Evolution of the Daleks: Fear Factor 5 (Terrifying)
How scary is Doctor Who? Our brave Fear Forecasters present a minute-by-minute guide to Evolution of the Daleks.
Amy (6)
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Harry (8)
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Samuel (10)
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Adam (14)
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(1) "This is epic!" gasps Samuel as the pre-credits sequence reveals the Human-Dalek hybrid. "He reminds me a bit of the alien in that Paris story," says Adam, who has been watching some classic episodes recently.
"It's got longer hair than you, Samuel," says dad. "Shut up, dad," retorts Samuel, who has recently had a trendy short haircut. Harry and Amy are too spellbound to say anything.
(2) the Doctor's musical distraction amuses Adam. "That singing sounds like you in the shower, dad." Samuel is impressed by Dalek Sec: "Wow! He must have feelings then... so what does he want?"
(4) As the radio squeals, Adam and Samuel clutch their ears in horror. But a moment later, they're singing along with the choir on the incidental music.
(5) Sec strokes the broken radio. "Hey, he's feeling," Samuel says, "because real Daleks can't actually touch." Adam studies it: "I wouldn't shake hands with anyone who looked like that."
(6) A Dalek peers back over its "shoulder" as it discusses things in the corridor. "Gossip!" laughs Samuel, delightedly. "It's just like kids at school," chuckles Adam.
(8) The men flee through the night from their porcine pursuers. "Hang on," yells Adam at the screen, "you've got guns, you idiots." "Yeah," despairs Samuel, "you're just leading those pigs back to your camp!" "I don't like those piggies anymore" whispers Amy.
(9) A moment later, the Hooverville humans find their rifles: "Finally!" sighs Samuel. But it's too late... the Daleks have arrived. "Oh, niiiiiice!" croons Samuel as they swoop overhead. "Boom!" Adam agrees, adding thoughtfully: "This will do nothing for New York tourism."
(11) Solomon gives another impassioned speech. The kids are not convinced this time. Amy and Harry are tense, expecting the worst. "He's gonna get exterminated," worries Samuel. And when he does, they are all impressed and shocked.
Harry can't believe what's happened: "But he was a major character!" And then the Doctor's demand to be exterminated is met with gasps of disbelief.
(13) Adam likes Sec: "He's a Dalek with a New York accent!" Amy's fascinated and repulsed by Sec's maggot like appendages.
(15) "What am I supposed to do?" frets Martha. "Go to the Empire State Building!" Samuel yells at her.
(16) the Doctor says that the experimental Daleks were just left to die. "The alien pig poo," remembers Adam.
(20) Sec makes his plans, and two Daleks exchange significant looks. The boys laugh in delight. There are just four Daleks left, we are told. "Three and a half," Samuel corrects them. "It's still enough," warns Harry, "just three Daleks could destroy everything!"
(22) The Daleks tell the Doctor that Sec is their leader and they must obey. "They don't sound convinced," Adam worries. the Doctor goes to work. "They're tricking him!" wails Samuel. "They probably want to take over lots of other places!"
(24) Tallulah has a great view over the city. "I don't like being 100 floors up," decides Adam, clutching his chair as though he might fall off it. "Though that view is better for tourism."
(25) Would the Doctor know what to look for? "Yeah, dalekanium," replies Samuel.
(26) "Hang on," Samuel wants to know, "if all these people are going to be Daleks, then what about the other Daleks?" Adam gives him a funny look, as though he's mad to worry about some lonely Daleks getting left out.
(27) the Doctor escapes. "Lucky pig!" laughs Samuel. Tallulah is confused about "gammon radiation", which makes Adam grin: "Sounds tasty!"
(29) The kids know how the Daleks operate these days... as our heroes are pursued, Samuel puts on his Dalek voice: "Pig slaves will take the lift... we will take the staaaaiirs!" The incidental music reaches a thrilling crescendo. "That's not lift music," jokes Adam, "perhaps they'll add it as a DVD special feature."
(30) Samuel is sad about Laszlo's fate. Amy's not sure what's going on, but she knows it's not good news.
(31) the Doctor drops his favourite tool. "Oh, there it goes again!" despairs Samuel. "What is it with the sonic screwdriver?"
(32) Martha has a cunning plan to channel electricity through conductive metal. "Better take your necklace off then," Samuel warns her.
(33) Energy courses through the Doctor. The whole family wince.
(34) The pig slaves get roasted. "Squeal piggy, squeal!" says mum, scandalising Samuel. "Mmm," says Adam, "Bacon for tea!" Amy's aghast.
(35) the Doctor's lying deathly still atop the Empire State. "Uh-oh," mutters Samuel. "He'll be OK," says Harry reassuringly "I don't think he's changing in this one".
(36) the Doctor's back in action! "Allons-y!" gets a big cheer from the children. Dad explains to Amy what it means.
(37) Lazslo slumps into a seat in the theatre. "What's wrong?" Tallulah asks him. "I think he just wants to watch the show," explains Samuel, who is relishing the arrival of the Daleks. "Yeah! This would be a great time to have 'To Be Continued', wouldn't it?"
(38) "The Doctor will stand," says the Dalek. "He is standing," objects Samuel. Adam notices that one of the Daleks is holding Sec on a chain, like a pet dog.
Sec sacrifices himself to save the Doctor. Adam and Samuel are very impressed: "He really was a human." Amy and Harry daren't move and stare transfixed, mouths agape.
(40) The Dalek-Humans are being awkward. "But... why?" they keep saying. Adam and Samuel think this is a fantastic thing to say, and try it out a few times themselves. Dad groans: "I can see that's going to be popular phrase in this house."
(41) A tremendous firefight starts between the Dalek-Humans and the two Daleks. "I thought Daleks could shoot themselves," ponders Adam. Humans fall, and then... the Daleks explode! A huge cheer from the whole family. "So long, suckers!" yells Samuel gleefully. Harry and Amy are visibly relieved.
(42) But the Dalek Controller kills the remaining Dalek-Humans. "Oh, that's very unkind," notes Adam with phlegmatic understatement, "it's a thousand people. This one must have the highest death count ever!"
(43) "The last Dalek!" Adam and Samuel can hardly contain their excitement as the Doctor approaches... and then it escapes with an emergency temporal shift! "Oh no!" they groan.
"Hmm," wonders mum, "does that mean he was the one that the previous Doctor met in... er...?" "Utah," Adam tells her. "I thought you'd probably know," mum sighs.
(44) Lazslo is dying... but the Doctor mixes up a concoction to save him. The whole family are grinning now. Samuel yells encouragement: "Go Doctor!" "Where did he get that stethoscope?" ponders Adam.
(45) Our heroes approach Hooverville. Dad is delighted: "It's a pig with a hat on!" Samuel snorts with delight, and soon the whole family has dissolved into pig impressions.