Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)

''"The children of Skaro must walk again!"

Synopsis
The Cult of Skaro's plan is in full force. Dalek Sec is reborn in a half-human form, and the Pig Slaves launch an enormous assault upon the Central Park Hooverville along with the remaining pure Daleks. The Doctor, Martha, Solomon and the others must fight for their lives, while the future of humans and Daleks alike is being decided underneath the Empire State Building.

Crew

 * Helen Raynor wrote this story and is the first woman to ever write a televised Dalek episode.

Story Notes
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Ratings

 * 6.96 million viewers - BARB figures, 18th most popular broadcast on British television that week.
 * 6.5 million viewers - Overnight
 * 1.04 million viewers - BBC3 Repeat

Myths
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * The lift takes a lot longer to bring the pig slaves up the tower, than it did to bring the Doctor
 * Why do the Daleks not kill the Doctor after revealing that the Human Daleks will be full Dalek?
 * The Doctor chastises the Daleks for exterminating Dalek Sec, but he makes no attempt to save him when the Daleks first turn on their leader.

Continuity

 * Dalekanium was first mentioned in The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
 * The idea of genetic purity within the Dalek race was explored in more detail in Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Caan used an emergency temporal shift to escape the Doctor. Sec previously used an emergency temporal shift in Doomsday.
 * The Cult of Skaro planned to turn Earth into "New Skaro". In Silver Nemesis, the Cybermen planned to turn Earth into their base planet as the "New Mondas".
 * The idea of humans being the "great survivors" re-surfaced in Utopia

DVD Releases

 * The story was released with Daleks in Manhattan, The Lazarus Experiment and 42 on a DVD
 * It will also be part of the series three boxset..