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'''''Asylum of the Daleks''''' was the first episode of [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''''Asylum of the Daleks''''' was the first episode of [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
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 and Rory's travels in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and the beginning of the mystery surrounding [[Clara Oswald]]'s identity. The episode also saw Rory and Amy's love challenged, following on from ''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]'', with the issue being resolved by the end of the story. This story also had [[Asylum of the Daleks Prequel (webcast)|an online prequel]]. | [[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 and Rory's travels in [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and the beginning of the mystery surrounding [[Clara Oswald]]'s identity. The episode also saw Rory and Amy's love challenged, following on from ''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]'', with the issue being resolved by the end of the story. This story also had [[Asylum of the Daleks Prequel (webcast)|an online prequel]]. | ||
Importantly, 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 series finale]]. 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 Coleman|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. | Importantly, 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 series finale]]. 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 Coleman|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. | ||
With respect to the [[BBC Wales]] Dalek designs, it seemed to reverse the ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]''{{'}} implication that the "colour-coded Daleks" would destroy any remaining bronze | With respect to the [[BBC Wales]] Dalek designs, it seemed to reverse the ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]''{{'}} implication that the "colour-coded Daleks" would destroy any remaining bronze Daleks introduced in the first [[Russell T Davies]] era as inferior. Instead, the bronze 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]]". This was in fact, the last televised appearance of the ''Victory of the Daleks'' designs, while the bronze Daleks persisted as recently as [[Chris Chibnall]]'s final story, the BBC [[Centenary Special]] ''[[The Power of the Doctor]]''. The episode also re-introduced [[Skaro]] on television for the first time since the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV movie]], showing it in a state of heavy ruin. | ||
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* On the [[Dalek Asylum]], [[Nanogene]]s turn people both living and dead into Daleks. The Doctor has previously come across nanogenes which altered humans into hostile creatures. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | * On the [[Dalek Asylum]], [[Nanogene]]s turn people both living and dead into Daleks. The Doctor has previously come across nanogenes which altered humans into hostile creatures. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'') | ||
[[File:Special_Weapons_Dalek_2012.JPG|thumb|A special weapons Dalek.]] | [[File:Special_Weapons_Dalek_2012.JPG|thumb|A special weapons Dalek.]] | ||
* Several models of Daleks from different points in history appear. Many of the bronze | * Several models of Daleks from different points in history appear. Many of the bronze Daleks the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]] met appear ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' onward), one [[Strategist Dalek]] and one or more [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Supreme Daleks]] of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'' onward), the [[Dalek (The Wedding of River Song)|damaged Supreme]] from which the Doctor took the [[data core]] and [[eyestalk]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') a [[Special Weapons Dalek]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') several [[Renegade Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') a few of the [[Skaro City Dalek|early]] [[silver Dalek]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''), the gunmetal-[[grey Dalek]] models ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' to [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]''), at least one [[Ironside Project|Ironside Dalek]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') a cobweb-covered white-and-black Dalek, ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') a [[Emperor's Personal Guard|black-domed Dalek]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and a [[black Dalek]] identical to [[Dalek Sec]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Daleks in the Intensive Care section of the Asylum are survivors of encounters with the Doctor on planets such as [[Spiridon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') [[Kembel]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') [[Aridius]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') and [[Exxilon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') | * The Daleks in the Intensive Care section of the Asylum are survivors of encounters with the Doctor on planets such as [[Spiridon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') [[Kembel]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') [[Aridius]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') and [[Exxilon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Daleks have successfully captured the Doctor's TARDIS before, ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') as have others. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') | * The Daleks have successfully captured the Doctor's TARDIS before, ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') as have others. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') | ||
