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The 2010 redesign of the Daleks attracted much criticism from hundreds of angered fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2937261/Redesigned-Daleks-look-like-toys-say-angry-Doctor-Who-fans.html |title=New-look coloured Daleks 'like toys' |date of source=19 April 2010 |website name=The Sun |accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref> [[Mark Gatiss]], who wrote their debut episode, ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'' acknowledged the controversial nature of this redesign in his [[in-vision commentary]] on the DVD box set. In conversation with principal Dalek voice artist [[Nicholas Briggs]], and [[Dalek operator]] [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]], he opined that the new shape of the Daleks, especially in the dorsal region, was not particularly to his liking. Briggs agreed, but, with Edwards, swiftly noted that in their experience of taking the new Daleks on live exhibition to the public, British kids, for the most part, loved the new design. The decision was revisited in [[DWM 431]] with critics voicing their opinions on the design. A comparison was made with the bronze Daleks that had come before them, but without a conclusion as to which was the better-made. Steven Moffat finally settled the controversy when he stated in an interview that he would be keeping the bronze Daleks as the standard soldiers, and the Paradigm variants would be in charge of them as an "officer class". | The 2010 redesign of the Daleks attracted much criticism from hundreds of angered fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2937261/Redesigned-Daleks-look-like-toys-say-angry-Doctor-Who-fans.html |title=New-look coloured Daleks 'like toys' |date of source=19 April 2010 |website name=The Sun |accessdate=6 July 2013}}</ref> [[Mark Gatiss]], who wrote their debut episode, ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'' acknowledged the controversial nature of this redesign in his [[in-vision commentary]] on the DVD box set. In conversation with principal Dalek voice artist [[Nicholas Briggs]], and [[Dalek operator]] [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]], he opined that the new shape of the Daleks, especially in the dorsal region, was not particularly to his liking. Briggs agreed, but, with Edwards, swiftly noted that in their experience of taking the new Daleks on live exhibition to the public, British kids, for the most part, loved the new design. The decision was revisited in [[DWM 431]] with critics voicing their opinions on the design. A comparison was made with the bronze Daleks that had come before them, but without a conclusion as to which was the better-made. Steven Moffat finally settled the controversy when he stated in an interview that he would be keeping the bronze Daleks as the standard soldiers, and the Paradigm variants would be in charge of them as an "officer class". | ||
This was first seen on-screen in ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]''. Later stories, like the comic story ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'', the novel ''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]'', and the television story ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', would follow this example to even greater lengths. Between these three stories, ''The Dalek Generation'', as a novel the least visual of the three, is the only one to feature an appearance by any 2010 Dalek, specifically the Supreme Dalek, and even this is kept to a small cameo. When asked by [[David Hobday]] why these Daleks had not been seen in recent years, [[Nicholas Pegg]] clarified that the poor reception to them was the deciding factor. Since the release of ''The Dalek Generation'', no TV story {{as of|2023|11|lc=y}} has ever shown a Dalek of the kind introduced in ''Victory of the Daleks'' again, and the Daleks once associated with the first RTD era were the main Daleks throughout the remainder of Moffat's production era and the [[Chris Chibnall]] era,{{note|Neither the [[Scout Dalek]] nor the [[Defence Drone]]s are regular soldiers.}} with no Paradigm Daleks making on-screen appearances alongside Daleks of other eras in ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' or ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]''. Significantly, a Supreme Dalek model ''did'' appear in the the two-parter, but it was the [[Supreme Dalek (The Stolen Earth | This was first seen on-screen in ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]''. Later stories, like the comic story ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'', the novel ''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]'', and the television story ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'', would follow this example to even greater lengths. Between these three stories, ''The Dalek Generation'', as a novel the least visual of the three, is the only one to feature an appearance by any 2010 Dalek, specifically the Supreme Dalek, and even this is kept to a small cameo. When asked by [[David Hobday]] why these Daleks had not been seen in recent years, [[Nicholas Pegg]] clarified that the poor reception to them was the deciding factor. Since the release of ''The Dalek Generation'', no TV story {{as of|2023|11|lc=y}} has ever shown a Dalek of the kind introduced in ''Victory of the Daleks'' again, and the Daleks once associated with the first RTD era were the main Daleks throughout the remainder of Moffat's production era and the [[Chris Chibnall]] era,{{note|Neither the [[Scout Dalek]] nor the [[Defence Drone]]s are regular soldiers.}} with no Paradigm Daleks making on-screen appearances alongside Daleks of other eras in ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' or ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]''. Significantly, a Supreme Dalek model ''did'' appear in the the two-parter, but it was the [[Dalek Supreme Type E|Supreme Dalek design]] which was [[Supreme Dalek (The Stolen Earth|seen in]] ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' and ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' instead of [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|the one]] from ''Victory of the Daleks''. | ||
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