Category Archives: Asylum of the Daleks

“We saw this planet in the future, remember? All those graves. One of them mine.”

In ‘The Name Of The Doctor’ the Doctor and Clara journey to the final resting place of the Time Lord and his TARDIS, Trenzalore. In ‘The Time Of The Doctor’ they find themselves in that planet’s past and the Doctor … Continue reading

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“According to legend, you have a dumping ground. A planet where you lock up all the Daleks that go wrong.”

Although we have seen plenty of incidences in which Daleks will destroy members who are impaired ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ reveals that some are actually confined on a planet. The Prime Minister claims that they would find it offensive to … Continue reading

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“I died outside and the cold preserved my body. I forgot about dying.”

Not only can the Daleks create puppets from the living they can also convert the dead. This introduces the possibility of zombie puppets into a campaign. ‘The Doctor Dances’  had its own nano cloud spread infection creating gas-masked zombies. The … Continue reading

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“Do you remember who you were before they emptied you out and turned you into their puppet?”

We’ve seen the Daleks converted people into their slaves before, particularly the robo-men in ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’ but in ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ we see an evolution of that technique. The name the Doctor gives them is Dalek … Continue reading

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“Skaro, the original planet of the Daleks.”

‘Asylum of the Daleks’ begins on Skaro, with some wonderful vistas of the rain lashed ruins and giant stone Dalek. Its current condition raises many questions. Firstly the fact that the Doctor is disappointed by its current state. If this … Continue reading

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"I thought you’d run out of ways to make me sick, but hello again!”

‘Asylum of the Daleks’ presents us with new facts about the Daleks. This information can be incorporated into a campaign, presenting us with several exciting possibilities. With only one episode to go on there are still plenty of gaps in … Continue reading

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"At first there were the Daleks, and then there was a man who fought them. And then in time, he died.”

‘Asylum of the Daleks’ gives us a self-contained story filled with the clever plot, humour and chills that we’ve come to associate with writer Steven Moffat. After their rather lacklustre reintroduction in ‘Victory of the Daleks’ the Doctor’s oldest enemies … Continue reading

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