History Recap / DoctorWhoS33E01AsylumOfTheDaleks

*** In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find ''any'' Dalek variant that doesn't appear at some point in this episode.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Parliament of Daleks features RTD-era Daleks as the standard drones, with a smattering of New Paradigm Daleks among them as 'officers'. This mildly contradicts the ending of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E03VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]] and means that the red 'Drone' Dalek is now misnamed. Why the change? Because of viewer backlash against the new Dalek design.

* MetaTwist: It was widely known that Jenna-Louise Coleman would start playing [[spoiler: the Doctor's new companion]] in the middle of the series. Which made it all the more surprising that [[spoiler: she turned up in this episode]]. And then [[spoiler: got turned into a Dalek]]. And then [[spoiler: died]].

* OhCrap: Rory's face when he realizes the crazy Dalek was ''not'' saying "[[CatchPrhase Eggs]]".

* OhCrap: Rory's face when he realizes the crazy Dalek was ''not'' saying "Eggs".

** Also, the Doctor ''did'' tell say that "it's Christmas" a few minutes before she appeared on screen. (See LeaningOnTheFourthWall, above).

---> '''Doctor:''' Fellas -- you're never going to stop asking.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Parliament of Daleks features RTD-era Daleks as the standard drones, with a smattering of New Paradigm Daleks among them. This mildly contradicts the ending of [[DoctorWhoS31E03VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]] and means that the red 'Drone' Dalek is now misnamed. Why the change? Because of viewer backlash against the new Dalek design.

Kidnapped by a grand collection of his oldest foes, the Doctor is forced on an impossible mission to a place even the Daleks are too terrified to enter... the [[TitleDrop Asylum of the Daleks]]. A planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of their kind. When a human starship crashed there and started broadcasting songs from ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'', the Daleks realised that if something can get ''in'', all the insane Daleks could also get ''out'', which would be really very bad. There's something, or someone, down there that no Dalek wants to go near, so the universe's leading expert on blowing up insane Daleks, the Doctor, is forced to beam down to the prison planet to go turn off the force field and blow up all the insane Daleks (as well as himself). He is sent in with Amy and Rory, since Dalek data indicates that he needs companions at all times, but Amy's and Rory's marriage is in meltdown.

* ArmourPiercingSlap: Amy delivers two to Rory.

Kidnapped by a grand ContinuityCavalcade collection of his oldest foes, the Doctor is forced on an impossible mission to a place even the Daleks are too terrified to enter... the [[TitleDrop Asylum of the Daleks]]. A planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of their kind. When a human starship crashed there and started broadcasting songs from ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'', the Daleks realised that if something can get ''in'', all the insane Daleks could also get ''out'', which would be really very bad. There's something, or someone, down there that no Dalek wants to go near, so the universe's leading expert on blowing up insane Daleks, the Doctor, is forced to beam down to the prison planet to go turn off the force field and blow up all the insane Daleks (as well as himself). He is sent in with Amy and Rory, since Dalek data indicates that he needs companions at all times, but Amy's and Rory's marriage is in meltdown.

* HandWave: Skaro was [[EarthShatteringKaboom clearly destroyed]] in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' by the Hand of Omega. According to NicholasBriggs explaining its not-quite-total destruction [[https://twitter.com/BriggsNicholas/status/242010196052946944 on]] {{Twitter}}, "It actually hit the Space Tescos next to Skaro by accident..." Of course, according to the EighthDoctorAdventures, it wasn't actually the ''real'' Skaro we saw blown up...

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* BiTheWay: Oswin. She flirts with both Rory and the Doctor and mentions her first crush was a girl called Nina. She elaborates that it was a phase, though.

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[[caption-width-right:300:"Eggsterminate!"]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Deconstructed. The Daleks turn out to have standards just as screwed up as they are.

[[caption-width-right:300:"Exterminate!"]]

Meanwhile, Oswin has guided the Doctor to her hideout, and has used her improbable hacking skills to delete ''all Dalek knowledge of the Doctor''. When he finally reaches her, [[spoiler:he's horrified: Oswin is a fully converted Dalek, who unknowingly dreamed a world of cushy couches and soufflés to keep herself sane]]. She was right about one thing, though -- she's indeed a genius hacker, and by accessing the Dalek HiveMind equivalent, she was able to override all information the Daleks ever had on the Doctor. Which is ''great'', because the Daleks kept growing stronger, and more hateful, and more innovative, every single time the Doctor fought them -- every encounter with him just gave them more reason to become more violent. Daleks without knowledge of the Doctor are a fantastic favour to the whole universe. [[spoiler:With her last conscious, human thoughts]], she shuts off the forcefield, and the Daleks promptly blow up the prison planet [[spoiler:with her (apparently) on it]]. The Doctor escapes through a sonicked teleport pad, bringing Amy and Rory along with him.

* MeatPuppet: Taken to all new levels of BodyHorror [[spoiler:The Daleks hollow out their victims with {{Nanomachines}} and put a Dalek puppeteer inside.]]

* [[spoiler: DisabilitySuperpower]]: The reason why Oswin compromised Dalek technology is indeed because she's a genius. It's just not ''directly'' the reason. [[spoiler: She can do it because she's a Dalek now.]]

* PowerOfLove: How Amy fights the Dalek-puppet conversion and how [[spoiler:Oswin maintains her humanity, seemingly]]. Between this episode and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E12ClosingTime "Closing Time"]], that's starting to become a theme on fighting cyborg conversion in general.

-->[[spoiler:'''Amy:''' He's a Time Lord, I bet he doesn't even need it!]]

* [[spoiler: DisabilitySuperpower]]: The reason why Oswin compromised Dalek technology is indeed because she's a genius. It's just not ''directly'' the reason. [[spoiler: She can do it because she is one now.]]

** Also, in ''Carmen'' the Habanera aria, the song Oswin plays in almost every appearance and what the Dalek's pick up, [[spoiler:the translation of the lyric "Prends garde à toi!" is "You best beware!" But on the whole song, Carmen warns the onlookers she is like smoke, untouchable and unattainable. Just like Oswald.]]

* HandWave: Skaro was [[EarthShatteringKaboom clearly destroyed]] in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' by the Hand of Omega. According to NicholasBriggs explaining its not-quite-total destruction, "It actually hit the Space Tescos next to Skaro by accident..." Of course, according to the EighthDoctorAdventures, it wasn't actually the ''real'' Skaro we saw blown up...