Yes, I know Full Fat Videos released a video essay about this episode a couple of days ago.

You didn't even mention the best part, when the Dalek tells the Doctor he'd make a good Dalek and the Doctor's pallor shows his heart sinking as he realizes what he's become. It was amazing.

“That thing killed hundreds of people” “It’s not the one pointing the gun at me” - One of my favourite lines in the whole show

This specific Dalek is probably one of the more interesting villains in terms of its complex.

It was no longer a pepper pot with a toilet plunger and a whisk, it was now an efficient killing machine. With a toilet plunger and a whisk. I love these bits of humor sprinkled into the reviews.

One other small detail I always notice about this episode: When the Dalek electrocutes all the soldiers, I always thought it was kind of grim that there's an unarmed scientist in a lab coat among them. It's such a small detail but it goes a long way to emphasising that everyone is under threat, not just the armed guards on the front line.

Christopher Eccleston is great. He's not just portraying The Doctor, but also the _post-Time War_ Doctor. The original story for this episode, Jubilee, is highly recommended. It's one of the scariest Big Finish audio drama I've ever listened.

This is literally my favorite episode. This is the episode where the Doctor goes from being the war-grizzled trigger-happy veteran to the forgiving, I-never-would Doctor we know and love, to the point where in Parting of the Ways, when the Doctor is about to activate the Delta Wave, and is in the same position he was in in the Time War where he can kill an entire species in order to kill all the Daleks, but this time, he can't do it. Another thing is that if you watched this episode without seeing any other episode of Doctor Who, without knowing the Doctor is the protagonist, you'd think the Doctor was the bad guy and the Dalek was the good guy

I always find it interesting how the Dalek seemed to be twitching with what looked like nerves during that scene in the lift with Rose, it gave it so much subtle depth Also I completely believe that nobody but Christopher Eccleston could have pulled this off. He's my Doctor for a reason

"It starts having an existential crisis like me on a Saturday night when I'm at home and my friends are out having fun" Same, man. Same.

Ironically nobody remembers Remembrance of the Daleks.

7:34 in fairness, Episode 6 was the original finale before Russell and the BBC were so impressed with The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances. I'm not sure if Dalek would have been the finale, or a condensed version of Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways.

When they first appeared, the Daleks required a small army to be threatening, but when they were reintroduced, even one could be terrifying.

I was a youth in the Ecclestone Era and i never saw them as silly they did a great job with the Daleks😀 another Awesome video cheers dude😃👍

i like how you put "weeping angels" as a tag even though they're not in the video

notice the difference between how the ninth doctor speaks to the dalek in this episode and how jodie speaks to the dalek in resolution

A perfect way to spend 12 minutes of my afternoon....Thank You Edit: Watched it and I agree with you again. Another great essay

People talk about Blink being one of the best episodes of new Who but Dalek is everything that makes Doctor Who so special. Christopher Eccleston is world class

Full fat video and harbo upload videos on the episode in the space of 2 days, perfect

My theory is that the Dalek didn’t actually self destruct but employed a ruse to emergency teleport into “the dark space” and quietly rebuilt to become the Dalek Emperor.

The episodes that were future episodes when they were made but past episodes in hindsight blow my mind.

I heard a point that dalek can be used as a metaphor for the return of Doctor who. This is Rob Sherman so apparently meta commentary is his thing so I don't know. In essence, doctor represents the return of doctor who, a show from the sixties being alone with no other shows from that era still being around. I'm not in depth on this so someone better than me could explain it. As for the episode itself I don't think the daleks have really ever topped this other than maybe the finale of series 1. The threat got bigger but the daleks never got deadlier. The only way I can see DW topping this is if this was repeated in some way with a single dalek in a finale that makes the doctor regenerate. Eccelston is amazing in this, you might say fantastic. The cold way he says "fantastic" always gives me shivers without fail. Anywho another great analysis from you and can't wait till the next one. Though could we skip the long game as that video does hold up and fathers day is so much more interesting

DACTAR DAHLEK DACTAR HOO? American accents in Davies Era.AMERICAN ACCENTS.

It's great that John Hurt got to play the doctor, but I do with that 9 could have been the war doctor, it fits him so well.

"...which makes it (the mutant) look vulnerable..." At least until Daleks Take Manhattan, when we find out those things can actually swallow a man whole...

I really like Christopher "Every planet has a North" Eccleston as The Doctor, he's undoubtedly a good actor and character, I especially enjoy the way he chides humanity for getting too big for its boots, something I think might have put off some younger viewers. And as you point out he does show fear and despair toward the dalek, but I don't feel like he gives it a hard enough time when the anger does swell up, I wonder how much more callous and venomous he could have been to the dalek and still kept me on side

Another great review of a truly glorious episode. For me, this episode and all of Russell's Dalek episodes are S tier. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End is arguably my favourite story of all time (in close contention with Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords)

What I personally love about the episode is the fact that as a new watcher of Doctor Who, I knew Jack shit about the previous series. So seeing the word “Dalek” never set off any alarm bells for me. What really got me wasn’t the name of the episode or even the reveal, but the sheer terror the doctor has at seeing the one thing that can take him down. This guy I had perceived up until that point to be virtually unstoppable…was scared

I wonder what it was like to watch New Who having seen Classic Who and to read that the next episode is called “Dalek.” Hmmmm what ever could that possibly be about haha?

Would love to see you review 'The waters of mars', its one of my favourite episodes, really enjoying your consistent and brillant content, you will be seeing the subscribers fly in soon

I really liked this story, but then they brought the Daleks back, and then they brought the Daleks back, and then they brought the Daleks back, and then they brought the Daleks back, and then they brought the Daleks back...

This episode is the primary reason I don't get the fandom's hate for rose. Her unconditional compassion makes for wonderful contrast to nine's thinly-veiled rage and intensity.

I really like the contrast between how the Doctor sees the Daleks in the classic series compared to the revival In 'Genesis of the Daleks' the 4th Doctor had the chance to destroy the Daleks completely, but he believed that doing so would put him on the same level as them and he refused to kill them even though they were irredeemably evil. But then you see what the consequences of that were, as Gallifrey was destroyed as a result of a war against the creatures that he had the chance to destroy before it could begin, and you see the toll that war took on the Ninth Doctor. The mercy he showed the Daleks back on Skaro has gone. It makes me wonder, does the Doctor ever think about his decision to spare the Daleks instead of destroying them? Does he (or she in the case of the 13th Doctor) regret the choice they made? If they could return to that point on Skaro and make the decision again, knowing the fate that would befall Gallifrey, would they show the same kind of mercy as the 4th Doctor? Or would they, like the 9th Doctor, decide that they're undeserving of mercy?

the doctor is the one in need of rescue and Rose is the hero.

Technically, the Daleks (and Davros) first levitated in Revelation of the Daleks, but you couldn't see the bottom of the Dalek.

Coincidentally, Full Fat Videos did an episode on this very episode and I was initially tricked into thinking it was your episode, anticipating your series Runthrough this week. Must be something about this week that brings this episode into focus?

>"Are you...Afraid, Rose Tyler?" >"...Yes." >"So am I."

One of the reasons that #9 is the best Doctor is that he exhibits PTSD resulting from The Time War (over and over again during his time period). His first meeting with the Dalek - whose race he destroyed - naturally releases his PTSD to overwhelm him. And being able to express "being overwhelmed and uncertain" is one reason that #9 is the best.

You easily do the best video essays of Doctor Who. Finally someone on my wavelength with my opinions.

I always loved how you truly get a sense of how powerful a Dalek is plus the cool effect of the shields of the Dalek literally melting away bullets never gets old.

I've only just found this gem of a channel. How TF was your 500 sub special only a few months ago that's insane!

An instant classic indeed.

Awesome video!!! It's amazing how far character development and acting can go!! :D

To be honest I don't even despise the Daleks in a way. I despise Davros. The Daleks literally have no choice but to act the way they do. Humans are capable of a wide array of emotions which allow them to understand the difference between right and wrong. So when a human takes an action that harms someone, they are to blame because they know better. Even if they don't care, they do no better. A Dalek on the other hand simply does not have the ability to understand these concepts and is genetically engineered to act in a specific way. To be born, cursed with the ability to only feel hatred (generally, they are capable of experiencing fear and dismay in very, very extreme circumstances, and mutated, sick or insane Daleks are wildcards) is truly a terrible fate. And what a cold, lonely existence, their actual bodies barely capable of surviving unless put inside a weapon. And we know the machinery the Daleks live inside is hooked into their brain. It determines their protocols and can even influence their memories. The Daleks may be monsters who need to be destroyed, but I don't blame them for being born without a choice. I blame Davros for creating beings so cursed and so destructive, and unleashing them upon the universe.

"You would make a good darlek" is the best line in this series

The stuff before this was great but this episode was the one that won be over completely. I liked the episodes before this but this episode was on another level. In particular I loved the way it portrays the dynamics between arch enemy's The Doctor and the Dalek. It looks at them at a different stage in life and while they hate each other. They are both lone survivors suffering from survival guilt and at completely different places in life. Brilliant episode 5/5

Editing mistake: Near the start of the video it says "Destimy of the Daleks"

"I just wanted to hear you speak." "Hear me now. EXTERMINATE." I love it so much.

Back in 2005 I watched Rose when it first aired, enjoyed it but not enough to ensure I would watch the next episode. I ended up missing eps 2-5 but managed to catch Dalek which terrified me, glued my eyes to the screen and cemented myself as a fan of the show for the next 15+ years :)

I pretended to be feeling unwell at the end of this episode because I didn't want my family to know that I was crying for a Dalek 😂

I love this episode so much! But there's always been one thing that didn't work for me: the fact that a simple touch from a human allows the Dalek to completely regenerate. It can be almost credibly explained by whoever doesn't want to see a flaw in this episode, but it always stuck out for me. It's still a masterpiece, of course.

This episode should’ve been called Metaltron

I miss the time travelers touch.

Hes said darlek 27 times. I've counted

What a masterpiece 🤩

When the Dalek said "You would make a good Dalek" after the Doctor screamed at it to just die, chilling.

I feel like i've just watched this video.

They could've just named the episode "metaltron" and people still would've watched it without being spoiled! They could've even been more cryptic, like "the survivor," or "the other." Not as click-baity as "dalek," but still.

2012, phew thats dated

I love how the Dalek in this episode still sounds similar to the classic Daleks compared to the Daleks now mainly when it screams that it's contaminated

Why does the picture behind him, remind me of Atlas Shrugged?

its a fantastic episode, and fits well with season 1s Darker tone, and i love how this doctor was gonna kill-the dalek in cold blood, and Van Staten was a cool character, this may be sexist, Henry van Statens secretary, the blonde was pretty hot.

Daleks are like onions

I think they should do a wee reference to the episode in the new Doctor Who series or torchwood even, have unit, cia or some USA alien agency saying we found a load of tech and dead Darlk in the desert. Could say Nixon set it up after river and the silence in a juxtaposition to Victoria after the wolf and it very American

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A bit odd this came out not even a day after full fats video

didn't full fat milk release a similar video yesterday?

2:11 is he though. It is true that most modern billionaires don't have torture prisons where they keep the people they own and experiment on but I am not entirely convinced they wouldn't if they were allowed.

Still don't know how they get up a staircase. The down part is easy LOL!

Rememberence of the daleks is underrated

idk why, but for me the dalek's design is kinda cute (but gosh... they are dangerous and scary as well.... sacry af)

When you’re so early or the comments are stupid: ‘WhEn YoUr So EaRlY’ Comments Edit: Your to you’re

Fuck yes! S rank all the way!

Has anyone ever tried firing, like, an RPG at daleks? I never watched who

This episode predicted the future. Van Statten asks Diane whether the next president should be Republican or a Democrat and she says Democrat. in 2012 Obama a Democrat won the election and secured his second term as President.

Again

First Comment Bro

You are re-treading.

I've never thought the Daleks or Cybermen were scary. Like, at all, they just look like tin can and tinmen from the Wizard of Oz. The Weeping Angel are scary as fuck though.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This is an overrated MESS!

Who watched this just to see Billie Piper bounce around?

To be honest, I don't really like Dalek