Evolution of the Daleks

186b - Evolution of the Daleks
Cast
Doctor David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)
Production
Directed by	James Strong
Written by	Helen Raynor
Produced by	Phil Collinson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T. Davies Julie Gardner
Production code	3.5
Running time	45 minutes
First broadcast	28 April 2007
Chronology
← Preceded by Daleks in Manhattan Followed by → The Lazarus Experiment

Evolution of the Daleks is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It will be broadcast on BBC One on 28 April 2007, and is the fifth episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series. It is the conclusion of the two-part story begun in Daleks in Manhattan.

The story is set in New York City in 1930.

Plot

Template:Spoiler In 1930s' New York, the Daleks' most evil and dangerous scheme yet - the creation of Dalek-Human hybrids - is in full force. Dalek Sec is reborn in human form and plans to rebuild the Dalek empire. Human hybrids are attacking people in the street, and while Martha fights for her life at the top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor must forge an unholy alliance in order to change Dalek history forever.

Cast

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"The final experiment shall begin!."

• The Doctor — David Tennant
• Martha Jones — Freema Agyeman
• Tallulah — Miranda Raison
• Solomon — Hugh Quarshie
• Laszlo — Ryan Carnes
• Frank — Andrew Garfield
• Dalek Sec (Hybrid) — Eric Loren
• Myrna — Flik Swan
• Lois — Alexis Caley
• Man #1 — Earl Perkins
• Man #2 — Peter Brooke
• Foreman — Ian Porter
• Dalek Voice — Nicholas Briggs

Continuity

• Russell T. Davies confirmed in issue 378 of Doctor Who Magazine that the black Dalek shown in the teaser trailer shown at the end of The Runaway Bride is Dalek Sec of the Cult of Skaro, last seen temporally shifting itself to escape being sucked into the Void at the end of Doomsday. Davies also is quoted as saying that Sec was not the only Dalek to escape using the Emergency Temporal Shift in that episode.
• The Big Finish audio play Invaders from Mars features an alien invasion of 1930s New York, under cover of Orson Welles's The War of the Worlds broadcast; however, the aliens were not Daleks.
• The Torchwood Institute website states that 1930s New York suffered an infestation similar to the Weevil infestation of Cardiff, and that it was covered up by rumours of sewer crocodiles. This may or may not be linked to these episodes.
• This episode includes the first location filming outside of the United Kingdom since Doctor Who's return in 2005. Several classic Doctor Who stories included location filming outside of the UK: City of Death (1979) included filming in Paris, Arc of Infinity (1983) included filming in Amsterdam, Planet of Fire (1984) included filming in Lanzarote, and The Two Doctors (1985) included filming in and near Seville. Also, the entire of The 1996 Doctor Who TV movie was filmed in Vancouver, apart from some stock footage of San Francisco and world capitals.
• Several other Doctor Who stories have featured Daleks and human beings being combined in different ways. These include:
  • The Evil of the Daleks: humans are infused with the "Dalek Factor", and Daleks infused with the "Human Factor"
  • Revelation of the Daleks: human beings kept in suspended animation pending the discovery of disease cures are instead converted into Daleks
  • Dalek: a Dalek extracts human DNA to regenerate itself, and is altered in the process
  • The Parting of the Ways: the Daleks in this story are all created from humans by the Dalek Emperor
  • The Doctor Who Quick Reads book I am a Dalek: The Dalek Factor is added to humans in the Roman era
• This is the first story using the familiar "_____ of the Daleks" titling scheme since 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks (which began with The Power of the Daleks in 1966).
• In a trailer shown on the BBC website, the doctor says the French phrase "allons-y", which translates to "let's go there". In the series 2 episode Army of Ghosts, the Doctor also says the same phrase, and goes on to mention that he should use the phrase more often.
• In the Doctor Who Confidential trailer it shows the Doctor and Martha climbing out a sewer with the Pig Men just about to get out. This is similar to The Age of Steel where Mrs Moore and the Doctor are climbing out of the Cooling Tunnels.

Production

• Helen Raynor is the first woman ever to write a televised Dalek story and the first woman to write a story for the revived series.
• Some filming for this story was done in New York., although not with David Tennant.
• The presence of the Daleks in this story was reported by the News of the World on November 12, and confirmed by the BBC in late December. An interview with David Tennant in TV Times indicates there will also be 'Art Deco Daleks'. Also, issue 349 of Starburst (magazine) features a picture of some "Art Deco" Daleks, which appear to have a silver and blue colour variation, as the Daleks were in the classic series episode The Daleks. However, they are built to the new series Dalek design, and are pictured with Dalek Sec, suggesting that these will indeed be appearing.