Evolution of the Daleks
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| Doctor | David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) |
| Writer | Helen Raynor |
| Director | James Strong |
| Producer | Phil Collinson |
| Executive producer(s) | Russell T. Davies Julie Gardner |
| Production code | 3.5 |
| Series | Series 3 (2007) |
| Length | 45 minutes |
| Transmission date | 28 April 2007 |
| Preceded by | Daleks in Manhattan |
| Followed by | The Lazarus Experiment |
Evolution of the Daleks is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It will be broadcast on BBC One on 28 April 2007,[1] and is the fifth episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series. It is the concluding part of a two-part story.
The story is set in New York City in 1930.[2]
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Concluding part to Daleks in Manhattan. In 1930s New York, the Daleks' plan is in full force. Faced with the cyborgs' most evil and dangerous scheme yet, will the Doctor and Martha be able to defeat their greatest opponents? [3]
[edit] Cast
- The Doctor — David Tennant
- Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
- Showgirl — Miranda Raison
- Solomon — Hugh Quarshie
- Elliot — Ryan Carnes
- TBA — Andrew Garfield
- TBA — Eric Loren
- TBA — Flik Schwinn
- TBA — Alexis Caley
- TBA — Earl Perkins
- TBA — Peter Brooke
- TBA — Ian Porter
- Dalek Voice — Nicholas Briggs
[edit] Continuity
- Russell T. Davies confirmed in issue 378 of Doctor Who Magazine that the black Dalek shown in the teaser trailer shown at the end of The Runaway Bride is Dalek Sec of the Cult of Skaro, last seen temporally shifting itself to escape being sucked into the Void at the end of Doomsday. Davies also is quoted as saying that Sec was not the only Dalek to escape using the Emergency Temporal Shift in that episode. [4]
- Although various Dalek Emperors and Dalek Supremes have featured over the years, and the Dalek creator Davros appeared frequently throughout the classic series, Dalek Sec is the first individual Dalek to become a recurring character.
- The Big Finish audio play Invaders from Mars features an alien invasion of 1930s New York, under cover of Orson Welles's The War of the Worlds broadcast; however, the aliens were not Daleks.
- In the trailer at the end of The Runaway Bride, the Doctor is seen wearing his new blue suit in clips from this episode, despite having sported his original brown suit in both The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock. A recent interview quoted David Tennant as having said: "It's an alternative suit, but that doesn't mean we lost the old one."[5]
- The Torchwood Institute website states that 1930s New York suffered an infestation similar to the Weevil infestation of Cardiff, and that it was covered up by rumours of sewer crocodiles. This may or may not be linked to these episodes.[6]
- The second part of this episode has had several rumoured names, including "The Extermination", "Age Of The Daleks", "Hooverville", "Curse Of The Daleks","The Manhole Invasion", "Gallifrey" and "The Oncoming Storm", none of which were confirmed by official sources.
- This episode includes the first location filming outside of the United Kingdom since Doctor Who's return in 2005. Several classic Doctor Who stories included location filming outside of the UK: City of Death (1979) included filming in Paris, Arc of Infinity (1983) included filming in Amsterdam, Planet of Fire (1984) included filming in Lanzarote, and The Two Doctors (1985) included filming in and near Seville. Also, the entirety of 1996 Doctor Who TV movie was filmed in Vancouver, apart from some stock footage of San Francisco and world capitals.
- Several other Doctor Who stories have featured Daleks and human beings being combined in different ways. These include:
- The Evil of the Daleks: humans are infused with the "Dalek Factor", and Daleks infused with the "Human Factor"
- Revelation of the Daleks: human beings kept in suspended animation pending the discovery of disease cures are instead converted into Daleks
- Dalek: a Dalek extracts human DNA to regenerate itself, and is altered in the process
- The Parting of the Ways: the Daleks in this story are all created from humans by the Dalek Emperor
- The Doctor Who Quick Reads book I am a Dalek: The Dalek Factor is added to humans in the Roman era
- This is the first story using the "_____ of the Daleks" titling scheme since 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks (which began with The Power of the Daleks in 1966).
[edit] Production
- Helen Raynor is the first woman ever to write a televised Dalek story, and the first woman to write a story for the revived series.
- Some filming for this story was done in New York.[7]
- The presence of the Daleks in this story was reported by the News of the World on November 12,[8] and confirmed by the BBC in late December.[9][10] An interview with David Tennant in TV Times indicates there will also be 'Art Deco Daleks'.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ "Doctor Who UK airdate announced", News, Dreamwatch, February 27, 2007.
- ^ Darlington, David (2007-02-28 cover date). "Script Doctors: Helen Raynor". Doctor Who Magazine (379): pp. 30–36.
- ^ GQ magazine interview with David Tennant and Freema Agyeman
- ^ Hickman, Clayton; (editor) (2007-01-31 cover date). "THE DALEKS ARE BACK!". Doctor Who Magazine (378): p. 4.
- ^ Outpost Gallifrey news. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
- ^ 1950s Torchwood memo (partial). BBC-created Torchwood Institute website. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Davies, Russell T. (2007-12-03 cover date). "Production Notes: 12 Facts a-Facting!". Doctor Who Magazine (377): 66.
- ^ Richardson, Rachel. "Dalek return", News of the World, November 12, 2006, p. 31.
- ^ "Doctor battles Daleks in New York", BBC News, BBC, 2006-12-27. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
- ^ "Script Doctors: Helen Raynor", Doctor Who Magazine, Panini, #379, 28 February 2007.
- ^ Hollingworth, David (10-16 February, 2007 (cover date)). "Who's a busy boy!". TV Times 201 (7): 4.
