History Recap / DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed

* 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.

* 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.

** 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.

* PunnyName: Davros' associate has the surname Castavillian (say it by syllable).

[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] the Doctor returns to the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks genesis of the]]... Lekads? Adleks? Klades? No, that's not right...

* 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 canon being broken potentially means this short is set in an alternate timeline and we can ignore any implied {{Retcon}}s.

* ContinuitySnarl: 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 canon being broken potentially means this short is set in an alternate timeline and we can ignore any implied {{Retcon}}s.

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]]" just [[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor sixty minutes ago]], only to suddenly be wearing [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor an old face]] once more.

* ContinuitySnarl: 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 canon being broken potentially means this short is just for fun and we can ignore any implied {{Retcon}}s.

* 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".

* ContinuitySnarl: 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.

* 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. According to WordOfGod, this was a choice to distance Davros from being disabled.[[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 that portrayed Davros as having already been injured when he created the Daleks. According to WordOfGod, this was a choice to distance Davros from being disabled.[[invoked]]

* ContinuitySnarl: 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.

* 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. According to WordOfGod, this was a choice to distance Davros from being disabled.

* 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.

* 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 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 the plunger, replacing the prototype's multi-purpose claw.

[[caption-width-right:309:Do not adjust your screen: you're not seeing a rerun of the Tenth Doctor. You're actually seeing a throwback to that Doctor.]]

[[caption-width:309:Do not adjust your acreen: you're not seeing a rerun of the Tenth Doctor. You're actually seeing a throwback to that Doctor.]]

[[caption-widthTheOneW309:Do not adjust your acreen: you're not seeing a rerun of the Tenth Doctor. You're actually seeing a throwback to that Doctor.]]

** The Doctor's mention of having been a woman sixty minutes ago is a nod to the Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine story "Liberation of the Daleks", which takes place immediately after the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]" over the span of an hour, slotting it neatly between this short and the previous episode. Said comic even ended with the TARDIS damaged and the Doctor hoping [[TemptingFate the Fast Return switch didn’t send him back to Skaro]].

* SignificantAnagram: Castavillian suggests Davros's new creations have an anagram of "Kaled" as a name. He picks out several (that Davros immediatly rejects) before the Doctor [[StableTimeLoop accidentally gives him the word "Dalek"]].

* FakeShemp: Due to Peter Myles’ death in 2012, Nyder’s vocal appearance here is provided by Nicholas Briggs.