really understand why the daleks wanted to destroy the asylum. Don’t they promote hatred and want to exterminate all but themselves? And at the end they lose all memory of the doctor which just makes them going after him in future episodes pointless. Not your best work mr. Moffat.
Oliver
September 2nd, 2012 - 3:13amThe mystery of how she made the souffle and how she had the knowledge to hack daleks made her humanness a bit shady to me at first. And finally if you take a closer look at the shape of the room she was in, it was a dead giveaway that she is in a Dalek. I much preferred last season’s premiere
Esterath
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:47amI didn’t know she was a Dalek?!
The 14th Doctor
September 2nd, 2012 - 10:04amI thought she was going to be a Dalek Human thing, I wasn’t expecting her to be a proper Dalek
Whovian
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:02amThey wanted it destroyed because the insane daleks could get out!
daviddaorganist
September 2nd, 2012 - 1:45amMmmm lots of daleks, a prime minister? Human daleks created by nano bots (the cybermen did that sort of thing in Real Time 6 dr audio so not new, the humans kept their humanity in that too) over all dalek stories are never in a linear order they are time travelers too, the chase (1st dr) showed that. ultimatley they stratgey obsessed, cold logic with cause and effect, they play the long game. i would suggest everyone listen to the dalek war audios and you’ll get where mr moffat is going with it. i think with the 50th comming up dr who is going to go with a full circle rather than an arcing story, we are going to end up in a scrap yard in 1963 next november offering a question to his first, ultimate and original incarnation “this is what you will become, it’s up to you”
Jim
September 2nd, 2012 - 1:15amJust watched this. Again on I player and when the doctor dematerialises from the dalek ship at the end
1: it disappears too fast.
2: does the door look shut to you I didn’t think it looked shut
?????????????????
Theo
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:39amfantastic opening keep up the great work
Jim
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:58pmI looked very closely and it isn’t shut it’s wide open hmm so from that scene we gather two things
1: Amy or Rory can fly the tardis as as soon as the doctor gets in it dematerialises
2: the doctor now leaves the door wide open. In flight! LOL
D0CT0R WH0 F@N
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:20amHi every one anyone want to watch asylum of the daleks again heres a link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00wqr14/Doctor_Who_Series_7_Asylum_of_the_Daleks/
Doctor John Smith
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:07amOne Word – Fantastic!