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I have noticed that in the past, but I've never been 100% sure if that little light is meant to be the escape pod or not. It could always been a trick of the light. However, I would love to get official word from the production on it.
@@MrTARDIS The speck of light seems perfectly timed and placed just before the explosion, and the trajectory is congruent with an object shooting away from the mothership. Can't be 100% either, but I'm 99% sure it's meant to be Davros' escape capsule.
"The heavier the decision, the larger the waves ... the more uncertain the consequences." "Life's like that. Like my son Geoffrey, for instance. Why, if he makes all the right decisions, he might end up working as a butler for a nice family in Bel-Air, Los Angeles. I just hope they won't have any obnoxious nephews from West Philadelphia who will constantly try taking the piss out of him."
Dalek Cann tbh, if people really wanna see how little it can sometimes take to destroy a dalek in Doctor who , ya only have to point them to Death to The Daleks ..usually what I show people when complain about a scrap frame being melted by oven parts
Honestly, the two Dalek factions fighting each other whilst the Doctor Manipulates them... That reminded me more of the current Labour party fighting itself whilst the Conservatives take advantage, than of UKIP vs. Conservatives. Although admittedly the Conservatives are so rightwing they may as well be UKIP/Brexit Party.
Love this serial, still holds up so well. When Season 25 comes to Blu-Ray I’d love an Alternative/Extented edit of this story. There’s so many unused takes from this serial.
It's telling how good this story is that people think that this is the 25th anniversary when it was actually Silver Nemesis and that the Counter Measures team got a spinoff on Big Finish Also that's Jeffrey from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air in the cafe
Remembrance of the Daleks is not only my favorite Seventh Doctor story, despite the deeper themes of his last few episodes, but it's a serious contender for my favorite Dalek story. I mean, it's between this and Genesis of the Daleks, but Remembrance of the Daleks is truly a story to remember. Also it made my youngest brother a Seventh Doctor fan. Also also, it might have been my first proper Dalek story that I watched. I can't remember if I had seen the Peter Cushing Dalek movies first. Definitely my earliest memory of Davros.
It's definitely one of my fav but my fav and I think it hit me more as a youngster was The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - as clowns and circuses were quite popular and the Chef Clown, the music and Bellboys death not seen but so heavily implied creepy as hell.
@@Gamer208010 Ah, yes. The subtlety of the bad guy saying "We fought on the wrong side in the last war" while talking about World War 2. Hmm, yes, subtle, yet I understand it. I am very intelligent.
@@Gamer208010 "Ace, I never really wanted to hurt anybody. Its just that you have to protect your own. Keep the outsiders out just so that your own people can have a fair chance!" Is it possible, that maybe... just maybe... when you say subtle, you're really saying that you didn't notice any political allegories in the show before the thirteenth Doctor came along, but then you watched some braindead idiots posting conspiracy theory videos on RUclips, and SUDDENLY Doctor Who was infested with "woke politics"?
After his first season in the role, but before it aired stateside, I met McCoy at the Whomobile in San Jose. At the time, I wanted to know if he'd done a Dalek story yet and he said not yet, but he wanted to and would go back and tell the production team that a fan in America had asked about them. Weeks later, the cover of Doctor Who Magazine proclaims the Daleks are coming back. While I know McCoy was being kind to a young fan, I still like to pretend he went back to JNT and demanded a Dalek story to satisfy a young, enthusiastic American fan. Needless to say, I was predisposed to love this story when I finally got to see it. I was completely SPOILER free on it and went in fresh. I remember running around the living room, shouting, "It's going u the stairs! It's going up the stairs!" when the cliffhanger for episode one appeared. If that was all this story had going for it, it would be more than enough. But it's incredibly good and a highlight of classic Who. I can understand why Moffat chose it as the 7th Doctor's entry for the 50th anniversary overview of Doctor Who for BBC America. Hot damn...I want to break out my DVD and watch this one again now. And the novelization if you can get ahold of it was REALLY good too. The audio version read by Terry Molloy is worth the price of admission as well.
Actor Dursley McLinden who played Mike, would sadly pass away 7 years later, only 30 years old from complications from AIDs. Kinda sad that his most memorable role in his short career had a funeral in the same show.
One of the first Classic era stories I ever watched and still a favourite. I'd really be intrigued to see them re-explore the idea of a Dalek Civil War, we've seen the Daleks have disagreements on purity in the new show though never to the extent of full on war.
I know DWM did run a story showing how Davros escaped Skaro, with aid from Old Sixie, who caused him to start thinking of the Hand of Omega. Also he went to Spiridon and made the Daleks frozen there serve him.
@@MrThorfan64 looking it up, I'm really surprised Big Finishdidn't try expanding upon it. i know they did the Dalek Empire series with something similar but was a different kind of war.
@@theshadowdirector There could be stories showing different fights across the Galaxies between the Dalek factions, mayhaps the Doctor manipulates them so neither side really wins, they just wear each other down. After all if the Daleks are killing each other not killing other people.
Mr L they did do a story called the Juggernauts which is set in between Revelation and Remembrance where Davros and his now beaten down Necros Daleks have set up shop on a mining planet and is attempting to create his own force of “Juggernauts” to fight against the Daleks
i like to think this trap was what ultimately led to the time war, the timelords action through the doctor of the total destruction of scaro, led to both dalek faction survivors uniting together in common hatred of the timelords who now were the Daleks main enemy, emperor and davros working together, a new dalek empire with golden casing with one goal, vengeance and the total destruction of Gallifrey
It quite literally did lead to the time war. The Combination of the events of Remenberace of the Daleks, Genesis of The Daleks, and some big finish audios led to the time war.
It's the extra harsh and unique sound effect that happens when Ace cleaves the Dalek's eyestalk from its owner, distinguishing it from the sounds of the preceding blows to its casing, that really sells that as a badass moment and makes me smile every time I watch that scene.
the cold open of Remembrance Of The Daleks is one of the BEST moments in the entire classic series, and Keff's incidental music makes it all the more incredible
When the imperial Daleks attack the Renegade Dalek base, I have a feeling that beforehand the Daleks were discussing Rules of Engagement. “Rules of Engagement:” “Breach and Clear!”
My favourite Doctor Who story ever... Just amazing. When I first watched it back in 1988 and that Dalek levitated up the stairs... well. Mind blown. All the nods to the past. Weaving this story into the tapestry of Who lore. Expanding upon that lore. Hints that The Doctor was around back in the days of Rassilon and Omega and worked with them on The Hand of Omega. "And didn't we have trouble with the prototype..." Love the direction they were taking with The Doctor. Manipulative, dark, controlling. A man that deliberately goes after his enemies and nails them. There was an interesting line that was edited out of the final story that went to air. "Oh Davros. I am far more than just another Time Lord." Mysterious. I very much like that Davros was hardly in the story and relegated to the last five minutes of the serial. Gives the Daleks themselves time to shine without being overshadowed by their creator. I could go on, but Mr TARDIS has pretty much said it all. 10/10 from me. Undertaker: "There's someone here to collect that big casket. Yes, yes The Doctor. There's just one thing governor. I thought you said he was an old geezer with white hair..."
11:56 It's not unambigious if Davaros survives, you can clearly see the escape pod traveling downwards from the mother ship in this scene, he's well clear of the explosion.
It's one of McCoy's best stories. Just everything about it is great : great side characters(the sort of UNITesque military, Ratcliffe, Mike, etc.), the in-jokes hinting to the program's past(with the TV transmission), the continuation of the Dalek civil war, the great action sequences, the infamous "stairs" cliffhanger, memorable dialogue(the unlimited rice pudding), great chemistry between Ace and the Doctor. It's a Dalek story that is effectively turned up to 11 - and a truly great way to start the show's 25th season.
This is my absolute favourite (since Power of the Daleks is no longer with us). The opening scene, the staircase clifthanger, the beauty of the Imperials, the lines from Davros, unlimited rice pudding, the Hand of Omega going rogue with the countdown, the sound of the special weapons Dalek's gun, the brutal methods of control the Daleks use on humans, the philosophy in the coffee shop. Just love it!
Now that we're done with the classic series, i'd like to know your opinion on it's serialized style. Do you think the multi part serials work better than the single part (minus 2 parters) modern style? I ask this because many classic fans claim that the new series feels rushed. Love this story btw
Okay 2 things Number 1 you Can actually see Davros escape pod leave the Mothership and Number 2 seeds of Time War was Planted back in Genesis of the Daleks when the Time Lords sent the Doctor back to try and prevent the Daleks creation that is where many people believe the Time War began
Remembrance Of The Daleks is my favourite episode of Dr Who. The doctor is on top form, the Daleks are brilliant and it just a good action story with lots of explosions and gunfights. Not only is this my favourite Dalek episode but my favourite episode ever. I'd love to see another Dalek story like this in the 2020's.
Once McCoy got his characterisation right... His Dr stands side by side with previous incarnations. I love this story....mysterious Doctor and kick ass companion.
Great review of my favourite TV story. Greatly looking forward to future reviews, especially the Asylum of the Daleks and Witches Familiar reviews. I'm sure those two are gonna get a good slatting.
"Just one thing, gov'ner! I thought you said he was an old geezer with white hair?!" One of McCoy's better stories -- despite the fact I didn't believe Mike Smith's character for a second.
I sure can't wait for people to start getting mad with you for making a reference to current politics, because having political opinions is bad, apparently.
@@crimsondynamo615 Politics has always been a part of Doctor Who. I agree. It's just that the show knew how to present it very well so it blended with the story more naturally. Unfortunatley, Chibnall isn't a good writer.
This is possibly the best dalek story in the classic series. I remember watching this episode back when I was a young man. Now years later, I now have this episode as a special edition DVD and loved the episode all over again
One of the things that bothered me about this story is how useless the white daleks kind of are? During the iconic scene with the white dalek going up the stairs, why doesn't the dalek just shoot the doctor from below the stairs? It didn't need to chase him up the stairs. He's not holding a knife, he's got a gun. The second cliffhanger with Ace and the group of white daleks, they're just surrounding her and shouting exterminate without actually shooting. They could've exterminate her like 50 times by the time the doctor arrives. And she evaded like 2 or 3 daleks before that too. I'm just gonna chalk it up to the transmat maybe messing with their ray gun somewhat. Maybe they have to 'charge up' their weapon or something like that. Then later when the grey and white daleks first face off in the streets, there were four white daleks and two grey daleks, and both group are shooting at each other, and no one got shot for like 5 seconds, which is forever in a gun fight. And they were face to face, it's not like they're across really far away or anything like that. And then in the end the TWO grey daleks somehow able to defeat the FOUR white daleks? Same thing with the final battle at the junkyard. A bunch of daleks shooting at each other and no one gets hit. The only useful white daleks seems to be the special weapons daleks. Without them, the white daleks basically shot NOTHING this whole story. They had a better design, but they're kind of useless. The grey Daleks were a lot better. They killed a bunch of humans, and destroyed a few white daleks. They had the little girl in control who could shoot lightning out of her hands (super cool), and they're the ones that found the hand of omega. I wish the story would've focused more on just the grey Daleks, and only show the imperial white daleks in the later parts of the story. Maybe even have the doctor be the one to contact them down to instigate the civil war conflict as it kicks into the third act. The story would be a lot more focused if we only have one dalek group to follow. The grey dalek group with the neo-nazi subplot and the mystery/twist of the little girl would be enough to support the story. The white daleks didn't really do anything until the fourth episode. The story would've flowed a lot better if they only found the white daleks half way into the story in eps 2 or 3 instead of so early in the story. Put the discovery of the transmat at the end of ep 2, leaving ep 3 to deal with the white daleks. Have eps 1 and 2 deal with the hand of omega and the neo-nazi association, maybe leaving the headmaster as a mystery before revealing the imperial daleks at the midpoint of the story.
I absolutely love this Dalek story and probably the most accessible to fans who are only really aware of new Who. Visually it's the most amazing and well executed Dr Who story during the classic era considering the limitations of the budget. I love the subtle references. There's even a throwaway line pertaining to Professor Bernard Quatermass that some people may have missed. The modern Doctor's have a penchant for making big, meaningful speeches but 'unlimited rice pudding' is still the best Dr Who rant of any of them.
This episode is amazing and is easily one of my favorite episodes in the shows history. It has wonderful characters, the best action sequences of the classic series, and incredible political commentary. I actually sampled the Doctor and Johns conversation in my most recent album! And your absolutely correct, the opening for part one is one of the best in any TV show.
Just watching all these Dalek Dec vids. Brilliant. I inherited them all on dvd from an uncle but am struggling to keep focused already and I'm only on The Chase. Picked the best if out after seeing this list, so thanks feller. Tories v UKIP! Hahaha.Superb!
Can't believe you've gotten through all the classics already, would be nice to delve into big finish just so that all the Doctors are represented in this series but now it's time for quite possibly the best Dalek episode ever.
This was the first classic story I watched in it's entirety, and remains to be a favourite of mine. It is easily my favourite Dalek story by a long mile, and is my second-favorite story overall, secondly only to The Moonbase.
I can remember watching these episodes.......the "Heavy" Dalek was a cool addition. Sylvestor McCoy did a good job and Ace was always a sharp contrast and foil. Ace was also the object of a decent story arc that concluded in "The curse of Fenric" which gave insight into who Ace really was, and why she was unique.
I love Remembrance of the daleks it is my favourite daleks story from the 1980st era of classic Dr who and I love it alot this is the story that made ace become my third favourite doctor who companie
This has to be favourite episode of doctor who. I think this story is the very early stages of the time war alongside genesis being the start of the time war. I have watched this so many times and it never gets old great writing and a great story
Was Remembrance really the start of the Time War? Like in Resurrection of the Daleks the plan is to clone to Doctor and companions to assassinate the high council. An Genesis of the Daleks was technically the Time Lords trying to make a preemptive strike....
I first watched this story when I was 6 I didn't understand the plot This story but it was so cool seeing Daleks and explosions everywhere even now it's one of the best ever made.
Thanks for the review; I missed several references; I recognized some of the more obvious ones. I really didn't like the Doctor being mysterious -- at least, not the way they did it with Sylvester McCoy... he wasn't so much mysterious as just withholding information for no reason whatsoever, which seemed just silly. I remember watching this, probably when it was first on in the US, and being amazed at the Dalek going up the stairs.
Ace is fucking awesome. Name one other companion who the first time she met the daleks would just would grab a 1960's RPG and blow a dalek to bits, Beat multiple daleks with a baseball bat because they called her small and make explosives in her spare time? Oh and big Ups to Sophie Aldred. That was a real Rocket launcher, yes it was a stunt but a damn good one with the actors doing it.
Ben Aaronovitch writes the Rivers of London books, i knew on his bio that he had written for Doctor Who but I always thought that it was the revived series. I love the Rivers of London books and their mix of magic, science and police procedure 👍
I was shocked by how good this was when I first saw it. BBC sfx explosions had a bit of a reputation of being literal damp squibs, but not here. Ace as a bat wielding no nonsense hero was amazing and the doctor trying to be clever but perhaps too clever was compelling to watch. This may be a minority viewpoint, but I do feel that Who's unusual format was definately keeping out new viewers.
Slyvesters best and you did a brilliant review honestly I can not put it into words and the music! The music! Imperials are my favourite daleks and let's say ahh ...8/10 now I love this episode and I love this review it's so goooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!! And a lot of action. A lot of cool scenes and that scene of Sylvester getting choked I got the figure of that. And 100 davros / emporor shouts for you! This story reminds me of Brexit boris's imperials / Corbyn's renagades
"The Daleks shall become Lords of Time! We shall become all powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the Galaxy! Unimaginable power! Unlimited rice pudding! Etc. Etc"
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Great Review. The ending of the video gave me goosebumps.
Tis very good. And impressive the views in but two hours.
One of the greatest lines in the show's history. I have even used that unlimited rice pudding bit myself.
Umm WHAT!!!!!!!!!!
If only Ace and her baseball bat were at the battle for Gallifrey on the last day of the Time War.
The outcome may have been very different.
When davros abandons the mothership you see a little white spec flying down from the ship. Easy to miss but it is there! So you can see his escape.
I have noticed that in the past, but I've never been 100% sure if that little light is meant to be the escape pod or not. It could always been a trick of the light. However, I would love to get official word from the production on it.
@@MrTARDIS The speck of light seems perfectly timed and placed just before the explosion, and the trajectory is congruent with an object shooting away from the mothership. Can't be 100% either, but I'm 99% sure it's meant to be Davros' escape capsule.
In the novel of the story, it is very clear davros escapes. It has the brilliant line "hatred would keep him warm"
@@jamie210690 That is a good line indeed.
Oh yeh. Good spotting that.
"The heavier the decision, the larger the waves ... the more uncertain the consequences."
"Life's like that. Like my son Geoffrey, for instance. Why, if he makes all the right decisions, he might end up working as a butler for a nice family in Bel-Air, Los Angeles. I just hope they won't have any obnoxious nephews from West Philadelphia who will constantly try taking the piss out of him."
Fun fact: Ace hitting a Dalek with a baseball bat inspired TV Tropes to create Moment of Awesome.
So I heard!
Dalek Cann the baseball bat had been powered up somehow with Hand Of Omega to probably be more durable and hit with some force somehow
Dalek Cann tbh, if people really wanna see how little it can sometimes take to destroy a dalek in Doctor who , ya only have to point them to Death to The Daleks ..usually what I show people when complain about a scrap frame being melted by oven parts
@@cosmichobo4216 Its resolution mate. How you complaining when ypu dont know the episode
There’s an outtake where she starts smashing up a regular dalek prop by accident because nobody told her that wasn’t the stunt dalek.
'Doctor, we did good didn't we?'
'Perhaps. Time will tell, it always does.'
Haunting.
Yeah definitely agree that’s one of the best openings to a Doctor Who episode ever
Honestly, the two Dalek factions fighting each other whilst the Doctor Manipulates them... That reminded me more of the current Labour party fighting itself whilst the Conservatives take advantage, than of UKIP vs. Conservatives. Although admittedly the Conservatives are so rightwing they may as well be UKIP/Brexit Party.
@@GeriatricFan1963 Yes but Labour dont have a policy of screw everyone else.
@@MrThorfan64 when that is a Matter of opinion.
@@alexbruckshaw1448 Not screw everyone else.
I watched this when it first aired, and I remember immediately calling a school friend shouting, "Daleks can go up stairs!!!"
Good times ;)
One of the best Doctor Who stories ever.
Love this serial, still holds up so well. When Season 25 comes to Blu-Ray I’d love an Alternative/Extented edit of this story. There’s so many unused takes from this serial.
And now in 2022; still waiting for the Season 25 BluRay...!!
It's telling how good this story is that people think that this is the 25th anniversary when it was actually Silver Nemesis and that the Counter Measures team got a spinoff on Big Finish
Also that's Jeffrey from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air in the cafe
Remembrance of the Daleks is not only my favorite Seventh Doctor story, despite the deeper themes of his last few episodes, but it's a serious contender for my favorite Dalek story. I mean, it's between this and Genesis of the Daleks, but Remembrance of the Daleks is truly a story to remember.
Also it made my youngest brother a Seventh Doctor fan. Also also, it might have been my first proper Dalek story that I watched. I can't remember if I had seen the Peter Cushing Dalek movies first. Definitely my earliest memory of Davros.
It's definitely one of my fav but my fav and I think it hit me more as a youngster was The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - as clowns and circuses were quite popular and the Chef Clown, the music and Bellboys death not seen but so heavily implied creepy as hell.
This story would be called "too political" today.
If it was commissioned in season 11 it wouldn't have any of the subtlety that made the messages work in the first place
“Oh but I’m sorry doctor who was never political before Chris chibnall came on. My mistake.”
@@Gamer208010 Ah, yes. The subtlety of the bad guy saying "We fought on the wrong side in the last war" while talking about World War 2.
Hmm, yes, subtle, yet I understand it. I am very intelligent.
@@Gamer208010 "Ace, I never really wanted to hurt anybody. Its just that you have to protect your own. Keep the outsiders out just so that your own people can have a fair chance!"
Is it possible, that maybe... just maybe... when you say subtle, you're really saying that you didn't notice any political allegories in the show before the thirteenth Doctor came along, but then you watched some braindead idiots posting conspiracy theory videos on RUclips, and SUDDENLY Doctor Who was infested with "woke politics"?
@@HazarTulum It can't be denied that Doctor Who under Chibnall is insanely unsubtle and on the nose, more than anything before.
After his first season in the role, but before it aired stateside, I met McCoy at the Whomobile in San Jose. At the time, I wanted to know if he'd done a Dalek story yet and he said not yet, but he wanted to and would go back and tell the production team that a fan in America had asked about them. Weeks later, the cover of Doctor Who Magazine proclaims the Daleks are coming back. While I know McCoy was being kind to a young fan, I still like to pretend he went back to JNT and demanded a Dalek story to satisfy a young, enthusiastic American fan.
Needless to say, I was predisposed to love this story when I finally got to see it. I was completely SPOILER free on it and went in fresh. I remember running around the living room, shouting, "It's going u the stairs! It's going up the stairs!" when the cliffhanger for episode one appeared. If that was all this story had going for it, it would be more than enough. But it's incredibly good and a highlight of classic Who. I can understand why Moffat chose it as the 7th Doctor's entry for the 50th anniversary overview of Doctor Who for BBC America.
Hot damn...I want to break out my DVD and watch this one again now.
And the novelization if you can get ahold of it was REALLY good too. The audio version read by Terry Molloy is worth the price of admission as well.
Actor Dursley McLinden who played Mike, would sadly pass away 7 years later, only 30 years old from complications from AIDs. Kinda sad that his most memorable role in his short career had a funeral in the same show.
That is very sad indeed. He was a very talented musician & singer according to Sophie Aldred.
this story was such a surprise in 1988, after season 24's dark panto.
In the novelization by Target books, because of what Mike did, they couldn’t give him A military funeral.
One of the first Classic era stories I ever watched and still a favourite. I'd really be intrigued to see them re-explore the idea of a Dalek Civil War, we've seen the Daleks have disagreements on purity in the new show though never to the extent of full on war.
I know DWM did run a story showing how Davros escaped Skaro, with aid from Old Sixie, who caused him to start thinking of the Hand of Omega. Also he went to Spiridon and made the Daleks frozen there serve him.
@@MrThorfan64 looking it up, I'm really surprised Big Finishdidn't try expanding upon it. i know they did the Dalek Empire series with something similar but was a different kind of war.
@@theshadowdirector There could be stories showing different fights across the Galaxies between the Dalek factions, mayhaps the Doctor manipulates them so neither side really wins, they just wear each other down. After all if the Daleks are killing each other not killing other people.
Mr L they did do a story called the Juggernauts which is set in between Revelation and Remembrance where Davros and his now beaten down Necros Daleks have set up shop on a mining planet and is attempting to create his own force of “Juggernauts” to fight against the Daleks
@@EditedAF987 The Mechanoids I believe. I should find that.
9:53 Aw man glad to have that Eastenders gag back.
Nope, don't get it...
@@catinarage5538 Seriously? How could you not get it?
i like to think this trap was what ultimately led to the time war, the timelords action through the doctor of the total destruction of scaro, led to both dalek faction survivors uniting together in common hatred of the timelords who now were the Daleks main enemy, emperor and davros working together, a new dalek empire with golden casing with one goal, vengeance and the total destruction of Gallifrey
It quite literally did lead to the time war.
The Combination of the events of Remenberace of the Daleks, Genesis of The Daleks, and some big finish audios led to the time war.
The final Dalek story of the classic series.
And so they make it into a blockbuster epic
@@crimsondynamo615 Somehow I'm not surprised.
It's the extra harsh and unique sound effect that happens when Ace cleaves the Dalek's eyestalk from its owner, distinguishing it from the sounds of the preceding blows to its casing, that really sells that as a badass moment and makes me smile every time I watch that scene.
the cold open of Remembrance Of The Daleks is one of the BEST moments in the entire classic series, and Keff's incidental music makes it all the more incredible
The scene in the cafe with the 'waves' speech is one of my favourite in the whole show. Such a serene moment in an otherwise very busy story
When the imperial Daleks attack the Renegade Dalek base, I have a feeling that beforehand the Daleks were discussing Rules of Engagement.
“Rules of Engagement:”
“Breach and Clear!”
My favourite Doctor Who story ever... Just amazing. When I first watched it back in 1988 and that Dalek levitated up the stairs... well. Mind blown.
All the nods to the past. Weaving this story into the tapestry of Who lore. Expanding upon that lore. Hints that The Doctor was around back in the days of Rassilon and Omega and worked with them on The Hand of Omega. "And didn't we have trouble with the prototype..." Love the direction they were taking with The Doctor. Manipulative, dark, controlling. A man that deliberately goes after his enemies and nails them. There was an interesting line that was edited out of the final story that went to air. "Oh Davros. I am far more than just another Time Lord." Mysterious.
I very much like that Davros was hardly in the story and relegated to the last five minutes of the serial. Gives the Daleks themselves time to shine without being overshadowed by their creator.
I could go on, but Mr TARDIS has pretty much said it all. 10/10 from me.
Undertaker: "There's someone here to collect that big casket. Yes, yes The Doctor. There's just one thing governor. I thought you said he was an old geezer with white hair..."
Ah, an old watcher. Great isnt it.
Holy shit, I can imagine one of the soldiers having PTSD watching The Daleks episode.
11:56 It's not unambigious if Davaros survives, you can clearly see the escape pod traveling downwards from the mother ship in this scene, he's well clear of the explosion.
But a fireball does seem to follow him, something that Big Finish surprisingly acknowledged in Terror Firma
It's one of McCoy's best stories. Just everything about it is great : great side characters(the sort of UNITesque military, Ratcliffe, Mike, etc.), the in-jokes hinting to the program's past(with the TV transmission), the continuation of the Dalek civil war, the great action sequences, the infamous "stairs" cliffhanger, memorable dialogue(the unlimited rice pudding), great chemistry between Ace and the Doctor. It's a Dalek story that is effectively turned up to 11 - and a truly great way to start the show's 25th season.
Ah, my favourite Doctor
Also, I love the short moment of silence as the Special Weapons Dalek fires
This is my absolute favourite (since Power of the Daleks is no longer with us). The opening scene, the staircase clifthanger, the beauty of the Imperials, the lines from Davros, unlimited rice pudding, the Hand of Omega going rogue with the countdown, the sound of the special weapons Dalek's gun, the brutal methods of control the Daleks use on humans, the philosophy in the coffee shop. Just love it!
Power has been animated.
Can't believe we're already through the classic series but at least it's a serial worth remembering!
I see what did there! ;)
@@theknightsofawesomeness2701 I try! 😂
"Unlimited rice pudding" - probably my favourite little line in this or any show. (And so Sylvester - I bet that was his lib)
Now that we're done with the classic series, i'd like to know your opinion on it's serialized style. Do you think the multi part serials work better than the single part (minus 2 parters) modern style? I ask this because many classic fans claim that the new series feels rushed.
Love this story btw
I wonder if Day of The Doctor, Time of The Doctor and Pandorica Opens all qualifiy as "Dalek" stories.
They do not for this marathon but they will get mentioned on December 25th :)
@@MrTARDIS Makes sense.
Okay 2 things Number 1 you Can actually see Davros escape pod leave the Mothership and Number 2 seeds of Time War was Planted back in Genesis of the Daleks when the Time Lords sent the Doctor back to try and prevent the Daleks creation that is where many people believe the Time War began
I adore your edits in these videos.
unlimited rice pudding!
Baseball Bat + Hand of Omega = Invincible Ace
Shit she should have fought in the Time War with that bat. She could work with Leela and charge the front lines Red Army style.
This was my first episode of classic who I ever saw, owned it on DVD as a kid and watched it over and over, it was such a fantastic episode
God, I love Remembrance. A delicate balance of thrilling story, memorable characters and a dash of fanservice; it's hard not to enjoy this one.
Nice video! This is one story I can watch over and over, so many good moments, it’s always entertaining.
Remembrance Of The Daleks is my favourite episode of Dr Who. The doctor is on top form, the Daleks are brilliant and it just a good action story with lots of explosions and gunfights. Not only is this my favourite Dalek episode but my favourite episode ever. I'd love to see another Dalek story like this in the 2020's.
Once McCoy got his characterisation right... His Dr stands side by side with previous incarnations. I love this story....mysterious Doctor and kick ass companion.
Great review of my favourite TV story. Greatly looking forward to future reviews, especially the Asylum of the Daleks and Witches Familiar reviews. I'm sure those two are gonna get a good slatting.
Your Eastenders "ending" really made me chuckle 🤣🤣
"Just one thing, gov'ner! I thought you said he was an old geezer with white hair?!"
One of McCoy's better stories -- despite the fact I didn't believe Mike Smith's character for a second.
We need more Special Weapon Daleks in the modern series.
first episode is the first thing I can ever remember watching on tv.... and now I collect daleks XD
I was gonna comment on this vid but... more on that later...
Your review did this wonderful story full justice. Those who haven't seen it should definitely check it out.
This is a far better 25th anniversary tribute than Silver Nemesis.
'Later that same evening'. Lol. Dude I'm trying to work with your video playing in the background. I nearly spat out my coffee
THIS is my favourite Dalek story!
Incredible stuff. The pacing was INSANE!!!
My introduction to Doctor Who and still one of my favourite stories they ever did.
‘Ashes to ashes.. Dust to dust!’
I sure can't wait for people to start getting mad with you for making a reference to current politics, because having political opinions is bad, apparently.
Apparently criticising bad people is bad.
“Oh wait I’m sorry Doctor Who was never political until Chris Chibnall came along. My mistake.”
@@crimsondynamo615 Politics has always been a part of Doctor Who. I agree. It's just that the show knew how to present it very well so it blended with the story more naturally. Unfortunatley, Chibnall isn't a good writer.
15:36 That's a terrifying cliffhanger. (Whipsery ghost girl voice) The Daleks will return.
I started watching Dr Who regularly from Paradise Towers but it was Remembrance of the Daleks that made me a fan for life :)
I rewatched this story, yesterday. And, I’m still sure this is my favourite Doctor Who story of all time.
This is possibly the best dalek story in the classic series. I remember watching this episode back when I was a young man. Now years later, I now have this episode as a special edition DVD and loved the episode all over again
One of the things that bothered me about this story is how useless the white daleks kind of are?
During the iconic scene with the white dalek going up the stairs, why doesn't the dalek just shoot the doctor from below the stairs? It didn't need to chase him up the stairs. He's not holding a knife, he's got a gun.
The second cliffhanger with Ace and the group of white daleks, they're just surrounding her and shouting exterminate without actually shooting. They could've exterminate her like 50 times by the time the doctor arrives.
And she evaded like 2 or 3 daleks before that too.
I'm just gonna chalk it up to the transmat maybe messing with their ray gun somewhat. Maybe they have to 'charge up' their weapon or something like that.
Then later when the grey and white daleks first face off in the streets, there were four white daleks and two grey daleks, and both group are shooting at each other, and no one got shot for like 5 seconds, which is forever in a gun fight. And they were face to face, it's not like they're across really far away or anything like that.
And then in the end the TWO grey daleks somehow able to defeat the FOUR white daleks?
Same thing with the final battle at the junkyard. A bunch of daleks shooting at each other and no one gets hit.
The only useful white daleks seems to be the special weapons daleks. Without them, the white daleks basically shot NOTHING this whole story. They had a better design, but they're kind of useless.
The grey Daleks were a lot better. They killed a bunch of humans, and destroyed a few white daleks. They had the little girl in control who could shoot lightning out of her hands (super cool), and they're the ones that found the hand of omega.
I wish the story would've focused more on just the grey Daleks, and only show the imperial white daleks in the later parts of the story. Maybe even have the doctor be the one to contact them down to instigate the civil war conflict as it kicks into the third act. The story would be a lot more focused if we only have one dalek group to follow. The grey dalek group with the neo-nazi subplot and the mystery/twist of the little girl would be enough to support the story. The white daleks didn't really do anything until the fourth episode.
The story would've flowed a lot better if they only found the white daleks half way into the story in eps 2 or 3 instead of so early in the story. Put the discovery of the transmat at the end of ep 2, leaving ep 3 to deal with the white daleks. Have eps 1 and 2 deal with the hand of omega and the neo-nazi association, maybe leaving the headmaster as a mystery before revealing the imperial daleks at the midpoint of the story.
I absolutely love this Dalek story and probably the most accessible to fans who are only really aware of new Who. Visually it's the most amazing and well executed Dr Who story during the classic era considering the limitations of the budget. I love the subtle references. There's even a throwaway line pertaining to Professor Bernard Quatermass that some people may have missed. The modern Doctor's have a penchant for making big, meaningful speeches but 'unlimited rice pudding' is still the best Dr Who rant of any of them.
This episode is amazing and is easily one of my favorite episodes in the shows history. It has wonderful characters, the best action sequences of the classic series, and incredible political commentary. I actually sampled the Doctor and Johns conversation in my most recent album!
And your absolutely correct, the opening for part one is one of the best in any TV show.
The opening reminds me of a new hope with the star destroyer being the Dalek mothership
Just watching all these Dalek Dec vids. Brilliant. I inherited them all on dvd from an uncle but am struggling to keep focused already and I'm only on The Chase. Picked the best if out after seeing this list, so thanks feller. Tories v UKIP! Hahaha.Superb!
Totally ranks high in classic Dalek stories! My only gripe was the wobbly daleks... but I never when noticed them in 1988! Haha
Oh my gosh! Joseph Marcell as John! 2 years later after this, he would be on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Geoffrey. From Shoreditch to Bel-Air. :)
What’s better, ‘CARROT JUICE!’ or ‘UNLIMITED RICE PUDDING!’
Dude the Eastenders bit was class! :D
Spawned an absolutely magnificent spin off series too.
Counter measures is soooooo good. I adore it.
Can't believe you've gotten through all the classics already, would be nice to delve into big finish just so that all the Doctors are represented in this series but now it's time for quite possibly the best Dalek episode ever.
Are you going to cover the Dalek's Big Finish stories? If you dont have any there is a few on Spotify for free.
Glad I didn’t vote for Daleks
15:13 that's very true. For me, this was my first classic story and now just over a year on, I've seen around 15.
This was the first classic story I watched in it's entirety, and remains to be a favourite of mine. It is easily my favourite Dalek story by a long mile, and is my second-favorite story overall, secondly only to The Moonbase.
Who needs sonic when you have a umbrella
I can remember watching these episodes.......the "Heavy" Dalek was a cool addition. Sylvestor McCoy did a good job and Ace was always a sharp contrast and foil. Ace was also the object of a decent story arc that concluded in "The curse of Fenric" which gave insight into who Ace really was, and why she was unique.
I love Remembrance of the daleks it is my favourite daleks story from the 1980st era of classic Dr who and I love it alot this is the story that made ace become my third favourite doctor who companie
The school headmaster was in pyramids of mars. Remembrance is one of my faves!
This has to be favourite episode of doctor who. I think this story is the very early stages of the time war alongside genesis being the start of the time war. I have watched this so many times and it never gets old great writing and a great story
This was my first ever old who episode, when I watched it when I was 6. I haved loved it and 7 ever since.
Was Remembrance really the start of the Time War?
Like in Resurrection of the Daleks the plan is to clone to Doctor and companions to assassinate the high council.
An Genesis of the Daleks was technically the Time Lords trying to make a preemptive strike....
RTD states that Genesis was the first act of the Time War. Course destroying Skaro doesn’t help.
Genesis starts it, Rememberance didn’t help matters. But I don’t think the actual events of the war kick off until the time of the 8th Dr
This is one of my favourite Dalek stories of the classic era along with Power and Genesis
First Dalek dr who I bought on vhs when I was 7. I was fascinated. Fell In love with those old classics and then - fucking russel t Davies /:
The Doctor met the Butler from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. What a crazy time
My mom actually bullied Ben Aaronovitch in primary school. I was watching this story and her face was priceless when she saw who wrote it
Did your mother attend Hollway/Beacon High? That was the secondary school, Ben went too.
This is the first Classic-Who story I ever got on dvd. This is a great story and an amazing Dalek one at that.
I first watched this story when I was 6 I didn't understand the plot This story but it was so cool seeing Daleks and explosions everywhere even now it's one of the best ever made.
This is why I love Seven and that season of stories. It's so underrated. AND ACE IS A BADASS!!
I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention the Quatermass reference.
Thanks for the review; I missed several references; I recognized some of the more obvious ones.
I really didn't like the Doctor being mysterious -- at least, not the way they did it with Sylvester McCoy... he wasn't so much mysterious as just withholding information for no reason whatsoever, which seemed just silly.
I remember watching this, probably when it was first on in the US, and being amazed at the Dalek going up the stairs.
Ace is fucking awesome. Name one other companion who the first time she met the daleks would just would grab a 1960's RPG and blow a dalek to bits, Beat multiple daleks with a baseball bat because they called her small and make explosives in her spare time?
Oh and big Ups to Sophie Aldred. That was a real Rocket launcher, yes it was a stunt but a damn good one with the actors doing it.
Doctor: John, could you make me a sandwich my hood fellow?
John: nOh
Ben Aaronovitch writes the Rivers of London books, i knew on his bio that he had written for Doctor Who but I always thought that it was the revived series. I love the Rivers of London books and their mix of magic, science and police procedure 👍
Always love the 7th Doctors Theme music
I was shocked by how good this was when I first saw it. BBC sfx explosions had a bit of a reputation of being literal damp squibs, but not here. Ace as a bat wielding no nonsense hero was amazing and the doctor trying to be clever but perhaps too clever was compelling to watch. This may be a minority viewpoint, but I do feel that Who's unusual format was definately keeping out new viewers.
Ace beating the crap outta that Dalek is the reason she’s one of my favorite companions
Slyvesters best and you did a brilliant review honestly I can not put it into words and the music! The music! Imperials are my favourite daleks and let's say ahh ...8/10 now I love this episode and I love this review it's so goooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!! And a lot of action. A lot of cool scenes and that scene of Sylvester getting choked I got the figure of that. And 100 davros / emporor shouts for you! This story reminds me of Brexit boris's imperials / Corbyn's renagades
My very first classic story and my favourite Doctor Who story ever, yes I think this is better than Genesis