#dalek asylum

The Doctor really met Clara (Technically for the second time but shh) and instantly became a U-Haul lesbian. Love that for him

You know what there needs to be more of in Doctor Who? The Dalek stories that portray the Daleks not as bumbling thick-headed evil maniacs (which they certainly are in some way) but as the absolutely genius minds with a brilliant capacity for engineering and science, and more stories about the hidden imperfections and suppressed individualities in the Dalek race. I find many of my fellow Whovians despise the Dalek episodes because of the cookie-cutter villains that the Daleks make: all of them the same, all of them brainwashed, all of them despicable. However, when looking back, Classic Who portrays these aliens in a totally different way, highlighting the incapacity for achieving true sameness in every Dalek in light. The Evil of the Daleks had them searching for the Dalek Factor and introduced the wonderful Alpha, Beta, and Omega. In the novelization (a good read if you're big on Dalek stories) of Remembrance of the Daleks, each Dalek's thought pattern was described, and the Special Weapons Dalek and his individuality was wonderfully brought into the spotlight, although very briefly. There have been attempts in the new series: the Cult of Skaro and each Dalek in it had his own sort of tiny personality, as portrayed by Nicholas Briggs. Jast tended to be full of himself, Thay was loyal and reluctant to overthrow Sec, Caan was portrayed as being salty about being inferior to Sec, and Sec was dramatic and sometimes even scatterbrained. Although the Cult of Skaro didn't have many appearances and was generally ignored by fans, their storyline was exactly what the concept of the Daleks needed more of. Briggs himself often comments that he does the voices of the Daleks so that each one has their own "mad personality" in his eyes. Surely, nature must take its course in the Daleks. There are so many opportunities in the new series. The Dalek Asylum concept was packed full of individual Daleks with their own stories. What is the function of the Dalek Eternal, the big yellow guy with the nasally voice in the New Paradigm, introduced in Victory of the Daleks? What ever happens to the wonderful Rusty from Into the Daleks? In the original story concept, he was supposed to blow himself up just like Dalek of 2005--but that part was cut out, leaving fans to assume that he's still out there, taking out the Daleks in his own way. Surely, there's room for a nice classic-style Dalek story in there somewhere.

Clara Oswald has been in a Dalek three times