"WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME TEA?!?!?" Be sure to celebrate (?) the paradigm Daleks by liking this video, sharing it around and leaving a comment! It will also appease the almighty algorithm!

I love the daleks going into hiding. There is something ammusing about seeing Daleks having to think out of the box.

"OH GOOD GOD IT'S THIS GUY AGAIN. DOCTOR, THIS IS BORDERING ON HARASSMENT. WE DO NOT WANT TO BUY ANY CLEANING PRODUCTS FROM YOU."

8:03 I read an earlier version of the script, and at one point Mark wrote the Daleks bringing up essentially a futuristic PowerPoint. I'm glad it was cut down.

And here we are back at the beginning. Looking at that first video it's so interesting to see how much you've changed and grown as a creator. So glad your still going 9 years later and I've loved Darlek-Cember. Ashame that it's almost over.

Best quote of the day.. ‘I am the Doctor and you are the Daleks!’

9:30 I love how the ceiling is barely high enough for the supreme Dalek 😅

Despite it's flaws this episode is the best Dalek story of Smith's run because it has the serious relationship between the daleks and the doctor whereas in other episodes he just doesn't take them seriously and also damn I forgot how underrated this episode's soundtrack is!

Right so... This video kinda makes me wish you added Curse of thhe Fetal Death in before Dalek and called it 25 episodes

I actually loved the Paradigm Daleks, I think they deserved a better chance. I even got my Drone Dalek figure from Wallapop...

At the time I loved this episode & constantly rewatched it. It has gone down as time’s gone on, mainly because of online reviews & watching power of the Daleks which does this concept better, but I still find it entertaining & think it’s an underrated gem. Plus it’s miles better than the next Dalek story....ugh

One issue I never see brought up is how shit the interior of the Dalek ship is. It's literally a warehouse in Cardiff, and dosent look like the previous ones.

Amy should be wearing Daisy Dukes instead of that mini but who's gonna complaib about those legs?

"I am the Doctor, and YOU are the Daleks!" You don't say!

I like the paradigm Daleks very much. in fact, I have all of them and I did not know that the scientist Dalek appeared only once.

Screw the cracks and retconning 2 fraking Dalek invasions! And Waters of Mars along with the said 2 invasions, now that I think about it! Humans actively knowing about them with no way to hide their invasion could have so much potential... Honestly, Moffat clearly doesn't want to write Daleks in any shape or form, except for street cred. The best Dalek story in his run is actually Davros' story. I think Paradigm designs are ok-ish, but red being the drone (and thus, the main face of the daleks) was a bad decision. Also, straight up having no plan for eternal.

when those multi coloured daleks emerged from the lift on the dalek ship, i half expected them to start singing YMCA. What we see here is the dumbing down of the daleks, the fear factor a distant memory, great cast though.

The sad part is the fan backlash pretty much killed any chance of seeing a new Dalek design that isn't a one off

I like this episode, mainly for Nostalgia factor. It was one of my first Doctor Who stories, I will always treasure the memories of being in school and when we were asked to pick out reading material, picking up copies of adaptations of series 5 episodes, namely The Eleventh Hour, this story, and the Lodger, which introduced me to Doctor Who, it's why Matt Smith is my favourite Doctor and why the Eleventh Hour is my favourite episode.

Best Dalek quote-Would you care for some tea?

‘I AM YOUR SOLIDER!’ A homage to Power of the Daleks when the Dalek said ‘I AM YOUR SERVANT!’

In the shot of the ships exploding you literally see one fly off unharmed. The CGI team knew it wasn’t the end

I had a chat with a friend the other day about the Paradigm Daleks and I don’t know if it’s true or not but apparently he told me that there are some fans who actually regret lashing out on them and wish that they kept quiet and just let them have them time in the sport light.

Something you brought up in a previous video on this episode, I wonder if this would have gone over better had it been expanded into a two parter. The second half is very rushed and if they had a whole episode perhaps the new Daleks could have made more of an impact. On another note, I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but there’s a really well done fan video called The Dalek That Time Forgot that connects this episode with Journey’s End and some classic Dalek events as well very well in a very timey-wimey way and fleshes out Caan’s story just a bit more, and sets several events in motion. It’s really very well thought out and makes for a great addition to the New Series Daleks’ story.

Modern Power of the Daleks

Dude, I have so much respect for, watching endless Dalek stories. Your review on this one is spot on!

I genuinely love 80% of this episode, the crayola dalek sequence is goofy as are the space fighter jets, however even the part with 11 and the jammy dodger redeems that somewhat. I think the scenes in the war base were good and had serious potential for an isolated dalek story.

Wait, wouldn't the Davros DNA make them the most Dalek who ever Daleked, as they are literally mutated Kaleds? Also the Daleks need to not be aliens and appear to be inventions, to be annoying enough that the Doctor has to verbally say they are Daleks.

4:28 The biggest connection is that Matt Smith was personally chosen by Wendy Padbury herself, probably because of his uncanny resemblance to Patrick Troughton.

"GO GO DALEK RANGERS, MIGHTY MORPHIN DALEK RANGERS"

I liked this when it aired and I still do. Call me crazy...

We were introduced to Progenitors before this episode. They were used in The Doctor’s Daughter to create the human and Hath armies, as well as Jenny. Although I think in this episode they elaborated a bit more on how the Progenitors work.

10:46 It's tradition... any pure white coloured Dalek shoots like a stormtrooper. Just look at the Imperial Daleks from Remembrance.

Fellow defender of the nee paradigm Daleks. I do wonder if that knee jerk decision to scrap them encouraged some bad habits to form in the fan community?

7:02 Megan from EMS Productions: Uh, oh, that can't be good. Dalek: Correct!

I'll be honest, I still really like Victory of the Daleks. I still like the story it's trying to tell and the new status quo for the Daleks it tried to establish. There are a lot of fun and memorable moments, and I do enjoy the new Dalek designs. While the bronze ones are in my opinion the most timeless, the Progenitor Daleks have kind of an organic aesthetic, particularly with the eyestalks, that really does work for me. I even like the color-coding because I did watch the Peter Cushing Dalek films when I was younger. I feel like this episode could have been great with one alteration - instead of the Oblivion Continuum in Bracewell's chest, the Dalek Drone is sent down to exterminate everyone in the bunker if the Doctor doesn't back off. They could have the Breem character trying to protect Amy while the Doctor and Bracewell combine their knowledge of Dalek technology to build a weapon capable of destroying the attacking Dalek. Breem would get some character development, Bracewell's character arc still gets to end on a triumphant note, and the new Daleks would get to do something. As it is, I do still think this episode is okay, but it does mark the turning point for the Daleks mostly devolving into a less credible threat in the New Series under Moffat's run. I'm personally still sad we'll probably never get to see the Progenitor Daleks in the series again.

Mighty Morphing Power-Daleks!

Brilliant review! Nice to see it come first circuit as Victory was your first review! Comparing the review is astonishing to see how much indepth you go and you get your opinion out more clearly. Also fun fact that same time the first Eleventh Doctor story for Daleksember came out the BBC released best eleventh Doctor moment! On there KZfaq channel.... just thought that's pretty funny

Thanks again for the review and for this month of Dalek reviews - whew! I know you like Matt Smith's Doctor; when I first saw this, I kept hoping for better things. It was OK; Winston Churchill seemed pretty obsessed with "do anything to win". I like the idea that this is a modern Power of the Daleks... I never noticed this before.

in journey's end you can see 1 ship flying away, out of formation. which is a great little detail

I have just recently seen the power of the daleks and I've realized that the beginning of victory of the daleks is pretty much just that episode but the ruse is cut short. (Also, the intro of daleksember has one part of the power of the daleks apart of it.) Edit: nevermind. You pointed that out.

What is it with war movies/tv shows having good first half and bad second half

You... do not require tea??

The Paradigm Daleks were absolutely WASTED potential. Their design and voice in my opinion were awesome and we could had more variants of them.

The problem with the updated Daleks design isn't the design itself, it's what it represents. The Daleks are already a credible threat and don't need updating to be slicker and more dangerous. It's like the constant upgrading of "threat" in place of narrative content. End of the world < End of the Universe < End of Reality itself etc. It doesn't make the audience any more engaged with the characters. The creepy Daleks silently gliding around are much more sinister than the bigger, deep-voiced "new paradigm" because of the writing. Long exposition monologues are just lazy writing.

OMG the paradigm Daleks!! I remember being 10 years old and watching Series 5 air their new episodes every week and it being such a huge deal. All I could think when they appeared was What are these Joesph's coat of many colour daleks doing here? Such a radical change and yet I only saw them on this two parter, The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang and then once at Doctor Who Live. Their height and their weapons were the only impressive thing about them. Bold and strategic move on the writers part and love that they wanted to take them in a new direction but glad they didn't stick with it for much longer after that.

7:36 Haha never thought I see that again.

This episode isn't perfect, but i have a real soft spot for it. Since i started Doctor Who with The Eleventh Hour, this was my first exposure to the Daleks. And for me at least, it was a great introduction to their menacing and cunning nature. Though in hindsight, I do wish that the new Daleks got more exposure. Though Dalek leaders seem to come back every now and then after long hiatuses so you never know. Maybe they'll pop up again one day.

13:10 Mark's voice acting *further proves* my theory that he only writes as an excuse to act. Plenty of actors do it, though unfortunately I think Mark developed to consistent a reputation of writing. It's clear that writing isn't where his heart really is - he's a brilliant actor.

You could get that Victory poster, it was in a magazine at the time.

I honestly loved the Paradigm Daleks, I'm so sad that they never had another chance.

0:48 Ey, can we just appreicate they put cloth over the dalek's lights cause it was the blitz era? haha

The Paradigm Daleks are a good idea, as they give some variety and potential for stories. However their design was lacking

WW2 era planes being able to destroy a post time-war dalek ship is just... asinine.

Does anyone else wish there was a Dad's Army cameo in this episode?

I’m glad I’m not the only person in the world that like the design

I think the problem with the NPD design is the conflict between the macro scale simplicity of a bold primary colour scheme and finickity over-design on the details such as the eye stalk.

GO GO DALEK RANGERS! MIGHTY MORPHING DALEK RANGERS!

This is why I maintain itd be better if the Cult of Skaro created the Paradigm (entirely new philosophy and tactics)

I thought the end of this story was weak but great review! Happy Christmas!

5:44 I’ve had this exact poster on my wall for years, but it’s canvas so it’s lasted all this time!

This is a great episode... until the Paradigm reveal themselves. Then it gets really silly and rushed. Which is a shame because everything else up that point is great, and I love the scheming Ironsides and Eleven getting genuinely mad and frustrated at their continued schemes.

12 days until series 12.

7:40 look carefully when the Crucible explodes. You can see one ship fly off

I know tomorrow will be the Asylum. I know how it's going to go. I know I am not ready for it, not again. I can't do it

I liked this episode and the new design too. Shame they got canned. The bit with the spitfires was fun, but it's almost like Star Wars Death Star fight.

Am I one of few who likes the Paradigm Dalek designs?

Next Time: Daleks in a Asylum, They don’t destroy each other which is false, Not showing the old ones, And the return of the Bullshit Divorce subplot.

The NPDs were badly served in the first, mainly because the concept design was badly translated when the props were built. The neckbin being altogether too tall and set forward, the hump being too big, the plastic colour scheme etc... There are numerous fan images showing the original concept design translated faithfully and it works so very well. They get a small redesign in Asylum which is hardly ever noticed, a smaller almost non existent hump, the new colour scheme... Shame they were discarded so quickly.

I feel like the new designs should have kept the original dalek silhouette, but had the appearance of the NDP daleks. There's plenty of images online to demonstrate this.

My personal theory on the Eternal Dalek was that it was the carrier for the Progenitor Device, allowing for more Daleks to be made. As long as this Dalek is alive, more Daleks can be made, thus they will be Eternal.

My pet theory was always that the eternal Dalek was primarily focussed on the preservation of the race above all else ie making sure the daleks are an eternal presence in time

I have very fond memories of watching this episode for the first time with my family. Absolutely loving the first half for everything you mentioned, then laughing together at the new Teletubbies Daleks. It's a shame, because for the most part the new design does look good, but the very vibrant colours just made them feel childish. I remember really liking the way it looked after 2000 years in the final episode. I feel if they had much less extreme colours they would have been received a lot better.

We could have had another cool Dalek Civil War story with the Paradigm Daleks against the remaining Time War era Daleks. God with how it is suggested they have multiple weapons, imagine a special weapons paradigm Dalek.

I like the Paradigm Daleks. Although only as high ranking officers that command forces of standard bronze Daleks. Drones: lead squads and command ships. Strategists: strategize new ways to conquer. Scientists: experiment with technology and genetics. Eternals: lead time travel schemes and are engineered to preserve the continuation and purity of the Dalek race. All these having three to five Paradigm Daleks leading a room of the standard Daleks. That’s what I thought they were going to do, but they show up two more times and then never show up again. We only had one episode where they were seen coexisting with the standard Daleks.

"you do not require tea" I didn't notice that this was in the actual episode.

“You do not require tea”

Will you do Day and Time of the Doctor as part of Dalekcember?

The problem with the new Daleks is that they were WAY too colourful. I mean it's bright colours and as you said before the daleks looked metallic in the reboot and they just look plastic here. And they're TOO THICC.

I'm sorry, but after all these years, those "Progenitor" Daleks still look goofy as hell. They went to the trouble of updating and modernising the Daleks, finally making them look like they're tough and metallic, and they replace it with these plastic, fragile-looking Tonka Toys. They are by far the least threatening-looking Daleks in Dr Who history, they look like "Baby's first Dalek" to me.

So this story was written before Matt was casted, so this could have been a David Tennant episode. And also the Paradigm Daleks, do appear quite a bit more. There was backlash but each color played different roles, such as Strategist, Supreme, Drone, Scientist, etc. We see them again during the Pandorica arc.

17:46 uuuum, I wouldn’t call Power of the Daleks complete AT ALL! 😂 You know why

Ahh...Victory of the Daleks. For what is essentially a remake of The Power of the Daleks, I still have a real soft spot for this episode. Churchill and the WW2 setting work really well and while redesigning the most iconic villian of the show's long history isn't necessarily a bad idea the fact they are so underutilised and only appeared again as glorified cameos really wasted their potential. That being said who doesn't want to see spitfires shooting at a Dalek ship.

It's a bit of a mess but it was nice to see the daleks actually out place the doctor for once. So disapointing that after the adventure game they failed to do anything with this design. It might seem a weird thing to reccomend but immediately following this episode there was the kids comic the only good dalek and the free pc adventure games. The game has full (if woefully directed) audio from the cast, it explores the restoration of the daleks and skaro and gives you a lot more experience with the new dalek designs. It was certanly my reason for being really disappointed by this new series relegating them to being an officer class and then dropping them all together.

I have that Victory poster and the Ironside Blueprints on my wall : )

5:52 would you care for some tea lol.

Its a shame some of the props were looking a bit worse for wear when you look at the vent panels on the three time war daleks, the state of the eyestalks (discs being dirty or out of order/shape) the gap between the eyeball and the discs having a metal ringer to patch up the eyestalk that had been battered by years of explosions and the dome being lopsided in some shots. The paint too on the skirt looks a bit rushed or done my hand, you can see flakes of gold on the neck rings and beside some of the orbs. No wander mof wanted new daleks. Weirder the eyestalk seems to have carried over the silver bit between the eyeball and discs when in RTDs era it was all black and shorter onto the new batch of props built for asylum.

Glad I'm not the only one who liked the NDP daleks, but yeah, those colors needed to B muted & metallic.

I can't believe they kept asking Mark Gatiss back to write more scripts after his dreadful track record. Apparently he can write for other things pretty well, but his televised Who material is DIRE. This episode starts well and I actually do like the humanity stuff, but overall his scripts for the show were spotty at best. And he just kept coming back. It all culminated in the monstrosity that is Sleep No More.

The reveal of the new Daleks seems more like a toy commercial. As you say, they don't actually do anything. Just roll out the new toy product.

The Paradigm Daleks look good in my opinion. The colours are a bit too much, but ignoring that, they're fine. I think they could have looked better if they had a more metallic shine like in Asylum of the Daleks, and instead of the different colours, the white Supreme with an army of dark grey soldiers like the classic era, or depending on whether or not they are imperial Daleks, potentially a black Supreme with an army of white and gold soldiers.

11 dalek stories to go.

Finally someone who slightly appreciates the Paradigm Daleks.

It's a good idea to introduce the Daleks to make the audience feel better about the new doctor, but then has this new doctor lose. Not a great start.

I hate to make you jealous but I have the dalek poster on my wall

Honestly, this episode could have been a great movie! Get a filmmaker with a vision and something to say, combine them with Mark Gatiss’ ideas and just give us a 90 minute story set in this world, flesh everything out properly and make the Daleks scary!

I really think this episode needed to be a two-parter so that the new Daleks could actually get the chance to do something. I know that Dalek two-parters had already become commonplace and it might be a bit eye-rolling to see another one so soon, but the alternative was going an entire decade without any good Dalek stories because the entire flow of their continuity was destroyed when they had to be retconned. I’m sure they had some good plans of where to take these Daleks, but since they were so poorly presented they had to be scrapped, meaning all future Dalek stories felt contrived as you didn’t have the single inkling of why or how the Daleks were at this stage in their life.

I agree that the first half of the episode was better than the second. For me, it was the Spitfires in space that ruined this episode. I thought that was just dumb.

I've been a fan for 30 years I don't mind these Daleks either would have worked well as the supremes with normal Daleks maybe not all where needed maybe 1 with normal Daleks in a new colour scheme would have worked better but as I said I quite like them

I was dissapointed that they didn't give the Paradigm Daleks a chance. Replacing the Daleks. Maybe not. But I would've liked to have seen a later episode cover a war between the 2 different Daleks.