History YMMV / DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks

* HarsherInHindsight: The Doctor mocks the Daleks about not climbing up the stairs, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks which would bite him back in the ass nine years and three regenerations later]].

* HilariousInHindsight: The Fourth Doctor criticizing Romana for using someone else's face becomes funnier when the Sixth and Twelfth Doctors adopted [[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E1ArcOfInfinity Maxil's]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii Caecilius']] faces respectively.

* ReplacementScrappy: David Gooderson as Davros doesn't come close to capturing the magic of Creator/MichaelWisher's performance. To be fair, he is not helped by the bland lines he's given and being stuck wearing Wisher's Davros mask, which fits Gooderson about as well as a corset on an elephant; he was cast too late in production for the staff to make a new mask specifically for him. He manages to do a better received job when [[RoleReprise reprising]] the role several decades later for a tie-in webcast, though.

* ReplacementScrappy: David Gooderson as Davros doesn't come close to capturing the magic of Creator/MichaelWisher's performance, though to be fair, he is not helped by the bland lines he's given and being stuck wearing Wisher's Davros mask, which fits Gooderson about as well as a corset on an elephant; he was cast too late in production for the staff to make a new mask specifically for him. He manages to do a better received job when [[RoleReprise reprising]] the role several decades later for a tie-in webcast, though.

* ReplacementScrappy: David Gooderson as Davros doesn't come close to capturing the magic of Michael Wisher's performance, though to be fair, he is not helped by the bland lines he's given and being stuck wearing Wisher's Davros mask, which fits Gooderson about as well as a corset on an elephant; he was cast too late in production for the staff to make a new mask specifically for him. He manages to do a better received job when [[RoleReprise reprising]] the role several decades later for a tie-in webcast, though.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The Doctor mocks the Daleks about not climbing up the stairs, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks which would bite him back in the ass nine years and three regenerations later]].

* ReplacementScrappy: David Gooderson as Davros doesn't come close to capturing the magic of Michael Wisher's performance, though to be fair, he is not helped by the bland lines he's given and being stuck wearing Wisher's Davros mask, which fits Gooderson about as well as a corset on an elephant; he was cast too late in production for the staff to make a new mask specifically for him. He manages to do a better received job when [[RoleReprisal reprising]] the role several decades later for a tie-in webcast, though.

** The Dalek costumes were unsuited to the BBCQuarry set, and so cheap, lightweight fibreglass shells without bumpers were made for the actors to 'walk' across in. This had the benefit of allowing the series to use more than three convincing-looking Dalek props on screen for the first time ever, but the effect is ruined by the wobbly walking gait. The actual Dalek props had been kept in storage for years and treated very poorly-- they all have dented gunsticks, one Dalek has a split hemisphere on its side (revealing it to just be thin plastic) and some have noticeable bits of gaffer tape holding them together. The cheap suicide Daleks were made with Off Model flat back parts to save money and should not have been shot from the front, but were, for really long times. On top of this, Davros was recast and the mask from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" (a very good effect in that story) obviously doesn't fit him, bulging horribly when he moves his face to talk and visibly coming off in some shots. Dalek enthusiast Creator/NicholasBriggs cited it as his personal low point for the Daleks.

* BadassDecay: The Daleks get hit ''hard'' with this in this story, which with the possible exception of the scene where the Daleks exterminate prisoners one by one to try and get the Doctor to surrender, goes out of its way to demonstrate them as not being a serious threat, almost to the point where it comes across as a StealthParody that's actively trying to play into the stereotypes about how ungainly and unthreatening the Daleks should be. Between this and their increasingly taking a backseat to Davros, the Daleks' reputation would arguably never recover for the rest of the Classic Era, taking until the 2005 relaunch to make them a serious threat again.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The Doctor mocks the Daleks about not climbing up the stairs, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks which would bite him back in the ass nine years later]].

* ReplacementScrappy: David Gooderson as Davros doesn't come close to capturing the magic of Michael Wisher's performance, though to be fair, he is not helped by the bland lines he's given and being stuck wearing Wisher's Davros mask, which fits Gooderson about as well as a corset on an elephant; he was cast too late in production for the staff to make a new mask specifically for him.
* SignatureScene: The opening scene, in which Romana chooses her new regenration's appearence, is more famous than anything that happens in the main plot.

* SignatureScene: The opening scene, in which Romana chooses her new regenration's appearence.