Underrated: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks
Now I know this is pretty controversial but upon rewatching this story the other day I forgot how good it is. By no means am I saying it’s a perfect story, as I do have a few gripes with it but this story is commonly slammed by several members of the fandom. The soundtrack is amazing for the story, and there’s one piece of music in this episode that IIRC is never used again and is titled “evolution of the daleks” on the official soundtrack. The idea of the cult of scaro going to any lengths to preserve their existence is a great idea, however it’s not taken far enough and I feel like Sec Hybrid is barely used in Evolution and more could have been done with the character. Yeah the pig slaves are a bit weird but I think it’s a cool concept for Daleks to have slaves as how else do they use doors and things
. Something I find great about this story is that it tries to normalise the Daleks in a setting we find familiar and iconic - New York and I think that makes them more scary than usual. To top it all off, the episode really captures the stereotypes of the 1920s with the music, set designing and the solemnness of the people. Slap on a great supporting cast and you’ve got yourself a pretty decent Dalek story!
maybe that’s why caan went mad. Not because of going back to the Time War or anything but because someone dug up his cahncil road!