History Recap / DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed

Somewhere on Skaro during the Thousand Year War, the Kaled scientist Davros (Creator/JulianBleach) is showing off his Mark III Travel Machine to his assistant, Castavillian (Mawaan Rizwan). It's built to ensure the survival of the Kaled race after years of warfare, complete with polycarbide armour, a ruby ray gun, and one powerful mechanical claw. Davros is briefly called away by Nyder, leaving Castavillian on his own... just in time for the TARDIS to rather violently materialize and jam itself into a wall. From it emerges the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourteenthDoctor Fourteenth Doctor]], still rather confused about having been "[[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor this really brilliant woman]]" [[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor just sixty]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks minutes ago]], only to suddenly be wearing [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor an old face]] once more.

* {{Bathos}}: The earliest origins of the Daleks - an entire species of [[OmnicidalManiac Space Nazis]] - as well as [[MadScientist their insane creator Davros]] and the Fourteenth Doctor's inadvertent interference with the timeline, is [[PlayedForLaughs played entirely]] for absurdist BlackComedy. It being a charity skit softens the juxtaposition just enough the [[MoodWhiplash tonal whiplash]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice remains fun and not in poor taste.]]
* BluntNo: Davros shoots down all of Mr. Castavillian's proposed SignificantAnagram names for his creations with a flat, "No".

* CharacterCatchphrase: Adding to his similarities with the Tenth Doctor, Fourteen breaks out Ten's, "I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.", in response to discovering he's broken a piece of the prototype Dalek. Before he realizes what he broke, that is.
* ComicallySerious: Davros remains as Davros as ever, but his attitude is played off against the surprisingly earnest Castavillain's attempts to name the Kaled mutant, making Davros come across as a grumpy killjoy rather than his usual screaming lunatic.

-->'''The Doctor:''' "I am so, so sorry. I think I broke this. Multi-claw, adaptable... what is it? Oh." ''[camera pans to the Dalek]'' "That's a Dalek."

** According to behind-the-scenes tidbits, a never-seen easter egg of [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the 1996 TV Movie's]] TARDIS was that a Dalek plunger was hidden in the drawers where the Master procures the bag of gold dust. Though it may not be the same plunger after centuries of changes to the interior, it may be in recollection of this that the Doctor has had Dalek plungers on hand ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood and accidently make a Bootstrap Paradox out of, at that]]).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Doctor flies the TARDIS right across the prototype Dalek's multi-dextrous claw, breaking it off and forcing him to toss Castavillian a plunger arm as a replacement.

* SeriesContinuityError: If you go by the novelisation of ''Genesis of the Daleks'', Davros was already disfigured and wheelchair-using when he first started working on the Daleks. Although the Doctor's reference to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall canon being broken]] potentially means this short is LooseCanon or set in an alternate timeline rather than a {{Retcon}}.
* SignificantAnagram: Castavillian suggests Davros's new creations have an anagram of "Kaled" as a name. He picks out several that Davros immediately rejects, though he does give [[MythologyGag Klade]] some thought before deciding against it. the Doctor [[StableTimeLoop accidentally gives him the word "Dalek"]].
* StableTimeLoop: The Doctor turns out to have provided the inspiration for the Daleks' name, their catchphrase of "Exterminate!", and responsible for them having the plunger instead of the prototype's multi-dextrous claw.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: It's not immediately apparent that Davros is involved with the plot until Castavillian calls him by name, as this is the first time Davros has been depicted on TV as an adult prior to the accident that scarred him and made him dependent on his chair. This also contradicts various ExpandedUniverse works, such as [[AudioPlay/BigFInishDoctorWho Big Finish audios]] that portrayed Davros as having already been injured when he created the Daleks, although the canonicity of this short is also ambiguous. According to [[invoked]]WordOfGod, this was deliberately done to avoid [[EvilCripple associating disability with villainy]] during Children in Need.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Castavillian is played by a South Asian actor, whereas, in earlier stories, all Kaleds were apparently strictly Caucasian. This also seems a bit peculiar given Davros's constant ANaziByAnyOtherName subtexts.

* FakeShemp: Due to Peter Miles' death in 2018, Nyder’s vocal appearance here is provided by Nicholas Briggs.

Somewhere on Skaro during the Thousand Year War, the Kaled scientist Davros (Creator/JulianBleach) is showing off his Mark III Travel Machine to a Mr. Castavillian (Mawaan Rizwan). It's built to ensure the survival of the Kaled race after years of warfare, complete with polycarbide armour, a ruby ray gun, and one powerful mechanical claw. Davros is briefly called away, leaving Castavillian on his own... just in time for the TARDIS to rather violently materialize and jam itself into a wall. From it emerges the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourteenthDoctor Fourteenth Doctor]], still rather confused about having been "[[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor this really brilliant woman]]" [[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor just sixty]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks minutes ago]], only to suddenly be wearing [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor an old face]] once more.

The Doctor inspects the damage, and discovers that the TARDIS broke the claw off of what he now realizes is a prototype Dalek. After accidentally giving Castavillian the idea of what to call these creations, as well as their catchphrase, the Doctor realizes he's accidentally interfering with the Daleks' timeline (again) and decides to leave before he causes any more paradoxes. Before vworping off, however, he tosses Castavillian a plunger to replace the claw. When Davros returns, he decides that he likes the new look better.

* BluntNo: Davros shoots down all of Mr. Castavillian's proposed SignificantAnagram names for his creations by flatly telling him "No".
* BreatherEpisode: On-screen, this serves as one between the Thirteenth Doctor's regeneration and the Fourteenth Doctor's three-part epic. Bonus points for those who had just finished reading "[[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks Liberation of the Daleks]]" and its BittersweetEnding.

* CallBack: The Doctor says he was a "really brilliant woman 60 minutes ago" just like when his predecessor said that "half an hour ago, (she) was a white-haired Scotsman".
* TheCameo: Nyder makes a vocal appearance calling Davros away.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Adding to his similarities with the Tenth Doctor, Fourteen breaks out Ten's "I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry." in response to discovering he's broken a piece of the prototype Dalek. Before he realizes what he broke, that is.

** Inside the TARDIS you can see the interior is still that of the Thirteenth Doctor's console room (which Fourteen retained throughout "Liberation of the Daleks"), setting up for how the "desktop theme" won't be changed until late into the next episode.

* DelayedOhCrap: Once the Doctor regains his bearings, he apologizes to Castavillian for crashing the TARDIS into the lab and ripping the arm off what he was working on. It takes him a few more seconds to realize that the arm came from a prototype Dalek casing and he's unwittingly crashed the genesis of the Daleks. Again.
-->'''The Doctor:''' I am so, so sorry. I think I broke this. Multi-claw, adaptable... what is it? ''Oh. [camera pans to the Dalek]'' That's a Dalek.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Castavillian is played by a South Asian actor, whereas in earlier stories all Kaleds were apparently white. This also seems a bit peculiar given Davros's constant ANaziByAnyOtherName subtexts.

-->'''Castavillian:''' Like... "Lekad". "Adlek"? "Klaed"? ..."Edlak".
* IWasNeverHere: Before leaving (and to protect the timeline), the Doctor insists to Castavillian that he was ''never'' here.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: This is the in-universe explanation for why the Doctor's (additional) role in the genesis of the Daleks has never been revealed or known before now. The Doctor made it clear to Castavillian that he was ''never'' here, and both Castavillian and the prototype Dalek kept shtum to Davros.
* MythologyGag: One of the names Castavillian suggests for the mutant Kaleds is the Klade, which are a far-future race depicted in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novels and implied to be the descendants of the Daleks. However, while the name is spelled "Klade" on BBC iPlayer's subtitles, the [=YouTube=] subtitles instead spell it "Klaed".

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Doctor flies the TARDIS right across the prototype Dalek's multi-claw adaptable thingamajig, breaking it off and forcing him to toss Castavillian a plunger arm before he departs.

* SignificantAnagram: Castavillian suggests Davros's new creations have an anagram of "Kaled" as a name. He picks out several that Davros immediately rejects (though he does give [[MythologyGag Klaed/Klade]] some thought before deciding against it) before the Doctor [[StableTimeLoop accidentally gives him the word "Dalek"]].
* StableTimeLoop: The Doctor turns out to have provided the inspiration for the Daleks' name, their catchphrase of "Exterminate!", and responsible for them having the plunger instead of the prototype's multi-purpose claw.
* TitleDrop: In a rare case, Not to the name of this episode, but the 1975 fan favourite [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis Of The Daleks"]]. Said by the Doctor once he lands on Skaro.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: It's not immediately apparent that Davros is involved with the plot until Castavillian calls him by name, as this is the first time Davros has been depicted on TV as an adult prior to the accident that scarred him and made him dependent on his chair. This also contradicts various ExpandedUniverse works such as [[AudioPlay/BigFInishDoctorWho Big Finish audios]] that portrayed Davros as having already been injured when he created the Daleks, although the canonicity of this short is also ambiguous. According to [[invoked]]WordOfGod, this was deliberately done to avoid [[EvilCripple associating disability with villainy]].

** According to behind-the-scenes tidbits, a never-seen easter egg of [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the 1996 TV Movie's]] TARDIS was that a Dalek plunger was hidden in the drawers where the Master procures the bag of gold dust. Though it may not be the same plunger after centuries of changes to the interior, it may be in recollection of this that the Doctor has had Dalek plungers on hand ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood and accidently make a Boostrap Paradox out of, at that]]).

* YouDontLookLikeYou: It's not immediately apparent that Davros is involved with the plot until Castavillian calls him by name, as this is the first time Davros has been depicted on TV as an adult prior to the accident that scarred him and made him dependent on his chair. This also contradicts various ExpandedUniverse works such as [[AudioPlay/BigFInishDoctorWho Big Finish audios]] that portrayed Davros as having already been injured when he created the Daleks, although the canonicity of this short is also ambiguous. According to WordOfGod, this was deliberately done to avoid associating disability with villainy.[[invoked]]

* YouDontLookLikeYou: It's not immediately apparent that Davros is involved with the plot until Castavillian calls him by name, as this is the first time Davros has been depicted on TV as an adult prior to the accident that scarred him and made him dependent on his chair. This also contradicts various ExpandedUniverse works such as [[AudioPlay/BigFInishDoctorWho Big Finish audios]] that portrayed Davros as having already been injured when he created the Daleks, although the canonicity of this short is also ambiguous. According to WordOfGod, this was a choice to distance Davros from being disabled.[[invoked]]

Somewhere on Skaro during the Thousand Year War, the Kaled scientist Davros (Creator/JulianBleach) is showing off his Mark III Travel Machine to a Mr. Castavillian (Mawaan Rizwan). It's built to ensure the survival of the Kaled race after years of warfare, complete with polycarbide armour, a ruby ray gun, and one powerful mechanical claw. Davros is briefly called away, leaving Castavillian on his own... just in time for the TARDIS to rather violently materialize and jam itself into a wall. From it emerges the Fourteenth Doctor, still rather confused about having been "[[Characters/DoctorWhoThirteenthDoctor this really brilliant woman]]" [[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor just sixty]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks minutes ago]], only to suddenly be wearing [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor an old face]] once more.

* {{Bathos}}: The earliest origins of the Daleks - an entire species of [[OmnicidalManiac Space Nazis]] - as well as [[MadScientist their insane creator Davros]] and the Fourteenth Doctor's inadvertent interference with the timeline, is [[PlayedForLaughs played entirely]] for absurdist BlackComedy. It being a charity skit softens it just enough.

* Bathos: The earliest origins of the Daleks - an entire species of [[OmnicidalManiac Space Nazis]] - as well as [[MadScientist their insane creator Davros]] and the Fourteenth Doctor's inadvertent interference with the timeline, is [[PlayedForLaughs played entirely]] for absurdist BlackComedy. It being a charity skit softens it just enough.

* Bathos: The earliest origins of the Daleks - an entire species of [[OmnicidalManiacs Space Nazis]] - as well as [[MadScientist their insane creator Davros]] and the Fourteenth Doctor's inadvertent interference with the timeline, is [[PlayedForLaughs played entirely]] for absurdist BlackComedy. It being a charity skit softens it just enough.

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* CharacterCatchphrase: Fourteen once again breaks out an "I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry." in response to discovering he's broken a piece of the prototype Dalek. Before he realizes what he broke, that is.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: This is the in-universe explanation for why the Doctor's (additional) role in the genesis of the Daleks has never been revealed or known before now. The Doctor made it clear to Castavillian that he was ''never'' here, and both Castavillian and the Dalek kept shtum to Davros.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: This is the in-universe explanation for why the Doctor's (additional) role in the genesis of the Daleks has never been revealed or known before now. The Doctor made it clear to Castavillian that he was ''never'' here and Castavillian kept shtum to Davros.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgin: This is the in-universe explanation for why the Doctor's (additional) role in the genesis of the Daleks has never been revealed or known before now. The Doctor made it clear to Castavillian that he was ''never'' here and Castavillian kept shtum to Davros.

* TitleDrop: In a rare case, Not to the name of this episode, but the 1975 fan favourite [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis Of The Daleks"]]. Said by 14 once he lands on Skaro.

* TitleDrop: In a rare case, Not to the name of this episode, but the 1975 fan favourite [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]. Said by 14 once he lands on Skaro.