Into the Dalek (TV story)

 was the second episode of the eighth series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales, and marked the Twelfth Doctor's first encounter with the Daleks. It also saw the debut of Danny Pink.

Synopsis
A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, and only the Doctor can help it now.

With the Doctor facing his greatest enemy, he needs Clara by his side. Confronted with a decision that could change the Daleks forever, he is forced to examine his conscience and ask himself whether he is truly a good man.

Plot
Journey Blue's ship is being shot at by a Dalek ship, and her brother Kai is unconscious. As it explodes, she appears in the TARDIS console room. She points her gun at the Doctor, demanding that he take her back to her command ship, the Aristotle. He waits for her to ask nicely, then complies. The TARDIS materialises and they step outside.

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
 * Clara - Jenna Coleman
 * Journey Blue - Zawe Ashton
 * Colonel Morgan Blue - Michael Smiley
 * Danny Pink - Samuel Anderson
 * Gretchen - Laura Dos Santos
 * Ross - Ben Crompton
 * Fleming - Bradley Ford
 * School Secretary - Michelle Morris
 * Mr Armitage - Nigel Betts
 * Courtney - Ellis George
 * Dalek - Barnaby Edwards
 * Voice of the Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

Uncredited Cast

 * Missy - Michelle Gomez

Story notes

 * The conclusion of this story is similar to the conclusion of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories Jubilee, where a lone Dalek notices the error of its comrades and stops an invasion.
 * While this is the Twelfth Doctor's first proper encounter with the Daleks, he had previously appeared briefly in both the episodes The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor, which also featured the Daleks.
 * Footage of the extermination of security guard Bywater in Dalek and the Dalek attack on the Valiant in The Stolen Earth is seen in 'Rusty's' Dalek memories, and the destruction of the Daleks and the Crucible in Journey's End is seen when Rusty looks into the Doctor's mind.
 * This is the first episode since The Waters of Mars to have two credited writers. Like The Waters of Mars, it is co-written by Phil Ford and the show's head writer (then Russell T Davies, now Steven Moffat).

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Continuity

 * The Doctor greets Clara with the coffee he got in Glasgow, three weeks late. (TV: Deep Breath)
 * Clara is still getting used to the new Doctor following his regeneration. (TV: The Time of the Doctor, Deep Breath)
 * The Doctor states that morgues are easy to break out of. The Eighth Doctor previously broke out of a morgue shortly after his regeneration. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * Colonel Blue suspects the Doctor of being a Dalek duplicate. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
 * 'Rusty' tells the Doctor that he is a "good Dalek". The 'Metaltron' encountered by the Ninth Doctor previously told him that he "would make a good Dalek." (TV: Dalek) The Eleventh Doctor also once stated that there was no such thing as a "good Dalek". (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)
 * Rusty sees the Doctor blowing up numbers of Daleks and also the Crucible, when looking into his mind. (TV: Journey's End)
 * This is not in fact the first time the Doctor has encountered the use of shrinking for medical purposes. (TV: The Invisible Enemy)
 * The miniaturisation technique used to enter Rusty is not unlike that of the Teselecta; entry is through via the eyestalk. The Dalek also houses defensive antibodies just as the Teselecta did. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)
 * The Sixth Doctor met a Dalek that notices an error in the Dalek race, with his then-companion Evelyn Smythe helping the Dalek to find this. (AUDIO: Jubilee)
 * Rusty's epiphany concerning his people and its adamance that the Daleks must be destroyed mirrors Dalek Caan after he lost his mind following his breaking of the time-lock. (TV: Journey's End)
 * The Second Doctor once made "good Daleks" by converting them with the Human Factor. He actually gave them names. Due to the introduction of human thought processes, they questioned the other Daleks, leading to a riot after which the Daleks were destroyed. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)
 * The Doctor expresses a dislike for soldiers. The Tenth Doctor shared this. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky) The Eleventh Doctor also expressed guilt at having turned Martha Jones into a soldier. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler)
 * Clara is teaching at Coal Hill School. (TV: The Day of the Doctor, Deep Breath)
 * Journey refers to the TARDIS as being "smaller on the outside". (TV: The Snowmen) The Doctor tells her it's much more exciting when experienced the other way around. Donna Noble previously first encountered the TARDIS from within, and then marvelled at its external dimensions. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
 * The Doctor recalls his first encounter with the Daleks on Skaro, (TV: The Daleks) and comments on how that experience shaped his identity.

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