The Matt Smith Review: Part 3 - Victory of The Daleks
What We First Thought: Oh, is that it? The Daleks eh? I’ve never been as fascinated with them as other people seem to be. You’ll always hear “ Well, Doctor Who isn’t Doctor Who without The Daleks ”, but that’s not really true, is it? Despite being The Doctor for 7 years, Tom Baker only had two stories with them and his era was arguably the best ever. Fair enough, this may have something to do with Terry Nation hoarding the rights, but it still points to the fact that Doctor Who doesn’t need Daleks to be successful. The 2005 series though is an altogether different animal. Like a Tiger with pink and blue stripes. We’ve had at least a Dalek cameo every single year since it returned. Now the cynic in me believes that the fact that they appear every year, is due to a deal with the estate of Terry Nation, but that’s just idle gossip and probably not true. What IS true, is that The Daleks are a huge moneymaking factory for BBC Worldwide – so there’s y...