Doctor Who - Asylum of the Daleks - Intensive Care

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

"These are the Daleks who survived me" Chilling. Even after years

[@Tanthachon25]

Oftentimes it feels like doctor who can forget it's own continuity in places, as most younger fans probably would be less aware of Spiridon, Kembal, Aridius, Vulkan, Exilon. But having listened to an audio drama on the daleks and their history as a child during Tennant's era, this was an immediate and dramatic escalation in tension.

[@MrDalek2150]

A decade as of September 1st, 2022.

[@gunnar1746]

The most terrifying thing about that room. The size. It’s rather.....small don’t you think. Speaks to the slim slim number of DALEKS who survive the Doctor.

[@cheddacheese32]

I’d never considered this before but you’re correct!

[@moviehermit5631]

The amount of fear in his voice as he’s cornered sells how screwed he is right now. He’s surrounded by insane Daleks who all hate him, he’s out of regenerations, and he’s completely cornered. One of the rare times where the Doctor has no way out and he knows it

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

Even if he wasn’t out of Regenerations he’d still be screwed, Daleks are fully capable of killing Timelords stone dead.

[@e.m.m.i6054]

I’m just confused as to how they would attack because their weapons are missing so would they just be nothing more than talking bumper cars with a plunger

[@gorman1852]

@@e.m.m.i6054their plunger has the ability to suck the skin from peoples face like how that one Dalek used it on that one guy in the “Dalek episode from season 1” as well as the cult of Skaro when they extracted it from a scientist leaving his face as just bones.

[@TimeyWimey-930]

@@gorman1852daleks also have the ability to suck out the information information from people, turning them into charred corpses.. as seen by the cult of Skaro.

[@sherlockwatson101]

The best acting from Matt Smith, I was frozen in fear purely from the fear in his acting

[@theentity5201]

ahhh seeing the doctor absoultely pissing himself was a delight getting some karma over taunting the paradigm supreme over the "final end" when the daleks asked him to call of the spitfire attack The terror in his voice is something i'll never forget, really delightful. Eccelstone came close to that in "dalek"

[@sdmiii1102]

The Doctor has left such grievous mark on the psyche of the Daleks that they recognize him regardless of what he looks like.

[@melinakorovessi713]

We’ve never seen the doctor so terrified before which made it even more scary

[@trackmastertheman7801]

I mean he was just about to be suffocated or have school crushed by a bunch of plungers

[@gtaipan7422]

It's one of the most terrifying scenes I even saw in Doctor Who. Daleks trapped, damaged, tortured. One of the best reasons I offer my deepest sympathy and hope to the Daleks for a better and a comfortable life.

[@NICKatronMC]

While the Moffat era didn’t exactly give the Daleks the same hype and treatment that the RTD era gave them (especially nearing the end of Capaldi’s run), it still knew that the Daleks weren’t something to be brushed off like the Chibnall era’s been doing This is probably one of my favorite Doctor and Dalek moments in the Moffat era, watching the Doctor cower in immense fear from the Daleks is simply incredible

[@ElLocoCaballero]

I thought the clara oswin dalek would have been an awesome companion.

[@seancampbell7884]

Chibs made one Dalek look intimidating and competent without it's casing. People hate Chibs to the point of irrationality.

[@DefgirRZawa]

Interesting continuity. I refer to the episode in Season 1, where the Dalek responded to nothing, until the Doctor showed up and he explained (into the darkness without knowing what was in there): "Hi, I can help you, I am the Doctor." "...Doc...Tor?"

[@Bram_Duin]

If only the title didn't give it away, that would've been the best reveal ever

[@DefgirRZawa]

@@Bram_Duin Not exactly the point of my commentary, but I agree with you. It was a great episode, everything was great EXCEPT that the episode was called "Dalek", which took away the surprise reveal -.-

[@Great_Olaf5]

@@DefgirRZawa As someone who knew literally nothing about Doctor Who before starting to watch it on Netflix close to the beginning of the Matt Smith era, the episode title told me nothing.

[@DefgirRZawa]

@@Great_Olaf5 For someone who has no idea, this is ok. For others the surprise it was building up was ruined...^^

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

@@DefgirRZawa I found that particular bit rather interesting, given there's only two episodes in that season that have a one-word title: Dalek and Rose. Rose, of course, introduces the Doctor. And Dalek brings back the Doctor's most notorious enemies.

[@Bigal3031]

You can hear him hyperventilating. The Dr has 2 hearts a hyperactive curcltory system. Has seen some of the most terrifying stuff in the universe without batting an eye. That shows how scared he was.

[@ceciliaslepmet4840]

i've never seen eleven so terrified. I loved it

[@SudrianTales]

Wish there were grey and silver daleks here given those are the survivors

[@jameskellett2699]

I would have found it cool to have different casings from the episodes each dalek survived considering each one was different. Missed opportunity.

[@plantainsame2049]

​@@jameskellett2699They probably would have if they could, but all those old school Ones that appear in the episode were like scrounge together from fans and surviving props

[@TimSter15]

Funny that these daleks had their weapons taken away but the ones Rory encountered didn't. And yet these are dalek veterans...

[@lianalyods2529]

Why?

[@karlhyetravelerofworlds]

Would you give a person with very extreme trauma a weapon

[@alkdklsdflkfds6970]

@@karlhyetravelerofworlds This. We don't let Vietnam veterans in psychiatric crisis a weapon of any kind for good reason. Of course the less troubled of the bunch may bear arms, as any free citizen should be able to. My dad suffered in Bosnia, Panama, Iraq and Afghanistan. I've had to climb the roof of the house at 14 years old to take away his rifle, he thought he was in Iraq trying to rescue an injured medic from a rooftop apparently. He told me the story once he recovered some later that night. Alochol was heavily involved. Pleased to say he is in a much better place now. Even my own father, retired mustang Colnel, a veteran and slayer of men, I had to take his weapon. It was as simple as addressing him sternly by his rank and demanding his weapon, he deftly put it into my hands instantly. I shudder to think what might have happened if I wasn't there, he could have killed himself. Probably would have, as I found him in poor shape. Self inflicted cuts plauged his arms and he was near blackout drunk. My point is that PTSD is incredible, insidious and powerful, and sometimes takes years to fully manifest and years to treat. If the doctor was real I'm sure facing him would shake Daleks down to the core, as they fought for many years. It would be a mistake to arm them.

[@karlhyetravelerofworlds]

@@alkdklsdflkfds6970 my point exactly

[@Great_Olaf5]

@@alkdklsdflkfds6970 I mean, you have a point IRL, but these are the Daleks, I don't think that rationale was on their minds. The self harm one has some potential given how much reverence they have for hatred, they might not want to leave these ones with the ability to kill each other, but that doesn't explain why they would *only* disarm the ones who'd fought the Doctor.

[@priscillateo1691]

Smith’s acting sent chills down my spine! I really felt the fear!

[@cheddacheese32]

He made this scene EVERYTHING

[@johnquinones.]

You know in the episode the chase and the doctor and ian start messing with the dalek well that dalek got so traumatised it was put in this exact intensive care

[@drewharding]

Love Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman they make a great time travel team all the way completely

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

Wait a minute, what's the point in having an asylum if the Daleks have a decent cure?

[@lianalyods2529]

What cure?

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

Liana Lyods Wiping their memories.

[@aidenp6001]

I think the higher up Daleks wanted their hatred for the doctor retained, since hatred is what they value

[@RogueShadows]

It's explained earlier in the episode while the Doctor is the Parliament of the Daleks - the Daleks consider the psychoapthic insanity of the Daleks in the Asylum as a form of beauty, or at least the closest that they can come to feeling it.

[@emperor1733]

Depends on what else gets deleted. Lobotomies are easy. An actual cure might be harder. (not to mention the Dalek's preference for psychopathy meaning they might prefer keeping them in reserve for use later rather than cure them)

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I'd love to imagine there's one there from the Battle of Canary Wharf that rants about Cybermen every single time it wakes up.

[@philledwith8307]

This whole episode was incredible, it bounced from touching to terrifying to (in the next scene) truly tragic.

[@jumpcutfilms1958]

They are so mentally scarred that they immediately recognise the Doctor regardless of what he looks like

[@emperor1733]

Very creepy. Very well done.

[@ClockMaster_3100]

1:31 That one dalek being sneaky boi

[@CalebHowlett]

Where?

[@ClockMaster_3100]

@@CalebHowlett its peeking through a hole in the wall

[@CalebHowlett]

@@ClockMaster_3100 oh wait! Yeah I do see it, thanks for pointing that out

[@medhaverma9900]

God those chains are pointless

[@cheddacheese32]

ikr

[@mq5731]

Who put them there?

[@cutecats532]

@@mq5731 beings who don't have fingers.

[@diamondplague5186]

It sounds like the daleks are saying “dork” 😂

[@Kaleidoscopicmagenta8855]

To think that he was saved by the very thing that tried to destroy him.

[@nateriver1884]

I dont understand how deleting the doctors information from the path web would make them forget him. New built daleks maybe, but the ones down there in intensive care and the ones on the parliament ship have all had personal experience with the doctor. They should all remember him and everything they already know about him. They are literally organic creatures with brains

[@melodypond8008]

I always thought the reason the Doctor got so scared here was because he knew he was on his last regeneration and couldn't find a way out, this was potentially the end for him. I feel like Chibnall's retcon kind of ruined that intensity.

[@Great_Olaf5]

Why would you have thought that? The retcon about him being out of regenerations hadn't been aired yet at this point, as far as any of us knew, he still had two bodies left. No, to me he was just scared because these ones A) had a particular grudge and B) had *survived* him before. Not many Daleks can claim the latter, and most of them come out of the experience... Changed. (thinking Dalek Caan in particular, though also Dalek Sec)

[@melodypond8008]

@@Great_Olaf5 I remember thinking Tennant's fake out regeneration counted, making him 11, Smith technically 12 and the classic series maintained he had 12 lives. Regardless of the War Doctor addition later (which I did like, was great excuse to give John Hurt a crack at the role) I figured they'd need to write a retcon soon anyway, hence the Doctor's fear here. It wasn't just this episode, I noticed Smith seemed more on edge in general towards his later series. I do like your interpretation too though, gives the Daleks more weight as enemies and I can totally see that being Moffat's intention here.

[@plantainsame2049]

​@@Great_Olaf5I mean the thirteen limits thing itself was a ret con

[@plantainsame2049]

​@@melodypond8008Actually, The thirteen limits thing was Is a reckon for the purposes of the krispy master The second doctor stated that he could go on forever With the exception of accident

[@Dryghtendanitsu]

I would have liked to have seen her survive this and be a potential recurring character like rusty. The Dalek who hunts his own kind, and the Dalek in denial of herself.

[@ThePhychoHero]

In one moment, with a single retcon, this entire episode is made pointless.

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

Thank you!

[@maxenswlfr1877]

What retcon ?

[@trackmastertheman7801]

When I saw the scene I was terrified, and still am, I mean think about it what if you're wondering one day and then you see these peper pots with egg whisks and plungers and one of them extends their plunger to try to grasp your face and crush it, the dalek manipulator arm is a scary thing it can stretch mold into any shape and strong enough to crush a car you can also exert enough pressure to suffocate someone and could also be used to drain Intel I was very afraid of the DALEK plunger and I'm still am.

[@henreymichelson]

Imagine if the doctor took her image that

[@steelpickaxe7978]

And know you see the time war ward

[@lumalilies]

1:20 "dog dogggg DOGGGG bark bark barkkkkk fetch balllll ballllll rrrrruff rruuuff DOGGG ballll"

[@forthas1]

Honestly i would have thought the daleks were scared of 11, u know?

[@hazmat7949]

Definitely not my favorite dalek episode but this scene actually made me scared of them again

[@Remoniq]

Thinking about it, this doens't feel like what daleks would do. They don't keep inferior beings alive for no reason.

[@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin]

Ok, but why does forgetting the name of the obviously-not-a-Dalek intruder make the Daleks ignore said intruder?

[@treadnokash7598]

Doctor begging for his life as if hes not a natural disaster himself. Take the daleks seriously yall.

[@leecorrigan1211]

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