Eve of the Daleks (TV story)

Eve of the Daleks was the 2022 New Year Special of Doctor Who. It continued from the end of The Vanquishers, which saw the Doctor's TARDIS still damaged from the Flux. Attempting to reboot it, the Thirteenth Doctor accidentally traps ELF Storage and everyone inside it within a time loop. It also dealt with the consequences of the Doctor allowing the Dalek War Fleet to be destroyed in the final Flux event, with Dalek Executioners being sent to exterminate the Doctor in revenge.

Notably, the episode was the first to explicitly establish Yasmin Khan's feelings toward the Doctor as being romantically inclined.

Synopsis
Sarah is working - again. Nick is her only customer - again. Same old same old. Except this year, their countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Why is an executioner Dalek targeting these two people, in this place, on this night? Why are they having to live through the same moments again? Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them and survive into the New Year?

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Jodie Whittaker
 * Yasmin Khan - Mandip Gill
 * Dan Lewis - John Bishop
 * Sarah - Aisling Bea
 * Nick - Adjani Salmon
 * Dalek Operator 1 - Barnaby Edwards
 * Dalek Operator 2 - Nicholas Pegg
 * Additional Dalek Operator - Jon Davey
 * Voice of the Daleks - Nicholas Briggs
 * Mary - Pauline McLynn
 * Karl - Jonny Dixon

Story notes

 * This episode is partially set on the same day it was broadcast, 1 January 2022. This makes it one of only seven episodes in the revived series to do so, after The End of Time: Part One on 25 December 2009, The Big Bang on 26 June 2010, The Impossible Astronaut on 22 April 2011, Resolution on 1 January 2019, The Halloween Apocalypse on 31 October 2021, and the directly preceding episode, The Vanquishers on 5 December 2021.

Continuity

 * Daleks have previously pursued the Doctor with the intent of executing them. (TV: The Chase)
 * The Doctor resets the TARDIS to remove debris left over after the Flux, such as multiple doors. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse)
 * The Fourth Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to interfere with Daleks on Proxima Major, causing more than just weapon interference, including interference in their speech circuits and motor circuits. (AUDIO: The Dalek Contract/The Final Phase) The Thirteenth Doctor had previously used her sonic screwdriver successfully to interfere with the Reconnaissance Dalek's weaponry, as it wasn't "fully in sync yet". (TV: Resolution)
 * Dan mentions that the Doctor saved the universe "last week". (TV: The Vanquishers)
 * The Daleks accuse the Doctor of destroying the Dalek War Fleet, which she counters was a Sontaran plan that she had only hijacked. (TV: The Vanquishers)
 * Dan notices that Yaz has feelings for the Doctor. Yaz didn't realise that it was so obvious. (TV: Arachnids in the UK)
 * Dan mentions Yaz watching the hologram of the Doctor. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)
 * The Doctor mentions not having seen this much gunpowder since 1605 alluding to Guy Fawkes' attempted destruction of Parliament which was witnessed by the Doctor, (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot) and also Yaz. (PROSE: Black Powder)

Home video releases
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