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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first episode of the [[series 7 (Doctor Who)|seventh series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' produced by [[BBC Wales]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the first episode of the [[series 7 (Doctor Who)|seventh series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' produced by [[BBC Wales]]. [[Steven Moffat]]'s first script to feature the [[Dalek]]s as the main adversaries, it also served to launch the beginning of the series' major plot strands: the end of [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]'s travels in [[the TARDIS]] and the beginning of the mystery surrounding [[Clara Oswald]]'s identity. Importantly, the episode created doubt as to the the strength of Rory and Amy's love — which would ultimately be unquestionably answered with [[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|the series 7a finalé]] – and it introduced audiences to Oswald as "[[soufflé]] girl", a moniker that would ultimately gain greater resonance in [[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|the 7b ender]]. | ||
Indeed from the production team's perspective, the episode marked a major victory in Moffat's war on spoilers, in that the surprise of [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]'s appearance was preserved for the vast majority of the global audience. Despite several advanced screenings, no major leaks about her presence were known to have occurred in press reports or on social media. It was also an important episode for fans of Dalek design, in that several models of Dalek stretching all the way back to the [[1960s]] were seen in the story — if only briefly. | |||
As regards the [[BBC Wales]] Dalek designs, it seemed to reverse the ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'' implication that the "colour-coded Daleks" would destroy any remaining bronze, [[RTD]]-era Daleks as inferior. Instead, the RTD Daleks were clearly shown to be numerically superior to the colour-coded version, and both were shown to be working together in a Moffat-introduced Dalek governmental structure called the "[[Parliament of the Daleks]]". The episode also notably contradicted [[RTD]]-era depictions of the [[Last Great Time War]] by re-introducing [[Skaro]] on television for the first time since ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. This flew in the face of, amongst other stories, ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', where the [[Cult of Skaro]] flatly said that Skaro was destroyed. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Kidnapped by his oldest enemies, the Doctor is forced on a mission - to a place even the Daleks are scared of - the Asylum, a planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of their kind. The Doctor and ex-companions Amy and Rory must find a way to escape. But with Amy and Rory's marriage in meltdown, it is up to the Doctor to save his oldest enemies... and his friends' marriage. | Kidnapped by his oldest enemies, the Doctor is forced on a mission - to a place even the Daleks are scared of - the Asylum, a planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of their kind. The Doctor and ex-companions Amy and Rory must find a way to escape. But with Amy and Rory's marriage in meltdown, it is up to the Doctor to save his oldest enemies... and his friends' marriage. | ||
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