Into the Dalek (TV story)

Into the Dalek
Doctor:	Twelfth Doctor
Companion(s):	Clara
Main enemy:	Daleks, Dalek antibodies
Main setting:	Aristotle
Key crew
Writer:	Phil Ford Steven Moffat
Director:	Ben Wheatley
Producer:	Nikki Wilson
Release details
Story number:	242
Premiere broadcast:	30 August 2014
Premiere network:	BBC One
Format:	1x45 minute episode
Production code:	4.2
Confidential:	Into the Dalek
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Into the Dalek was the second episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales, and marked the Twelfth Doctor's first encounter with the Daleks. It also saw the debut of Danny Pink.

Synopsis

A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, and only the Doctor can help it 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 and ask himself whether he is truly a good man.

Plot

Journey Blue's ship is being shot at by a Dalek ship, and her brother Kai is unconscious. As it explodes, she appears in the TARDIS console room. She points her gun at the Doctor, demanding that he take her back to her command ship, the Aristotle. He waits for her to ask nicely, then complies. The TARDIS materialises and they step outside.

Cast

• The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
• Clara - Jenna Coleman
• Journey Blue - Zawe Ashton
• Colonel Morgan Blue - Michael Smiley
• Danny Pink - Samuel Anderson
• Gretchen - Laura Dos Santos
• Ross - Ben Crompton
• Fleming - Bradley Ford
• School Secretary - Michelle Morris
• Mr Armitage - Nigel Betts
• Courtney - Ellis George
• Dalek - Barnaby Edwards
• Voice of the Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Uncredited Cast

• Missy - Michelle Gomez

Crew

Executive Producers   Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin

General production staff Production Executive - Julie Scott Line Producer - Tracie Simpson Location Manager - Iwan Roberts Unit Manager - Iestyn Hampson-Jones Production Co-ordinator - Adam Knopf Production Management Assistant - Sandra Cosfeld Production Assistants - Matthew Jones, Katie Player Unit Medic - Glyn Evans Production Accountant - Jeff Dunn Assistant Accountant - Bethan Griffins Script department Script Editor - Derek Ritchie Camera and lighting department 1st Assistant Director - Simon Morris 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHaviland 3rd Assistant Director - Danielle Richards Assistant Directors - Gareth Jones, Chris Thomas Script Supervisor - Steve Walker Camera Operator - Martin Stephens Focus Pullers - Jonathan Vidgen, Matthew Waving Grip - John Robinson Assistant Grip - Sean Cronin Camera Assistants - Cai Thompson, Katy Kardasz, Gethin Williams Gaffer - Mark Hutchings Best Boy - Stephen Slocombe Electricians - Gafin Riley, Andy Gardiner, Bob Milton, Gareth Sheldon	Art department Supervising Art Director - Paul Spriggs Art Director - Vicki Stevenson Art Department Accountant - Simon Wheeler Production Buyer - Holly Thurman Set Decorator - Adrian Anscombe Set Dressers - Jayne Davies, Mike Elkins, Jamie Farrell Prop Buyers - Donna Shakesheff, Helen O'Leary Concept Artist - Chris Lees Graphic Artist - Christina Tom Standby Props - Liam Collins, Gary Leech Standby Carpenter - Paul Jones Standby Art Director - Amy Pickwoad Standby Rigger - Bryan Griffiths Head Scenic Artist - Clive Clarke Scenic Painters - Steve Nelms, Matt Weston Storeman - Jamie Southcott Assistant Storeman - Ryan Milton Prop Master - Paul Smith Props Chargehand - Kyle Belmont Props Driver - Gareth Fox Props Makers - Alan Hardy, Jamie Thomas Construction Manager - Terry Horle Construction Chargehand - Dean Tucker Construction Driver - Jonathan Tylke Practical Electrician - Christian Davies Graphics - BBC Wales Graphics Draughtspersons - Kartik Nagar, Julia Jones Carpenters - John Sinnott, Chris Daniels, Lawrie Ferry, Matt Ferry, Julian Tucker, Mark Painter, Joe Painter Title Concept - Billy Hanshaw Costume department Costume Supervisor - Claire Lynch Costume Assistants - Katarina Cappellazzi, Gemma Evans, Charlotte Bestwick	Make-up and prosthetics Make-up Supervisor - Emma Cowen Make-up Artists - Alison Webb, Anne Marie Williams Prosthetics - Millenium FX Movement Stunt Co-ordinators - Crispin Layfield, Dani Biernat Stunt Performers - Gordon Seed, Andy Merchant, James Pavey Casting Casting Associate - Alice Purser General post-production staff Post-production Supervisor - Nerys Davies Post-production Co-ordinator - Samantha Price Assistant Editors - Katrina Aust, Carmen Sanchez Roberts On-line Editor - Mark Hardyman Special and visual effects VFX Editor - Joel Skinner Colourist - Gareth Spensley Sound Sound Recordist - Deian Llŷr Humphreys Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts Sound Maintenance Engineers - Tam Shoring, Christopher Goding Dialogue Editor - Darran Clement ADR Editor - Matthew Cox Effects Editor - Harry Barnes Foley Editor - Jamie Talbutt

Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

References

• Journey says the TARDIS is "smaller on the outside.”
• A molecular nanoscaler is used to shrink down the Doctor, Clara, Journey, Gretchen, and Ross.

Story notes

• The conclusion of this story is similar to the conclusion of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories Jubilee, where a lone Dalek notices the error of its comrades and stops an invasion.
• While this is the Twelfth Doctor's first proper encounter with the Daleks, he had previously appeared briefly in both the episodes The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor, which also featured the Daleks.
• Footage of the extermination of security guard Bywater in Dalek and the Dalek attack on the Valiant in The Stolen Earth is seen in 'Rusty's' Dalek memories, and the destruction of the Daleks and the Crucible in Journey's End is seen when Rusty looks into the Doctor's mind.
• This is the first episode since The Waters of Mars to have two credited writers. Like The Waters of Mars, it is co-written by Phil Ford and the show's head writer (then Russell T Davies, now Steven Moffat).

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Production errors

If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.

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Continuity

• The Doctor greets Clara with the coffee he got in Glasgow albeit three weeks later. (TV: Deep Breath)
• Clara is still getting used to the new Doctor following his regeneration. (TV: The Time of the Doctor, Deep Breath)
• The Doctor states that morgues are easy to break out of. The Eighth Doctor previously broke out of a morgue shortly after his regeneration.
• Colonel Blue suspects the Doctor of being a Dalek duplicate. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
• 'Rusty' tells the Doctor that he is a "good Dalek." The 'Metaltron' encountered by the Ninth Doctor previously told him that he "would make a good Dalek." (TV: Dalek) The Eleventh Doctor also once stated that there was no such thing as a "good Dalek". (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)
• Rusty sees the Doctor blowing up numbers of Daleks and also the Crucible, when looking into his mind. (TV: Journey's End)
• This is not the first time the Doctor has encountered shrinking for the use of medical purposes. (TV: The Invisible Enemy)
• The miniaturisation technique used to enter Rusty is not unlike that of the Teselecta, entry is through via the eyestalk. The Dalek also houses defensive antibodies just as the Teselecta did. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)
• The Sixth Doctor met a Dalek that notices an error in the Dalek race, with his then companion Evelyn Smythe helping the Dalek to find this. (AUDIO: Jubilee)
• Rusty's epiphany concerning his people and it's adamance that the Daleks must be destroyed mirrors Dalek Caan after he lost his mind following his breaking of the time-lock. (TV: Journey's End)
• The Doctor has a disliking to soldiers which is very similar to the way the Tenth Doctor disliked them. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky)
• Clara is teaching at Coal Hill School. (TV: The Day of the Doctor, Deep Breath)
• Journey refers to the TARDIS as being "smaller on the outside". (TV: The Snowmen)
• The Doctor recalls his first encounter with the Daleks. (TV: The Daleks)

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