History Recap / DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks

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Written by Creator/TerryNation. This four-episode serial first aired from February 23 to March 16, 1974.

* SpaceMarine: Though in name only -- if they had any PoweredArmor or CoolGuns they wouldn't work.

-->-- '''A Dalek''', dying of PlotInducedStupidity

An official BBC radio play by Creator/BarryLetts, [[Radio/ThirdDoctorRadioDramas "The Ghosts Of N-Space"]], takes place between this serial and the next and stars Three, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier.

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* {{MacGuffin}}: in the form of a MagicAntidote

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* TheMorlocks: The Exxilons, most of whom have regressed into barbarism, live in underground caves; have large blank eyes, and are subjugated by their ancestors' technological legacy.

* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass

* DarkerAndEdgier: A pronounced increase in brutality: the TARDIS plunges into darkness; the Doctor's abandoned oil lamp is [[BloodierAndGorier smeared with blood]], a galaxy-ravaging plague, and murderous locals who worship a [[GeniusLoci homicidal city]].

->''"Human female has escaped, [[OhCrap I have failed]]. [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Female prisoner has escaped]], [[MadnessMantra I have failed]], [[YouHaveFailedMe I have failed]]. [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Self Destruct]], [[BrokenRecord I have failed]]! (starts spinning around uncontrollably and breaks down as it self-terminates) Destruct-I have failed-destruct-FAIL-DE-FAIL-DE-FAILED-[=Iiii-IIiii-IiiiI-AARrR-ArrRR-RRRrr-RRrrr-AGGGGHHH...=]" (comes to a complete stop, stone dead)''

-> ''Human female has escaped, [[OhCrap I have failed]]. [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Female prisoner has escaped]], [[MadnessMantra I have failed]], [[YouHaveFailedMe I have failed]]. [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Self Destruct]], [[BrokenRecord I have failed]]! (starts spinning around uncontrollably and breaks down as it self-terminates) Destruct-I have failed-destruct-FAIL-DE-FAIL-DE-FAILED-[=Iiii-IIiii-IiiiI-AARrR-ArrRR-RRRrr-RRrrr-AGGGGHHH...=] (comes to a complete stop, stone dead)''

-> ''Human female has escaped, [[OhCrap I have failed.]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Female prisoner has escaped,]] [[MadnessMantra I have failed,]] [[YouHaveFailedMe I have failed.]] [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Self Destruct]], [[BrokenRecord I have failed!]] (starts spinning around uncontrollably and breaks down as it self-terminates) Destruct-I have failed-destruct-FAIL-DE-FAIL-DE-FAILED-[=Iiii-IIiii-IiiiI-AARrR-ArrRR-RRRrr-RRrrr-AGGGGHHH...=] (comes to a complete stop, utterly dead)''
-->-- A '''Dalek''', dying of PlotInducedStupidity

The one with menacing tile flooring.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The Doctor notes that if the Daleks succeed, they could kill ten million people across the galaxy. Ten million people is roughly the population of London, New York or Seoul. Pretty bad if you happen to be one of the ten million, but a drop in the ocean compared to the population of even some countries, let alone a galaxy.

Written by Creator/TerryNation. This serial first aired February 23-March 16, 1974.

* TheWorfEffect: Applied rather humiliatingly to ''[[OmnicidalManiac the Daleks]]''. At first, it's a plot point, where their technology has been disabled and they can't fire their signature guns, but thereafter it starts getting ridiculous. Apparently, their shields and defence mechanisms are kaput, too. Whacking them with swords causes them to ''explode'', metallic hoses strike them just once and their heads '''deflate''' in a burst of flames, they get beat up by living computer programs, and one Dalek even kills ''itself'' simply because it failed to guard its prisoners (to be fair, Daleks do not tolerate failure and WILL exterminate their own if such happens, so this one was likely preemptively offing itself in the wake of the inevitable punishment). Even their {{Leitmotif}} for this story seems to be mocking in tone, with laughably {{Narm}}y trumpet horns.

An official BBC radio play by Barry Letts, [[Radio/ThirdDoctorRadioDramas "The Ghosts Of N-Space"]], takes place between this serial and the next and stars Three, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier.

* TheWorfEffect: Applied rather humiliatingly to ''[[OmnicidalManiac the Daleks]]''. At first, it's a plot point, where their technology has been disabled and they can't fire their signature guns, but thereafter it starts getting ridiculous. Apparently, their shields and defense mechanisms are kaput, too. Whacking them with swords causes them to ''explode'', metallic hoses strike them just once and their heads '''deflate''' in a burst of flames, they get beat up by living computer programs, and one Dalek even kills ''itself'' simply because it failed to guard its prisoners (to be fair, Daleks do not tolerate failure and WILL exterminate their own if such happens, so this one was likely preemptively offing itself in the wake of the inevitable punishment). Even their {{Leitmotif}} for this story seems to be mocking in tone, with laughably {{Narm}}y trumpet horns.

An official BBC radio play by Barry Letts, [[Radio/ThirdDoctorRadioDramas "The Ghosts Of N-Space"]], takes place between this episode and the next and stars Three, Sarah Jane and the Brigadier.

* TheWorfEffect: Applied rather humiliatingly to ''[[OmnicidalManiac the Daleks]]''. At first, it's a plot point, where their technology has been disabled and they can't fire their signature guns, but thereafter it starts getting ridiculous. Apparently, their shields and defense mechanisms are kaput, too. Whacking them with swords causes them to ''explode'', metallic hoses strike them just once and their heads '''deflate''' in a burst of flames, they get beat up by living computer programs, and one Dalek even kills ''itself'' simply because it failed to guard its prisoners (to be fair, Daleks do not tolerate failure and WILL exterminate their own if such happens, so this one was likely preemptively offing itself in the wake of the inevitable punishment). Even their {{Leitmotif}} for this episode seems to be mocking in tone, with laughably {{Narm}}y trumpet horns.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The central MacGuffin is a mineral called "Parrinnium." It's supposed to cure the terrible ''taint'' of a space plague.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The Doctor notes that if the Daleks succeed, they could kill ten million people across the galaxy. Ten million people is roughly the population of London, New York or Seoul. Pretty bad if you happen to be one of the ten million, but a drop in the ocean compared to the population of even most country, let alone a galaxy.