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Aside from the cliffhanger last episode, not much has changed for our heroes. It's still Manhattan. There are still Daleks. Dalek Caan escapes.

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Aside from the cliffhanger last episode, not much has changed for our heroes. It's still Manhattan. There are still Daleks. Dalek Caan escapes.
is now part human, which the other Daleks ''really'' don't like. They attempt to create a race of Daleks in human bodies, using the Empire State Building as a lightning rod.

The Doctor throws himself in the way of the lightning and, in what will be a continuing theme throughout this series, screams in absolute agony. His plan works, and the resulting Daleks in human corpses become Time Lord / Dalek hybrids in human corpses instead. The Doctor is delighted at having created a new species. He also notices that Dalek Caan is developing human emotions, and offers to find some way to heal him and remove the Dalek part of him entirely.

The new hybrid species and Dalek Caan are killed off by the rest of the Cult, and two of the remaining pure Daleks die in the process. One escapes. Laszlo is kept alive by the Doctor using the Dalek's genetics lab, although he'll be half pig forever. Talullah doesn't mind too much.
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* HumansAreSpecial: The Doctor's counter argument to Dalek Sec by pointing out the human mind has so much more potential tham simply destroying other forms of life. This leads to HumanityIsInfectious.

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* HumansAreSpecial: The Doctor's counter argument to Dalek Sec by pointing out the human mind has so much more potential tham than simply destroying other forms of life. This leads to HumanityIsInfectious.
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* HumansAreSpecial: The Doctor's counter argument to Dalek Sec by pointing out the human mind has so much more potential tham simply destroying other forms of life. This leads to HumanityIsInfectious.

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* HeelFaceTurn

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* HeelFaceTurnHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: After Becoming a half human hybrid, Dalek Sec changes his plans for earth, and instead opts to recreate the Daleks all a half humans instead of full daleks in human form. He convinces the Doctor to prepare for the gamma storm that will give the new Race life and pleads for use of his TARDIS to take them to a planet so they can begin anew.]] Sadly [[spoiler: It dosen't work as Dalek Caan and the other two betray him at the last minute, switch the transformation to full Dalek and capture and Sec.]]


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* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job destroying the last of your race, Dalek Caan.]]
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* CloseKnitCommunity: The Hooverville
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* WhoopiEpiphanySpeech: Subverted as the aforementioned SedgwickSpeech.
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* HumansAreBastards: Cited as Dalek Sec's motivation for combining himself with a human--now he can feel man's hatred, ambition, and propensity for war.
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* BigApplesauce: Tallulah says that "if aliens had to come to Earth, no wonder they came here" while looking breathlessly at the Manhattan skyline. Of course, the funny thing is that many, many more have targeted [[AliensOfLondon London]] and [[AliensInCardiff Cardiff]].

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* BigApplesauce: Tallulah says that "if aliens had to come to Earth, no wonder they came here" while looking breathlessly at the Manhattan skyline. Of course, the funny thing is that many, many more have targeted [[AliensOfLondon London]] London and [[AliensInCardiff Cardiff]].
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that is so much not this trope


* ThatSoundsFamiliar: This isn't the first time [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E12BadWolf a solar flare foiled a Dalek plot]].

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* TheAppleFallsFar: Subverted. The sonic screwdriver falls far, but not as far as it looks.


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* PlummetPerspective: Subverted. The sonic screwdriver falls far, but not as far as it looks.
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* HeroicSacrifice

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* HeroicSacrificeHeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: From Dalek Sec, of all people.]]


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* TragicVillain: Guess.

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Removing YMMV, Trivia, Fridge and Natter.


Aside from the cliffhanger last episode, not much has changed for our heroes. They're still Manhattan. There are still Daleks. Dalek Caan escapes.

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Aside from the cliffhanger last episode, not much has changed for our heroes. They're It's still Manhattan. There are still Daleks. Dalek Caan escapes.



** No, more of them have been ''[[CityOfWeirdos noticed]]'' in London and Cartiff.



* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Daleks ''gossiping'', including one of them looking over its shoulder by eye stalk.



* FakeAmerican
* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler: If Dalek Caan could have self-destructed the Dalek-humans any time, why did he waste the only two other remaining Daleks in the universe in a pointless gunfight?]]
** [[spoiler: Maybe it took a while to warm up the transmitter.]]
** [[spoiler: Or perhaps he thought they would quiet down if a few of them got killed.]]



* LightningCanDoAnything

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* LightningCanDoAnythingLightningCanDoAnything: Gamma lightning, apparently.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The potential of the "Human Dalek" storyline is utterly wasted, as the other Cult of Skaro members mutiny against Sec halfway into the episode. After that, he disappears until right before the end of the episode, popping up for just long enough to get killed.
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** No, more of them have been ''[[CityOfWeirdos noticed]]'' in London and Cartiff.
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It's still Manhattan. There are still Daleks. Dalek Caan escapes.

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It's Aside from the cliffhanger last episode, not much has changed for our heroes. They're still Manhattan. There are still Daleks. Dalek Caan escapes.

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* BigApplesauce

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* BigApplesauceBigApplesauce: Tallulah says that "if aliens had to come to Earth, no wonder they came here" while looking breathlessly at the Manhattan skyline. Of course, the funny thing is that many, many more have targeted [[AliensOfLondon London]] and [[AliensInCardiff Cardiff]].
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Was always my theory...

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** [[spoiler: Or perhaps he thought they would quiet down if a few of them got killed.]]
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* ThatSoundsFamiliar: This isn't the first time [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E12BadWolf a solar flare foiled a Dalek plot]].
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* TheXOfY: First time the classic title format for Dalek episodes shows up in the new series.

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* TheXOfY: [[TheXOfY X of the Daleks]]: First time the classic title format for Dalek episodes shows up in the new series.
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* DisneyDeath: The Doctor.
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YMMV purges are silly.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Daleks ''gossiping'', including one of them looking over its shoulder by eye stalk.


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* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler: If Dalek Caan could have self-destructed the Dalek-humans any time, why did he waste the only two other remaining Daleks in the universe in a pointless gunfight?]]
** [[spoiler: Maybe it took a while to warm up the transmitter.]]


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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The potential of the "Human Dalek" storyline is utterly wasted, as the other Cult of Skaro members mutiny against Sec halfway into the episode. After that, he disappears until right before the end of the episode, popping up for just long enough to get killed.

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Deleting YMMVs. Including, again, Nightmare Retardant. Removing Black Vikings, as black people were obviously among the poor and destitute.


It's still Manhattan. There are still Daleks.

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It's still Manhattan. There are still Daleks.
Daleks. Dalek Caan escapes.



* BlackVikings: Solomon's leadership of the Hooverville group as {{handwave}}d as being a matter of hardship putting aside racial differences.
* BondVillainStupidity: The Doctor standing on the backs of the theatre seats, staring straight at the Daleks who are [[JustShootHim inexplicably not shooting him]] despite the fact that he more or less asked them to, could be the poster image for this Trope.

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* BlackVikings: Solomon's leadership of the Hooverville group as {{handwave}}d as being a matter of hardship putting aside racial differences.
* BondVillainStupidity: The Doctor standing on the backs of the theatre seats, staring straight at the Daleks who are [[JustShootHim inexplicably not shooting him]] him despite the fact that he more or less asked them to, could be the poster image for this Trope.



* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Daleks ''gossiping'', including one of them looking over its shoulder by eye stalk.



* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler: If Dalek Caan could have self-destructed the Dalek-humans any time, why did he waste the only two other remaining Daleks in the universe in a pointless gunfight?]]
** [[spoiler: Maybe it took a while to warm up the transmitter.]]



* NightmareFuel: Nothing to do with [[BadassDecay the Daleks]] themselves but Ten screaming at them to kill him (even if it was just a bluff) was a touch creepy when you consider what [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride some]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E9TheFamilyOfBlood other]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E16TheWatersOfMars episodes]] said about his mental state.
* NightmareRetardant



* SpikesOfVillainy: Dalek DNA is shown this way. The correct response to this is probably a simple, "[[YouFailBiologyForever Wut]]."

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* SpikesOfVillainy: Dalek DNA is shown this way. The correct response to this is probably a simple, "[[YouFailBiologyForever Wut]]."



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The potential of the "Human Dalek" storyline is utterly wasted, as the other Cult of Skaro members mutiny against Sec halfway into the episode. After that, he disappears until right before the end of the episode, popping up for just long enough to get killed.
* TheXOfY: First time the classic title format for Dalek episodes shows up in the new series.



* YouFailBiologyForever: DNA DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.

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* YouFailBiologyForever: DNA DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.TheXOfY: First time the classic title format for Dalek episodes shows up in the new series.

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* BondVillainStupidity: The Doctor standing on the backs of the theatre seats, staring straight at the Daleks who are [[JustShootHim inexplicably not shooting him]] despite the fact that he more or less asked them to, could be the poster image for this Trope.



* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The Doctor more or less asks the Daleks to do this. The Doctor standing on the backs of the theatre seats could be the poster image for this Trope.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The potential of the "Human Dalek" storyline is utterly wasted, as the other Cult of Skaro members mutiny against Sec halfway into the episode. After that, he disappears until right before the end of the episode, popping up for just long enough to get killed.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The potential of the "Human Dalek" storyline is utterly wasted, as the other Cult of Skaro members mutiny against Sec fifteen minutes into the episode. After that, he disappears until right before the end of the episode, popping up for just long enough to get killed.

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* BlackVikings

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* BlackVikingsBlackVikings: Solomon's leadership of the Hooverville group as {{handwave}}d as being a matter of hardship putting aside racial differences.



* HalfHumanHybrid



* HumanityIsInfectious: Dalek Sec.



* SedgwickSpeech

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* SedgwickSpeechSedgwickSpeech: Here's a hint: never try to appeal to a Dalek's compassion.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Dalek DNA is shown this way. The correct response to this is probably a simple, "[[YouFailBiologyForever Wut]]."
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* ContinuityNod: Although they don't use the terms 'the Dalek/Human Factor', the plot concept of the Daleks wanting to imbue humans with the Dalek nature and the Doctor wanting to imbue Daleks with the human nature is very reminiscent of "The Evil of the Daleks".

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* ContinuityNod: Although they don't use the terms 'the Dalek/Human Factor', the plot concept of the Daleks wanting to imbue humans with the Dalek nature and the Doctor wanting to imbue Daleks with the human nature is very reminiscent of "The "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks".Daleks]]".



* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler: If Dalek Caan could have self-destructed the dalek-humans any time, why did he waste the only 2 other remaining daleks in the universe in a pointless gunfight?]]

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* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler: If Dalek Caan could have self-destructed the dalek-humans Dalek-humans any time, why did he waste the only 2 two other remaining daleks Daleks in the universe in a pointless gunfight?]]


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* YouFailBiologyForever: DNA DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.
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* TheAppleFallsFar

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* TheAppleFallsFarTheAppleFallsFar: Subverted. The sonic screwdriver falls far, but not as far as it looks.
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*WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The Doctor more or less asks the Daleks to do this. The Doctor standing on the backs of the strike:theatre theater seats could be the poster image for this Trope.

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*WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The Doctor more or less asks the Daleks to do this. The Doctor standing on the backs of the strike:theatre theater theatre seats could be the poster image for this Trope.
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*WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The Doctor more or less asks the Daleks to do this. The Doctor standing on the backs of the strike:theatre theater seats could be the poster image for this Trope.

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