History Recap / DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks

Also, this is Janet Fielding's final episode as Tegan... but her final adventure was actually supposed to be the next serial alongside Turlough. Producer John Nathan-Turner decided that another companion should be introduced to make another cross-Doctor link, thus forcing Tegan out one serial early. It rather shows in the rushed final scene, too, as Tegan really doesn't give a solid reason to leave... but that's fine. At least she got a somewhat happy ending, compared to some companions.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: On the one hand, it's Davros. On the other hand - serious MoralDissonance. [[spoiler: Oh, and Davros ''talks'' [[HannibalLecture his way out of it]]]]

One of those cops, named Lytton, somehow transports himself aboard a rather sweet looking spaceship an untold distance away from Earth. As it turns out, he's working with... evil people. Doing evil things - though this is self-explanatory when it turns out they're working for the Daleks.[[hottip:*:And when they do the work of the Daleks, they wear Dalek-themed helmets.]] Their objective? To invade a space-prison that holds Davros, creator of the Daleks! Why? Well... we don't know. But ignore that, we've got a story to tell. And by "story" we mean "show the Daleks wiping out everyone on that prison station as they liberate Davros."

Meandering around the streets of London, the Doctor and companions run into that lone survivor: a terrified, stuttering man named Stein. Since the Doctor is totally caring for the man's situation, the Doctor immediately recruits Stein into helping his party search for the right warehouse which has the time corridor in it. However, before they can go much further, the Doctor and crew stumble across a bomb disposal squad. As it turns out, they've been called in to dispose of several things that are supposedly unexploded bombs, despite looking like naff props from a 1980s science fiction show. Turlough, for his part, stumbles into the time corridor - winding up on the alien ship.[[hottip:*:To his credit, he decides to hide rather than be captured in seconds.]] The rest of the crew are updated soon enough, however, as the time corridor activates again... revealing a Dalek! Good golly gosh, it certainly would be fantastic to have a companion who [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons is a robot, probably couldn't die easily and can generally be awesome]], wouldn't it? Keeping his cool, the Doctor orders the ''(magically fully-armed)'' bomb squad to shoot wildly at the Dalek before getting miffed at nothing actually happening and... throws the Dalek out a third-story window instead. Yeah.

Finally, due to the 1984 Olympics, this serial was presented in ''two'' parts rather than the typical four - with episodes 1/2 and 3/4 being joined into episodes nearly an hour in length. This format would be reused for Season 22. [[hottip:*:Although it is ''not'' true that the decision to have season 22's episodes at 45 minutes was a result of the success of this story - the decision had already been taken when this episode needed to be re-edited.]]

Meandering around the streets of London, the Doctor and companions run into that lone survivor: a terrified, stuttering man named Stein. Since the Doctor is totally caring for the man's situation, the Doctor immediately recruits Stein into helping his party search for the right warehouse which has the time corridor in it. However, before they can go much further, the Doctor and crew stumble across a bomb disposal squad. As it turns out, they've been called in to dispose of several things that are supposedly unexploded bombs, despite looking like naff props from a 1980s science fiction show. Turlough, for his part, stumbles into the time corridor - winding up on the alien ship.[[hottip:*:To his credit, he decides to hide rather than be captured in seconds.]] The rest of the crew are updated soon enough, however, as the time corridor activates again... revealing a Dalek! Good golly gosh, it certainly would be fantastic to have a companion who [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons is a robot, probably couldn't die easily and can generally be awesome]], wouldn't it? Keeping his cool, the Doctor orders the ''(magically fully-armed)'' bomb squad to shoot wildly at the Dalek before getting miffed at nothing actually happening and... [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome throws the Dalek out a third-story window instead]]. Yeah.

* TheXOfY

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Davros is apparently killed by the Movellan virus, and his body blasted to oblivion when the space station self-destructs. This was intended to kill off Davros permanently, but Terry Nation kicked up a stink, and so HeGotBetter for the next story.]]

** Although ''at a stretch'' it could be HandWaved as them seeing the internal view of the Supreme Dalek suddenly exploding, though the editing makes this hard to explain away.

Our Dalek story this time opens up in the middle of London, circa 1984. We watch a bum watching several oddly-dressed people attempt to escape from a random warehouse... only to be gunned down by British cops wielding World War II era machine guns. The bum is then, of course, gunned down himself. The cops then pull out a random remote and make the bodies vanish in a glow of red light. However, one man was able to hide...

* RuleOfCool: The plot's a [[{{Understatement}} bit convoluted]], but most people are too busy looking at the decent (for once) production values and exploding Daleks to notice. And there's that awesome shot of the Doctor chucking a Dalek out of a second-floor window.

Finally, due to the 1984 Olympics, this serial was presented in ''two'' parts rather than the typical four - with episodes 1/2 and 3/4 being joined into episodes nearly an hour in length. This format would be reused for Season 22.

[[caption-width-right:350:And with this compact fluorescent bulb, Davros, ''I shall kill you.'']]

This was PeterDavison's only encounter with the Daleks during his time as the Doctor - and it was specifically brought in so he could have his Dalek story before he left at the end of the season. In fact, Davison had requested it for the previous season - but a strike wound up delaying it until season 21... which also left the original Davros ''(Michael Wisher)'' unable to reprise his role. This gave us the Third Davros, Terry Molloy.

Finally, due to the 1984 Olympics, this serial was presented in ''two'' parts rather than the typical four - with episodes 1/2 and 3/4 being joined into episodes nearly an hour in length.

This was PeterDavison's only encounter with the Daleks during his time as the Doctor - and it was specifically brought in so he could have his Dalek story before he left at the end of the season. In fact, Davison had requested it for the previous season - but a strike wound up delaying it until season 21... which also left the original Davros ''(Michael Wish

* KickTheSonOfABitch: On the one hand, it's Davros. On the other hand - serious MoralDissonance. [[spoiler: Oh, and [[MagnificentBastard Davros]] ''talks'' [[HannibalLecture his way out of it]]]]

->"''It seems I must mend my ways...''"
-->-- '''The Doctor''', reflecting on this story... and how damned bloody and horrific it was.

Meandering around the streets of London, the Doctor and companions run into that lone survivor: a terrified, stuttering man named Stein. Since the Doctor is totally caring for the man's situation, the Doctor immediately recruits Stein into helping his party search for the right warehouse which has the time corridor in it. However, before they can go much further, the Doctor and crew stumble across a bomb disposal squad. As it turns out, they've been called in to dispose of several things that are supposedly unexploded bombs, despite looking like naff props from a 1980s science fiction show. Turlough, for his part, stumbles into the time corridor - winding up on the alien ship.[[hottip:*:To his credit, he decides to hide rather than be captured in seconds.]] The rest of the crew are updated soon enough, however, as the time corridor activates again... revealing a Dalek! Good golly gosh, it certainly would be fantastic to have a companion who [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons is a robot, probably couldn't die easily and can generally be awesome]], wouldn't it?[[hottip:*:In fact, Kamelion's absence from this story is completely unexplained! Maybe he was busy setting up his overly complicated suicide for the next serial...]] Keeping his cool, the Doctor orders the ''(magically fully-armed)'' bomb squad to shoot wildly at the Dalek before getting miffed at nothing actually happening and... [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome throws the Dalek out a third-story window instead]]. Yeah.

Back on Earth, the Doctor and the bomb squad drag in the remains of that fallen Dalek - but are assaulted by the squiggly blobby Dalek that piloted the unit. After nearly shooting a cat, the Doctor pumps the blobby Dalek full of lead.[[hottip:*:though dodgy editing makes it seem like they're shooting the cat!]] Good grief, looks like we're not going to be seeing the TechnicalPacifist side of the Doctor today! Anyway, the Doctor takes Stein with him into the TARDIS and they go inspect the other end of the time corridor. Once there, though, Stein declares that he's an agent for th-WOOOOOOOSH! End of episode.

Ahem. Stein is really an agent for the Daleks! The Doctor is then, for some reason, taken into custody. Turlough continues to evade capture as he joins up with the few remaining guards of the space prison and vows to help them blow things up.

Back on Earth, more people die as those evil!policemen begin to kill off parts of the bomb squad. But they're not important, so back to the Doctor!

Back on Earth, however, a massive battle is going on between the Daleks and Davros' Army. The Doctor, back on Earth, figures out those 'bombs' are really giant capsules holding more samples of the virus[[hottip:*:How? We don't know. He just does.]] and sets them off, killing all the Daleks off instantly. Lytton, for his part, escapes and puts on a cop's uniform - wandering off into the sunset, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen to...somewhere.]]

Back on the space prison, Davros himself begins to escape until he also begins to spray shaving cream from his wheelchair - [[DroppedABridgeOnHim he too is vulnerable to the virus]]. Stein himself has a MomentOfAwesome as he activates the self-destruct with his dying breath - taking out the remaining Daleks and pretty much tying up the plot in a neat little bow.

This was PeterDavison's only encounter with the Daleks during his time as the Doctor - and it was specifically brought in so he could have his Dalek story before he left at the end of the season. In fact, Davison had requested it for the previous season - but a strike wound up delaying it until season 21... which also left the original Davros ''(Michael Wisher)'' unable to reprise his role. This gave us the Third Davros, Terry Molloy, who filled in the seat wonderfully.

Back on Earth, however, a massive battle is going on between the Daleks and Davros' Army. The Doctor, back on Earth, figures out those 'bombs' are really giant capsules holding more samples of the virus[[hottip:*:How? We don't know. He just does.]] and sets them off, killing all the Daleks off instantly. Lytton, for his part, escapes and puts on a cop's uniform - wandering off into the sunset, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen where he is never seen or heard from again. We swear.]]

Back on the space prison, Davros himself begins to escape until he also begins to spray shaving cream from his wheelchair - [[DroppedABridgeOnHim apparently dying for the hell of it]]. Stein himself has a MomentOfAwesome as he activates the self-destruct with his dying breath - taking out the remaining Daleks and pretty much tying up the plot in a neat little bow.

One of those cops, named Lytton, somehow transports himself aboard a rather sweet looking spaceship an untold distance away from Earth. As it turns out, he's working with... evil people. Doing evil things - though this is self-explanatory when it turns out they're working for the Daleks.[[hottip:*:And when they do the work of the Daleks, they wear these utterly stupid Dalek helmets. No, seriously. It's bad.]] Their objective? To invade a space-prison that holds Davros, creator of the Daleks! Why? Well... we don't know. But ignore that, we've got a story to tell. And by "story" we mean "show the Daleks wiping out everyone on that prison station as they liberate Davros."

Back on the space prison, Davros himself begins to escape until he also begins to spray shaving cream from his wheelchair - [[DroppedABridgeOnHim apparently dying for the hell of it]]. Stein himself has a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as he activates the self-destruct with his dying breath - taking out the remaining Daleks and pretty much tying up the plot in a neat little bow.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: on the one hand, it's Davros. On the other hand - WhatTheHellHero? [[spoiler: Oh, and [[MagnificentBastard Davros]] ''talks'' [[HannibalLecture his way out of it]]]]

* TechnicalPacifist... is not to be found here.

* KillEmAll: This serial has the highest on-screen body count in a DoctorWho episode to date, with a total of 60-75 deaths.

Finally, due to the 1984 Olympics, this serial was presented in ''two'' parts rather than the typical four - with episodes 1/2 and 3/4 being joined into episodes nearly an hour in length. This, presumably, might have started the idea for the 45-minute-length episodes in the following season.

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[[caption-width:345:And with this compact fluorescent bulb, Davros, ''I shall kill you.'']]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The music played when Tegan decides to leave has been known to choke fans to tears -- and in a good way too, unlike a lot of other music featured in this era of the show.

* JamesBondage: So true, it's almost ridiculous. Come on, do you really think the Doctor can be held down by "plastic" braces?

* NightmareFuel: The flesh-dissolving gas that the Daleks unleash on the prison crew.
** Never mind that, this troper was 21 when he first saw this serial and was horrified by what the Movellan virus actually did to the Daleks. A most judicious subversion of NothingIsScarier: at first you just see the Daleks panicking and shouting, and you think that's it, but ''then'' it gets icky.
** How about Davros' MindControl device?

--> '''--The Doctor''', reflecting on this story... and how damned bloody and horrific it was.

Back on Earth, however, a massive battle is going on between the Daleks and Davros' Army. The Doctor, back on Earth, figures out those 'bombs' are really giant capsules holding more samples of the virus[[hottip:*:How? We don't know. He just does.]] and sets them off, killing all the Daleks off instantly. Lytton, for his part, escapes and puts on a cop's uniform - wandering off into the sunset, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen where he is never seen from again. We swear.]]

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** Never mind that, this troper was 21 when he first saw this serial and was horrified by what the Movellan virus actually did to the Daleks. A most judicious subversion of NothingIsScarier — at first you just see the Daleks panicking and shouting, and you think that's it, but ''then'' it gets icky.

--> '''The Doctor''', reflecting on this story... and how damned bloody and horrific it was.

* MoreDissonance: Questionable. The Doctor isn't able to kill Davros but happily wipes out several Daleks. Of course you can argue he thinks Davros has a shot at redemption, while the Daleks are incapable of positive growth or that his failure to kill Davros drives him to kill the Daleks.

* WhatTheHellHero : Questionable. The Doctor isn't able to kill Davros but happily wipes out several Daleks. Of course you can argue he thinks Davros has a shot at redemption, while the Daleks are incapable of positive growth or that his failure to kill Davros drives him to kill the Daleks.