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I feel like, if Chibnall were to curate an art gallery, it would be full of the most beautiful and inspiring works of art from all of time accompanied by exquisite info plaques about their history and meanings...and then make it so the only way you could view them was via a high speed railroad that didn’t stop until it deposited you at 100mph into the gift shop where all you’d be able to see was the tiny postcards of all the paintings you WOULD HAVE seen, if only you’d have been able to actually explore the gallery.

"DALEKS ARE NOT PETS OF THE DOCTOR!" Best quote of the episode

"speaking of terrible authoritarian governments, let's talk about the Daleks" love that sentence

Did anyone else have a problem with the doctor just casually killing a Tardis.

Little detail (or I guess maybe headcanon?) I loved when the Recon Scout was exterminated... I genuinely don't think it was lying or being unrealistic about the whole "you can tweak my genetics, that way I get to live!" bargain. But the other Daleks, so bothered by its TINY traces of impurity, decided it was just *quicker* to shoot their martyr on the spot. You can HEAR the desperation in his pleading - it's impossible not to feel bad for the Recon Scout lol

It has the Dalekcember opening I could cry!

The doctor being in a prison alongside enemies she’s faced could’ve been an entire episode

What's this? A review that is critical but also fair, open minded and very positive when it needs to be? Nuanced explorations of an episode's strengths AND weaknesses? It can only be Mr T!

Your review videos are the absolute best on the internet. I cannot believe I just watched a 36 minute review of an episode I have already watched nearly 20 reviews of. It felt like 15 minutes max. Your reviews are so insightful, and incredibly entertaining. You pick up on things that very few people are able to properly communicate. The way you are able to understand this stuff and articulate it so clearly and perfectly is a true talent.

I like to think that since the Dalek interfaced with the Company systems, it bought the facility through that. Then bought a private Jet for itself and flew out.

The doctor in prison is the wasted concept that annoys me the most. How long has the doctor been making enemies. So much potential especially with a jail break!!! Imagine if she had like a prison jail mate and its like a slitheen and they meet other monsters to escape! But no they get out with a zorb ball that the writers literally pulled out of a crack 😉......... jacks that is

Dalekcember in January? What a concept!

31:00 "never trust a hug. Just an exuse to hide your face"

27:29 I always saw this as the Jack challenging / provoking the Daleks here. He's just told the ultimate killers that he can't be killed, that could have been amazing. What I expected here was for all the Daleks to now be completely focused on killing Jack that they just ignore Ryan, Graham, and Robertson and gives them the chance to detonate and escape. Give Graham the manipulator and suddenly all the characters now have a reason to be on this ship and are actively part of the plan. Another missed opportunity, but honestly I was so caught up in the hype of the last half of the episode that I really didn't mind that part.

Beyond just the Daleks being political by their nature and the Government conspiracy stuff, this is a strangely apolitical episode for Doctor Who.

Looking back on it, yeah "Revolution" has issues, maybe too many for its own good. That being said, the emotional stuff all worked for me, and that's what matters. Also Chibnall is unexpectedly great with Daleks?? Awesome ideas like a Dalek Deathsquad, great lines like "DALEKS ARE NOT PETS OF THE DOCTOR" and or course the great image of them just flooding the TARDIS. I liked this special a lot. Also weird note, anyone else notice the wonky Dalek Dome on some props?

I think this is one of the few channels that have actually gotten better with age. I mean I loved watching your classic 10-15 minute episode reviews (Matt Smith moment of the Week and all) and yet these longer, more in-depth analysis' work far better for this current era of the show (and your channel)

The image of the Daleks outside 10 Downing St has got to be the modern equivalent of the Cyberman marching through St. Paul’s, or the Daleks going across London Bridge.

I did quite like Jack Robertson in this episode and would like to see him further in the show

Now that you pointed it out I'm incredibly disappointed that they didn't refer to Jack's history with obscured memories at all - it seems so obvious, such a potentially great source of emotion, a chance to give Jack a real purpose in the story - how did they miss that?

Whatever one thinks of the rest of the episodes in which they're featured, and indeed of his era as a whole, Chibnall gives great dalek. I *really* like his vision for them.

For me this is THE review. Thanks man love the stuff! Also one thing nobody has brought up, the daleks only had water guns, then when they turn red the have their blasters back...I need this explaining

4:25 “very surface level” describes most of Chibnall’s scripts

Also the cup of tea murder at the start. 1. He downs that eminently like he deneris from game of thrones who dosnt feel heat. 2. The chances of stopping at that one is low. 3. Due to him drinking it immediately he dies before he enters the truck but if he doesn't drink it immediately. And crashes on the road and some women drags him out and drives off then its so sus 4. Its a bad scene. Im baffled

18:00 The novelty of tentacled aliens in Japan, of course.

pre-review comment: I actually really enjoyed this episode, but a lot of the pitfalls of the Jodie era were on display here

I really liked the way the companions were given enough room in this story, Yaz actually had lines! I think this is the best Whitaker story so far. Sad to hear she is leaving.

The fact that The Doctor wasn't in prison for the majority of the episode was the one thing that always really irked me about this episode. There was no point in Jack being there past the 20 minute mark. He could have said the silver Fox line, buggered off and the story would go the exact same. Having it be Jack and The fam sorting the Daleks out and then breaking The Doctor out at the end would have been awesome.

Great review! I am so glad I found this part of Doctor Who-KZfaq last year, with people who actually like the show reviewing and criticising it, instead of the two or three people whose videos usually get recommended who just hate on it for clicks...

Everyone’s complaining about it taking 4mins to Japan But remember it takes 10mins to go from Earth to Galifrey

I also thought the drone daleks sounded like imperial daleks, and I too think the death squad leader dalek should have had a different coloured dome atleast. I love the how could this happen to me song joke like Phelous dose when the reconnaissance dalek is killed. Would have been even funnier if it had been a cover version of the song with a Dalek voice

Honestly all of your mentionings about the 10 month time jump got me thinking (especially in relation to Ryan)... I think it would have been a massive wasted opportunity for them to not to do a Pond Life-esque mini-webisode(s), catching up with all of the companions from home. Obviously considering the real world circumstances this would have had to likely be done over Zoom or something, but it would have not only bridged the 10 month gap for fans but also for the story

the plotting is infurating sums up the Chibnall era

Great review!! Really good points :D So looking forward to the next series and storylines (I do believe this era is improving really quickly so I've got high hopes)! :) Loved the ending at 34:10! xD

Thanks for another great review! I admire how, whether I agree with your opinion on an episode or not, you generally thoughtfully explain what did or did not work in it in a balanced way (sorry if that sounds rather pretentious or condescending). You raise some great points here (probably sounds even more patronising on my part). I agree with you on Chibnall's handling of the Daleks. And the fate of the line reconnaissance Dalek, exterminated for being "impure" despite all that it had accomplished... I was also rather taken aback about a new male companion in series 13, and would have liked it to be just the Dovtor and Yasmin for a bit, but as you say, Catherine Tate, Matt Lucas and Bradley Walsh more than defied expectations as Donna, Nardole and Graham respectively, so perhaps some faith is justified, and in any case time will tell. It always does. Sorry about another rather rambling comment. All the best!

I would love to see this Reco Dalek return again somehow, and then maybe go on a revenge rampage against the Daleks leading us to "Retribution of a Dalek" but i can see that being too similar to Rusty ig.

A frustrating Chibnall story is very different from a frustrating Moffat story. Both of them have great moments sprinkled in, but when it comes to Moffat, he often completely misses the mark when it comes to doing the proper good stuff. Chibnall tries to do too much, and ends up not doing enough, but Moffat does the great things, and mixes it in with the terrible things. 6:15 "couldn't she have retold one of her classic adventures" YES, thats what I thought she was about to do! When she started reciting Harry Potter, I think my eyes widened more than any other time in the episode. Oof, that didn't age well... "maybe reading a story from the third person, since she doesn't believe that she's the Doctor" damn, thats a brilliant idea, and its just annoying that it didn't happen XD

The scene with Ryan and The Doctor is basically The Doctor realising that "The Fam" relationship is broken, and that there is nothing she can do about it. When you reach that point in a relationship, and there is a breakdown of trust, then those feelings can never really come back.

"John Barrowman is always fun" well that aged badly

Another brilliant review. Thank you for making these. I really look forward to them. I think you hit the nail on the head with why Chibnall’s stuff is so frustrating. It’s because it’s almost brilliant. Unrealised potential, and unrealised for no obvious reason. If I still had hair, I’d be pulling it out.

Awesome review man. Always look forward to hearing what you have to say about the script, where it was good and where it needed work. I really enjoyed this episode. Was Chibnall’s best work on the show & Whittaker’s best performance as the Doctor too.

I agree with the lead dalek being a bronze dalek and not a different color dalek, it sounds just like the Supreme Dalek from Witch's Familiar.

To be fair to Mandip Gil even with the little she's given she totally sells the "Scully searching for Mulder" conspiracy insanity.

The new series has established that the TARDIS is a living creature multiple times? And the Doctor just... MURDERS one of them?? What

Loved revolution. It worked really well with some fantastic character beats. I wish it had some more dalek v dalek action but I get that budget would probably preclude too much. I really felt that yaz and Ryan characters were fleshed out enough and they justified each respective action for me.

18:37 For some reason, that part reminded me of an AI from one of the Halo books (probably one of the ones that were required reading for Halo 5). Also am I the only one who thought the Dalek ship had ladders in the background?

It feels like this episode was supposed to be longer, like an Hour 45 or something, but it had to be cut down to an Hour 15. I’d really like to see if that’s true or just Chibnall’s writing. Were there deleted scenes? The people must know!!! Okay... I want to know.

I tend to value Dalek stories based on how well they handle the Daleks, and so far Chibnall has impressed me with his two Dalek stories. I was worried that Resolution was a fluke, but over the two stories there are more iconic Dalek moments than in Russell or Moffat's Who. In fact, I think there are more exterminations in Revolution of the Daleks than in the entire Moffat era. I love the direction in this story, every scene with the Daleks in is exceptionally shot, with focus on the eyestalk of whichever Dalek is talking and some great scenes of them flying around with great CGI. Some great lines, particularly 'THERE IS ONLY ONE PURIFICATION' which I love. The fact that the Death Squad is all made up of Bronze Daleks reminds me of the uniformity of the Dalek ranks seen in The Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and several others. My favourite thing about the entire episode is the scene on the bridge with the two Dalek factions actually talking to each other, which is something that Remembrance of the Daleks neglected to do. Overall, great Dalek story, and a pretty great episode overall, one of the highlights of this era. Edit: Also, hopefully Series 13 will finally have an episode set in Liverpool!

Anyone else feel like Chibnall graciously lifted from Blood of the Daleks by Big Finish? Not complaining since the Dalek stuff was awesome here, but would still say to check out Blood of the Daleks. Kinda terrifying at points...

I never thought about the relationship between The Doctor and Captain Jack both having their early memories wiped- That blew my mind.

Great review positive energy and good points. A breath of fresh air from all the negative sorrunding Chib and Wker. People don't seem to realise that if chibs leaves then the next one would not be a fan and then thw show will change forever. Enjoy what we have while it lasts because nothing lasts forever

Think the Death Squad leader should've had a black dome or some other small difference to make it visually obvious that this Dalek is the one calling the shots

20:31 Obviously Chibnall has plans for Robertson in a future story, but the fact the Doctor doesn't take steps to make sure that he doesn't get off scot-free is baffling. If the 10th Doctor could do that with Harriet Jones, why can't the 13th Doctor ruin Robertson's reputation? At least with Harriet Jones her actions were justifiable to an extent considering the Sycorax were threatening to kill one third of the world's population if they didn't agree to be their slaves.

30:56 "Never trust a hug. It's just a way to hide your face."

WOOHOO! I’ve missed the DalekCember videos.

I genuinely loved this episode. By far one of the best Chibnall Era stories, and definitely one of the best and most intimidating Dalek presentations since Stolen Earth. The writing was pretty good this time around, the character interactions were good, Captain Jack was brilliant as usual, the production values were off the charts. Easily the best part of the episode for me however, was that Gwen Cooper mention. Hoping this hints at something bigger in the future. One thing I was a bit confused about, is that they didn't credit any of the creators of the different alien species we saw throughout the episode. Normally when using a monster from a previous writer, they put their name in the closing credits. For example, it should've said: Daleks created by Terry Nation Cybermen created by Kit Peddler and Gerry Davis Skithra created by Nina Métivier Thijarians created by Vinay Patel Ood and Sycorax created by Russell T Davies Weeping Angels and Silence created by Steven Moffat

One of my biggest gripes: The Doctor _kills off_ a TARDIS by sending her into the void and explicitly says it's going to be destroyed. Also, how do you get a TARDIS into the void? There was no mention of any safe guard having been dropped and I'm pretty sure I got from some source that there are safeguards. And my main point: her doing that while she's all cuddly wuddly with her own TARDIS makes this feel so wrong. "I'm thinking my sisters have been devoured and we're looking at their corpses". That's one line from _The Doctor's Wife_ . Her own TARDIS should not allowed for that, but... I'm expecting consistency with lore that could hypothetically be perfectly cohesive, but nobody ever bothers, despite there being so many sources from which you can gather what a TARDIS does how. And apart from the characterisation being ignored: They _had a flipping second TARDIS_ !! Off the cuff I can't come up with anything but I've a gut instinct that something good could have been done with that second TARDIS being around. If only becoming an actual home base or something like that. Also, that one TARDIS flight where Ryan has his talk, that's not how a TARDIS works. It's a scruffy old thing designed to be flown by multiple people at once. You canonically _do not have an autopilot_ . One person has got to whizz around the console, as so many examples of lore have shown.

They also missed out by not getting much at all out of the prison time. All those monsters and such, that could have been a great point of conflict, The Doctor being locked up with them! You also don't get a real sense of how much time The Doctor spent in there, what she felt and did and so on.

One question: why is the illuminated POLICE BOX sign not seen backwards when viewed from inside the TARDIS?

Chibnall seems to have an issue of ‘telling not showing’, we hear what has happened to characters but we often don’t see it. Although sometimes he can go completely too far the other way and shows too much (The Timeless Children for example).

Seriously this is why your the best reviewer on the internet! Keep up the great work

Glad Ryan and Graham have left now, Yaz is easily the best and most underrated of Jodie's companions now she can get more focus in Series 13!

I consider this one of the best Dalek stories I have seen in a while. Also, that bridge where the Dalek shootout happened was the Clifton Suspension Bridge in my hometown Bristol. In fact I sorta predicted the Daleks invading Bristol with an old picture I drew during my college years. www.deviantart.com/dalek44/art/Daleks-in-Bristol-818238011

That Alan Partridge Dan bit really got me, thanks for a great review!

I'm honestly really surprised neither Jack nor the doctor spoke up when the fam complained she'd been missing 10 months, when the doctor had been missing literally years in prison. They'd been living normal lives so insignificant we were never even shown them, and as you say it really does hurt ryan's departure. If he's saying he prefers his mates and my response is 'who'? He really could've used more setup. Given his closest relation on earth still seems to be graham, and that graham still wanted to stick around, there should've been more conflict there. Still, their departure is emotionally sound even if more could've been done on-screen to support it. Let's look forward to season 13 and see what happens. I'm really hoping for more character development. Graham's grief was a fantastic through-line and a more consistent version of that kind of thing would make for a nice series through-line.

LMAO I also share the sentiment about John Bishop. I mean I’m sure he’ll be great but it’s a total surprise and I hope it doesn’t lead to Yaz being sidetracked.

It doesn't flow there are holes in the pacing. Like where did jack get his coat and the bombs. Why did the defence drones just die of screen. Why did the doctor murder a tardis when its been established that they are living things. How do the fam keep findig Robertson with no difficulty, while i cant find my chager with out great difficulty! And on and on

Thank's for a great review and a very nice youtube channel! I enjoyed this episode. Chibnal knows how to make the Daleks scary once more. Personally, I think this is the most solid Dalek story since Dalek in series 1. And it's nice to see some companions leave the Tardis on their own terms. Perhaps Ryan, together with Martha from series 3, will be the 2040's version of Sarah Jane, getting their own spin off? Who knows what the future will bring? Who knows...

Can’t wait to meet Jackie Tyler and Pete Tyler in the 2022 New Years special: Realisation of the daleks!

Are you going to review the new series called daleks! On the official dr. Who yt channel? Pls do

Man. I can wait for Reconciliation of the Daleks next year

I personally think it's the best Dalek story since 2009's Prisoner of the Daleks, and a... decent enough character study of the companions. It actually really helped finally solidify the Fam's place in the Doctor Who universe for me, but then they left. I was actually a fan of how they were characterised in the latter half of Series 12, but man we needed this earlier! If we're looking as Revolution as a pure pepper-pot adventure, it's top notch. It's the most fun, yet also most threatening Dalek story since The Stolen Earth. It managed to cramp down that entire invasion into such a small amount of time but it was so compelling. The scenes of the Drones activating and slaughtering people was insane, and the SAS Daleks arriving was just magnificent. I really do wish that the Recon Scout Dalek was more akin to the Daleks from 'Prisoner of the Daleks' where they were genuinely cruel and compelled genuine hatred from the reader, but I honestly didn't mind. However, there is a massive problem when the Donald Trump parody is the most compelling character of the episode. But I do applaud Chibnall for making one of the most universally disliked characters from one of the most universally disliked episodes into a proper, enjoyable character. Overall, this episode just proved once again that Chibnall is just fantastic at the classic villains. Look at how iconic his Silurians are, look at how beloved Sacha's Master and Ashad are. I think it's a testament to his Monster-Writing abilities that episodes like The Timeless Children managed to actually keep the Cybermen as a compelling part of the story (Something both RTD and Moffat spectacularly failed in). Revolution had the Daleks competing for screen time with so many other scenes, but man the time they spend on screen is just fantastic. If Series 13 were more of this, even with the dodgy character development, I would be completely down for it.

Did anyone else get "Victory of the daleks" vibes from this episode?

18:52 I'm glad I'm glad I'm not the only one who had a problem with him just cloning a Dalek mutant for no justifiable reason.

For what it’s worth, I really liked this story. My only real issues being pacing as well as anticlimax. The Doctor’s in prison... oh wait she isn’t anymore. The Daleks are taking over... no they aren’t anymore. Robertson’s dealing with Daleks... you get the picture. Stuff like the SAS Daleks get a lot of build up and are just gotten rid of. I think it should have been a two parter, two hour long episodes, and the Doctor doesn’t escape prison until at the end of Part One, and the first hour, she is doubting herself until Jack gives her a pick-me-up and she comes in with a ‘Man who stops the monsters’ moment and cliffhanger. Beyond that, all I’d change is more scenes of the Civil War but beyond that... yeah, pretty solid episode, 7/10 wait, how did the Dalek clone build that facility in Osaka when it was implied that Leo just built and cloned it? I can’t imagine he’d clone it into existence and wait a year before showing it to his boss. And it takes him over immediately, so there wasn’t a Time-Jump.

What a very balanced review. I am so, so fed up of all these people just hating on it so much, even supposedly respected review sites have been bashing on it. I wish they had this level of level headedness. You definitely and quite rightly pointed out this episodes many, many flaws, but also it’s many strong points (which some of these said reviewers label also as bad points... grr.) My thoughts are on the show that if the show really is as awful as people say it is, why would somebody like nick briggs, who loves his who and consistently makes quality who himself, be happy to appear in it and market it if it was so terrible. He plays daleks and cybermen all the time at big finish. Surely it’s not just the pay check. And the promotional video he did he seemed genuinely happy with revolution. So if someone who should by all rights be able to tell good who when he sees it still enjoys the show in its current form, surely there must be something worthwhile that those jumping on the hate wagon just can’t/refuse to see. I somehow doubt he does it solely for the money. This is the BBC we’re talking about.

They should have painted the lead death squad dalek head black as a nod to the emperor guards. I always picture them as second in command to the Supreme or as leader of small squad.

Japan was a hentai reference

So where would rank this if you redid your Dalekcember ranking?

I'm really starting to wonder who's in the driving seat in terms the shorter seasons? Chibs, or the BBC. I honestly believe the stories are good. Chibs writing isnt as bad as the fandom is screaming. Hes just doing way too much. We know this has been chibnalls dream for decades. So hes obviously just busting with ideas. It does really feel like hes not in the driving seat of how much air time hes getting.

everybody gangsta til the oppressive police force rolls out daleks

this episode was the perfect time to bring back a paradigm dalek for a leader but no has to be a bronze dalek😔

I agree with you the Doctor was not even one bit serious about changing the timeline to keep the Fam together. She was vocalizing what her alternative could be; telling the audience and Yaz the wrong thing she could do, and then showing she won't. I like that moment a lot. As opposed to me intensely hating Hell Bent for the Doctor killing people to resurrect Clara. Policing is inherently problematic, so those Dalek casings would still be harmful even if they had zero Dalek influence. I mean these are weapons as police; they would kill. Human AI would be modeled off our same biases and exist to enforce the rule of capital. Or a trace of Dalek AI in those casings would probably mean no racism, misogyny, xenophobia, etc. but would just escalate to all-out extermination. Those casings would always be problem. Replace them with any other fictional alien race, ones much more benevolent in contrast to the Daleks, and you still have weaponized drones terrorising the streets. Clara and Bill only left the Doctor by dying, which is such a dumb thing I have to say. Amy and Rory 'left' by having some dramatic exit that was treated like a death.

I did like the dalek security drone bodies, but there was too much space between the head & middle segments.

I do wish the infighting between Dalek factions lasted for longer. I’m tired of ‘pushover’ fights involving the Daleks.

That intro brought back a lot of memories!

Not gonna lie, I had completely forgotten Captain Jack had some memories stolen. It's brought up once and never again.

It was very good, imo. 8/10. Daleks are at their most Nazi. Jack was cool to see again, especially after seeing John Barrowman at Comiccon in 2019. Yeah. Robertson was better than in Spiders in UK. Emotional to see Ryan and Graham leave. Really good stuff. Simply a shame that it was only 70 minutes. Just could have been better at 90 minutes to expand on, well, everything.

Not going to lie I had to double check I was on the right video with the Dalekcember opening. Great review once again!

Is it just me or did Roberson gave off a bit of a Dogbolter vibe? My fellow DWM fans what do you think?

i think jack robinson will be the main vilan of this era, or the person who experimented on the timeless child

tbh 13:00 i just headcanon that its taking so long because the TARDIS is recalibrating after being dormant, for what i assume is the same amount of time 13 has been in prison.

Even Jon Pertwee was a comedian before he joined Doctor Who, and we all know how good he was

I think that “Grace” was really the Solitract from series 11.

Trilby me old mate, I may have disagreed with a lot of your points the last few years but to be honest with you I fully agree with all your points in this video, I wish that perhaps one of those drone Daleks maybe hid away and rebuilt the drone Dalek race and maybe got a hold of one of the real Dalek armours and maybe upgraded their own armour with all the tech that the Skaro Daleks as I call them have, then we can have a true civil war between the Skaro Daleks and the Earth Daleks that could last multiple Doctors and maybe move forward with 2 Dalek races, one born on Skaro the classic purity driven ones and maybe something new for the Earth ones, hope you see this idea mate and I look forward to hearing your thoughts, forever your biggest supporter (dispite any disagreements in the past over certain stories, hey if there was any love lost would I really have stuck around since day 1 of this channel) all the best for the new year mate

I semi curious what @MrTARDIS take is on the spare TARDIS basically being crushed Cos while I think it’s a neat idea, a fair few people seem hung up on the Doctor killing a sentient machine

So using Dalek casing based defence Drones is a good idea? Interesting

SPOILER: The sequence where Captain Jack rescues the Doctor symbolizes everything wrong with this era. Any other Doctor would have figured out an escape long before that. Very disappointing.

Love the sound of the Daleks. Use to try and copy them. 🤣🤣🤣🤣