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I think a good way to fix (or at least improve) the climactic scene is to have the characters switch places, so Ryan gets taken over by the Dalek, and it's his dad who goes to save him. That way, it would make Ryan's decision to start giving his dad a second chance a lot more weight, since he would've seen his father put himself directly in harm's way to save him, and in the process put the burden of reconciliation more on Aaron's shoulders than Ryan's. Not only that, but I'd argue that carrying out this same scene in this fashion would also improve certain other plot points going forward: - The Doctor deciding to put her own companion at risk of death simply to destroy the Recon Scout Dalek would provide a good visual depiction of how her feelings towards her old enemies and her past in general can blind her to the people close to her in her current life, which is supposed to be a key component of her character arc during series 12 and Flux - This moment could also serve to shake Ryan's faith and trust in the Doctor, leading to him gradually becoming disillusioned with her over the course of the next series. - Meanwhile, Aaron being the one who tries to save him could lead to Ryan re-evaluating his perspective on his life at home, leading to him reconnecting with his old friends and gradually rebuilding his relationship with his dad, which will ultimately provide the impetus for his decision to stay at home in "Revolution of the Daleks".
I have felt like the backstory for the Recon Dalek belongs more in the early Tenth Doctor era when there was a need to explain, however convoluted, why the Daleks are back even though the Bad Wolf entity removed them from history. As soon as you suggested the far simpler alternative of, "It just died and got buried," that put that whole element into perspective. So thank you for that.
The big unaddressed issue of this episode is that Lin's life just got obliterated. She left her own vehicle next to the bodies of two dead coppers and drove off in their patrol car. She'll be on security cameras at the time and location where the security guard died. Her prints and DNA are going to be all over the farm where the corpsified farmer is. "I was being controlled by an alien lifeform that took over my central nervous system and made me do those things" is not going to play well to the judicial system and will likely get her locked away from society for a heckuva long time. Even if she gets charges dropped, dismissed etc, she's going to be fighting an uphill battle to clear her name. Being investigated as a murder suspect is terrible for anyone's mental wellbeing.
Feel much the same about Ryan and his dad, not a big fan of the final little bit but the rest I thought was fantastic. Especially love the scene in the cafe when Ryan shuts down his attempt to just waltz back into his position as a parent, was very cathartic for me haha. I just really wish that we'd gotten a little more of their relationship in the following series, it felt like it basically got immediately dropped as if it was all resolved now, think it got mentioned once that it was going well and that was it. Could have been really great to see them have to rebuild the relationship, even just a little bit in the background.
Charlotte Ritchie is incredible in this, and it shocked me to learn that, from what I can tell, she was a comedy actor first (I now know her best from Ghosts, so I may be wrong)
@@mrdr0161 Good point! I'd forgotten about that show. I never watched it, but it was on my radar. I actually met Charlotte Ritchie and Zawe Ashton (Journey Blue) when they were sitting together outside the BBC tent at the Edinburgh Fringe about 3 years ago. Seems they're still friends!
Of the three plots in this story, The Dalek's plan is easily the best and one of the most creative concepts for the Daleks, plus it introduced me to the great Charlotte Richie. The other two are unfortunately not as good and really messes with the pacing.
I think it makes sense for a Dalek to hijack a human, for a scary reason: That thing used to be a person. The evolutionary result of Kaleds transforming themselves to survive a nuclear war. Perhaps this is a glimpse into what the Daleks were like when they were Kaleds.
I think I have a different conception of forgiveness to you, Vera. For me, forgiveness is not the end of the healing process for a relationship, forgiveness does not mean everything's OK, forgiveness does not convey immediate trust; forgiveness is the pivot point at which the resentment, bitterness, and hostility is released. It's sketchy to frame it as if a grand, sacrificial gesture is required, sure, but Ryan's dad shows genuine remorse and, when faced with the real possibility of losing his dad altogether, and thinking that this might be the chance he ever has to say anything to his dad, the reason Ryan is a worthy companion is because he chooses grace (the concept, not his grandmother, although it's very much her influence shining through) and extends forgiveness. That doesn't even mean that they will rebuild their relationship. It could just mean that they part forever, never to meet again, because maybe they both know they'll never be able to make a meaningful relationship work, but they'll part having let go of their baggage, having drawn a line under it. I don't say that the scenario is brilliantly written or framed, just that I don't see it the same way you do.
My only issue with this episode is that I just forgot it existed and even after this recap I still can't remember the plot! I just keep getting it muddled with the other two dalek specials. I just have a non-opinion on it! And yes in the UK those type of Police generally do go around paired in cars, it's more uncommon for a single crewed car especially to a live incident. So that's fair!
I feel like there's an argument to be made that part of why the Wi-fi family joke is SO jarring (aside from being an inherently alienating boomer Facebook joke) is because our main characters feel so distant from us that just doing a Family Guy cutaway gag feels like it's a reminder of 'oh yeah, this era isn't interested in exploring it's characters'... But I can't really think of a better way to phrase it
Charlotte Ritchie, who plays "Lin" the first vehicle used by the Dalek has had career that's included acting in both comedic and tragic roles and being a member of operatic girl group "All Angels". The police in the UK do generally patrol in pairs, whether on foot or in cars.
*gasp*! You have rats? Is this our first time seeing them? Have they shown up before and I somehow just missed them? They're so cute! Oh, yeah, and good video too :)
I think the ending of Ryan and his dad's arc here would have worked better if either Ryan or Graham were the ones to get taken over by the Dalek. In the Ryan scenario, it could be Ryan's father who steps up and saves him. It wouldn't completely absolve him of course, but it would establish a little bit more effort on his part, especially if you could see him get visibly shaken and worried upon seeing Dalek-Ryan, maybe urging the Doctor to do everything she can to save him and then ultimately realizing it needs to be him to step up. The Doctor doesn't need to be the savior all the time, and this would have been a good chance to give the bat to an ordinary but equally imperfect person. In the Dalek-Graham scenario, have Ryan's dad try and help Graham to Ryan's surprise, and we see that he's trying to save Ryan's new family because he understands how important they are to him, regardless of if Ryan wants him in it or not. This would display a even more selflessness on his part.
I think there is a way of keeping Ryan's dad as the one who the Dalek takes over, while making it work a bit better, if we saw the Dalek make a leap to attach to Ryan but then, in the heat of the moment Ryan's Dad deliberately puts himself in between his son & the Dalek to protect Ryan, getting latched onto himself & with no expectation to be saved. That would create a moment where Ryan's Dad finally picks his son over himself. Although your suggested scenarios are great too.
@@VortexTraveller ooo that's good too. There's a few ways you could do it. Like Vera said, the Ryan's dad stuff was actually pretty decently done it was just the execution at the end.
One thing I like about it is up to this point some people were not taking the doctor Serious so when the dalek was laughing at her she dared it to laugh in her face. I'm surprised it was not mention.
This was the episode that got me to give the Chibnall era a second chance way back when I was jumping on the hate bandwagon. A great return for the Daleks after they spent years struggling under Steven Moffat (hell, its the first time since RTD that a lone Dalek felt as powerful as an army of them), one of Jodie's best in terms of performance, and a really fun episode overall. My only gripe is the wi-fi joke, it felt like the sort of cutaway gag that Family Guy would pull off, and it just didn't meld well with everything surrounding it.
I was pleasantly surprised at the ending because shows and movies have trained me that characters will be forgiven for everything bad they've done and then die. We all through he was gonna get a "heroic" sacrifice and die xD Especially since this is Chris "kill them of" Chibnal!
I do appreciate it didn't do "forgiveness through death" but since I'm 99% sure he never shows up again, we don't know if he actually got better after this point and that's kind of a problem for me.
@@CouncilofGeeks sigh, do you think Chibnall intended to kill Aaron off (like he usually does with his one off characters) but one of his coworkers stopped him? But in his mind the character still died so he never brought him back I had to check and nope, he never appears again and is only mentioned in Revolution of the Daleks. Ryan claims things are going well so... in all honestly I would take offscreen development over bad development.
Generally I like a lot of this story. For me I just think the Ryan's Dad segments really slow this episode down and that makes it less fun to watch. I also probably would be more forgiving if he tied more into the ending in a better way or if he had an effect on the plot moving forward in the next series. If just feels like you could easily cut it out of the story very easily with fairly little impact. There's other issues but I think whats frustrating is that it could have easily been a better episode as the energy at points is good but then it hits the wall when the emotional scenes drag.
Resolution rivals The Woman Who Fell to Earth as the best story Chibnall wrote in Series 11. I felt it did a decent job of being a good introduction to the Daleks in Whittaker's era, though it feels like two different episodes playing simultaneously (a Dalek story on the one hand and a Ryan-centric story on the other). Overall it was a mostly competent episode, but anything sat next to 'The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos' would easily look much better by comparison!
Love this story, the microwave solution is pushing the cheese a might too far but that's about it. I love the recon dalek. I love the dalek taking the girl over. I fail to understand your issue with body counts in chibs stories, I like a good body count personally hahaha.
@@CouncilofGeeks I’ve reached a similar point with the Dalek stories especially. Honestly I really like the Moffat era Dalek stories because they don’t have unnecessary slaughter and take a more philosophical approach to them as antagonists. I know it’s controversial but I really got put off during the RTD era because of all of the violent deaths 😅.
@@CouncilofGeeks I tend to like knowing threats are real and the quickest way of establishing that is a few quick deaths. I know chibs has many flaws as a writer, but I never found that to be one of them.
Have you watched "Bojack Horseman"? Your talk about toxic families and second chances and what's necessary for people to change makes me think you'd find it interesting.
Resolution was good-ish, but in general I don't like whittaker's run, I think she is a great actress and her doctor is good, but the writing cannot and does not support her talent! But then again I did not like Capaldi's run as well (unless Missy was on an episode then I was "♫Hey missy you're so fine...♫"), so what do I know? :P
At the time I enjoyed that Daleks were being portrayed as hard to kill and able to take on armies. But since then... Compare this to Dalek or stories in the RTD era, the action made the Daleks horrifying. This, on the other hand, seems like it's trying to make Daleks cool (e.g. rockets, tanks). When, you know... *Nazis* (does the Vera whisper)
I may have misheard you, but am I right in thinking you thought there was more than one Reconnaissance Dalek? If so, then I feel you may have missed a line of dialogue somewhere.
I know there's only one in this story. It's my assumption that others exist somewhere out there in the universe, and if a line of dialogue renders that as an impossibility then yes I missed it.
@@CouncilofGeeks It was mentioned it was the first Dalek to leave Skaro, but you're absolutely right that there could have been more than one Reconnaissance Dalek overall.
I might be completely wrong as I haven’t watched it in a while, but doesn’t the Reconnaissance Dalek in Revolution of the Daleks claim to be the last scout when questioned by the Death Squad Daleks? I took it to mean that multiple scouts left Skaro.
I liked this one until I realised that nothing that happens in the story is in any way consequential. Just name one person the dalek killed. You can't. And also doesn't anyone else find it hilarious how an arsenal of military hardware couldn't stop this thing and its defeated by a microwave?
I mean... on that second point, that's no atypical of Doctor Who, or sci-fi in general. The implication is that it's not about what equipment you have it's about knowing how to use it in a specific way to defeat something else. I'm not saying it's a great bit, but it really didn't stand out to me as being outside the Doctor Who norm.
It's just a retread of Dalek for me that doesn't really have a sense of it's own story (which forms the bulk of the majority of problems of Series 12, although I disagree with you on The Timeless Child stuff) and I don't like how 'gracious' 'complexities' in the way or not Ryan is with Aaron. Grace had to be who she was, Ryan doesn't have to be.
I would appreciate it a lot if you started referring to a single year of episodes as a season instead of a series. A series is a collection of seasons just like a season is a collection of episodes. I get that other people use different words. But I don't.
The Classic Who run were referred to as seasons (1-26); that's why New Who are referred to as series (1-13 and on). Season 1 is First Doctor stories, Series 1 is Ninth Doctor stories.
Yeah… the ending with Ryan’s dad ruins the whole subplot for me. Ryan's dad doesn’t actually do anything to show he will be better and change. Ryan ends up putting his life in danger to save his dad and that somehow fixes everything. It doesn't make sense why that would work and honestly gross watching this neglected kid putting his life at risk to save his crappy dad, who once again hasn’t done anything to prove he's better person. This could have been such an easy fix too by having the Dalek possessed Ryan instead and his dad is the one willing put his life at risk to save his son. This could have been Ryan's dad first big step to show change, but nope. It's up to Ryan to show he still cares about his dad not the other way around like it should be. It's badly thought out and gross. Sorry for the rant, but this is one worst moments in the show for me.
I’d have to politely disagree. I personally love the more philosophical approach Moffat took with the Daleks. It’s probably my favourite stretch of Dalek stories since the 1980s trilogy, but I know it’s not for everyone.
Two part opener to Series 9 was pretty good. I think Moffat-era stories didn't use the Daleks quite as much as the RTD era, Cybermen were more Moffat's wheelhouse
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I think a good way to fix (or at least improve) the climactic scene is to have the characters switch places, so Ryan gets taken over by the Dalek, and it's his dad who goes to save him. That way, it would make Ryan's decision to start giving his dad a second chance a lot more weight, since he would've seen his father put himself directly in harm's way to save him, and in the process put the burden of reconciliation more on Aaron's shoulders than Ryan's.
Not only that, but I'd argue that carrying out this same scene in this fashion would also improve certain other plot points going forward:
- The Doctor deciding to put her own companion at risk of death simply to destroy the Recon Scout Dalek would provide a good visual depiction of how her feelings towards her old enemies and her past in general can blind her to the people close to her in her current life, which is supposed to be a key component of her character arc during series 12 and Flux
- This moment could also serve to shake Ryan's faith and trust in the Doctor, leading to him gradually becoming disillusioned with her over the course of the next series.
- Meanwhile, Aaron being the one who tries to save him could lead to Ryan re-evaluating his perspective on his life at home, leading to him reconnecting with his old friends and gradually rebuilding his relationship with his dad, which will ultimately provide the impetus for his decision to stay at home in "Revolution of the Daleks".
I have felt like the backstory for the Recon Dalek belongs more in the early Tenth Doctor era when there was a need to explain, however convoluted, why the Daleks are back even though the Bad Wolf entity removed them from history.
As soon as you suggested the far simpler alternative of, "It just died and got buried," that put that whole element into perspective. So thank you for that.
The big unaddressed issue of this episode is that Lin's life just got obliterated.
She left her own vehicle next to the bodies of two dead coppers and drove off in their patrol car.
She'll be on security cameras at the time and location where the security guard died.
Her prints and DNA are going to be all over the farm where the corpsified farmer is.
"I was being controlled by an alien lifeform that took over my central nervous system and made me do those things" is not going to play well to the judicial system and will likely get her locked away from society for a heckuva long time.
Even if she gets charges dropped, dismissed etc, she's going to be fighting an uphill battle to clear her name. Being investigated as a murder suspect is terrible for anyone's mental wellbeing.
98% sure that in the bigger towns and cities here in the UK the cops that are in cars have to be in pairs, so yeah, there did have to be two
Feel much the same about Ryan and his dad, not a big fan of the final little bit but the rest I thought was fantastic. Especially love the scene in the cafe when Ryan shuts down his attempt to just waltz back into his position as a parent, was very cathartic for me haha. I just really wish that we'd gotten a little more of their relationship in the following series, it felt like it basically got immediately dropped as if it was all resolved now, think it got mentioned once that it was going well and that was it. Could have been really great to see them have to rebuild the relationship, even just a little bit in the background.
Charlotte Ritchie is incredible in this, and it shocked me to learn that, from what I can tell, she was a comedy actor first (I now know her best from Ghosts, so I may be wrong)
I think her big break (and the first thing I saw her in) was Call the Midwife, which is definitely a drama. (Also, I love Ghosts!)
I originally know her from Fresh Meet, a comedy like 10 years ago. It also had Journey Blue in it
@@mrdr0161 Good point! I'd forgotten about that show. I never watched it, but it was on my radar. I actually met Charlotte Ritchie and Zawe Ashton (Journey Blue) when they were sitting together outside the BBC tent at the Edinburgh Fringe about 3 years ago. Seems they're still friends!
It's never just one police officer on their own. Always in 2 or more. Unless it's yaz. As a probationer she's always sent out alone.
Of the three plots in this story, The Dalek's plan is easily the best and one of the most creative concepts for the Daleks, plus it introduced me to the great Charlotte Richie. The other two are unfortunately not as good and really messes with the pacing.
I think it makes sense for a Dalek to hijack a human, for a scary reason: That thing used to be a person. The evolutionary result of Kaleds transforming themselves to survive a nuclear war. Perhaps this is a glimpse into what the Daleks were like when they were Kaleds.
I think I have a different conception of forgiveness to you, Vera. For me, forgiveness is not the end of the healing process for a relationship, forgiveness does not mean everything's OK, forgiveness does not convey immediate trust; forgiveness is the pivot point at which the resentment, bitterness, and hostility is released. It's sketchy to frame it as if a grand, sacrificial gesture is required, sure, but Ryan's dad shows genuine remorse and, when faced with the real possibility of losing his dad altogether, and thinking that this might be the chance he ever has to say anything to his dad, the reason Ryan is a worthy companion is because he chooses grace (the concept, not his grandmother, although it's very much her influence shining through) and extends forgiveness. That doesn't even mean that they will rebuild their relationship. It could just mean that they part forever, never to meet again, because maybe they both know they'll never be able to make a meaningful relationship work, but they'll part having let go of their baggage, having drawn a line under it. I don't say that the scenario is brilliantly written or framed, just that I don't see it the same way you do.
A true Top Tier Dalek story and episode of the show in general. Like the Recon Dalek is a legit wonderful villain in its own right.
I second that! I love the recon dalek and love it mimicking the way the sonic was made. I also just love the design of it. Great story!
My only issue with this episode is that I just forgot it existed and even after this recap I still can't remember the plot! I just keep getting it muddled with the other two dalek specials. I just have a non-opinion on it!
And yes in the UK those type of Police generally do go around paired in cars, it's more uncommon for a single crewed car especially to a live incident. So that's fair!
"The story would be completely identical if the Dalek had just died and buried somewhere." That's my biggest problem with the story. Like, wtf??
I feel like there's an argument to be made that part of why the Wi-fi family joke is SO jarring (aside from being an inherently alienating boomer Facebook joke) is because our main characters feel so distant from us that just doing a Family Guy cutaway gag feels like it's a reminder of 'oh yeah, this era isn't interested in exploring it's characters'... But I can't really think of a better way to phrase it
Charlotte Ritchie, who plays "Lin" the first vehicle used by the Dalek has had career that's included acting in both comedic and tragic roles and being a member of operatic girl group "All Angels". The police in the UK do generally patrol in pairs, whether on foot or in cars.
Traditionally, 'the beat' would be two Police Constables. I'd imagine that's what Chibbers was thinking of.
There's also the bit about UNIT that certain people assumed was a Brexit reference.
He built it in a cave with a box of scraps
*gasp*! You have rats? Is this our first time seeing them? Have they shown up before and I somehow just missed them? They're so cute!
Oh, yeah, and good video too :)
They’ve shown up on TikTok a few times but this is a first on here I think.
I think the ending of Ryan and his dad's arc here would have worked better if either Ryan or Graham were the ones to get taken over by the Dalek.
In the Ryan scenario, it could be Ryan's father who steps up and saves him. It wouldn't completely absolve him of course, but it would establish a little bit more effort on his part, especially if you could see him get visibly shaken and worried upon seeing Dalek-Ryan, maybe urging the Doctor to do everything she can to save him and then ultimately realizing it needs to be him to step up. The Doctor doesn't need to be the savior all the time, and this would have been a good chance to give the bat to an ordinary but equally imperfect person.
In the Dalek-Graham scenario, have Ryan's dad try and help Graham to Ryan's surprise, and we see that he's trying to save Ryan's new family because he understands how important they are to him, regardless of if Ryan wants him in it or not. This would display a even more selflessness on his part.
I think there is a way of keeping Ryan's dad as the one who the Dalek takes over, while making it work a bit better, if we saw the Dalek make a leap to attach to Ryan but then, in the heat of the moment Ryan's Dad deliberately puts himself in between his son & the Dalek to protect Ryan, getting latched onto himself & with no expectation to be saved. That would create a moment where Ryan's Dad finally picks his son over himself. Although your suggested scenarios are great too.
@@VortexTraveller ooo that's good too. There's a few ways you could do it. Like Vera said, the Ryan's dad stuff was actually pretty decently done it was just the execution at the end.
One thing I like about it is up to this point some people were not taking the doctor Serious so when the dalek was laughing at her she dared it to laugh in her face. I'm surprised it was not mention.
This was the episode that got me to give the Chibnall era a second chance way back when I was jumping on the hate bandwagon. A great return for the Daleks after they spent years struggling under Steven Moffat (hell, its the first time since RTD that a lone Dalek felt as powerful as an army of them), one of Jodie's best in terms of performance, and a really fun episode overall. My only gripe is the wi-fi joke, it felt like the sort of cutaway gag that Family Guy would pull off, and it just didn't meld well with everything surrounding it.
I wouldn't go as far as to say UK patrol cars ALWAYS have two officers but it is definitely the norm
I was pleasantly surprised at the ending because shows and movies have trained me that characters will be forgiven for everything bad they've done and then die. We all through he was gonna get a "heroic" sacrifice and die xD Especially since this is Chris "kill them of" Chibnal!
I do appreciate it didn't do "forgiveness through death" but since I'm 99% sure he never shows up again, we don't know if he actually got better after this point and that's kind of a problem for me.
@@CouncilofGeeks sigh, do you think Chibnall intended to kill Aaron off (like he usually does with his one off characters) but one of his coworkers stopped him? But in his mind the character still died so he never brought him back
I had to check and nope, he never appears again and is only mentioned in Revolution of the Daleks. Ryan claims things are going well so... in all honestly I would take offscreen development over bad development.
Generally I like a lot of this story. For me I just think the Ryan's Dad segments really slow this episode down and that makes it less fun to watch. I also probably would be more forgiving if he tied more into the ending in a better way or if he had an effect on the plot moving forward in the next series. If just feels like you could easily cut it out of the story very easily with fairly little impact. There's other issues but I think whats frustrating is that it could have easily been a better episode as the energy at points is good but then it hits the wall when the emotional scenes drag.
I honestly forgot about this episode. I legit cannot tell you anything about what happened in it.
Resolution rivals The Woman Who Fell to Earth as the best story Chibnall wrote in Series 11. I felt it did a decent job of being a good introduction to the Daleks in Whittaker's era, though it feels like two different episodes playing simultaneously (a Dalek story on the one hand and a Ryan-centric story on the other). Overall it was a mostly competent episode, but anything sat next to 'The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos' would easily look much better by comparison!
Love this story, the microwave solution is pushing the cheese a might too far but that's about it. I love the recon dalek. I love the dalek taking the girl over. I fail to understand your issue with body counts in chibs stories, I like a good body count personally hahaha.
I think I’m just at a point in my life where there’s nothing entertaining about a body count that doesn’t need to be there.
@@CouncilofGeeks I’ve reached a similar point with the Dalek stories especially. Honestly I really like the Moffat era Dalek stories because they don’t have unnecessary slaughter and take a more philosophical approach to them as antagonists. I know it’s controversial but I really got put off during the RTD era because of all of the violent deaths 😅.
@@CouncilofGeeks I tend to like knowing threats are real and the quickest way of establishing that is a few quick deaths. I know chibs has many flaws as a writer, but I never found that to be one of them.
Have you watched "Bojack Horseman"? Your talk about toxic families and second chances and what's necessary for people to change makes me think you'd find it interesting.
Resolution was good-ish, but in general I don't like whittaker's run, I think she is a great actress and her doctor is good, but the writing cannot and does not support her talent! But then again I did not like Capaldi's run as well (unless Missy was on an episode then I was "♫Hey missy you're so fine...♫"), so what do I know? :P
I think the plot of the cold open had some influence from Justice League and the hiding of the Mother Boxes.
At the time I enjoyed that Daleks were being portrayed as hard to kill and able to take on armies. But since then... Compare this to Dalek or stories in the RTD era, the action made the Daleks horrifying. This, on the other hand, seems like it's trying to make Daleks cool (e.g. rockets, tanks). When, you know... *Nazis* (does the Vera whisper)
I may have misheard you, but am I right in thinking you thought there was more than one Reconnaissance Dalek? If so, then I feel you may have missed a line of dialogue somewhere.
I know there's only one in this story. It's my assumption that others exist somewhere out there in the universe, and if a line of dialogue renders that as an impossibility then yes I missed it.
@@CouncilofGeeks It was mentioned it was the first Dalek to leave Skaro, but you're absolutely right that there could have been more than one Reconnaissance Dalek overall.
I might be completely wrong as I haven’t watched it in a while, but doesn’t the Reconnaissance Dalek in Revolution of the Daleks claim to be the last scout when questioned by the Death Squad Daleks? I took it to mean that multiple scouts left Skaro.
I liked this one until I realised that nothing that happens in the story is in any way consequential. Just name one person the dalek killed. You can't.
And also doesn't anyone else find it hilarious how an arsenal of military hardware couldn't stop this thing and its defeated by a microwave?
I mean... on that second point, that's no atypical of Doctor Who, or sci-fi in general. The implication is that it's not about what equipment you have it's about knowing how to use it in a specific way to defeat something else. I'm not saying it's a great bit, but it really didn't stand out to me as being outside the Doctor Who norm.
Microwave and technology from the tardis
It's just a retread of Dalek for me that doesn't really have a sense of it's own story (which forms the bulk of the majority of problems of Series 12, although I disagree with you on The Timeless Child stuff) and I don't like how 'gracious' 'complexities' in the way or not Ryan is with Aaron.
Grace had to be who she was, Ryan doesn't have to be.
I would appreciate it a lot if you started referring to a single year of episodes as a season instead of a series. A series is a collection of seasons just like a season is a collection of episodes.
I get that other people use different words. But I don't.
I’m using the British term because it’s a British show and if you check any official media for Doctor Who they refer to theses as “series.”
The Classic Who run were referred to as seasons (1-26); that's why New Who are referred to as series (1-13 and on).
Season 1 is First Doctor stories, Series 1 is Ninth Doctor stories.
Yeah… the ending with Ryan’s dad ruins the whole subplot for me. Ryan's dad doesn’t actually do anything to show he will be better and change. Ryan ends up putting his life in danger to save his dad and that somehow fixes everything. It doesn't make sense why that would work and honestly gross watching this neglected kid putting his life at risk to save his crappy dad, who once again hasn’t done anything to prove he's better person. This could have been such an easy fix too by having the Dalek possessed Ryan instead and his dad is the one willing put his life at risk to save his son. This could have been Ryan's dad first big step to show change, but nope. It's up to Ryan to show he still cares about his dad not the other way around like it should be. It's badly thought out and gross. Sorry for the rant, but this is one worst moments in the show for me.
Still absolutely terrible, time to move on
Better then any of Mofatts crap dalek episodes
I’d have to politely disagree. I personally love the more philosophical approach Moffat took with the Daleks. It’s probably my favourite stretch of Dalek stories since the 1980s trilogy, but I know it’s not for everyone.
Two part opener to Series 9 was pretty good. I think Moffat-era stories didn't use the Daleks quite as much as the RTD era, Cybermen were more Moffat's wheelhouse