History Recap / DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks

* AssholeVictim: Kennedy is a greedy bastard who gets what’s coming to him at the hands of the Daleks. Maxtible as well.

* GambitPileup: The Doctor uses a reverse-psychology BatmanGambit to get Jamie to play into the Daleks' plan, which is to observe him pulling a daring rescue so that they can isolate the "[[HumansAreSpecial Human Factor]]" and use it to make themselves unbeatable. The Doctor himself is playing along, presumably because he can predict the Human Factored daleks can be brought to his side. Only, the Daleks are ''themselves'' playing a BatmanGambit: They're not actually interested in the "Human Factor" at all--they want to use ''that'' to isolate the "''Dalek'' Factor" to implant into ''humans''.

* NoYou: Jamie gives one to the mechanic at the hanger after when the mechanic assumes Jamie is a foriegner due to his use of the word TARDIS. The Doctor making a saving throw by claiming it's another word for a phone booth.

* GambitPileup: The Doctor uses a reverse-psychology BatmanGambit to get Jamie to play into the Daleks' plan, which is to observe him pulling a daring rescue so that they can isolate the "[[HumansAreSpecial Human Factor]]" and use it to make themselves unbeatable. The Doctor himself is playing along, presumably because he can predict the Human Factored daleks can be brought ot his side. Only, the Daleks are ''themselves'' playing a BatmanGambit: They're not actually interested in the "Human Factor" at all--they want to use ''that'' to isolate the "''Dalek'' Factor" to implant into ''humans''.

* GambitPileup: The Doctor uses a reverse-psychology BatmanGambit to get Jamie to play into the Daleks' plan, which is to observe him pulling a daring rescue so that they can isolate the "[[HumansAreSpecial Human Factor]]" and use it to make themselves unbeatable. The Doctor himself is playing along, presumably because he can predict that it will make them friendly. Only, the Daleks are ''themselves'' playing a BatmanGambit: They're not actually interested in the "Human Factor" at all--they want to use ''that'' to isolate the "''Dalek'' Factor" to implant into ''humans''.

* ArtisticLicenceEconomics: Maxtible shares the alchemists' dream of transmutating metal to gold. Never mind that having more gold around would actually devalue the stuff.

-> '''Jamie''': Anyone would think that this is a little game.\\
'''The Doctor''': No, it is not a game.\\
'''Jamie''': Of course it isn't, Doctor. People have died. The Daleks are all over the place, fit to murder the lot of us, and all you can say is that you've had a good night's work!\\
'''The Doctor''': Jamie...\\
'''Jamie''': No, Doctor! Look, I'm telling you this, you and me, we're finished. You're just too callous for me. Anything goes by the board, anything at all.


-> '''The Doctor''': I care about life. I care about human beings. Do you think I let you go through that Dalek test lightly?\\
'''Jamie''': I don't know. Did you? Look Doctor, just whose side are you on?

The one where the Daleks say goodbye... for now.

--> '''The Emperor''': Silence! The Human Factor showed us what the Dalek Factor was.\\
'''The Doctor''': What?

* MadScientist: Although he's not really much of scientist at all, Maxtible fits the trope, and he gets madder as the serial progresses.

* BottleEpisode: Episode 4 is Doctor-lite and (one) companion-lite as Creator/PatrickTroughton was on holiday. It mostly is about Jamie running down corridors with Kemel, with the Doctor only appearing in a pre-recorded sequence where he describes Jamie's personality to the Dalek, and Victoria, only appearing in a quick pre-recorded shot right at the end.

Notably, this serial was one of only three from the show's monochrome era to be re-ran during the Classic Series' lifetime,[[note]]The other two were "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E4TheKrotons The Krotons]]", which were both repeated on BBC Two in 1981 as part of the "The Five Faces of ''Doctor Who''" repeat season; barring the unscheduled repeat of part 1 of "Unearthly" the week after it went out, the "Evil" repeat was the only example ever of a black-and-white story being seen again on BBC One after its original transmission[[/note]] and under some particularly unique circumstances: at the end of the next season's finale, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace "The Wheel in Space"]], the Doctor shows Zoe an excerpt from this serial to explain to her the kinds of dangers she'd face when travelling with him. While "The Wheel in Space" only showed the cliffhanger of Episode One for the sake of runtime, its original broadcast was directly followed by a complete re-airing of this story, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNjK422V6Y in-character narration]] from Creator/PatrickTroughton and Creator/WendyPadbury establishing that the re-run is meant to be what the Doctor actually showed Zoe. Due to the likelihood at the time that it was going to be the last Dalek story ever, and their creator Creator/TerryNation had already withdrawn permission for the BBC to exploit the Daleks, the repeat happened as a final opportunity for them to be seen onscreen.

* TheEndOrIsIt: Something that's often forgotten about the ending (thanks in part to the episode in question having been wiped from the archives); after the Doctor has solemnly proclaimed these events to be the Daleks' final end, the camera pans across the ruins of Skaro until it comes across a seemingly destroyed Dalek... that begins to move. That said, the Dalek in question is a white Dalek, and since only white Daleks have been implanted with the human factor, it could also imply that the entire remaining species did a HeelFaceTurn... not that it matters anyway, since they are back to their villainous ways the next time we see them anyway (this could be explained by the story that appeared in ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' that is mentioned under HeroicSacrifice below).

* VillainousBreakdown: The Dalek Emperor's reaction to the war.

* TheXOfY: The second Dalek story, and the second story overall, to use this format for its title.

** The Daleks want to test Jamie because he is special among humans as a result of having travelled in time, but when the Doctor asks why the Daleks don't just test him, they inform him that he has travelled in time too much and is consequently "more than human," which seems to imply that the Doctor was somehow changed or mutated by his excessive exposure to time ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar an idea that would resurface much later on]]).

Written by Creator/DavidWhitaker. This serial first aired May 20-July 1, 1967.

Notably, this serial was one of only three from the show's monochrome era to be re-ran during the Classic Series' lifetime,[[note]]The other two were "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild An Unearthly Child]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E4TheKrotons The Krotons]]", which were both repeated on BBC Two in 1981 as part of the "The Five Faces of ''Doctor Who''" repeat season; barring the unscheduled repeat of part 1 of "Unearthly" the week after it went out, the "Evil" repeat was the only example ever of a black-and-white story being seen again on BBC One after its original transmission[[/note]] and under some particularly unique circumstances: at the end of the next season's finale, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace "The Wheel in Space"]], the Doctor shows Zoe an excerpt from this serial to explain to her the kinds of dangers she'd face when travelling with him. While "The Wheel in Space" only showed the cliffhanger of Episode One for the sake of runtime, its original broadcast was directly followed by a complete re-airing of this story, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNjK422V6Y in-character narration]] from Creator/PatrickTroughton and Creator/WendyPadbury establishing that the re-run is meant to be what the Doctor actually showed Zoe. Due to the likelihood at the time that it was going to be the last Dalek story ever, and Terry Nation had already withdrawn permission for the BBC to exploit the Daleks, the repeat happened as a final opportunity for them to be seen onscreen.

* ItsAllAboutMe: When Edward Waterfield wants to know about Victoria's well-being, Maxtible tells him, "I am not a nursemaid to your daughter!" The only thing he cares about is the Daleks' promise to give him the secret of turning "base metal into gold!".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:

* MissingMom: We only see a portrait of Victoria's mother, who's said to be deceased, though she did appear in the original script.

* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Not for what’s being asked, but for the fact it’s being asked by a Dalek, whose superiors demand UndyingLoyalty to any orders given.

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness:

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Aired in summer of 1967, but the "present" scenes are explicitly 1966 (and the Victorian scenes [[ExtyYearsFromNow exactly 100 years earlier]]).