History Recap / DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks

* FacingTheBullettsOneLiner: The Controller, just before he gets, well, exterminated:

* LaResistance: Played straight by the time-travelling guerrillas, albeit with the twist that [[spoiler:they inadvertently caused the Dalek occupation in the first place.]]

* ScrewwDestiny: The rebels go back to the 20th century to blow up a politician they blame for assassinating a roomful of international dignitaries and starting World War III, leaving the Earth weak and open to a Dalek invasion. [[YouAlreadyChangedThePast It's eventually revealed that it was]] ''[[YouAlreadyChangedThePast their]]'' [[YouAlreadyChangedThePast bomb that caused the explosion.]] However, UNIT intervene and safely evacuate them all, averting disaster and leaving the future more open.

* AllThereInTheScript: Dialogue cut from the script established that all the Daleks infected with the Human Factor at the climax of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil Of The Daleks]] had been eradicated, indicating that that story was not the “final end” of the Daleks after all.

* EnhancedOnDVD: The DVD special release does an ''extensive'' overhaul of the episode. It adds a lot of CGI in place of the primitive green screen-esque colour separation overlay effects (the monitors look more futuristic, the Dalek headquarters exterior shot is completely different and the building looks more intimidating with flying vehicles in the background), laser blasts, with people and Ogrons being more graphically disintegrated (controversially adding a scene where the Doctor [[BatmanGrabsAGun kills another Ogron]]). It also has veteran Dalek voice actor Creator/NicholasBriggs portray the Daleks in place of the original and admittedly shaky voice acting. (The series had tried to write off the Daleks and thus didn't have a go-to actor portrayal ready and able, and so the producers brought on two actors, Oliver Gilbert and Peter Messaline, who hadn't been as versed with Dalek voices and by now were out of practice. Neither Messaline nor Gilbert had ever been featured in ''any'' Doctor Who media before, nor since. Roy Skelton would later be called back (alongside future Davros actor Michael Wisher) and become the definitive classic series' voice of the Daleks.) Most notably, the climactic battle at Auderly House had entire sequences re-filmed ''decades'' after the serial had been released through funding by 2 entertain to show a true army of Daleks and Ogrons duking it out versus using new and borrowed costumes, when the original tried to create the illusion of an army by re-using the same shots of only a few Daleks and Ogrons rather unconvincingly. In fact the production team may have possibly been limited to '''two''' Daleks by Jon Pertwee's estimate (again, the series nearly wrote off the Daleks and didn't have that many props on hand), nowhere near enough to depict a fearsome battle.

* LaResistance

* OutOfCharacterAlert: The Doctor finds a subtle way to secretly call for help when he is held prisoner and forced to phone the Brigadier:

* StableTimeLoop
* TimeyWimeyBall: One of the earliest in Doctor Who. Had already been touched on in "The Space Museum" but this could be seen as the TropeCodifier for Doctor Who.
* VichyEarth: The occupied future-Earth.

* EnhancedOnDVD: The DVD special release does an ''extensive'' overhaul of the episode. It adds a lot of CGI in place of the primitive green screen-esque colour separation overlay effects (the monitors look more futuristic, the Dalek headquarters exterior shot is completely different and the building looks more intimidating with flying vehicles in the background), laser blasts, with people and Ogrons being more graphically disintegrated (controversially adding a scene where the Doctor [[BatmanGrabsAGun kills another Ogron]]). It also has veteran Dalek voice actor Creator/NicholasBriggs portray the Daleks in place of the original and admittedly shaky voice acting. (The series had tried to write off the Daleks and thus didn't have a go-to actor portrayal ready and able, and so the producers brought on two actors, Oliver Gilbert and Peter Messaline, who hadn't been as versed with Dalek voices and by now were out of practice. Neither Messaline nor Gilbert had ever been featured in ''any'' Doctor Who media before, nor since. Roy Skelton would later be called back and become the definitive classic series' voice of the Daleks.) Most notably, the climactic battle at Auderly House had entire sequences re-filmed ''decades'' after the serial had been released through funding by 2 entertain to show a true army of Daleks and Ogrons duking it out versus using new and borrowed costumes, when the original tried to create the illusion of an army by re-using the same shots of only a few Daleks and Ogrons rather unconvincingly. In fact the production team may have possibly been limited to '''two''' Daleks by Jon Pertwee's estimate (again, the series nearly wrote off the Daleks and didn't have that many props on hand), nowhere near enough to depict a fearsome battle.

* EnhancedOnDVD: The DVD special release does an ''extensive'' overhaul of the episode. It adds a lot of CGI in place of the primitive green screen-esque colour separation overlay effects (the monitors look more futuristic, the Dalek headquarters exterior shot is completely different and the building looks more intimidating with flying vehicles in the background), laser blasts, with people and Ogrons being more graphically disintegrated (controversially adding a scene where the Doctor [[BatmanGrabsAGun kills another Ogron]]). It also has veteran Dalek voice actor Creator/NicholasBriggs portray the Daleks in place of the original and admittedly shaky voice acting. (The series had tried to write off the Daleks and thus didn't have a go-to actor portrayal ready and able, and so the producers brought on two actors who hadn't been as versed with Dalek voices and by now were out of practice. Roy Skelton would later be called back and become the definitive classic series voice of the Daleks.) Most notably, the climactic battle at Auderly House had entire sequences re-filmed ''decades'' after the serial had been released through funding by 2 entertain to show a true army of Daleks and Ogrons duking it out versus using new and borrowed costumes, when the original tried to create the illusion of an army by re-using the same shots of only a few Daleks and Ogrons rather unconvincingly. In fact the production team may have possibly been limited to '''two''' Daleks by Jon Pertwee's estimate (again, the series nearly wrote off the Daleks and didn't have that many props on hand), nowhere near enough to depict a fearsome battle.

Before ''Film/TheTerminator'', there was ''Day of the Daleks''.

A peace conference is being held in Britain under the auspices of Sir Reginald Styles - it's a reconvening of the one from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil The Mind of Evil]]", and UNIT are once again providing security. Because they did such a bang-up job previously.

Anyhow, Styles is attacked and nearly killed by a guerrilla fighter in futuristic dress, but is saved by the intervention of a big - well - '''go'''rilla fighter, who knocks the assassin out and disappears. The Doctor deduces that the unconscious man is from the future, and that a device found with him is a time-travel gadget.

!!Tropes

Before ''TheTerminator'', there was ''Day of the Daleks''.

The Doctor poses as Styles in order to catch the assailants. They try again, but the Doctor convinces them he's not Styles. Jo accidentally activates one of the time-travel gadgets and zaps herself into the 22nd century, and the Doctor and the guerrillas follow her. One of the guerrillas, Shura, is attacked and left behind, presumed dead..

!Tropes

* EnhancedOnDVD: The DVD special release does an ''extensive'' overhaul of the episode. It adds a lot of CGI in place of the primitive green screen-esque colour separation overlay effects (the monitors look more futuristic, the Dalek headquarters exterior shot is completely different and the building looks more intimidating with flying vehicles in the background), laser blasts, with people and Ogrons being more graphically disintegrated (controversially adding a scene where the Doctor [[BatmanGrabsAGun kills another Ogron]]).
** It also has veteran Dalek voice actor Nicholas Briggs portray the Daleks in place of the original and admittedly shaky voice acting- the series had tried to write off the Daleks and thus didn't have a go-to actor portrayal ready and able, and so the producers brought on two actors who hadn't been as versed with Dalek voices and by now were out of practice- Roy Skelton would later be called back and become the definitive classic series voice of the Daleks.
** Most notably, the climactic battle at Auderly House had entire sequences re-filmed ''decades'' after the serial had been released through funding by 2 entertain to show a true army of Daleks and Ogrons duking it out versus using new and borrowed costumes, when the original tried to create the illusion of an army by re-using the same shots of only a few Daleks and Ogrons rather unconvincingly. In fact the production team may have possibly been limited to '''two''' Daleks by Jon Pertwee's estimate (again, the series nearly wrote off the Daleks and didn't have that many props on hand), nowhere near enough to depict a fearsome battle.

* OhCrap: The Daleks get one when they discover that Jo isn't on her own.
-->'''Controller:''' The girl referred to a companion in her own time zone. She called him... "the Doctor".
-->'''Dalek:''' Doc-tor? Did you say "Doc-tor"?!

-->'''Gold Dalek:''' "YOU ARE A TRAITOR TO THE DALEKS! YOU MUST BE EXTERMINATED!"
-->'''Controller:''' "Who knows, I may have helped to exterminate ''you''."

* SenselessSacrifice: Shura, in the original timeline where he blew up the house, killing Styles and all the delegates, which led to the very war he was trying to prevent.
** Averted in the new timeline. Becomes a HeroicSacrifice by blowing up the house and destroying the attacking Daleks and Ogrons.

* UpdatedRerelease: The 2011 special edition contains new Dalek voices, new visual effects, and newly filmed sequences using the same kind of film camera that was originally used in 1971.

* TheOtherMarty: [[Creator/NicholasBriggs Nicholas Briggs]] voices the Daleks in the Special Edition version.

* OutOfCharacterAlert: When the Doctor is held at gunpoint at forced to assure the Brigadier that everything is alright over the phone, he clues the Brig in that by telling to "tell it to the marines".

* QuietCryForHelp: The Doctor is held prisoner and then required to reassure {{the Brigadier}} that all is well over the telephone. He finds a subtle way to secretly call for help:
--> ''"I assure you, Brigadier, there's nothing to worry about. Tell Styles that. Tell the Prime Minister. And, Brigadier, be particularly sure to tell it to the Marines."''

* HollywoodDarkness: "We'll wait 'til it's light", says the time traveller who's just materialised in broad daylight. No attempt is made to match the lighting to the dialogue in this scene.

-> ''"I assure you, Brigadier, there's nothing to worry about. Tell Styles that. Tell the Prime Minister. And, Brigadier, be particularly sure to tell it to the Marines."''

* CovertDistressCode: A subtle example in the second episode, when the Doctor is being forced at gunpoint to tell the Brigadier over the phone that everything's fine. The Brigadier is clearly suspicious, but not enough to actually do anything ... until the Doctor casually drops the phrase "tell it to the marines" into the conversation, causing the Brigadier to immediately spring into action.

* CovertDistressCode: A subtle example in the second episode, when the Doctor is being forced at gunpoint to tell the Brigadier over the phone that everything's fine. The Brigadier is clearly suspicious, but not enough to actually do anything... until the Doctor casually drops the phrase "tell it to the marines" into the conversation, causing the Brigadier to immediately spring into action.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The Controller

'''WARNING! THERE MAY BE UNMARKED SPOILERS!'''

* TheOtherMarty: [[Creator/NicholasBriggs Nicholas Briggs]] voices the Daleks in the Special Edition version.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Shura.]] The Controller as well, as he probably knew that [[spoiler: the Daleks would exterminate him for his treachery.]]