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Much like the 2005 ''Children in Need'' special {{cs|Born Again (TV story)}} had done with the [[Tenth Doctor]], ''Destination: Skaro'' marked the first full appearance of the [[Fourteenth Doctor]] on-screen, following his debut in {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story)}}. In the interim, he saw multiple appearances in other media, including the comic story {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)}}, which lead directly into ''Destination: Skaro'' by bringing the Doctor to [[Skaro]] during it's epilogue.

While mainly comedic in tone, ''Destination: Skaro'' was notable for bringing the Doctor back to the [[genesis of the Daleks]], where he ended up unintentionally becoming part of a [[Bootstrap paradox]] by inspiring key elements of their development, such as accidentally giving away the name "Dalek" for the [[Mark III Travel Machine]], as well as their battle cry, "[[Exterminate]]", and inspiring the [[suction arm]] by replacing the [[multi-dextrous claw]] with a [[plunger]] after having accidentally destroyed it. However, dialogue in the minisode indicates that it is set in an different timeline to {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}. ''Destination: Skaro'' also marked the first time an adult [[Davros]] was shown before his disfigurement in a visual medium, and the second time he had been seen on-screen without the need for his [[Davros's chair|life support chair]], coming after his appearance as a child in {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)}}.

Suddenly, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] crashes into the room, smashing into a wall. The [[Fourteenth Doctor]] opens the door and, after greeting the bewildered Castavillian, starts rambling about [[regenerating]] from a "really [[Thirteenth Doctor|brilliant woman]]" into an [[Tenth Doctor|old face]], until he realises his violent landing has accidentally smashed the [[multi-dextrous claw]] off the Machine, and apologises. Then he sees the Machine, and realises that its a [[Dalek]], which Castavillian picks up on approvingly. As the Doctor notes that he was lucky that he wasn't "[[Extermination|exterminated]]", he realises that he has accidentally travelled to the "[[genesis of the Daleks]]", with Castavillian noting down everything he says. Hurriedly, he legs it back to the TARDIS, retrieves a plunger, and throws it to Castavillian. The Doctor runs back into the TARDIS and tells Castavillian he "was never [t]here" as the TARDIS dematerialises.  

* [[Castavillian|Mr Castavillian]] - [[Mawaan Rizwan]]

* Voice of [[Dalek Prime|the Dalek]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]<ref> [https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2023-11-26-eleven-chimes Big Finish Podcast - 26 November 2023 Eleven Chimes Time: 15 minutes]</ref>

* [[Nyder]] - Nicholas Briggs <ref> [https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/2023-11-26-eleven-chimes Big Finish Podcast - 26 November 2023 Eleven Chimes Time: 15 minutes]</ref>

* [[Dalek Operator]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]{{fact}}

 

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* The anagrams Castavillian proposes for the Travel Machine's name are "Lekad", "Adlek", "[[Klade]]",{{note|There exists a discrepancy between the subtitles between BBC iPlayer, which use the spelling "Klade", and [[YouTube]], which instead uses the anagram "Klaed".}} and "Edlak".

== Notes ==

* According to ''[[Doctor Who: Unleashed]]'', ''Destination: Skaro'' was filmed on [[David Tennant]]'s birthday 2/3 of a year after he had wrapped production on the [[2023 specials|60th anniversary specials]]. This would place the date of filming as [[18 April (people)|18 April]] [[2023 (people)|2023]].

* ''Destination: Skaro'' contradicts elements of the audio dramas ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'' and ''[[I, Davros]]'', such as the scene where Davros constructs the [[Mark I Travel Machine]], which was done after he was confined to his wheelchair, and Davros is already shown acquainted with [[Nyder]], despite the audio releases depicting their first meeting as happening when Nyder rescued Davros from the attack that disfigured him. However, the Doctor's remark about rupturing timelines implies that ''Destination: Skaro'' occurs in an different reality.

* In addition to voicing the Daleks, [[Nicholas Briggs]] performed the voice of [[Nyder]], doing an impression of actor [[Peter Miles]], who portrayed Nyder in {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}.{{source}}

* The TARDIS's [[TARDIS control room#Crystal console|"Crystal" desktop theme]], used mainly by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], can be seen through the doors when the Doctor is about to leave Skaro, indicating that the Fourteenth Doctor hasn't yet changed the theme for the TARDIS to suit his new incarnation.

** The full set however had been dismantled prior to filming of the [[2023 specials]], which were filmed a year prior to this special.

* The Doctor saying, "''Sixty minutes ago, I was this [[Thirteenth Doctor|really brilliant woman]]''", draws a parallel back to {{cs|The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)}}, where the Thirteenth Doctor told [[Yaz Khan]] and [[Ryan Sinclair]] that "half an [[hour]] ago, [she] was [[Twelfth Doctor|a white-haired Scotsman]]."

Following its broadcast on television, ''Destination: Skaro'' was added to [[BBC iPlayer]]'s [[Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)|Whoniverse]] catalog of ''Doctor Who'' content as a title separate from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (2023-), under the name ''Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023''.