Day of the Daleks. The name seems to imply that this episode will see the return of the Daleks. This return has been well overdue, as they have been absent from our screens for over 100 episodes. However, they are synonymous with the mythos that is Doctor Who, thus they will have to return to wreak havoc on our television screens once more. However, there is one slight problem. The production team has changed several times since the Daleks were last on our screens. This isn't a blight on the production team being in flux, more a blight on the time between appearances for these evil metal creatures. Because everyone's forgotten how the Daleks work. The Dalek's voices are slightly 'off', for instance. The way in which they're directed is 'off' as well. The cliffhanger with Dalek stories is traditionally a character encountering the Daleks and being reduced to some form of shock at the revelation of the Daleks. This time, the cliffhanger is a bunch of Daleks saying that they're going to Exterminate the person in the twentieth century who's screwing up their plans. It's not exactly nail biting stuff.
But the important thing is that the Daleks have returned and it doesn't matter that they're slightly 'off' as they still have an amazing ability to draw kids in and show them the exciting world of Doctor Who.
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