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|featuring      = [[Jack Robertson]]
|featuring      = [[Jack Robertson]]
|enemy          = [[Defence Drone]]s, [[Death Squad Dalek]]s
|enemy          = [[Defence Drone]]s, [[Death Squad Dalek]]s
|setting        = [[Earth]], [[1 January]] [[2021]]
|setting        = [[Earth]], [[1 January]] [[2020]]
|writer          = [[Chris Chibnall]]
|writer          = [[Chris Chibnall]]
|director        = [[Lee Haven Jones]]
|director        = [[Lee Haven Jones]]
|producer        =[[Alex Mercer]]  
|producer        = [[Alex Mercer]]  
|broadcast date  = [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|broadcast date  = [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|network        = [[BBC One]]
|network        = [[BBC One]]
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'''''Revolution of the Daleks''''' was the 2021 [[New Year Special]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It featured the return of [[Jack Harkness]], and marked the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s reunion with [[Team TARDIS|her companions]], following the events of ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''.
'''''Revolution of the Daleks''''' was the 2021 [[New Year Special]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It featured the return of [[Jack Harkness]], and marked the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s reunion with [[Team TARDIS|her companions]] following the events of ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]''.


Continuing the [[Recon Dalek]] storyline begun in ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'', a [[Defence Drone|new line of Daleks]] were introduced, cloned from a remnant of the original recon scout.
The episode was also the final regular appearance of [[Bradley Walsh]] as [[Graham O'Brien]] and [[Tosin Cole]] as [[Ryan Sinclair]].


The episode is also the final regular appearance of [[Bradley Walsh]] and [[Tosin Cole]].
Continuing the [[Recon Dalek]] storyline begun in ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'', a [[Defence Drone|new line of Daleks]] were introduced, cloned from a remnant of the original recon scout. Their new design is a variant on the Recon Dalek's own casing.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
As the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] marks her days in [[prison (The Timeless Children)|prison]], elsewhere in the universe the [[Dalek]]s are presented on national television. They are the new [[Defence Drone]]s, designed to protect the [[British]] public.
As the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] marks her days in [[prison (The Timeless Children)|prison]], elsewhere in the universe the [[Dalek]]s are presented on national television. They are the new [[Defence Drone]]s, designed to protect the [[British]] public.


Left behind on [[Earth]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] and [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] need their friend more than ever. Now with Daleks on the assembly line, and [[Jack Robertson|a familiar face]] behind their production... What would the Doctor do?
Left behind on [[Earth]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]] and [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] need their friend more than ever. Now with Daleks on the assembly line, and [[Jack Robertson|a familiar face]] behind their production... What would the Doctor do?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== References==
== References==
=== Monsters ===
=== Species ===
* The Doctor’s fellow prisoners include [[Angela (Revolution of the Daleks)|a Weeping Angel]], [[Bonnie (Revolution of the Daleks)|Ood]], [[Clyde (Revolution of the Daleks)|Sycorax]], [[Tiny (Revolution of the Daleks)|Pting]], [[Silent (Revolution of the Daleks)|Silent]] and [[Jack Harkness]].
* The Doctor's fellow prisoners include [[Angela (Revolution of the Daleks)|a Weeping Angel]], [[Bonnie (Revolution of the Daleks)|Ood]], [[Clyde (Revolution of the Daleks)|Sycorax]], [[Tiny (Revolution of the Daleks)|Pting]], [[Silent (Revolution of the Daleks)|Silent]] and [[Jack Harkness]].


=== Popular culture ===
=== Popular culture ===
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Jack recalls meeting the Fam and giving them a warning for the Doctor about the [[Ashad|Lone Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'')
* Jack recalls meeting the Doctor's companions and warning them about the [[Lone Cyberman]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'') He is unhappy to find out that the Doctor did give him the [[death particle]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)|The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]'') but the Doctor claims that she resolved this, "sort of". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
* The Doctor tells Ryan that [[Gallifrey]] is devoid of life after [[Ko Sharmus]] used the [[death particle]].  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
* The Doctor tells Ryan that [[Gallifrey]] is devoid of life after [[Ko Sharmus]] used the [[death particle]].  ([[TV]]: ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller]] previously encountered a set of Daleks who wanted to wipe out a genetically impure [[Mutant Dalek]]s created by [[Martez]] on [[Red Rocket Rising]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Lucie Miller]] previously encountered a set of Daleks who wanted to wipe out a genetically impure [[Mutant Dalek]]s created by [[Martez]] on [[Red Rocket Rising]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'')
* Jack is now on good terms with [[Gwen Cooper]] again, after leaving on bad terms. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'')
* Jack tells the Fam how he became [[immortal]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') and that [[Rose Tyler|the person]] partially responsible for it is now stranded in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
* Jack tells the Fam how he became [[immortal]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') and that [[Rose Tyler|the person]] partially responsible for it is now stranded in a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
* Ryan puts on a [[yellow]] [[beanie]], with the Doctor recognising it as the same one he was wearing when they first met. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')
* Ryan puts on a [[yellow]] [[beanie]], with the Doctor recognising it as the same one he was wearing when they first met. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'')
* A Weeping Angel, ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') an Ood, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') a Sycorax, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') a Pting, (TV: ''[[The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)|The Tsuranga Conundrum]]'') and a Silent ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') appear as The Doctor’s fellow prisoners/inmates.
* A Weeping Angel, ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') an Ood, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]'') a Sycorax, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') a Pting, (TV: ''[[The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)|The Tsuranga Conundrum]]'') and a Silent ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') appear as The Doctor’s fellow prisoners/inmates.
* Jack reconnects with [[Gwen Cooper]], after spending some time apart. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'')


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
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