Davros

Hey, i'm new to this wiki and also starting to fall in love with DW. After watching the episode: "The witch's familiar" and seeing the destruction of Skaro, I have wondered if Davros is still out there and possibly going to return this season of DW.

Can someone give me an answer?

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So I'm going to be real with you... this season kinda sucks. The first two episodes ('The Magician's Apprentice' and 'The Witches Familiar') are pretty solid. Missy is entertaining, it's shot a million times better than anything in Series 8 (seriously this is a huge problem with that season that no one talks about), the conflict is interesting, Capaldi is written extremely well for a change, and they also introduce the confession dial for the end of the season. However they aren't perfect either. The biggest problem is that the timeline just doesn't work all that well. So Davros is still alive. Cool, but they don't give any explanation as to how he or the planet Skaro survived. Also, when the Doctor meets Davros as a kid, Davros should then have had a memory of the Doctor not saving him his entire life. But the 'present' version of Davros (the one furthest down the timeline) is the only one who acts on this. A Davros of the past doesn't. And then when the Doctor changes time to where he saves Davros... well I'm just kinda surprised that didn't change his heart in the slightest and he still became the maniac he became. But you know, it's still a pretty solid story.

But then onto 'Under the Lake' and 'Before the Flood'. Overrated. Just simply overrated. They are way too similar to other episodes of the revival in both tone and conflict. I'm gonna be honest, the location is really boring in my opinion. The design of the underwater base is bland and the 'town that never was' was fine I guess, but nothing special. The twist completely baffles me. And the way Capaldi's Doctor acts in this story is even worse. The 'compassion cards' may be the single worst gag revolving around a Doctor in the entire show's run. I absolutely hate the way he deals with knowing the people that are going to die next, and while I think overall this season isn't as bad as Series 8 in writing the Doctor this way, this is as low as it gets. To be honest, I've never been a huge fan of Toby Whithouse's work on the show, aside from 'The God Complex' and 'A Town Called Mercy' (the latter is extremely underrated).

'The Girl Who Died' and 'The Woman Who Lived' episodes aren't great either. Me/Ashildr is an extremely annoying character, more in 'The Woman Who Lived' and she drags down every episode of the season she's in. The plot is mostly boring. The music is 'The Girl Who Died' is pretty good, but I can't remember anything soundtrack-wise from 'The Woman Who Lived'. The latter episode tries to be clever and dramatic and fails miserably because of how irritable of a character Me is. Honestly I don't even know what to say about these episodes. They're just bad. Boring, annoying, bad. Moving on.

And now we get to the Zygon duology. Whew boy. I'm gonna be honest; I was underwhelmed. Especially by the first episode. Most of the characters behave like idiots and it was kinda exhausting. The conflict wasn't interesting yet, so really it was just a perfectly mediocre episode. The second part handled the political subtext better, but once again the twist ending just made no sense to me. Why did the Doctor memory wipe Kate multiple times and put her and Bonnie back into that discussion? I also just think the Zygons are kinda dumb. Like not intimidating in the slightest so it was really hard for me to get invested into their threat. I don't know man, this story tried, but in the end just fell kinda flat to me. Sorry not sorry.

'Sleep No More' is pure unadulterated garbage and one of the worst episodes of the entire series and one of Mark Gatiss's worst episodes on the show. The premise of the entire thing being told through film is cool, but the problem is how inconsistent it is. It tells us that the reason hasn't come through Chopra's point of view is because he doesn't use the pods, but the camera shows his point of view, ALL THE TIME. When he's alone with 474, the camera points at 474's face at multiple points and it isn't from the wall. Gosh this is such a stupid episode. The twist is even more baffling than usual which is saying something. The idea of sleep from your eye coming to life is dumb anyway. This episode is easily the low point of the entire season and one of the low points of the show as a whole. What a dumpster fire.

'Face the Raven' is actually pretty good though. The dramatic beats really work. However... it is brought down from being truly great by two of the most annoying reoccurring characters; Me and Rigsy. It's still a solid episode, but nothing amazing. 'Heaven Sent' on the other hand... now this episode is amazing. Easily the best one of Capaldi's entire run and maybe the best of the entire Steven Moffat era too. Incredible direction, a brilliant performance by Capaldi and also the best writing for the 12th Doctor we ever get. This episode is one of those few, scattered moments of Series 8 and 9 where we get to see how brilliant of a Doctor he really can be. It's such a shame he has so many moments of bad writing in this series. And then there's 'Hell Bent', which is decent I guess. I don't know, the framing device was really clever, but the hybrid shtick was really dumb and this episode just didn't feel very 'epic' to me. Overall it's fine I guess, but a huge disappointment after 'Heaven Sent'.

Yeah I really didn't feel this season at all. It's probably my least favourite season of the revival outside of Chibnall Who. Even Series 8 had four or five good standalone episodes. Even Series 7, for the incomprehensible mess it is, had the Doctor in character for its entirety. So yeah overall, I really don't like this season all that much, and I just had to release all my thoughts on it so I could finally have peace of mind about it. Now to work on my review of 'The Christmas Invasion' and the first three episodes of Series 2. Till then, bye!

10. Season 10

• Felt extremely rehashy, heavy-handed and uninteresting for most of it. All the worst aspects of Moffat Who in one season. Bill is ok. Nardole sucks. Half the finale is good, when it focuses on Bill and The Doctor. The Master & Missy are absolute trash and do nothing in it. The Doctor never gives The Master any repercussions either. There were a few good episodes, but overall it was just very, very mediocre and tired. At least they dropped the awful '12th Doctor is so cold isn't that hilarious' shtick from Season 9. (5/10)

9. Season 9

• Extremely whatever until the finale. Last three episodes slapped, rest kinda sucked though. Moffat lost the ability to write clever twists, with many episodes being rushed in their conclusion and full of holes. I hated Me with every fibre of my being. None of the episodes were terrible, but nothing was done very well until the last three episodes either, with maybe the exception of the very first episode. Also I already mentioned this but I hate the way Capaldi is written sometimes. Those cards are kinda insulting. (5.5/10)

8. Season 7

• Close call between this and Season 9, but this overtook if only because of the funny Victorian side characters. Should not have found them as funny as I did. But yeah this season is a mess. The first five episodes with Amy and Rory are bad, pure and simple (save for the Western one). I hate the way Moffat wrote Rory and Amy in the end. Once Clara is introduced the season picks up a bit, though most of the episodes aren't anything special. The finale is actually satisfying though, even if I couldn't care less about the Supreme Intelligence or whatever. The two specials that came after this were even more satisfying because they actually answered all the questions that season gave us. That's another weird thing about this season. For how committed Season 6 was to drive the overarching story of the 11th Doctor, this season never really focused on it until the finale. Overall, this season just didn't feel cohesive at all, jumping companions midway through and never really having a focus. It's fine I guess, but I don't anticipate watching it again. (5.5/10)

7. Season 8

• Decent start for Capaldi with some more fun episodes and a pretty interesting climax. Missy is entertaining, although I feel they go too far with her sadistic nature at times. This one also kinda loses me with Clara and her relationship with Danny Pink, plus Capaldi's Doctor is ridiculously mean at points. Still pretty decent. I really don't have much to say about this one. (6/10)

6. Season 6

• I didn't like this one very much when I first saw it, but it kinda grew on me a little? I still hate the way Amy and Rory are written here. Them being River Song's parents is pretty cool, but other than that they just have nothing to do in the episodes, and the constant Rory fake-out death schtick gets annoying real quick, and their stand-alone episode was whatever. I think the finale is also really contrived and lame, and such a stupid payoff to a really compelling set-up. Because here's the thing; everything involving River or the Doctor in this season leading up to (and not including) the finale is great. I love seeing their relationship progress this season and Let's Kill Hitler was kinda incredible. The Silence were really cool new villains the first two episodes of the season were bangers. They were such compelling set-ups for the future, as well as being great on their own. I really liked most of the stand-alone episodes this season too (aside from the Rory and Amy one). So yeah it's heavily flawed for sure, but still a decent season with some great stuff in it. (6.5/10)

5. Season 5

• Moffat Who started off really strong (even if it fizzled as it went along) with this season. Some parts have kinda lost me over time, like how it erases the previous era (that was awful) and the new Dalek designs really look bad in my mind (they look like action figures, not scary killer robots). But hot dang this was still a really good season. The stand-alone episodes were pretty good, but this season carried in its overarching mystery, which had a really satisfying conclusion in the finale. The second-to-last episode (despite one or two holes) was awesome for sure and really satisfying from a narrative standpoint. Amy was actually really great this season and her relationship with Rory was super sweet (pity Moffat drove that into the ground later). Matt Smith brought so much unique, contagious energy to the table and it was great. So yeah, really good season overall. (7.5/10)

4. Season 2

• No way. No way could anyone overtake Eccleston as the Doctor in the reboot series. No way. He was too perfect. There's no way... oh wow. Yeah David Tennant may actually be my number one incarnation of the Doctor. Not even joking here. This man is insane. Season 2 was excellent all around. This leaps and bounds ahead in quality compared to most of Moffat's output (weirdly Moffat wrote the best episode of this season. Honestly most of the episodes Davies wrote himself are just good, it's just that everyone else seems to write better under his lead. Weird). But for real this season slaps. Tennant is awesome, the Cybermen are great, the stand-alones are mostly great (thanks for making me say mostly Love and Monsters), Mickey gets a really good arc and I fucking adore The Girl in the Fireplace and Satan Pit episodes. It's kinda held back a little by the finale. I mean it's decent but a noticeable step down from the Season 1 finale and the rest of the season. And maybe one or two episodes are forgettable or a little rough (thanks Love and Monsters again) but otherwise this season is awesome and a more than good start for David Tennant. (8/10)

3. Season 1

• Of all the Russel T Davies seasons, this one is the most... inconsistent. Obviously it's great overall or it wouldn't be ranked this high, and yet if you're a newcomer to the show, the first part of this season may scare you off. It's still good (in my humble opinion) but it is definitely emblematic of a lot of the most corny aspects of the show. With all that being said... this season fucking rules. Despite some corniness, the first half of the season is good overall, and the second half is simply fantastic. Incredible stories and characters. Christopher Eccleston is amazing in the role. He got me really attached to him and I really hated letting him go. His arc after the Time War is exemplary. Rose is such a great counter to his bitter, war-torn self and is such an expressive, well-realised character. Captain Jack is well, Captain Jack. He's fantastic too. The finale is dark, brutal, tense, epic and climactic all together. It's everything I could have hoped for and more. If it were more consistent in its first half (I mean they blend together episodes like World War Three and Dalek) and had strong individual episodes, it might be my all-time favourite. As for now though, it's a strong season and more than worthy start to the reboot. (8/10)

2. Season 4

• YES YES YES YES! This season is MASTAPIECE. I absolutely hated Donna when we first met her in a Christmas special, but oh my god this season actually made her a character. Her growth is astounding and I really cared for her by the end. She serves as a moral check for the Doctor better than any other companion before, and I love how she never develops a crush on him and is just a friend for when he needs it. She's hilarious too and plays off so well with David Tennant. And she's not the only great part of this season. The overarching story of Rose's return is really handled, ending in what is perhaps my favourite season finale of any season in the reboot. It cannot be stressed how perfectly this marks the end of the Russel T Davies and David Tennant era. Martha's great. Davros is great. The Ood are great. This season introduces River Song, which is great. Everything is great. Also not sure if these count as part of the season or not, but the five episodes after the finale with Davros are all great (especially the End of Time Parts 1 and 2. Beautiful send-off for Tennant). But even if you don't count them; this season is near perfect. Well-written, very cohesive, with amazing characters to expand upon and brilliant stories to tell. No bad episodes, no pointless sub-plots; everything comes together. One of two seasons of this reboot I'd give the 10/10 score to.

1. Season 3

• Well shit. What even is there to say? If Season 1 had the best characters and Season 4 had the best overarching story, then this season has the best writing and individual episodes. There is not a single bad or mediocre episode this entire season. The closest we get to mediocre is 'The Lazarius Experiment', but even that one had a really interesting central conflict. This season gave us 'Gridlock', '42', 'Blink', 'The Family of Blood' and 'Evolution of the Daleks'. Even if the finale is slightly weaker than the finales of Season 1 and 4, it's still a great finale. The Master's reveal is so well-handled and naturally shown. The Face of Bo mystery is also really well-handled and kinda sweet. Martha is such a capable companion who ends up doing so much for the Doctor to the point where she leads a fucking revolution against the Master's reign on Earth. Badass. I love, love, love how they gave her a proper ending on the Tardis before her relationship with the Doctor became toxic (it should have happened to Clara a lot sooner). Whatever, this season is amazing. All the best aspects of Doctor Who crammed into one. Incredibly well-written and fully realised, this is my favourite season of the reboot, hands-down. (10/10)

So yeah that was my ranking of the seasons of the reboot (for the rest of this to make sense you have to bear with me and pretend it ended after Season 10 for my own well-being). Overall, the Russel T Davies era is a 9/10 and the Steven Moffat era is a 6/10, which makes it an overall 7.5/10 show. Really great, even if it peaked early on and kinda fizzled into mediocrity as it went along. What's your favourite season? Your least favourite? Let me know below.

So there’s the doctor and there is his nemesis, the Daleks. These Daleks were created by Davros. Now, Daleks play a huuuuge role in making the doctor the person he is now. But now he has a chance to stop it all. He time travels when Davros is almost about to die at the age of 9. The doctor is a good man, but Davros has done really bad stuff, for instance, create the Daleks. So the Doctor decided to not save Davros... That means Daleks never happened, and the Doctor is a different man. But say, he is again in the situation, and he decides to save Davros, cos he doesn’t know Davros or anything known as Daleks. But since Davros is saved, the Daleks do exist. SO ULTIMATELY, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, DALEKS NEED TO EXIST. And Doctor has to have the same personality no matter what. Therefore, Doctor saving

Davros is a fixed point in time.

This list is based on personal preference and only include stories I consider to be "dalek stories" so some episodes with dalek cameos or daleks in a role that define the plot in some way aren't included. A good example of a story I'm not including would be Day of the Doctor.

1. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

2. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

3. Dalek (A lot of people would rank this as number one and it's great but I get more enjoyment out of the first two)

4. Revolution of the Daleks (Could just be recency bias but this was a lot of fun and visually stunning with a real feeling of stakes)

5. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday (You could argue this a cyberman story but seeing as an equal or greater percentage of the threat comes from daleks I'm including it)

6. Into the Dalek (it's basically just a remake of Dalek but it's a good remake and I like the shrunken and put inside something gimmick in fiction)

7. Asylum of the Dales (I loved the twist and I think the episode looks really wonderful and makes the universe of Doctor Who feel bigger. I don't like how overdone and out of character Amy and Rory's separation feels especially in the beginning. It's not that I don't buy them being separated it just wasn't handled right in this as opposed to Pond Life. It also sucked the daleks in the asylum didn't get to do more. I wish the Parliament would come back.)

8. The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar (A flawed but enjoyable story that pretty much feels like Moffat just playing around with the mythos but not wanting to really change or mess with anything. I enjoyed the tank and guitar. Also Colony Sarff is a great one off side villain. Not sure how I feel about Davros having eyes.)

9. Resolution (A decent action adventure that's strong enough throughout aside from the dumb scene with the annoying family talking about the WiFi)

10. Victory of the Daleks (I'm interested in this period in history and Smith is my favorite Doctor and I don't mind the dalek redesign but this episode feels very bland and the daleks designing a robot bomb that could be deactivated with love doesn't make any sense on any level. There isn't any reason at all an android who is also a bomb that is remotely detonated should be able to control the bomb with its mind.)

11. Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks (The American accents are mostly very bad, a tough New Yorker calls an elevator a lift, large parts of the plot feel disconnected as if they were pulled out of an idea hat and Dalek Sec looks like a dumb CGI blob when he's consuming the human and then like he has six reproductive appendages sticking out of his head which itself doesn't look that unlike one of those appendages. On top of all that this story use the daleks so poorly it actually undercuts the ongoing dalek story Davies was telling across his era. Every other time they show up there are major consequences and it feels epic. Here it just feels obligatory.)