History Recap / DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Graham, Ryan and Yaz confront Robertson, tell him they're going to bring him down no matter what -- and, without the Doctor to help them, are immediately held at gunpoint by his security detail. The only reason they're not arrested or worse is due to Robertson deciding he's had enough of them.

* SkewedPriorities: A RunningGag in the episode is Robertson taking offense to the wrong things in the situation; Robertson's first response to discovering a Dalek used his company to finance building a [[CloneArmy Dalek cloning facility]] is to ask how it got the purchase order codes, and he tries to reason with the pure Daleks to make a deal with them, against The Doctors' orders.

** UK Technology Secretary Jo Patterson feeds Robertson the route of the truck carrying the wrecked Dalek casing (possibly causing the death of the lorry driver, whose mother she's good friends with), has him build an army of "security drones" in her constituency so she can earn enough political capital to become Prime Minister, forces him to rush production so she can set up what is basically a robotic PoliceState, and then blackmails him into handing them over for free in return for turning a blind eye to his various companies' tax evasion. For [[AssholeVictim her]], the [[LaserGuidedKarma Dalek beam karma]] was inevitable.

* CrazyPrepared: Granted that it apparently took Jack at least nineteen years to set up — and if anyone can play a long game it's Jack Harkness — but he manages to smuggle a device that stops time and lets him walk through walls ''and'' a vortex manipulator into the Doctor's prison, as well as arrange to be placed in the cell next to the Doctor's, so that they can make their escape together in a matter of seconds.

* DirtyCoward: Robertson folds ''instantly'' when he thinks he's being carjacked, and he's willing to the Doctor and the Earth out to the Daleks to save his own skin.

* DramaticIrony: The audience knows, but Yaz, Ryan, and Graham don't, that in the ten months that passed for them since they last saw the Doctor, she was in prison for ''decades''. This makes their complaints about how long they've been waiting for her much harsher than they realize.

** Robertson remembers his last encounter with the Doctor and fam, and has made contingency plans since.

** Jack once again smuggles something via AssShove.

* NoodleIncident: The Doctor chastises [[ExtremeOmnivore Tiny the P'ting]] for trying to eat the security fences in the prison, claiming she's already tried that once.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Jack Harkness and Jack Robertson are both featured quite heavily in the episode.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Stay strong. People waiting for you."'']]

* SummonBiggerFish: The Doctor sends a distress signal that gets picked up by the Death Squad Daleks, with the intention that they'll deal with the mutant Daleks that are trying to seize control of Earth.

* ContinuityCavalcade: The monsters in Judoon Jail are past enemies of The Doctor, including a Silence, a berserk Ood, a Sycorax, a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink Weeping Angel]] named Angela, and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum the P'ting]].

* CrazyPrepared: Granted that it apparently took Jack at least nineteen years to set up, but he manages to smuggle a device that stops time and lets him walk through walls ''and'' a vortex manipulator into the Doctor's prison, as well as arrange to be placed in the cell next to the Doctor's, so that they can make their escape together in a matter of seconds.

** Jack Robertson being granted an honorary Knighthood for apparently saving the world and talk of renewed Presidental ambitions could be a dig at Rudy Guiliani, who was granted one for his leadership during 9:11 and tried using it to spur a Presidental run, subsequently people have questioned how helpful he was and whether his questionable management of safety standards might have contributed to the level of deaths.

** Jack Robertson being granted an honorary Knighthood for apparently saving the world and talk of renewed Presidental ambitions could be a dig at Rudy Guiliani, who was granted one for his leadership during 9:11 and tried using it to spur a Presidental run, subsequently people have questioned how helpful he was and whether his management of safety standards might have made the problem worse.

* RealityEnsues: Graham, Ryan and Yaz confront Robertson, tell him they're going to bring him down no matter what -- and, without the Doctor to help them, are immediately held at gunpoint by his security detail. The only reason they're not arrested or worse is due to Robertson deciding he's had enough of them.

The one with the [[Series/TheChase final chase]] for two companions.

* EasilyForgiven: Aside from being called for her absence, the fam don't seem to hold any grudge over her actions over the latter half of season twelve (lying to them, manipulating and stringing them along on, ignoring Graham's cancer concern, snapping at them about how there's no team structure and letting them believe she was dead for months).

* CurbStompBattle: There are potentially thousands of Robertson's Daleks on Earth, if all the shells he reported making were filled. The Death Squad Daleks kill them off in minutes.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
** Graham, Ryan, and Yaz haven't seen the Doctor in 10 months. This aired exactly 10 months after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren the last episode]].
** The Security Daleks generally being able to shoot water and gas is reminiscent of the real-life operational Dalek replicas, which typically harmlessly fire vapour as a substitute for "extermination".

Following on from the final moments of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren The Timeless Children]]", the Thirteenth Doctor finds herself locked in a supermax asteroid prison by the Judoon, no way to contact her friends, the TARDIS or anyone to save her. Simultaneously, Yaz, Graham and Ryan discover that the Doctor has vanished and, using their TARDIS from "Timeless Children" as a base, begin to investigate her disappearance. Something draws their attention, however -- the UK government has unveiled its brand new defense system. Autonomous machines that can be deployed on land and air, with heavy armor and weaponry at a fraction of the size of a conventional tank.

If the title hasn't tipped you off, take a wild guess what this "defense system" actually is -- it rhymes with Garlic. [[note]]If you're a confused Yank, [[AccentDepundent try saying "garlic" in a British accent.]][[/note]]

** The "Defense Drones" use a similar design to the Dalek Scout from "[[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution Resolution]]" (because they were copied from its wrecked shell).

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The "defense drones" being designed for situations of civil unrest, armed with water cannons and tear gas, and eventually becoming hostile and using excessive force (more than what was intended, however).

** Also, one probably should've looked at the history books, because in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill also came up with a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Dalek-based defense system]]. It didn't end well.

* TheBusCameBack: Both Captain Jack Harkness returns, after his guest appearance in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E5FugitiveOfTheJudoon Fugitive Of The Judoon]]", as well as Jack Robertson from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E4ArachnidsInTheUK Arachnids In The UK]]".

* TheSlowPath: Due to the Doctor not programming the correct coordinates into the TARDIS when leaving the prison, she ends up re-uniting with the Fam 10 months later than expected. Not to mention she spent what looks to be at least a year in the prison until Jack broke her out.